Reviews (page 4 of 9)
While at times feeling like an absolute relic of the 80s, this has some timeless songs that never grow old.
I hate hair metal. but some of these songs are SO darn popular. I'm torn!
I'm kind of over Bon Jovi, but you have to give it up for them - this is a great album. I'll still listen when it's on the radio.
Slippery When Wet had two number-one hits, You Give Love A Bad Name and Livin’ On A Prayer, and the rest of the album is good rocky stuff, including the theme from Deadliest Catch, of course... "Wanted Dead or Alive". I really like the balance of slow and upbeat rock songs on this album. It offers a great mix of well-known hit songs and lesser-known gems. Bon Jovi really nailed it with this one!
STANDOUTS: Let It Rock You Give Love A Bad Name Livin' On A Prayer Wanted Dead Or Alive Raise Your Hands Without Love OVERALL: 4/5; I feel like this is Teenage Dream for the 80s straights.
Definitely has some bangers but there is not enough consistent excellence to merit 5 stars.
I've heard most of these songs throughout my life, but never listened to the album as a whole. Makes me want to don some acid wash jeans and a mullet to cruise for girls on my Harley.
Some great nostalgic tracks on this. The hits will be heard again whether you like it or not. 3.9
This reminds me so much of my middle school years!
Enjoy me some Bon Jovi. That hair!!
amazing album
01) Let It Rock - 8,0 02) You Give Love A Bad Name - 10,0 03) Livin' on a Prayer - 10,0 04) Social Disease - 7,0 05) Wanted Dead or Alive - 10,0 06) Raise Your Hands - 8,0 07) Without Love - 7,5 08) I'd Die for You - 8,0 09) Never Say Goodbye - 8,5 10) Wild in the Streets - 7,5 TOTAL: 8,45 (85/100) Current ranking: 48/203 Ah, eighties hair metal. I listen to some of these songs and think to myself how could this ever be so popular? Three monster hits certainly increase the rating of this album. The other seven songs are solid for their time, not so much from today's perspective.
lotta bangers for one album
I'm gonna rate this a 4. Why? I think this list should in some way serve as a cross section of all music. 1001 albums should give the listener exposure to a bit of everything. Such a list should include at least 1 selection from the hair metal era of the mid 80s, maybe not for its inspiration, its complexity, or its quality; but because it was such a product of its time. If you are going to pick one album this is it.
banger after banger.
This project has no right being as good as it is.
Nice coming off of the Queen album onto this. A handful of recognizable tracks compared to the single Queen track. I think this is a fairly listenable album. My gripe with something like this album is this: it feels like they are really trying to go hard vs. ACTUALLY being hard.
Good album. Some classic Bon Jovi
Slaps. Many great songs we will listen to forever.
Yes this album is dated. Yes it’s completely corny. Yes it sounds like it was written by a 14 year old that’s only ever watched the movie road house. And yet, it still rips somehow. It’s fun to sing along to and makes for great karaoke; what more do you need? Sure it gets old after one listen and gets by on more than a fair bit of nostalgia but hey if, like me, you haven’t heard the big hits in a couple years its fun to revisit
Nostalgic, thereby a little biased. Raised on this kind of music. Let it rock has a great chorus, living on a prayer a super good song. Dead or alive aswell.
If you’re going off karaoke songs alone then this album is 5 stars. If you’re going off 80s popularity. Also 5 stars. However this album has some flaws but overall it’s a fun strong album to perfect of its era. There are a few ballads in there that maybe could’ve been omitted but again it’s the 80s. I wouldn’t change a thing but this is a solid album. 8.3/10
Good album from hair metal era with huge hits
For the record, when I’ve mentioned ‘bad and boring slabs of party rock’ in my previous reviews, this is surprisingly not what I’ve been what I’ve been talking about. I’m kinda surprised myself, I thought for sure Bon Jovi would be worse than this, but I actually ended up enjoying Slippery While Wet quite a bit. I think the difference between this and the Def Leppard album that I repurposed my intro from, is that Bon Jovi are more musically diverse, there are more recognisable parts to the songs, and that the songwriting is much better. It’s not Springsteen level, which is clearly where Jon Bon Jovi is getting his cues from, but I guessed a watered down Springsteen is still much better than the watered down AC/DC (I guess, they’re closest in terms of lyrical content) of Def Leppard. The characters and situations are more heartfelt and real, and even the most Def Leppard-esque song lyrically, You Give Love A Bad Name, is only peripherally misogynistic, and is made up for by the more realistic portrayals of women in other songs on the album. I was also surprised at how much I liked the big singles. I’ve heard them all a million times, but always out in the wild, in clubs or on the radio. Sitting down and actually listening to Livin’ On A Prayer and Dead Or Alive really cemented why they were big for me. They’re well crafted, well performed, and equally heartfelt and silly, which is an oddly winning combination. So, I think I’m converted. I think I’d check out more Bon Jovi after this. Who knew?
I generally dislike 80's music, and the quality tails off towards the end of the album, and sometimes the music feels basic...but damn Bon Jovi's got some bangers. I didn't expect to like this album in its entirety as much as I did. 3.5.
How can you deny what this album did in 86-87? Radio monster
Quintessential 80's. While I don't love hair bands and hair metal, this is a pretty solid album. They have three all time classics that are mandatory to sing along to and a couple surprises that I really liked in "Raise Your Hands" and "I'd Die for You". Yes, most of it is cheesy, over the top, and extravagant but that's what makes it fun. Sometimes that's all music needs to be is just fun. Their hair was kinda ridiculous though I could not imagine having to deal with that much hair all the time. Also their guitarist Sambora was surprisingly really good. Like really, really good. Did not expect that from a hair metal group.
ahhh-an excellent example of hair metal band gone pop. big guitar riffs, drum solos, hooks, and hair. they did it well. great album to work out to
Ja goud man! Tuurlijk een paar knallers ertussen ook maar de rest ook heeelijk
Als ik nog 1 extra nummer zou kennen was het een 5. Nu dik een vier. Erg lekker
Yeah fine it's pretty good
All the hits. The epitome of 80s pop rock.
Make me feel like I am 10 years younger.
First concert I ever went to was Bon Jovi so I can’t hate this and am definitely incredibly biased
Eighties Rock at its peak. The hits are classic.
4 for wanted dead or alive and livin on a prayer. idc about their filler
Bon Jovi. Arguably the most successful hair metal band of all time. A band who were practically inescapable on rock radio stations for multiple decades and a band who would get launched into headlining stadiums across the world all off of the back of this album. Or, rather, the albums 3 lead singles. See, this album may as well double as Bon Jovi's greatest hits. "You Give Love A Bad Name", "Living on a Prayer" and "Wanted (Dead or Alive" are all here and would go on to be played everywhere for years. I wasn't even alive in the 80s and yet even I was all too familiar with those 3 songs. But how does the rest of this album stack up? Well, honestly, pretty good! Sure, it's dumb. Sure, it's overly cheesy. Sure there's perhaps one too many "WOAH-OH" sing along moments. And yet, it's just a great fun listen. Ritchie Sambora is absolutely the MVP here. Every single song on this album can at least say it has a sweet guitar solo or nasty guitar riff but most of them also have great hooks that you can sing along to even if, like me, this is largely your first time hearing the non-single songs. The only reason I'm giving this album a 4 and not a 5 is that "Without Love" crosses the line from cheesy but good into just cheesy. Still, I'm more of a Bon Jovi fan now than I was 2 days ago.
So many smash hits on this album. This is Dad Rock to a T. All the retired guys who coulda made it big in football if "x worked out for them" but instead they're working on shitbox cars in their garage yelling at their kids to hold the flashlight. Great from start to finish, the vibe wears a little thin but thats rock baby.
“I’ve seen a million faces and I’ve rocked them all” Fuck yeah bud that’s worth a couple stars all on its own. This album was better than I was expecting.
Cheesey hair metal, but it's not trying to be anything else. get into the right headspace for that and it's a prime cut of that wheel.
Loved this one
Let It Rock You Give Love a Bad Name Livin’ On a Prayer Wanted Dead or Alive Raise Your Hands I’d Die For You The timeless feel and sound of bon jovi. Are they overplayed? Yes. Does that make the music itself bad? Absolutely not. Some of the most recognizable music in this album. Thoroughly enjoyed the listening experience of this album.
I grew up listening to this album, so I’m biased because of nostalgia. Livin’ on a prayer and You give love…are the really famous tracks but Let it Rock and Dead or Alive are the just stunning as well. A very solid 4/5 for pure, eighties goodness!
There is a reason this one is Bon Jovi´s best selling album! It contains nearly all of their all-time-smash-hits like "You Give Love A Bad Name", "Livin´ On A Prayer", "Wanted Dead Or Alive" and "Never Say Goodbye", it is slightly diversified and has only a few weaker numbers. Pretty good stadium-rock 🎸 to make you feel good, your shirt wet and the floor slippery. 😉 A crystal-clear ⭐⭐⭐⭐-rating
Gear: Hifiman Arya Mix (Remastered): funktioniert immer noch - mitreißende Stadiondynamik aber gleichzeitig brav poppig Musik: heilige Hair-Metal und Auto-Mitsing Dreifaltigkeit (fast) back-to-back auf einem Album mit "You Give Love A Bad Name", "Livin' On A Prayer" und "Wanted Dead Or Alive" vereint 🤷♂️ Wertung: 🚗🎶🚗🎶/5
i didn't expect to enjoy this one as much as I did. big cheesy energy that occasionally didn't totally hit. but overall punchy ridiculous 80s fun.
Surprised by how good this album was - apart from the hits not a band I would listen too.
A classic. Never gets old.
Good old music!!
Mad 80s
It's really not my cup of tea but it's unmistakeable and catchy. Bon-Jovi are very good at this stuff and who am I to deny their entry into the 1001? 1.5 billion plays on Spotify! This is huge and they deserve a 5*****
7/10
With it being Opening Day 'Livin on a Prayer' is very appropriate as it's organ music at just about every ballpark I'd imagine. 'Wanted Dead or Alive' is a banger of course and 'Never say Goodbye' is a solid monster ballad. So for never listening to this album it's pretty good overall especially as far as 80s hair metal type stuff goes
Bon Jovi's hits are so good. You could argue that they're overplayed, but I would say they're played that much because they are *that* good. The album does, however, have a feeling of the hits and some other songs, but that's probably more a me problem being unfamiliar with other Bon Jovi songs. The songs other than the hits aren't quite misses, but they're not as good as the hits.
Strong start with the two big hits back to back, but it's the middle section (from Wanted Dead or Alive through I'd Die For You) that really shines with plenty of catchy hooks, solos and keyboards. A fun album, firmly rooted in the 80s, and it doesn't suffer from it.
It's a good album and I totally see why it's was so crazy popular when it came out.
I’m
Livin on a Prayer after You Give Love a Bad Name was a badass choice.
This one delivers the hits and album tracks are pretty strong too. True 4.5
Gets a four for nostalgia and in my dreams last night I learned Wanted on the guitar :)
not my genre but even I need to gove it up for livin on a prayer and wanted dead or alive.
This was close to a 5 for all the bangers but the rest settled it at a 4
What Jake said…
Peak JBJ. It's stadium hair rock at it's finest. Equal parts silly/cheesy and bad ass rock. The singles are the hits for a reason, they still hit after all these years and JBJ's voice is iconic.
For the genre, this album mostly holds up.
I'm not mad. It's a fun album.
Banger. All the Bon Jovi hits
This is about as good as it gets for 80's hair metal. That isn't saying a whole lot, but I'm not sure anyone did it better than Bon Jovi. Realistically that probably makes it a 3* album, but I'm rounding up to 4* for nostalgia. I could have done without the silly moaning female voices at the beginning of Social Disease, but what are you gonna do?...80's hair metal gonna be what it is.
Good old Classic Rock Songs
I for one like this kind of bubblegum metal.
Great Value Springsteen, but still really well done.
Classic 80s rock
yippie!!!! 8/10
Before listening: I'm excited about this one! I'm a Bon Jovi but I've only ever listened to the Crossroads Greatest Hits. I already know this one has at least 4 hits that I know. Can't wait! After listening: Fuck that album was tight! In my opinion it was wall to wall bangers; even the fillers were solid. I can't help thinking though that Bon Jovi are a lesser Van Halen, and some of these songs would've been much better sung by Steve Tyler (that POS).
Era defining album. Some of the tracks are still played today. An album I own on vinyl.
I was ready to dismiss this album as soon as I got it and give it a polite ⭐️⭐️ , but much to my surprise this is a banger???? or maybe I can’t be impartial, so many of the songs in SWW were part of my teenage years watching VH1 like they had the keys to heaven. Maybe Bon Jovi will push me over the edge and this year I’ll finally get a perm and rock the pink spandex pants of my dreams.
Great 80’s rock album with some big hits on it.
Just very quintessentially 80s but very good, Bon knows what's his doing
Full of bangers. Dreading this but it was great!
Solid guitar rock throughout. I don't think I've ever heard anything but the singles. The other tracks were certiainly weaker, but overall still a great album.
Not my favorite
Cheesy classic arena rock, but I like it.
Arena rock like this is best if you’re already familiar with the songs. The three monster hits off this album are most popular amongst listeners, but they may get turned off by the remaining tracks. While some of them are, indeed, duds, there’s a good portion of quality songs on here. This isn’t the most profound album on the list, but it’s fun and has tons of heart. Enjoyable. 4/5
Brings me back to when I was a DJ on our college station - 1 of the 2 stations on campus that played "hits", not your typical college indie...
Some absolute bangers but felt a little front heavy of an album.
I mean it's cheesy rock
I'm not a Bon Jovi fan, but they are a very talented group and have some all-time bangers on this album ("Living on a Prayer", "Wanted Dead or Alive"). Great, fun album
I knew so much of this!
You Give Love A Bad Name Livin' On A Prayer Wanted Dead Or Alive Never Say Goodbye
4 of the most iconic songs in pop culture on one album is crazy. Overall the album is very good, great vibes and the music is super fun and engaging. Great listen
I love listening to Bon Jovi sometimes even though I know that it's cheesy watered down hair metal
Classic hair metal Wanted dead or alive etc
Already listened to most of these songs because they’re classics but Wild In the Streets is a new favorite!
i mean ….. classic
I love the hits on this album. There’s a reason they were so popular: catchy melodies with great sing-along lyrics. There’s definitely a cheese factor that is more obvious at this point, but that’s generally the case with most hair band music. We all thought it was cool until Nirvana came along. I’m not going to let a little cheese spoil my enjoyment!
Я не уверен, что я хоть когда-то слушал бон жови. Ну, давайте оценим. А, ну слушал получается. Сертифаед бангерс. Тут и livin on a prayer и you give a love bad name. А в общем-то лёгкий такой рок, хочется бежать в вайс сити под него, чтоб неоновые огоньки, дорогие машины и пальмы с морским бризом. Кайф. Четыре звезды.
Me encanta. Lo puedo escuchar siempre. Por fin me toca un disco q me gusta. Gracias
This is one of those albums where you think you're not gonna like it because you know 2024 Bon Jovi. But it is perfect for the hair metal genre and rocks pretty hard.
Du rock de stade comme on en fait plus, une belle collection de singles sur lesquels chanter à tue-tête !
I was 15 when this came out and had just discovered rock & metal, as times change it's not the sort of thing I'd choose to play any more and I don't think I'd heard it for over 20 years. It's getting a 4 for the nostalgia blast.
good one
Some very high highs, some very generic lows, but great album overall.
Tiene canciones míticas. Más heavy de lo que me gusta escuchar.
Livin' On A Prayer - simply wonderful
3/4
Rock classic
I like this album. There are some good songs. 4/5
Some overboard 80's hair metal .. but you just cant deny that 8 out of the 10 songs (for my generation) I knew and are good or better.
Good songs, nice production, not a big fan of the lyrics. Amazingly mixed, but some songs I felt kinda bored.
What a great album to kick off our final year crunch! Now that we are reviewing on weekends I can see this list really opening up. That’s two more chances a week to get a great album and today is proof of that. I’m not a huge Bon Jovi fan, but all the songs I love are on this album. I imagine this album rocked many peoples worlds, especially that blue collar worker that Springsteen was working on too. I didn’t realize this was the albums title, but there’s a moment in Ms Marvel when her parents are talking about their love for this band and it’s mentioned. I’m seeing too that this was a shift from metal/hard rock to pop and I can totally see that. Honestly, that’s how I’d describe Bon Jovi: Radio Friendly Rock.
Good ol' Bon Jovi. I'm glad that The Big Three Hits are on here, it's nice of the band to make one album with all of their best songs. I like Bon Jovi, and these hits are classics, but hearing them all together, I'm noticing that Bon Jovi has a kind of funny and really high voice, it's a little shocking. I also feel like this album is so much of a hit-machine that it feels uncanny. Like if this were made today, I would assume it were the result of AI, because it's calculated, formulaic classic rock. However, it's worth noting (according to wikipedia) that this album sort of was the bridge between hard rock and pop, and that in itself is impressive. These guys really made an album with such powerful pop hits that hearing it decades later makes it sound fake, that's just testament to their power. The deep cuts aren't very impressive, but it's still an undeniably strong album. Favorite tracks: Wanted Dead or Alive, Livin On a Prayer, You Give Love a Bad Name, Let It Rock. Album art: It's the title written on what looks like shower-foggy glass, it definitely works. The title is funny; they're obviously going for something saucy but it's just such a goofy cliche. There was a "wet t-shirt" cover for this album that was canned except for in Japan, that I think is appropriately horny. Ending with this quote from wikipedia, one of the band members explaining how the album title was inspired by a trip to a strip club: "This woman descended from the ceiling on a pole and proceeded to take all her clothes off. When she got in a shower and soaped herself up, we just about lost our tongues. We just sat there and said, 'We will be here every day.' That energized us through the whole project. Our testosterone was at a very high level back then." 4/5
Rock 1986, gut
The first half is amazing, but I feel like it loses steam toward the back half.
Ah, a big album from my youth! I wasn't sure any "hair bands" would make this list as critics usually sneer at it. I had this on cassette back in the day and thought this would be a slam dunk 5/5. Well, almost, but not quite. It's got some great, catchy tunes for sure. At least half of these were put out as singles. Maybe I've just heard them way too many times over the years for them to make much of an impact anymore. One of the singles they don't play much anymore is Never Say Goodbye, so I was glad to hear that one again. Now that Bon Jovi is out of the way, bring on Def Leppard, Poison, Whitesnake, Twisted Sister, and especially Motley Crue.
Sorry dad… I really like this album. Classics everywhere and just classic plain old rock. I’m a fan of Bon Jovi.
Absolute banger of an album. It follows the model of a bunch of (excellent) party songs, arena anthems and a couple rock love ballads. Guitars, melodies, harmonies, uptempo fun. The only thing keeping this album from a 5 star review is the overindulgence of a few intros, which in hindsight was probably done to separate themselves from the rest of the pack. Extremely high 4.
Creo que me gusta mucho el rock de esta época
Some well known songs and the rest of the album was good too.
Pretty freaking good 5 4
Iconic for the times.
Its got the hits and captures that era perfectly. That being said I dont think I could listen to the whole album from beginning to end.
Ridiculous but great fun.
classic
Not big on Bon Jovi but this album rocks
Couple bangers, couple songs that kinda missed the mark but not awful. Enjoyed overall.
Got some classic bangers and overall a great album with little to no awful songs
Le meilleurs album de Dad Rock
Awesome Album
Every song sounds same except for the most popular one.
Really iconic with so many classics. Rating: 4.2
I've always liked the singles very much but didn't pay attention to the whole album. Quite a good one but the singles definitely carry it a bit.
Biggest album of my freshman year.
Haven't gave this a listen in years. It's got the hits, so 80s in just the way I like. 4/5
OOOooooOOOO, Living on a Prayer! It's one of the most overplayed songs in the history of humankind, right after bones hitting the stones in a semi-rhytmic way. I probably even know the full lyrics, even though I never intended to. It's a hard listen nowadays, after being bombarded by it for years, same as the rest of the album that sounds like an elongation of said song, just not as catchy. I'll give it a good note, because the current, sarcastic me shouldn't come in front of the young, innocent person that has heard this song for the first time many years before. And the rest of the record is just there.
a couple of whatever songs but the record isn’t too long at least!! lots of all time classics to be found here. if the songwriting falters we have the performances to make up for it.
Love this album, reminds me of playing guitar hero with my brother
4/5. Every song on this album is pretty good minus 1-2. I really liked the deep tracks as everyone knows “Livin on a Prayer” and “Wanted Dead or Alive”. I particularly enjoyed “Social Disease” and “Raise your Hand.” Good, fun 1980s listen.
This album turned heavy into mainstream pop.
Almost perfect. 4.5/5 Standouts: You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin' on a Prayer, Wanted Dead or Alive, Never Say Goodbye, Let it Rock, Raise Your Hands, I'd Die for You So iconic, maybe a little overplayed over the years.
I think, like most people nowadays, had the chuckle-eye roll kneejerk reaction to this album being generated. But, hair metal is pretty much just meant to be fun, and this album very clearly is just that. It rightfully belongs in the list, and I enjoyed listening to it. Favorite track: You Give Love a Bad Name
The mainstream songs on the album have been overplayed to death, so I’m not a fan of them. However the rest of the album screams 80s glam rock and I’m all here for it.
Great songs with such an iconic 80s sound. -1 for the awful power ballad
Ну хиты тут знаковые, иконы прям. Сам альбом просто неплохой и приятный уху Алкоальбом: яблочный джек дениэлс
Multiple classics line the beginning of this album, but once you get past those the rest of the songs are pretty standard.
I know lots of people hate this type of music, but I just can’t hate it. The songs probably aren’t good, but they’re fun to listen to in the car or with friends. I’m not ashamed to say I enjoyed this album.
Esto es otra cosa, jejeje :) (ONB) Lo ochentero casi nunca defrauda (PSP)
i was quite prepared to dismiss this but it’s got solid heart and hooks and i’m man enough to admit i was wrong
It's 80s rock - while it is a good example of it, it really is of its time.
Album 46 of 1001 Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet Favorite Track : Never Say Goodbye Rating : 4 / 5 Good solid album. Many so-called aficionados like to pan it, but I think it was an apt representation of the genre and the time.
I can smell the aqua net just listening to this album.
So couple of stray thoughts on this one. Genius inclusion of Wanted Dead or Alive in the original Rock Band game. You had to really explore the space while singing ‘I’ve been everywhere, still I’m standing tall!’ I was fully prepared to give this a 5 sight unseen but the non-single tracks are so forgettable. Top 10 worst album covers for how many good songs are on this. I know the story behind why they had to change it last minute but come on.
Three bangers on this album and the rest are not bad. A strong four.
Big songs on this one, Jon isn't my favorite but this is a decent album.
Pretty solid 4
Are we halfway there yet?
Classic 80s rock. A slight whiff of cheese but fundamentally awesome riffs and banging tunes
Recognized some songs I heard when ai was a kid, so that was a nice reminder. Overall it was an alright album. Would listen to it again sometime
Wild this is almost 40 years old. The wailing guitars are iconic. Wanted Dead or Alive is one of my favorite songs. There are bangers here. That being said, it felt like a collection of songs with a bunch of stand outs rather than a top-to-bottom killer. 4/5
Nothing challenging here, (apart from the high note on the chorus of 'Livin On A Prayer' after the key change), but it's a perfectly serviceable 80s rock album. I listened to this a lot as a teen, but have no recollection of about three songs on the second half!
Full of bangers. Well, 80% bangers, which is better than most.
I was born and raised in the greater Philly region. I believe that they piped this album into the water supply during my middle school years. My fist-pumping responses to these tracks are born of genetic indoctrination. That said, it’s not a bad album, even if the lyrics are a bit puerile.
Much hair! Such hits! Fun listen. Crazy how redundant the lyrics are.
something a dad would really like
Def Leppard wishes they could rock as hard as these butts. Makes me wish I could retroactively change my Def Leppard score.
I'm a bit mixed on this one. On the one hand, it was pretty nice background music and most of the albums lately have been pretty bad. On the other hand, in terms of hard rock or even heavy metal, it's hard to take this album serious. Bon Jovi sounds like a fictional rock/metal band in a romcom movie about a rocker and a girly girl falling in love - made to sound non-offensive to the moviegoers who don't like rock music. The music doesn't have any depth at all. But I do get the appeal of the easy stadium anthems and there are few hard rock songs that work so well in karaoke as Livin' On A Prayer or You Give Love A Bad Name. Rounding up from 3.5 stars, mostly because I gave the last two albums 1 star and this is still so so much better.
Great songs to start of the album, then it falls of quite a bit. Still some iconic 80s sounds, good stuff!
3,5
Great straight forward meat and potatoes, suburban anthem rock and roll. I enjoyed most of it and can't deny there is some catchy stuff going on. Close your eyes and it is stone wash and teased mullet big hair for miles
Power Ballads and arena rock abound. The singles have transcended into omnipresent pop culture.
It was good but nothing too exciting, was enjoyable though
⭐Livin’ on a Prayer
Mid-80s stadium rock with a slick production, good players and fantastic hooks. The downside is Jon Bon Jovi, who is taking himself way too seriously, with his over-the-top singing and corny, cringeworthy lyrics. Best example for all of these points: Never Say Goodbye. Still, in the right mood, this album can be quite enjoyable, albeit in a guilty pleasure kind of way. 3.5/5
my dad’s a huge fan of hard rock — it was never really that hard tho for some reason like it was mostly just Queen and Bon Jovi but yeah, I feel like I haven’t heard You Give Love a Bad Name in like a decade so it’s pretty fun hearing that again and Living on a Prayer is amazing too looking back on it now, it’s a pretty cheesy album, but I can still really enjoy it I wouldn’t say I’m a huge fan of Bon Jovi, but on a personal level, I LOVE Jon Bon Jovi ❤️ he’s an amazing person
I expected to hate this but turns out it's pretty perfect pop music - fun to listen to but immediately forgettable. Feels like McDonald's for your ears.
A real crotch rocket of a banger-fest we have on our hands with this one, packed to the gills with pure 80's hair metal and gold plated bona-fide rock god classics with You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin' On A Prayer and Wanted, Dead or Alive. Want something to rock out to and smash a couple of jack and cokes this is the fucking ticket to ride. Would listen to again for sure.
I was familiar with a lot of the songs. I had not heard the entire album before. It was a fun album. The most of the songs are catchy. The first half of the album is better than second half. I would probably listen to it again, but I don't think I would pick the album. It is better than a 3, not really a 4, but I will round up.
This album probably got an extra star because I was listening to it while riding a motorcycle.
Thoroughly enjoyed. Felt like I was 16 again!
Good album. Some classics on this one that's for sure.
This album was great for what it was.
Great album, quintessential 80’s rock.
It's hair metal but one of the few hair metal bands who are pretty good. Richie Sambora really loves his pinch harmonics and his solos are simplistic compared to his peers but they still fit. This album would be much better with some epic solos though. This album has a lot to offer in hits and deep tracks.
ja good soup
Classic 80s!
I wasn’t a fan of this when it came out and it’s not my genre but the album has grown on me. I went to Rock in Rio in 2013 and Bon Jovi played one of the nights. I didn’t attend that night but all the concerts were streamed throughout the city. I enjoyed seeing them play some of the songs from this album. Living on a Prayer is an anthem that I quite enjoy these days. Also, this album is the favourite of one of my sons. Enough said.
Surprising number of hits on this album. Stereotypical 80’s lite metal sound, which is not intended to be negative. Memorable rock anthem, great writing, playing, and performing. I remember this album being very popular when it came out.
This has the Bon Jovi songs I like so this was actually enjoyable.
Some absolute bangers. Reminds me of my tape of Crossroads from growing up
I honestly like his newer stuff even better.
Lot of hits.
Very good, can't really go wrong with this album
4 stars for the fact it has 3 amazing hits on it and that they are all actually solid musicians. Sambora in particular is great. Trashy, broad, stadium rock mostly though
Hair metal
This isn't my favorite hair metal, but as hair metal goes, it's pretty good. I mean, just in terms of listenable songs, song structure-wise and melody-wise, pretty good. I appreciate the attempts at story-songs, too. If somebody was like "Is hair metal any good?" then I think you'd give them this and let them make up their mind.
I like hair metal. A lot. I never really dug Bon Jovi. I would suggest there were better songwriters (Jani Lane of Warrant), better musicians (Extreme spring ti mind), and guys like Skid Row whose peaks were higher than Bon Jovi's. But what this collection demonstrates is that the Jovi boys had enough of all these elements to hit the sweet spot - rocking, yes, but with broad everyman appeal and hooky tunes precision-tooled for stasis. I can't hate it. Even the songs I've heard a thousand times still do a job. Heck, 'Wanted Dead or Alive' absolutely rules. "I've seen a million faces - and I've rocked them all" is one for the ages.
A lot of classics here, a lot of Bon Jovi growl and shredding guitars
Banger first half ,ok second half
Obviously has some bangers. Also enjoyed a lot of songs I didn’t know, Wild In The Streets especially was fun - great guitar! Very cohesive. Becoming slightly fatigued by decades-old rock after four in a row though.
Good can’t believe all the big hits from one album. Classic
Kova! En edes muistanut, että Jovikin on tehnyt joskus "raskasta" rockia.
Great album, don’t own a copy but for its genre, really very good
Goeie cheesy glam metal
The usual hits were good, also liked "Wild In the Streets"
a few real bangers here
Actually liked it, some pure cheese and soft core porn sounds but generally a good album
Dedícame una bon
Enjoyed the inane rhyming.
I’m not wet but this album definitely fucks. Only song that truly sucks is Without Love. Probably a true 3.5 but fuck it 4 stars!
Very solid classic album
It's great even though Jon is ripping is throat out in every song.
3 absolute killer tracks
Bon Jovi are the Pet Shop Boys from the American guitar rock in the sense that at their first 4 albums or so, they wrote extremely catchy hit songs: take Runaway from '84, or on this album: You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin' on a Prayer and Wanted Dead or Alive, all 5-stars songs. But then at some point the albums became solid at most. Always thought this was due to their Bruce Springsteen influences taking over, but On Slippery When Wet it is BS all over, but is mixed with 80s pop music. Still sounds great and at the time, I really liked the album. But would have rated it as 4-star album, as the song material was a little too inconsistent. Really wanted to give it 5-stars this time, but stick to my view from 35 years ago.
Always found this a bit (too) smooth but there are in fact quite a number of killer songs on this album.
Amazing freaking album
I'd always thought that these hair pop metal poodles were a bit of a joke. And they are, it's just I'm glad I'm in on it. Best Tracks: You GIve Love a Bad Name; Living on a Prayer; Raise Your Hands
1986 and I was in two but I turned them as proper metal, when this came out, it was hated by me and my peers as it was felt that this was a solo album. Bon Jovi had become something less than heavy metal. Fast forward 35 years, and I listen to it now with a very different here, I appreciate it as one of those albums change the face of rock. Having listened to it, a few times, I can understand its commercial appeal and what it did for the music genre. It’s not an album that I would listen to regularly but it’s wonder if I were in the right frame of mind I would enjoy
J'ai envoyé un courriel à Robert et celui-ci m'a bien confirmé que Bon Jovi appartient à la catégorie des joyeux gueulards.
Bon Jovi vient prendre la tête du classement des joyeux gueulards du générateur grâce à cet excellent album. D'aucun diront que Bon Jovi appartient d'avantage à la caste des tristes gueulards, mais cette classification n'a pas encore été acceptée par le tribunal du gueulard rock.
I am 10 years old again, listening to 89FM and big hair rock is fkin cool.
Pas trop mon kiff mais certaines chansons sont bien. 3,5/5
I can enjoy this for what it is, and what it is is often cheesy, always catchy, pop rock/hair metal. Is it great? Not necessarily. But it's nice to listen to. Maybe it helps that I was born in the mid 90s and wasn't really ever subjected to hearing this kind of music at its peak.
There are some indisputably fun songs on here (although I don’t know if Jon was going for “fun”). There are some stinkers. On the whole a decent album, and that intro organ riff pushes it up to a four for me
Probably a 3.5 - but for the time and style its pretty enjoyable. Fun, fair amount of hits, and nowhere near as cheesy as hair metal can go. Shows why they've lasted so long.
Overplayed singles that I'm sick of, but the album as a whole is a good listen.
LP
A very entertaining album to listen to filled with classic hits
C'est juste du bonbon... impossible de ne pas chanter. Certains passages de synthétiseurs ont moins bien vieilli, c'est sûr. Mais j'assume ce plaisir.
That vibrato those high hats.
While a bit of a dated relic of an album, I think it holds up quite well with the other albums of its time. I enjoyed this album quite a bit and I'd listen to it again.
Good classic rock albulm with riffs and bangers.
Lol this is wild freaky without contextual cues
Classic.
No voy a decir que es el mejor album de rock de la historia, pero sí que fue el comienzo de una larga carrera. El disco es bastante bueno, con buenas canciones, y un Livin' On A Prayer que se ha convertido en uno de los mayores himnos del rock.
Classic.
Lots of good tracks, Especially enjoyed Wild in the Streets and Never Say Goodbye (pure 80’s gold)
Such a slice of 80s magic. I've belted out these tunes many times before.
I expected to hate this so hard. In my mind, Bon Jovi is that cheesy act that my wife likes from when she was a kid. I hate that I didn't hate this. This band definitely knows how to rock. The music is... well, dammit, it's irresistible. Richie Sambora is a monster shredder and Tico Torres is a freaking machine. They're locked in and unrelenting. Every song is either a fist-pumping anthem or a heart-felt ballad. This is an album crafted by people who knew exactly what they were doing. I'm not a huge fan of that 80 vocal style that Jon Bon Jovi is known for but it is what it is. The main problem is the lyrics. They are just SO cheesy. That, I believe, was entirely by design. Bon Jovi fully intended to get peoples' blood pumping but not challenge them with the lyrics in any way. And it worked. For a hot minute, they owned the intersection of pop and hard rock. And they reaped the rewards of that balance. It hurts to say but (if this album is any indication), they earned their fame. I guess I should have trusted my wife. She's always been a rocker. Now she'll get to hear her three favorite words: "you were right."
I bought 'Livin' on a Prayer' and 'Wanted Dead or Alive' on 7" at the time but never got around to buying the album. Not quite sure why. 1986/87 was a big time for me buying albums so I'm guessing I just never got around to it as there was always something else to buy. Even after all this time I still don't have it. It's the sound of me being 14 and I'm ok with that. I also wrote my first car off with 'New Jersey' playing on the car stereo but that's another story.
Banger.
The great songs are great, cheesy crowd pleasers. a few filler songs of course.
I liked just about every song on this album but at least I have the decency to be ashamed of that.
legendary glam metal montage music that slightly overstays its welcome, but it's ok since Livin' on a Prayer + You Give Love a Bad Name were also here
temazo tras temazo, no sabía que fue este disco de donde salieron esos himnos de bon jovi, aquellas rolas que no conocía igual me gustaron mucho, bon jovi tiene ese sonido particular del rock ochentero y una voz sin igual, de las mejores del rock en mi opinión, un discazo, no me voló la mente, pero sí es muy, muy bueno en una palabra: clásico
A classic
very impressed!
Very, very 80’s. I loved every second of listening to it
Fun, catchy, this album is 80's rock to its core. It's the kind of album that you simply can't turn up loud enough.
Stupid silly fun with songs that last the test of time.
This is brilliant. Knows exactly what it is, doesn't try to be anything more than anthemic stadium rock that is of its time, and totally nails it. Can see how people would dislike the style (and if the album was 15 minutes longer it would definitely get a bit too much for me), but I love the exuberance and the energy. Is it the most musically sophisticated album we've listened to? No. Are the lyrics particularly insightful? No, it's Springsteen without the depth. Is it the most fun album we've had so far, 130 albums in? Probably, yeah. 4/5.
The singles are so ubiquitous it's hard to be objective but this flew by, not a band I'd seek out but the songwriting is top tier
Bon Jovi's breakthrough and possibly the most mainstream 80s rock album out there. It encompasses everything there is to love about glam rock. High energy, iconic riffs, and catchy choruses begging the audience to sing along. An unpopular opinion, but this is my favorite Bon Jovi album. Lots of fans prefer their 90s work, but the excitement here is unmatched. There's rarely a boring moment here, and it never drags on. My least favorite track is the required-by-law hard rock ballad "Never Say Goodbye." Some songs give me classc rock n roll or roots rock vibes, like the Burce Spingsteen-esque closer "Wild in the Streets."
first listen there are too many bangers on this to not love it
Generally I hate Glam metal. This is probably as good as it going to get for me. There is probably better stuff out there, but I don't care to find it lol.
Great album! With a couple of all time hymns like "You give love a bad name" and "Livin' on a prayer". It was an important piece in the stadiums rock boom during and after the 80's.
Biggest hold against it is the overplaying of the big songs on this album, but I suppose that’s not on him. Good album.
WOAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
Not perfect, but most decent hits are here
Haha, well, I was never a HUGE Bon Jovi fan, but this really does take me right back to 1986ish. So, extra star for you. :-)
Buenísimo disco de rock con grandes clásicos, buenas guitarras y excelente voz
I feel like this should be a guilty pleasure but I really am not even that guilty. This is just a damn good rock album.
Absolute classic
A classic! Sang along while cooking dinner.
This was some rocking fun, as well as awesome nostalgia. The first "side" of this album was nearly perfect. Yay Bon Jovi!
This wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.
They do what they do well! Many of their songs are classics for good reason but it's not my favorite kind of rock, so when listened to as a whole, it becomes a bit one-faceted.
Great album.
Bon Jovi is IT when it comes to hair metal in the 80s. Their music has transcended to every wedding and company party in 2022. Richie Sambora is a great lead guitarist for Bon Jovi and it’s too bad he left the band. Love the album as a whole, but there are a couple misses “Let it Rock” and “Social Disease” don’t stand out. But 3 of his greatest hits ever come from this album, there’s a reason it’s on this list.
Obvious classics, great guitar, a little slow and predictable at times, but overall a very good album.
Negatives - it's "hair rock", it's cheesy AF Postives - you know all the words, its catchy, sounds good loud, and just leaves you happy..... (all assuming you are of the appropriate age and demographic - which I am).
Is this "great" music? Objectively, no. But, is it fun? Yep. Is it, perhaps, the quintessential 80s rock album? Maybe. Not much else to say. If you want to understand 80s music, this is a must-listen.
Solid rock I can dig
string of hits. no skips. karaoke stuff
its bon jovi...what do i say
this album is the essence of 80s rock can't believe he managed to put so many bangers on 1 album
I love the singles, and the other songs were not as dull as I expected; there's some genuinely great 80s rock songs on here that aren't "Living on a Prayer"!
I mean...it's Bon Jovi. "You give love a bad name"... Start the party!
listened to this one a lot as a kid. i feel like it's loaded with hits. i'm alone in this feeling haha.
heavy yet not too heavy and with a playful edge, have listened to it before will probably listen again
4.5/5 well this was a good one!
Muy buen disco, aunque la mitad del disco no le llega a los talones a los sencillos, pero está muy prendido
Guilty Pleasure, aber gut
Peinlich gut
I never listened to the entire album before, so I discovered some new songs. Even the really overplayed ones are actually good after not hearing them for a year.
Bon Jovi's third album - with a few of their most popular songs - was an instant commercial success for the glam metal / hard rock band. It was the best selling album of 1987, along with being Bon Jovi's best selling album, and has been certified 12x platinum, which makes it diamond certified! It's chock-full of amazing songs to listen to for any occasion. This album is a jammer for anyone from Generation X or younger!
Some absolute bangers.
Time machine
I wanted to not like this album, because of some unconscious bias I had with Bob Jovi. But it was undeniable, they’re obviously not the most innovative band but their songs are catchy. So many bits in this album
Man, "Livin' On a Prayer," "You Give Love a Bad Name," AND "Wanted Dead or Alive" are all off the same album? Wow. This must be an absolute smash for the album cuts too! That's what I thought when I looked at the track listing. The rest of the album is good but forgettable. Turns out, the tracks you remember off this album are well known for a reason, but the other tracks are forgotten for a reason. They're just okay. 4/5 because I can't ignore that three all-time classics are all on this album, but the rest of it really let me down despite being perfectly good.
It may be glam but it's a whole load of fun and you can't deny that there are a handful of absolute anthems here.
Pleasingly silly opening that reminds me of Argent. Pipe organ and distorted guitar, and the on the nose title "Let It Rock". Equally subtle lyrics... You Give Love A Bad Name rules, all Billie Jean ripoff and drama. Hating on Livin' On A Prayer would be so easy, but it is a perfect pop sound. Indeed, the only way you could hate on Bon Jovi is from a rock purist perspective. This is a failure to see Bon Jovi (up to c. 1995) are a near perfect pop group. A pinch of power balladry, a good wedge of Spandex metal, and a sprinkle of Bruce Springsteen's patented New Joisy blue collar relatability, and you've found a formula worth millions. It is no surprise that Jon Bon Jovi is related to the legendary producer Tony Bongiovi - who worked with the Talking Heads, Ramones and Shirley Bassey. Social Disease is the only hard rock song I can think of with full Motown horns on it. Points scored there! Wanted Dead or Alive is another slice of perfection. Cowboy rock. And if there is anything as enjoyable as singing the bit where it goes "Wanted....WAAAANNTEEEEED!" then you aren't taking enough joy in life. Raise Your Hands is the first disappointing entry on this album. Boring stadium singalong stuff. Without Love is very much something that could be used as filler on Magic (105.4) between better power ballads, so yet Mam's heart rate doesn't get too high. The whole back half of the album is disappointing to be honest. Never Say Goodbye is a better power ballad, and you can at least see what they were trying to do with Wild In The Streets. It's Judas Priest's Break-in The Law without the commitment. If this had kept its momentum up, it'd be an all the great album. As it is, I have a five star A side, and a 2 star B side.
43. Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi 10 tracks. WHAT an album! Some people thinking that this stands on the back of 1 track are missing lots. I think it's a "proper album" with ebb and flow rather than just a collection of tracks thrown together. It doesn't make we want to listen to this album again, but it makes me want to listen to more like it. 4/5.
Iconic 80s guitar tone and a few anthemic masterpieces slightly spoiled by the indulgent run time
Excellent hard rock / hair metal. Drags a little bit in the second half, but the opening half (with all the big names: \"You Give Love a Bad Name\", \"Livin' on a Prayer\", \"Wanted Dead or Alive\") is exceptional and more than enough to carry the album.
When I was about 7 there was this hit song on MTV called “Always”, me and my siblings liked it so much my parents bought us the CD (cross road) and we became obsessed with it. It wasn’t until many years later that I learned it was a compilation and that most of the songs were from before I was born lol. I had never listened to this album in full before but the hits I’m very familiar with and bring me back to my childhood even if the teems are not for kids. Even if glam metal is not my jam I have a soft spot for this one and I also praise the like instruments as opposed of the synth infested 80’s albums on this list
Overall this album is good, but the singles are what really carry this album. Especially Livin' On A Prayer, that one really hits different. Although I did really enjoy Raise Your Hands too.
Bon Jovi, you know what you're getting here. Lots of his classics are on this album, Livin on a Prayer, Shot Through the Heart, Cowboy. Pretty consistent throughout.
Sloppy, hairy, excessive. This band is like a house made double cheeseburger and loaded fries. In the moment, its deeply satisfying. On closer inspection, its very bloated and doesn't say or offer anything new. But hot damn You Give Love A Bad Name hits like few other hair metal tunes do. And Livin' On A Prayer deserved to take over the world. Raise Your Hands is a sleeper hit on this record.
Much better than I would ever give them credit for. The hits are hits for a reason.
Super corny as I expected but honestly not a bad listening experience 7/10
8/10. Great album, but I feel like these songs sounded a lot better when I was a kid.