Reviews (page 5 of 9)
Not heard for ages. Great fun. Some filler, but the big singalong numbers never get old.
4th October 2021 Listened while working out in the sun in Spain with seb and jen playing with my headphones. Love me a bit of dramatic power ballad and this is one of the greats. Got some good songs around the big hitters too.
The boys are wet, what can I say
Great pop album in rock disguise.
Rating: 8/10 Best songs: You give love a bad name, Livin’ on a prayer, I’d die for you
Enjoyed this a lot more than the other Bon Jovi album I listened to. The style can get a bit over the top and grating after a while, but there are enough classic songs on here to pull it off
The fourth star is purely for nostalgia. A pretty damn good album that has aged pretty well.
Heeft de hits de rest vult mooi aan
Oke, witte wijn, dit album EN 45+ jarige vrouwen die iets te geil staan en we hebben een zieke vibe! Die cover? Niet doen! (de japanse is veel beter)
I don't like Bon Jovi's 80's stadium rock but I understand why it should be included on this list. A 3 that I will begrudgingly give a 4 because I've just been sick of listening to bad british indie fuzz.
bollarna är tömda till den grad att det värker efter tredje låten. Resten är som att kolla porr med post-nut clarity
Ordinarily I'd ignore stuff like this - preposterous, overblown stadium rock. But my perspective has been damaged by the swathes of utter rubbish we've had forced on us lately. Consequently, this felt like a breath of fresh air. It gets 4 stars, principally for 'Wanted..' which is a real classic (though the live version is better).
I love this album but not as much as New Jersey. So I will go with 4 stars
First song quite good, second and third amazing, then just ok for a bit, then one more pretty good song towards the end
Top draw 80s cheese
This was my whole 7th grade. Holds up pretty well.
Face has been rocked.
One of the first album I bought and my first concert was Bon Jovi. Album still hold up
Yeah I unironically like Bon Jovi, its probably rock for your mum but it's harmless hair rock which is fun, enjoyed this album even if he is a bit of a bell
Just straight up good fun
This has gotta be the most iconic Bon Jovi album ever, right? Loved them when I was in high school and love them now!
I have a soft spot for this album. In HS I played in a band that covered most of it. Made me love and hate it. Going with love now due to nostalgia.
I grew up with this album, so it's a little hard to separate my review from the nostalgia, but I can try. Every song is solid, but some suffer from being overplayed. Very of its time for the ballads and very karoakeable. Definitely didn't age well, but play as a history lesson to the kids. You know I haven't been writing very good things. Why is this a four? I'd rate it 3.75 because of the hooks and generally catchiness. It's not a deep album and sometimes sounds like a parody of itself, but its another everyman album. The production is good and the guitars are perfect. The drums are super 80s and I like them like that. The lyrics are fitting. Overall, a good album worth buying.
Los mejores clásicos de Bon Jovi. No es de todo mi agrado, pero es un álbum disfrutable (especialmente con la buena voz que tiene).
Love this album.
Several big hitters
Goed album, met heel wat meezingers. Maar geen complete uitblinker
4/5 Rock/pop
Ik dacht dat ik dit wel geinig zou vinden om weer eens te horen, maar puur vanuit nostalgie 4 sterren! 😁
Wow. This is much better than I expected.
Several good songs on this album. The singles are the standouts though, expectly.
No denying this one, great album
I'm not the biggest BJ fan, but you can't knock this album. It is HIT after HIT after HIT. If you've ever enjoyed a bit of hair metal, you've heard and enjoyed every one of these songs.
Classic
A little cheesy, but really good melodies!
i love
4 stars for livin on a prayer
Awesome album. Rockin 80s guitar that's borderline cheesy but no where near as much as the likes of whitespace. Makes me want to blast the album in the cassette deck of an 88 corvette while sharing a delicious 40 of Olde English with my best buds. Only thing keeping it from a 5 is some weaker tricks near the end.
Has some of Bon Jovi's greatest hits on one album. The album has a theme of lack of love.
Wow, Good album, lots of hits, not always my style.
3.5 nice. only few songs weren't great
4/5 3.5/5. The singles are timeless and carry the album, everything else is cool. Standout Tracks: You Give Love A Bad Name, Livin' On A Prayer, Wanted Dead Or Alive, Raise Your Hands
full of bangers, rightfully named album. great choons
Dumb as rocks, but good fun
boff. Wel oke, maar niet baanbrekend (+ Living on a Prayer is echt beuuuuu)
Story time. When I was a senior in high school, me and a couple of my friends were driving to some sort of regional school newspaper/yearbook conference nearby. Somehow, this annoying sophomore kid ended up riding in the car with us. We were into The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, etc. He wanted to listen to Bon Jovi in the car. Needless to say, I believe we listened to Siouxsie and The Banshees the whole way! Fast forward to today and I've been married to that annoying sophomore for 30 years! This is all to say that I've heard this album many, many times - not voluntarily. Hair bands from the 80s was never really my thing. But, you have to give this album credit for the number of hits it produced and the number of albums is sold. I won't ever seek out listening to Bon Jovi, but I also won't turn them off if it pops up on something.
it has the hits but it's still bon jovi :/
The highs had me contemplating whether I'd actually give Bon Jovi a 4....but by the end, I was so tired of the same Bon Jovi energy all the way through every song on the album that it narrowly escaped a 2
Generally: Great album, but very front-loaded. And an awful lot of "whoa-oa"s throughout. Let it Rock: The intro to this is great, but then it transforms into what is now fairly generic rock. It probably sounded a lot more original in 1986, though. You Give Love a Bad Name: Absolute classic - the first time I've heard this through headphones, so didn't realise what great use it made of stereo, with the bassline wandering around the listening. Living on a Prayer: Another absolute classic, and the most "New Jersey" song on the album - could easily see this being covered by Bruce Springsteen, actually. Social Disease: Ugh, yet another absolute classic! Huh, I always thought that "Love is a" was part of the title, but apparently not. Really a great groove - more rock music should include horns. Wanted Dead or Alive: and side A closes with one more classic, this is ridiculous. I'm fairly certain this is the song that got Jon Bon Jovi the Young Guns II soundtrack gig. Really impressed at how different every song on side A manages to be. Raise Your Hands: High energy, but forgettable. Without Love: great drumming I guess? Otherwise it pretty much just slides off my brain. I'd Die for You: this could have probably been another classic with better lyrics, as it is it's just another overly earnest angsty teenage lovesong. Never Say Goodbye: one of those "last song at the disco" tracks. Nice, tuneful, laid back - not sure why this is the second last track, it would seem better to close the album with this. Wild in the Streets: and we end with one more fairly forgettable high-energy number.
It's corny, but it's fun for a minute. Some of the songs on the latter half are straight up terrible, but I don't think it's meant as an album, there are the bangers and the fillers. Therefore I don't think it's an album for me, to me songs alike, some of them barely fresh ideas, but I do like it generally speaking.
Bon Jon Bovi
Jon von bi
I was determined to dislike this. It is probably described as "fun" by a lot of people, but when has that ever stopped me? Except after a few tracks I couldn't help but bop my head to it. Sure, it's not the kind of music I particularly go for, but it's hard to argue with the power of "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' on a Prayer", "Wanted Dead or Alive", and "Never Say Goodbye" among the others. I still wouldn't voluntarily listen to this again though, which drops it to a high 3/5.
Bon Jovi was huge in the mid-80's and it wasn't hard to get burnt out on their hits because they were played so often. This would be my first time listening to the whole album. Not totally my thing but not bad. 3.5/5
classic
kinda peak
Three all-timers is pretty significant. Dead or Alive is one of my favorite songs... and I really don't like Bon Jovi much at all. There was a bunch of stuff on this record that triggered my gag reflex... even so:
Listen, I get the attraction. Singalong arena hard rock with plenty of punches in the air. But it's too much hairspray for me. Hope you enjoy it.
Is glam rock a good genre? Probably, no. Generic, radio friendly, and without much to say. That being said, these fellas could certainly write a hit, and it's a lot of fun to listen to. That being said, there are far better examples of this type of music. That being said, maybe I should just get tf over myself and enjoy fun music for the sake of it. That being said, the songs here that aren't mega-hits aren't exactly fun at all, and maybe pretty bad. That being said,// Fave tracks: - You Give Love A Bad Name - Livin' On A Prayer - Wanted Dead Or Alive
NICE
All of Bon Jovi's greatest, overplayed, hits!
I mean it's good but it feels wrong giving a 4... might bump later
Fun! But not enough that I'd want to replay
Well, full disclosure, I don’t hate them. Sure, pretty boy metal? I agree, album title that even not knowing the full story about the Vancouver strip joint, is suggestive? absolutely, but they could actually write great catchy songs, so while I never would buy an album I can quite happily listen to Living on a Prayer and not tear my ears out. In fact, woah-oh! I’m half way through listening to this album and it is joyous, in the same way skateboarding as an adult is, you know its immature but boy is it fun.
This really should be a 4 out of 5, but I'm forced to deduct a star because of "Livin' on a Prayer". Before I get to that, the rest of the record is great. I hadn't heard "I'd Die for You" before, but it's a pretty good track. "You Give Love a Bad Name" is an absolute banger. Atreyu made a really good cover version about 20 years ago that goes pretty hard. So about "Livin' on a Prayer": My wife went to Auburn University for undergrad and pharmacy school . For those of you who follow American college football, you might know the student section sings that song at every single home game. As an Alabama fan, I am legally and spiritually opposed to that song. I've heard it blasting in Jordan-Hare Stadium more times than I can count. Musically, the album is a gold standard for 80s arena rock and hair metal. Richie Sambora's guitar work is top-tier, and the production is massive. It's just too bad Auburn had to go and ruin a classic.
At the age of 16, and as a first year student at technical college, I discovered Bon Jovi. Def Leppard and Iron Maiden followed quickly, then I found Metallica... Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ probably not Default ★★★☆☆ (6/10) Total reviewed : 329 Already owned : 76 Purchased : 15 To buy : 4 Nope : 234
I’ve always been a casual fan of Bon Jovi, but not much more. I like their hits and even count a couple of their ballads among my favorites in rock. Aside from that, I never gave them much thought. I was much more interested in Def Leppard, Van Halen, and Guns N’ Roses. I wasn’t sure why that was exactly until I listened to this album. The hits really do hit, but the misses feel like spineless rock: cheesy lyrics with passable rhythms. I enjoy Jon’s voice and the band is talented, but much of the album feels like those forgettable background songs they’d throw in 80s movies to indicate tension was happening. I’m tempted to toss an extra point at the album for the simple fact that Jon Bon Jovi has aged better than all of his contemporaries. Dude looks damn good!
Equal parts seriously dated and timeless legend. Lame and shamelessly fun at the same time. Some of the hits on this are popular with generations that did not live during the 80's. Who knew the son of that pasta sauce guy could do that?
Wow, listening to this album from Track 1 to Track 10 in its intended order was something. I've never really been a Bon Jovi guy, just learning a couple riffs from their most popular songs on guitar just to entertain people when they ask if I can play Bon Jovi. This album encapsulates the late 80's hair band corporate sponsored arena concerts to a T. Every song has been engineered and algorithmically designed to appeal to midwestern white male nostalgia. Songs about drinking cheap beer, smoking cigarettes, having sex with women, driving fast cars, and making questionable decisions on Friday night. The lyrics are chantable, the sound is designed for stadiums holding 40k people with lasers and pyrotechnics. I did have a good chuckle when I heard Never Say Goodbye because you can hear almost the exact part of this song that inspired Nickelback's album "All the Right Reasons". If you were to make a Venn diagram of Bon Jovi and Nickelback fans, it would be a circle. Make of that as you will. I'll give this album a 6/10 because it was a fun listen but at the end of the day, it's still Bon Jovi.
I dont like hair metal but really enjoyed this one. Some songs are timeless pieces of pop.
Meh. Bubblegum stadium pop rock. I mean you can't deny there are some hits on here. But yeah. Not really to my tastes.
Que los temas estén buenos no significa que estén buenos (?). Muy fuerte al medio, pero god. Los temas medio sencillones y también muy épicos, se nota que apuntaban a ser himnos todos y eso un poco la baja. Pero banqueira.
You know you're in for some gas right off the opening seconds of the album! Total glam rock bangers on here, on top of the classics I was already familiar with. I do think Bon Jovi is best enjoyed in moderation, however, as their sound would surely get old fast in a frequent rotation. Standouts: Let It Rock • You Give Love a Bad Name • Livin' On A Prayer • Raise Your Hands
Lots of hits. More range than average hair metal.
That’s a nostalgic banger. Definitely understand why it’s on the list. Can’t always say that.
My mom liked this album
Not a big Bob Jovi fan but this was a good album
Unc karaoke album
Buen álbum, sin dudas lo que destacan son los grandes 4 hits de Bon Jovi, de estos mi favorito sin lugar a dudas es Never Say Goodbye, tiene algo que me genera una angustia instantánea, destaco el trabajo de ls guitarra que está casi al nivel de Van Halen y se nota mucho su influencia, y Jon Bon Jovi tiene una voz que me agrada, muy poderos.
vocês são muito chatos por não gostar de um álbum divertido e pra cima desses. é white music? sim, mas ao menos é uma white music que não fere 2028937392 direitos humanos, então já estamos no lucro. 3,5.
Απίστευτη 80s κλασικούρα. Χωρίς παρεξήγηση απλώς έχει ακουστεί τόσο πολύ που έχω βαρεθεί. Δεν είναι κακά τα κομμάτια όμως, απλώς βαρετά Livin' On A Prayer
I'm too used to litening to Bon Jovi Cross Roads (greatest hits), so this felt a little like one great song with a bunch of ok songs.
Do I add or subtract points based on the fact that I got into my first car accident while listening to this album on the way back from a dinner at the Plutkos, specifically the platinum track You Give Love a Bad Name, as the only NJ car in a 4-car PA accident? I don’t know, but this album is equal parts cliched and rad.
This is my project so I will base my ratings on straight nostalgia if I wanna. Listening to this album 40 years after it was made there is a glaring revelation: yes, it is cheesy. But that does not negate the fact I remembered every word of every song and I felt something in my soul, albeit a bit of embarrassment mixed with the sort of wisdom that only comes with being able to laugh at yourself. Ah, this album on any other occasion would be a 2 now, but there are 3 redeeming factors tied to personal nostalgia that bump it up to a 3. 1. My dad took me to a Bon Jovi/Skid Row concert when I was 11 years old. They played a lot of these songs and it was the coolest thing I ever experienced up to that point in my life. He bought me a concert t shirt, which I still have, and I wore it to school the next day and the other 6th graders were in awe. 2. "Never Say Goodbye" was often used as a couples skate when I was that same age. I remember wanting to be a teenager so badly just so I could experience the good times I would someday reminisce. I would see the teenagers hold hands and skate to this song while I was waiting on the wall for the dumb 6th grade boys to skate around and ask me to skate. It broke my heart in a good way. 3. "Wanted Dead or Alive" is just a great song among the cheese. In fact, Jon Bon Jovi is much better as a cowboy than this spandex mess. I prefer that Young Guns 2 soundtrack to any of his other music. Anyway, this album IS 1986. It is cheesy now, but back then it was really something great.
Good
I want to give it a four because the hits are so awesome, but the rest are too cheesy. Still, you give love a bad name!
Ihan hauskaa ja hyväntuulista kasarirockia, joskin ne kolme megahittiä (You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin' on a Prayer ja Wanted Dead or Alive) kannattelevat tätä levyä. Ilman noita kyseisiä kappaleita tätä tuskin olisi otettu mukaan tälle listalle.
One thing’s for sure... Hair metal hasn’t aged all that well. The cheesiness here is off the charts. There are a couple of solid tracks, but most of it just takes me back to those trashy college bars, watching sloppy drunk regulars try to pick fights with the younger crowd. Funny in hindsight, but not exactly something I’m eager to relive.
Decent 3
Penis music. Pero mentiría si dijera que no he cantado los estribillos de You give love a bad name y de Livin' on a prayer.
Boy howdy. It's big and dumb. Really big and dumb. Fat licks played by the whole band with usually little nuance involved in arranging. Music made for the arena rock circuit specifically. Lyrics that work as rhymes but again lack subtlety and thought for the most part. It's a himbo given new form as sound waves. But, forgive me, I like it. It's an identity that is clear and I appreciate that I can participate in it without too much effort, just this once. Junk food is bad for you, but I really like a donut or a fat burger when I'm in the mood. I'm not a man made of stone and I admit it. I scream the gearshift key change in Livin' on a Prayer along with Bon Jovi any time I'm not in a strictly quiet environment. I am a human person.
Whilst living on a prayer is a certified banger, most of the album is just a bit too cheesy for my tastes
This is one of the albums I was dreading, not because I thought it would be bad, but because I thought it would be really boring. I've hated Livin on a Prayer for a while now, due to it being super overplayed, and never been crazy about You Give Love a Bad Name. I think Wanted Dead Or Alive is their best song, which isn't saying much. Every other song is forgettable or just ok. Low 3.
80s synth rock, with a few really popular hits that won't fail to get people jumping and dancing (Livin on a Prayer, You give love a bad name). I just so happened to listen to a rendition of Livin on a Prayer in a pub a few weeks ago, what a coincidence. Would I listen to this on repeat? Nah, probably it sounds too glam for my taste. But I'll definitely karaoke Livin on a Prayer
I hate this but it's kinda awesome? I would not be surprised if this sold 15M copies. I'm not going to look it up.
Started a 2, ended a 3 … I GUESS
They are good at what they do. Given how much I'm not a fan, I'm impressed with how many of their songs it turns out I know.
has some bangers and classics but i wouldn't listen to it everyday... at one point all the songs started to sound the same so i got bored
hard hitters in this album and mister Bon Jovi is really hot
Listened to before? Partially Context? A popular 80s hard rock album, with many ambiguous hits. Reviewed in a holistic format. I have a personal vendetta against mainstream hard rock music. It's trashy without political subtext. It's relentlessly masculine (and often misogynistic). It reminds me of those white middle aged couples that go to sports games and get drunk and start making out. Still, I have to credit "Living On a Prayer" for being a huge factor in getting me into rock music, even if I did end up going on a much more alternative route. It and "You Give Love a Bad Name" are undeniably great songs. I'd even say "Let It Rock" is a pretty good song. The rest are okay at best: very heavily dated and cushion for the smash hits. The whole album is also very one-note and can get it old when it's not being exceptional. Ultimately, I feel the same way about this album as I do about songs like "Party in the USA": unless I'm at some kind of fun event, where everyone's singing along, I don't want to hear it. And even then, in an ideal world, we'd be singing along to "Wild in the Streets" by the Circle Jerks rather than "Wild in the Streets" by Bon Jovi.
Yes, we all know the hits, but Raise Your Hands is the best song on this record...not least of all for its appearance in Space Balls.
Bon Jovi is not my favorite, but this album is really good. There are a lot of huge hits throughout and this is just a strong album. These are simple classic rock tunes. It is a great time. Actual rating...3.5 Liked Songs: "You Give Love A Bad Name" , "Livin' On A Prayer" , "Social Disease" , "Wanted Dead Or Alive" , "Raise Your Hands" , "I'd Die for You" , "Wild In The Streets"
Finest hard rock opera
This one has all the hits?
3 huge hits. Rest is pretty meh.
Very slippery. Great BJ album lots of his best on this album. It started to lose me a bit on the second half. But still great.
While this really isn't my favorite genre, nor do I really love any of these tracks, I have to recognize that these are bangers. Fuck the RYM nerds, I think this album has a lot of merit, even if it lacks any sort of artistic integrity. Every year, we need a hit factory kinda band, and Bon Jovi was the 1986 edition. The record label gave these guys money and writing talent, and they made hits. Is that really that bad?
This has aged...poorly
Really good guitar!!! Kinda drops off after the start
Loved it when I was 15. I'm not 15 anymore
Honestly surprised at the amount of hits on this album. Bon Jovi really put in the A game for this album. Would rate higher but I still have trauma from these songs doing them in a high school production of Rock Of Ages
Actually has multiple classics on it
While I never went to a Bon Jovi concert, I would imagine the group could get everyone off their seats. The music isn’t bad, some songs are memorable so I’m giving them a 3.
As a Jersey Guy, respect to Bon Jovi. They accomplished a lot taking metal/hair band music into the pop main stream. A couple huge songs on this album, but nothing I love.
It’s Bon Jovi! It’s rock!
The first half of this album is rip snorting fun. The back half falls away into generic and boring filler tracks. Still mostly good and mostly fun
3.5/5
Lots of fun tunes, some bangers.
Despite some obviously very catchy 80s glamorous hair metal tracks, it's all quite shallow really isn't it? It's just Jovi pretending he's in love with women to get them to sleep with him in ten different forms. Can't deserve anything too high as a result of that but the catchiness does still hold true, and there are some definite memory associations with many of these tracks for me.
Can I shock you? I think I actually loved this. It’s a Bon Jovi greatest hits (almost) with an admittedly terrible title. There’s some real 80s slop on here with ridiculous lyrics but that’s the point i suppose - silly, ridiculous, loud and raucus. It’s stadium rock, or it wants to be. 3.7/5.0 Best Song: You Give Love A Bad Name
It sucks and it's class at the same time. The bangers are massive and the bad songs are terrible, but somehow it's just the same song over again. This is maybe the most defining album of the 80s, in the fact it is the most 80s sounding album. Best Track: Obvs livin on a prayer
Fun and silly
cool
joah bon jovi halt
Yes, I’ve heard the hits from this album. Who hasn’t? I never put name and face to music, so I was mildly surprised… this guy rocks pretty damn hard! And here I thought he was just another pretty face. Still not a big fan, but can’t ignore the success.
04/03/26 Começou bem, acabou cheesy
Livin' On A Prayer is admittedly a great song. However, Bon Jovi is a very overrated band in my opinion.
First half was a solid supplement to my squats. Second half was high school footballer music
I’d love to be able to say that my taste is too cool and sophisticated to enjoy this incredibly cheesy generic 80s arena rock, but unfortunately that’s not true. What is true, though, is that the trio of monster hits on side one (‘You Give Love a Bad Name’, ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’, ‘Wanted Dead or Alive’) are easily the best songs on the album, and most of the rest are several notches down in quality. The lyrics are almost uniformly awful, the production dated, but it’s so catchy and infectious it’s hard to resist. Switch off brain and enjoy.
Not my cup of tea, but I can definitely understand why others enjoy it.
A lot of his songs I've heard through osmosis. Not bad, but never been my type of music.
I didn’t want to like it as much as I did and that’s on having an open mind. Felt super cringe and very high school musical with the anthemic vocals and straight ahead drumming (actually the drums were the major thing I would change across the album). But overall I felt …. Kinda awesome ???? There’s a reason why he’s an icon I guess. Crazy that he’s Milly Bobby Brown’s father in law. We really do have to hold on to what we’ve got ❤️
I WANT to give it more but i feel that thats just because ik most of the songs and it is a bit nostalgic... I liked it mostly, I just know that if i listened to it today (w/o knowing anything about it) i would not have been too impressed and i would have found his voice annoying:( Iconic guitar solos tho
i mean. i had fun! i'm just not sure why this album is on the list in the first place. im guessing sheer popularity put it here bc it doesnt seem revolutionary or influential even in the realm of glam-rock. very shiny and phony - i suppose maybe it was influential in how shiny / polished / poppy it was? if anything theres probably other slimy phony arena pop-rockers who r very indebted to this album. the 3/4 measure before the keychange in living on a prayer remains one of the most hype moments in music history though that couple seconds is truly brilliant
Contains some of the band's biggest hits with "You give love a bad name", "Livin' on a Prayer" and "Wanted Dead or Alive"; both the former tracks helping to define what a rock anthem actually is. Both are still hella fun to this day, with incredible riffs that just inspire a good mood. "Wanted Dead or Alive" with it's twangy cowboy guitars and epic delivery of the title line makes it a fun track, too. This album is definitely getting a 3, because it's a fun listen and I've always been a sucker for the right kind of synth and guitar together. My only gripe is, even when it's trying to be serious (like in "Without Love") it still just comes off as silly, but that may be by association with the kinds of lyrics and tone that usually accompany the guitar chords and drums still heard in this track from others that are more whimsical. ******************************************************************************* This is another album with some weirdly hateful reviews, someone literally spending some 6-7 paragraphs to explain why it's so awful. Seems to be hair metal itself is incredibly divisive; a separate homework assignment I may have to do. To me, all it says is that these people - leaving the 1* reviews - can't seem to understand that not everything requires profundity and nuance. Sometimes, just some plain dumb fun is all we want. The "switch your brain off" and enjoy feeling we've all had in one medium or another after a long day or when you're in a party mood. It's why bad movies and video games are equally as successful. Despite that, I can appreciate - as I have said many times previously - that when you consider yourself not just a fan of a medium but an enthusiast bordering on connoisseurship, you may well deplore what's dumbed down and popular for the sake of itself. For me that's always been video games: The Call of Duty's, Fortnite's and FIFA's of the world are the lowest common denominator and unfairly detract from games with far better story or design. That being said... these games are a bit of dumb fun for when you need them; you don't always want to get bogged down into RPG lore or complex mechanics, you just want to shoot someone in the face.
War der Lieblingssänger meiner Mudder, klar n paar tolle Songs dabei, aber hat mich jetzt nicht sonderlich mitgerissen. Schon sehr poppiger/schnulziger Rock
Some of the songs from this album have definitely been overplayed, but I didn't hate the ones I hadn't really heard yet. Bon Jovi's voice can get a bit much after a while, but there's a time and place for this album, I suppose. Karaoke bars, mostly.
It has the significant bangers, but aside those, its not extremely amazing. Those bangers do make up for it though!
Three stars for the three classics on this album. The rest is filler and sounds massively dated
I used to work on a studio where we’d regularly have cheesy 80s rock sessions and Bon Jovi featured heavily. In fact I used to enjoy breaking silence by turning up the speakers and blasting _You Give Love a Bad Name_ randomly which always shocked my mate. So I do have something of a soft spot for them but they’re mainly a best of band for me. The big songs are great but an albums worth tends to be a little too much. My wife is a big fan though, so I will end up listening to this again.
Amazing craftsmanship.
Ok don’t might not be ‘cool’ to enjoy this but how can you not just go with it. Probably one of the best examples of big hair 80’s cheesy rock there is out there!
Soft rock at its finest. It never occurred to me before how close this is to Bruce Springsteen but with a slight edge. Big hits, power ballads and some very passable album tracks make this a fine example of the genre. If you can get past the stupid hair and massive cheese factor, there is plenty to enjoy.
Is this peak hair metal? It’s definitely up there; the album starts strong but then it’s a little too naff and cheesy for me in the end. This is going to sound sexist, but I think there is a deliberate (and successful) attempt to woo the female market here. I think the Def Lepard and Van Halen albums we’ve already had on the list are just a bit better and sillier for my tastes.
This is an arena rock show crammed onto a studio album. The songs have amazing hooks and high energy throughout. Of course the singles are the strongest examples of Bon Jovi's charm. While the other tracks lack that special something, they're not far off. You Give Love A Bad Name Livin' On A Prayer Wanted Dead Or Alive
Habrá sido todo un discazo en su momento. Not for me.
#857. Bon Jovi is terrible, I don't really need to listen to this whole album to figure that out, but I guess I will. And yep, still awful. I'll give it an extra star though because I remember Wanted Dead or Alive was fun to play on Guitar Hero. 3/5: whatever.
This came out when I was 11 years old in Standard 4 (grade 6). We used to play all these songs at house parties and think we were bad. We then grew up. If ever there was a dated genre it is this big hair pop/rock masquerading as hard rock. Is it terrible? no, it is just kind of cheesy. Musically, this is not bad though if you are into classic rock drums and guitar riffs, and I can see why you will still enjoy this today. All that said, I cannot fault this either. and can see why it is on the list. Classic rock is just not for me though. As for my rating, I think nostalgia is doing a lot of heavy lifting here...2.5 stars
This is good in the way that it is just kind of ubiquitous. Its so ingrained in culture that I barely noticed i was listening to it.
What a hits machine this thing is. He sure keeps the energy coming. It’s like hair band Springsteen. Ultimately, there are some good tunes here and not too many flops.
4 stars
The first two songs were really good. Everything else was just so average.
Pretty peak 80s cheese
Classic Dad Rock album
An album that can’t really be taken seriously - more a collection of songs that drunk people can sing together. A generous 3 for the hair and teeth.
There's plenty to not like about this, but at the end of the day there's enough catchy sections and three absolutely massive hits that combine to more than 4 billion streams on Spotify.
Really good album. Contains most of their biggest hits. More hair metal than I remember them - mostly the b sides. Eddie Van Halen influence for sure. Notable tracks include You Give Love A Bad Name, Livin’ On A Prayer, Wanted Dead Or Alive, Raise your Hands, Never Say Goodbye.
Honestly it feels like a parody of itself but the "hits" gets it to a three for me
The hits still stand the test of time. The rest of the album.... does not.
Pretty good. Classic 80s glam stuff. Some fantastic singles, and other bits, but also some filler. Overall enjoyed it, but could have done with some variety.
I like Bon Jovi generally but, aside from the obvious (“You Give Love a Bad Name”, “Livin’ on a Prayer”, and “Wanted Dead or Alive”), this album has not aged particularly well, nor does it have any standouts beyond those.
The high: Wanted Dead or Alive is probably my favourite Bon Jovi song. The low: The start of Social Distortion made me want to crawl into a little ball (urrrgghh), and somehow it being sandwiched between two massive hit singles made it even worse. However, I do not care that this album is dated and cheesy and possibly the least cool album on this 1001 Album list, I (mostly) had a good time listening to it. It's so unbelievably 80s, I felt like I should be wearing leg warmers and sporting a fresh perm. Fun. Should be 3.5, but in a half starless world, it's getting: 3/5 (Side note: Classifying this as "hard rock" is absolutely laughable)
Some decent songs but also some cliche garbage. It's hair metal but far from the worst example of it so I'll give it that.
Hair band sound, bad poetry, and songs that you can’t help but sing along too. Fun, but ultimately a waste of time.
Couple of bangers and a whole lot of dreck.
Their third album. Rock / Metal. Peak 80s Hair Metal Faux Rock ! Is it cheesey ? Yes. Is is simple? Yes. Does it have catchy lyrics and provide some good fun ? Yes, not everything has to be Sgt Pepper. This album does exactly what it says on the tin. The album isn't trying to do anything other than make you dance and sing along, and I am fine with it.
It’s fine. Not offensively bad but also not particularly good
It is a relic of the era. Very grating and manic in parts but then has 6 really good songs
You gotta love it for what it is
Certified hood classic
Bon Jovi is just too basic. This is exactly what I think about when I think of rock. And I mean it's good, but I want something more. Just a little disappointed, not my favorite album.
Legendary growing up, it was everywhere. Through the years it has grown tired to me, formulaic and a product of the 80s. Plus, I can’t stand JBJ’s voice.
More than a cohesive album, this looks like a list of 4 mainstream rock songs plus filler. It’s true, the big hits are here, but cannot see the depth underneath. I guess it’s the product of its time?
Hármetall er ekki málið og þess vegna finnst mér svolítið erfitt að skrifa þetta, en þessi plata er ansi fín. Lögin eru alltof mikið spiluð en þau virka, flutningurinn er fínn og hljómsveitin vel spilandi, og einstaka línur meira að segja skemmtilegar. 3,4 stjörnur og tölum ekki um þetta meira.
Zwei gute Songs, der Rest auf Dauer etwas anstrengend, 2 1/2 aber ich runde auf.
3.5
I feel like Bon Jovi (and maybe all the 80s hair metal bands) suffered from putting image over substance. By that, I mean it seems like they cared more about being rock stars than about making quality music. They did enough to create some catchy songs- guitar hooks, booming rhythms, and derivative pop-esque lyrics sung with some 'tude. But the rest of their energy went to looking the part. Putting it all together could result in complete disaster. And it probably should. But clearly, these guys are talented; they manage to take a recipe for what could be awful music and create some pretty good tracks. I think a lot of that comes from Sambora's guitar prowess, and that they change things up enough to keep the flow interesting. They ended up with three songs here that are iconic even now, close to 40 years after the album came out. Maybe it was lightning in a bottle. After all, they really haven't put out anything remotely close to Slippery When Wet in the last few decades. But, they've stuck around all that time, and continue to sell out concerts (I'm assuming). And they still manage to get my head rocking a little bit. There's something to be said for that. It's not all good, though. Outside of the three most popular songs, the shine fades a bit. You remember that it's 80s hair metal and that there's really only surface-level value to the music. It kind of reminds me of modern country, where a song or two seems pretty fun and enjoyable. But then you hear more and realize it's mostly just drivel. There's some pop structure that they put a slide guitar on and grabbed someone with a drawl to sing over. Similarly, this album seems more like pop masquerading as rock/metal instead of actually being rock/metal. I do think this is better than a lot of hair metal out there. But it's still hair metal, at it's mid-80s peak. I can definitely sit back and enjoy it well enough. And that's the point, right? To enjoy some radio rock without thinking about it too much? If so, it does its job. I appreciate it for what it is at that level. That's about the best I say for it when considering a list like this. Overall: 3/5
A fun listen, but I'd rather just listen to Springsteen.
Good album .
i can't tell if i didn't like it or if every song on it has been overplayed to the point i couldn't stand it
Slippery When Wet just sounds fun. A true snippet of living in the 80s. Never heard this album before but it was like a trip down memory lane. Side A evidently had some songs that got major radio play ‘cause we knew ‘em by heart and was literally a blast from the past. Side B held up well. Skippin’ skool, six packs, makin’ out in the back seat. L = (3.5*s) Like a day in the life of the eighties. Felt the Van Halen influence, just swaying’ to the music and enjoying the upbeat mood. J = (3.4*s) Union’s been on strike… (Teamsters went on strike at Sylvan Street plant where I worked. Had to cross picket lines, income was tentative with a wife, two kids, and a mortgage.) Never heard Social Disease, but you have to admit that’s clever.
For some reason I feel like Bon Jovi gets ripped on a bit more than some of their contemporaries. Sure, some of their hits are a little corny, but overall they've managed to stay relevant within their lane of hair metal / glam rock for much longer than they are given credit for. Whether you like them or not their hits are noted crowd-pleasers even if a few of them are played out at this point. Slippery When Wet is the best example of this as a couple of the singles have been beaten to death from radio or cheesy karaoke airplay over the years. In a vacuum the singles aren't bad, but they take on new meaning (both good and bad) when consumed among the masses. It doesn't surprise me that Slippery When Wet was a smash hit upon release and I can see why the hits are still relevant today. It scratches the itch of 80's hair metal and pop rock pretty effectively. Taken at face value 40 years later its still a pretty solid collection of tunes that I think a lot of people enjoy more than they care to admit (especially side A). Props to Bon Jovi (the band) on the album and staying with it despite any flak thrown their way. Props to Bon Jovi (the guy) for what seems like being a decent guy both in and out of his musical career. 3.03 stars
Alright
So I've never been big on hair metal, but this is good hair metal. And yes, it's full of bangers. Plus half a star for Bon Jovi seeming like pretty good dude, which seems rare in the world of classic rock stars. 3.5 stars
Overall not too bad. If you go in expecting to hear lots of "whoa ohs" and hair metal riffs you won't be disappointed. It's cheesy and fun and has some huge hits from that era.
Бэнгеры. Лучшая песня - Livin' On A Prayer.
Not exactly my thing, but at least it's fun and interesting.
Despite an affection for 80s hair metal and even this specific band, I don’t think this album needs to be on the list.
Puddelrock på sitt beste, uten at det sier så mye....
Fun times … I liked it 👍
3.5
Rv
Starts off great with some really fun hair metal classics - bad name, prayer, wanted - those are awesome songs. Then there is the grand cheese fest. Without love, I’d die for you, never say goodbye. Yuck. The production is awesome and these guys were huge back in the day. They still try playing dude can’t sing anymore.
This one genuinely surprised me. I’m so tired of the played out tracks off this, but they’re so iconic and so anthemic I couldn’t not bob my head. This feels like it was probably the Hybrid Theory of its day. I also am contractually obligated to score this high given there’s a solid chance I was conceived to this album. I was stuck between a 3 and a 4 on this one and I went with a 3 because the album drops off at the end. It’s less an album that’s amazing and more a collection of banger singles.
One of the few good 80s rock albums, always amazed that the legacy of Punk seemed to be bland mor rock as produced by Bon Jovi, Asia Aerosmith and the likes
I thought this would have really aged badly but it stood up better than I expected.
Impossible not to sing along to 'Wanted Dead or Alive' and 'Living on a Prayer.' My husband sprang to attention at 'Raise Your Hands' given it's on the Spaceballs soundtrack. The rest is hair metal arena anthems that don't really hold up.
It’s fine. Still not a Bon Jovi fan.
While this is a classic album, its music is meh, corporate swill
not my favourite band, but this thing had some big hits on it and sounds ahead of its time. Raise Your Hands was a gem added to the playlist.
funny how the best Bon Jovi album is still crap
Something made me think less of Slippery When Wet when I learned that "Livin' on a Prayer" and "You Give Love a Bad Name" were co-written with prolific songwriter Desmond Child. Sure, they rock, but it does feel like cheating. "Wanted Dead or Alive" was at least only credited to Bon Jovi/Sambora and I do regard it as a classic.
I had actually missed some stadium rock , it had been a while . Slipperwhen wet has its classic tracks and generally is upbeat and fun with a banging opener … it does lose its flame by the end
This is probably the only Bon Jovi album worth listening too.
Supongo que aún siendo el "heavy" más comercial de esa época no se puede negar que tiene al menos un par de buenas canciones. Me guardo «You Give Love a Bad Name» y «Livin' on a Prayer».
Some good riffs and bits. But rather run of the mill in many other ways.
some bangers, but some “what the hell” inducing songs
Some hits on there. Not for me though
basically the pinacle of 80s radio rock really. It's all big and cheesey. Guitarist loves pinch harmonics. It's a good album, it does what it's supposed to do. Just not to my taste.
Yep!
I don't know that Bon Jovi has anything to say to us, but he can be fun when you're open to it. The first 5 tracks here are fun and have a good energy, then it starts to get corny and melodramatic, and the thinness of it can't keep me anymore.
Hair metal meets arena rock. I was about to start college when this album was released. I was into heavier metal and punk but also liked some of the hair metal but never liked bands like Journey so this album was meh for me at the time. When I got to college I realized that the girls liked Bon Jovi way more than Iron Maiden, Metallica or Discharge so I had this on heavy rotation. Listening to it again now there are some fun songs and there is some trash. Too much arena rock at times, especially with the over the top production.
It’s good, in a cheesy way 3/5
2.9
Whoever picked the singles got it exactly right. Everything else is forgettable.
Understand the influence but not into it
Как метал - это плохо, как поп - вполне нормик
J’aime bien le côté hétéroclite mais c’est pas monstrueux non plus
Well, it's Bon Jovi, so you know what you're getting. Fun.
Three good karaoke songs and then a bunch of garbage. 2.5/5
The good is great and the bad is pretty dreary.
3.8
Some songs with great belting choruses, and some pedestrian tracks. Interesting to listen to it the whole way through for the first time.
Literal definition of MOR. What a poor album to start with. Not annoying though. MOR album gets MOR score
Very listenable. Some real bangers, but a lot of mid stuff in between. Best tracks: You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin' on a Prayer
Brought back a lot of memories. There is some good shit in here. Still I think the genius of Bon Jovi was marketing. They just knew how to make hit songs and promote them. Hello to all my friends that loved hair bands. I am looking at you Ray Madonna!
Dad- 5 Mom- 6 Mike- 4 Lori- 6 Michael- 6 Miles- 3 Cole- NA Avg- 5
This album has 3 absolute huge glam rock belters, if that’s your cup of tea this might be the greatest album of all time. I was struck listening to Livin on a Prayer by how minimal and quiet the guitar is. This song is so overplayed it’s difficult to really enjoy. Of the big hitters Wanted Dead or Alive was the most surprisingly engaging. Wild in the Streets sounds a bit like a Bruce Springsteen song. I feel like I should be more critical of this album but really it was quite enjoyable. 3.4/5
I'm definitely not a Bon Jovi fan, and I find everything they've done pretty boring, with the exception of two songs: "Wanted Dead or Alive" and "Livin' on a Prayer." And coincidentally, both songs are on this album. So, 3 stars.
Didn't realize how many hits were actually on this one album. The songs kind of all sound a bit similar after a while, but I think that is just because Jon Bon Jovi's voice is always at the center of the song. Outside the hits, I was pleasantly surprised with the rest of the album! Favorites: - You Give Love A Bad Name - Wanted Dead or Alive - I'd Die for You - Wild In The Streets
Funny a couple ok tunes. Just not my thing.
incio epico con el organo a lo fantasma de la opera, en general buenos temas, dos de ellos muy miticos, un sonido muy caracteristico sin hacerse pesado. De pequeña era mas fan ahora no lo escucho pero puedo reconocer la calidad
Got some popular tracks but as a complete album its so so.
so many bangers and classics in one album!!! the ones that aren't singles though were pretty boring to me. 7/10
p552. 1986. 3 stars. The epitome of 80s US stadium pop rock. Perfectly acceptable as long as you don't take it too seriously. Points deducted for dated synths and shiny plastic production.
can't deny the earworms
3 all-time classics and 7 hair metal by the numbers songs = 3 stars.
This was a low era/point in rock and roll history. Was this really considered good? How anyone could shamelessly listen to this without seeing dollar signs falling from the sky is beyond me. This is a long fall from the greatness of 60s and 70s rock. I’ll go three just because of its lingering (unfortunately) impact on the time; although, I do not understand it.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm proto-butt rock
Gotta admit my bias here. This type of music was one of my favorites at the time it came out, with me in my late teens and early 20s. And I liked Bon Jovi well enough, but nowhere near my favorite. I actually like the first Bon Jovi album more than this overall. The singles are probably better here, though. You Give Love A Bad Name & Livin' On A Prayer were always on the radio and played at parties and events everywhere. I still think Wanted Dead Or Alive is a great song from this time. Social Disease, on the other hand, is the poster child for everything people don't like about this sort of glam rock era. While I know it's not groundbreaking, influential music, my memories of it in the background of many great events make it a winner for me. I won't go seeking it, but when it pops up randomly I vibe with it happily enough.
I wanted to like this more but it didn’t speak to me overall, and even the hits, which I like well enough, weren’t as great when listening to them in a row, if that makes sense. The fact that they brought in a kind of a songwriter for hire, Desmond Child, to help write 2 of the 3 hits kinda bugs me. JBJ sure is cute, though, and a couple of the non-hit tracks were pretty good. 2.5 rounded up to 3 because Maggie’s seen them twice in concert.
shot through the heart and you're to blame my name is my band's name -bon jovi, probably You gotta give it to them for writing a couple of classic rock anthems and then the very next track is a piece of hot garbage called 'Social Disease'. If I had to pick, I would give a slight edge to 'You Give Love A Bad Name', which sounds like an Alice Cooper song. Lyrically, 'Living On A Prayer' tries to be Springsteen but ends up more like Billy Joel.
The hits were largely the highlights for me, but this album is clearly a force. These dudes know how to write a melody. Plus, Jon Bon Jovi is a cutie.
It is what it is and doesn't pretend to be what it isn't.
Cheesy 80’s pop-rock/soft-metal. Livin’ on a Prayer is a fun, anthemic party rocker but the rest of the album is either complete Velveeta or forgettable formula rock.
The most pop of the 80s glam metal bands. A little to slick. A little too polished. That being said some of those singles bring back good memories.
Otroligt ostigt på ett ganska härligt sätt, och riktigt maffiga hits. Men en del aktivt irriterande låtar tyvärr
My primary school best friend loved bonjovi and I remember calling them a ‘fake band’ because I never heard of them You give love a bad name and living on a prayer are too similar to be put next to each other. It’s just a bit dull but listenable 3/5
It’s got the hits and that’s about it.
3 Looking for deep meaning, then look elsewhere but it still rocks and is a fun dumb record. production is dated but jon sounds good and Sambora's guitar sounds great. A true timecapsule of the time period. Don't think too much just steal a beer from your parent fridge tease your hair out and turn it up and rock.
music that would be so so so much fun to see live. obviously livin on a prayer and you give love a bad name are staples. i don’t think i realized how little verse there actually is to ‘livin on a prayer’, but it’s good stuff. physically reacted to the line ‘you lost more than that in my backseat baby’ I was not expecting that! pop metal’s not entirely for me but i see how foundational this album was. not adding to library
I will say this about Bon Jovi, they released this album and intended to rocket to the top of MTV and all rock charts with it and they succeeded with it. Right out of the gate it hits with 5 banger songs in a row. Well, Social Disease isn't a super banger, but it's decent. But yeah, any album that comes out with 5 really good songs in a row, it's bound to be a classic. Oh, but do trust and believe it's got some stinkers on it (Never Say Goodbye and Wild in the Streets), but on the whole it's a good album and deserves to be on this list. 3.25/5 = 3 on this scale.
So this is the Bon Jovi record that has all his hits on it that I heard all the time in bars when I was a young 20-something. Overall, it's not bad, and includes some catchy, innovative tunes, but it definitely has its cheesy elements. I'm okay with this one.
meh
I mean it’s fine. Everyone knows the hits and they were massive. But every other song is so passive and insincere.
Classic album that I grew up with. The soundtrack to my pre teen years.
some classics but soo repetitive
Tale of two albums on this record. You have the absolutely monumental classics like Livin' On A Prayer, You Give Love A Bad Name, and Wanted Dead Or Alive, then the rest of the album is just lukewarm reheats of songs from bands like Van Halen and Def Leppard, or like if Bruce Springsteen made glam metal. Good Bon Jovi songs have this specific vibe (It's My Life and Have A Nice Day also have that vibe), and other than the singles I listed, nothing hits that vibe. Giving it a 3 based on the strength of the hits, but otherwise a pretty tepid record.
Good singles
Ah, Bon Jovi, the poppiest of all pop metal bands, and here they are before they became the blandest of all stadium rock bands. It’s very difficult to excited by this album because it lacks any grit or edge. It’s just pop music with guitar solos. It lacks attitude, and it really hasn’t aged well. It was over-hyped in the 1986, and listening to it is still like being mauled by a toothless tiger. The songs are pop standard and is it quite fun, but there is nothing to really blow your mind.
Both amazing and truly terrible
Insanely poppy and produced like a Ronettes album. The way grunge brought punk to the masses, Bon Jovi must have exposed tons of kids to metal-adjacent sounds.
That's alright, living'On A Prayer is cool.
3.5 aged better than I expected.
Fun nostalgia. But better as one-off songs.
At its best, it’s up there with Aerosmith for some air-guitar-worthy cock rock. At its worst it’s Livin’ on a Prayer and You Give Love a Bad Name. I think we’re gonna have to split the difference here. I’m quite glad to have Raise Your Hands in my playlist now. That is my unexpected banger of the day.
3.5
Would you like cheese with that .... ? Not for me.
I wasn't anticipating Bon Jovi on this list, but I solidly believe they belong here! Glam metal is unfortunately overlooked and even looked down upon (an incorrect opinion). Bon Jovi is a solid example of glam metal, but I think I could successfully argue that I'm just hearing other bands' sound in Slippery When Wet. I hear a lot of Quiet Riot, in fact. And glam metal albums tend to run their songs together, and Slippery When Wet just sounded too muddled. But I had a lot of fun with this album, which is exactly what glam metal is all about. 3.5
Wasn’t into hairbands in the 80s and I’m still not. 3 huge hits, though, so it gets a 3! I have to admit I enjoyed listening to wanted dead or alive.
The first half was iconic and the second half was more or less unbearable. I was ready to give 5 stars but I found the second half so annoying I feel like on average I can only really give a 3. Some parts I also just felt didn't age super well, especially the brass bits.
Something about the classic rock guitar and vocals doesn’t sit well with me. I think the right time and place could make these songs really fun, but it wasn’t while I was trying to get work done. Wild how many hits he stacked into this one album too
Great music at the time. Bit dated now.
3.5 - fun hair metal album with three all time classics
This was definitely a rock album released in the mid 80s.
lidt kedelig
I think this was the first album I bought with my own money; on vinyl, from Our Price in Stirling, aged about 10. Not listened to it for at least 30 years, and I suppose that tells its own story. Can still remember every note though 😅! I mean, it's terrible comedy litebeer schlock rock. It also seems to be completely, deadly earnest and unironic. Still nearly awesome despite all that cheese. An extra star for nostalgia.
Its a staple of my teen years - so a bit fun
The hits hit, the non-hits were lame
3.5/5 Nice album, bot got bored at the middle.
Livin' on a Preyer
Funny, this album comes after KISS's Destroyer and I could almost cut and paste my KISS comments here. In a nutshell: bad music (this better than Kiss though), too much posing, but a number of fun party hits. I'm totally happy for this to exist, but it is almost a parody of itself. This extremely commercial, poppy "metal". But one can't deny that "Livin' on a prayer" and "You give love a bad name" are top songs to hop around as a teenager on a party (I've been told). So I'd say a 2* plus 1* for entertainment value. There is worse crappy music than this.
I'd heard so much of this growing up and in college. Great 80s rock
Very important in that nobody can safely say “we’re halfway there” without being hit with the whoooaaaooohhh
I had a Bon Jovi era back in middle school. I've long moved past them, but this is still an okayish, if not fairly cheesy, listen.
Argh, it’s so big and overdone, but at the same time there’s no denying it had a huge impact
Old-school. OK!
Started up and made me think of 'mr. Crowley' for some reason. Some classic hits that are hard not to sing along to. The other unfamiliar songs sound just like those hits, just less catchy.
Rock and roll. Dad rock.
meh
"A loaded six-string on my back" is one of the corniest lines in the history of rock. This album didn't feel like much beyond the singles, but the singles are massive. 3.5
Didn't realize that almost all of the Bon Jovi songs I know were from the same album. Unfortunately it's still just not very good as an album. 2.5
Living on a prayer is good. Overall it's a good album but I get quite bored of this type of rock sometimes
einzigi bangers send gsi YOU GAVE LOVE A BAD NAME und livin on a prayer. de rest esch ned so nice gsi tbh
Muito fixe, tem bangers que já conhecia e não sabia, não estava muito na vibe deste tipo de musica na altura mas foi fixe. Música favorita: "You Give Love a Bad Name"
3.5 I know, it’s goofy. But it’s my dad’s favorite album and so I relate it to him, and we listened to it so much in his car growing up. So I have good memories of it :)
My god this is fun. 80s hair rock is a vibe
This is the kind of rock music my mom likes
Not for me, but the obvious hits
And we’re back to albums that I can’t say are for me, but they’re not overly bad. If this is your thing, you must love this album.