Reviews (page 6 of 10)
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.
Hehe
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.
I've always been a bit of a Bon Jovi hater, but this wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. The first 3 songs are great, and there's a few others across the rest of the album. Still a bit cringe though in general
For 80s machismo rock, not bad. The hits were good but the rest was lacking
The hits are massive and this arena hair metal rock can be so much fun. But I'm so tired of hearing Livin' On A Prayer and the other hits everywhere, all the time, no escape. I compare them to other songs I've heard a million times on classic rock stations that I think I'm sick of hearing...until I put them on some good speakers at home and realize, yeah that's still incredible. Led Zeppelin, for example - I'm sick of hearing Immigrant Song so often through shitty speakers. But when I play the album at home, it always sounds fresh and rocks my socks off. It's one of the best first tracks of all time from an album of no skips. I didn't feel the same way about the popular songs from this album even with "the good headphones." And the rest of the songs were just fine. The singles are incredibly catchy, fun-to-sing-along-to, great pop-rock songs. It's not you, Bon Jovi, it's me. I just need some space.
I get it now. This is the album that finally made me realize my mistakes on rating music from the past. TIME AND PLACE. I grew up as a kid in the 80’s. I never loved this band, even back then, but it was a very popular band and I did have this on cassette and cd. I liked it back then. I haven’t been a fan of them since that time. Now listening to them almost 40 years later, I get that you have to have lived during the time to accurately judge them. It’s more than just the music on the album. It’s about the culture and what was happening it at the time. Today this album is a funny laugh and is barely worth 2 stars. If you judge it back in the 80’s it’s a 5 star masterpiece. It is a fun album regardless.
I'm a little torn on this one. It has some ICONIC songs and while I'm not a fan, they are the soundtrack of some people's lives. However, I hate the keyboards in this hair rock period and Bon Jovi's really suck the life out of the songs. Richie Sambora is friggin amazing and the songs, although the most cliché ridden songs ever written, are catchy and arena rock ready. It probably deserves at least a 3.5, but I'm going with 3 while CONSIDERING going to 4.
Solid album of crafted pop rock. Can't deny the commercial success that this had but the overproduction gives rock a bad name.
Pretty decent, some 80s classics on this one
Popular music (‘pop’) works to an identifiable formula. (Not that it is formularistic, which is something else altogether.) I only fully understood this when I started to learn piano (the first of many times. I should accept defeat gracefully and get on with my life.) Slippery When Wet is pop music, given the bells and whistles necessary to fit it into a sub genre of pop (in this case, to be ultra-specific, late 80s poodle metal. Yes, they were pioneers.) It’s ok for what it is, with a couple of cracking songs (‘Livin’ On A Prayer’, ‘Wanted Dead And Alive’). But no more than ok, and largely disposable. No one learnt anything ever from listening to this album, which (I think) is the base criterion for a truely indispensable recording.
Trashy neon spandex cock rock that I reasonably enjoyed in spite of myself
Some bangers on here but it turns out my tolerance for Bon Jovi ends after about 4 songs
Some bangers on here but also a load of pish.
There's the seriously dated, hairy and cheesy anthem rock, but there's also the band of the first album I bought with my own money (Bon Jovi's '88 "New Jersey"). Which is to say that I want to like this - and it and the band has my sympathies - but even after dialing in some nostalgia and irony for my listening pleasure, outside of the hits, going through the whole album was, well, tough. I had not listened to Bon Jovi in a looong while and so this experience reminded me of Bruce Springsteen (#140, #279) meets Def Leppard (#67) and this will, sadly, be my rating: let's say 2.8.
Very standard issue this sort of thing. I didn’t hate it, but I’ll never play it again.
I was ready to hate this album since 80s hair metal is one of my least favorite genres - but I have to admit, that this album is fun, well made and produced, and actually if this was played at a festival I'd enjoy listening to it. Wanted Dead or Alive is my favorite from this album. I don't think I'd listen to it regularly but it was a nice enough listen for today.
Has some fun karaoke songs, but that is the only good part of the album. Pretty cheesy otherwise.
This album serves as a vehicle for the delivery of Livin’ On A Prayer & You Give Love A Bad Name. It’s the sugar coating on a tablet allowing the medicine to pass directly into your bloodstream. But I wouldn’t eat paracetamol for the capsule. And I wouldn’t listen to this album for the tracks that aren’t the two huge singles. The rest of the album is a big hairball of glam rock fluff. Sorry mum!
Undeniably full of classic rock hits but not my thing
There is something a little embarrassing about this album. It's cringey, it's dated, it is very much what it is. But It's got 2 massive singles that I'm absolutely sick of in Bad Name and Prayer, and 2 great singles in Wanted and Gooodbye. Wild In the Streets sounds like a bruce song off the river. The rest of the album tracks are okay. It's a 3
A great album!
2.5
Felt like I was down the shore in the summer yelling at bennys
Música de Alsa. Cada vez que estoy feeling it, aparece la voz híper forzada de Bon Jovi a sacarme. Tiene algún que otro tema icónico, si lo tengo de fondo sigo el ritmo con los pies, pero no creo que lo vuelva a escuchar entero nunca más. De las que no conocía, I'd Die For You es la mejor, principalmente por el instrumental; Never Say Goodbye está bien también. PD. Odio la forma de poner mayúsculas en todas las palabras del título de las canciones, incluidos los artículos.
Iconic album.
bubblegum metal.
Fav: Livin’ On A Prayer Least Fav: Without Love I mean it’s a safe metal album, but it’s less egregious than other hair metal albums on this list…
Bon Jovi just is what it is right? And what they do they're good at. Do I love it? Not really. But I think they're probably good well written songs
Yeah it's pretty good stuff. It's just generic ROCK but it is what is it and it's quite fun. Can't say I choose to listen to Bon Jovi but hey, it's all good.
Album - Slippery When Wet Artist - Bon Jovi Release - 1986 Genre - Glam Metal/Pop Metal/Pop Rock/Hard Rock Heard it before? - N Heard OF it before? - Y One thing I like about criticism is learning about a critic's personal connection to the art through their life, emotions, career etc. As someone with a 52 year old dad who got divorced when I was 1, I think I can finally qualify for a review similar to the ones I enjoy best. The singles ("Livin' On a Prayer," "You Give Love a Bad Name," "Wanted Dead or Alive") are naturally burnt into my brain against my will, but like most songs like that, they come differently when in an album context. I get why they've been played into the ground by throwback radio stations and karaoke goers, they're good songs. Except for "Never Say Goodbye." It's 80s hair metal, shitty ballads are par for the course, but it still doesn't excuse their shittiness. The other cuts seem to reach for a purpose before being shut down by 80s-isms that plague them, like incorrect use of reverb ("Let it Rock") or those fake horns ("Social Disease.") The second side proves better, "Raise Your Hands" being a song buried in the back of my head and "Without Love" being a song that's also decent enough to mention but also decent to the point that I don't have anything to say about it. I have no reserved nostalgia for this album, but I do remember it, and I think that gives it some purpose in this list. Shot through my ears, and they're to blame, Bon Jovi gave hair metal a good name, or the best name it could have, at least. 5/10
Ok, but only just!
Classics! Although, listening too much would ruin it for me...
-I had never listened to any of Bon Jovi’s music besides Livin’ On A Prayer, but was aware that it’s the sort of thing people seem to either love or hate. maybe depending on their age and demographics? -I suppose I don’t fall into either of those factions, I thought it was alright tbh. Very cheesy vocals but sometimes cheesy is good. Like a lot of high-intensity 80s rock it got me hyped so I can’t be too mad -Favorites are You Give Love A Bad Name and Livin’ On A Prayer
Too much corn, hair and glitter for me liking. An easy-going album, it just doesn't offer much variety and its formula hasn't won my heart.
3 out of 5. Hair metal being hair metal.
Yes it’s dated now, yes it’s a bunch of cliched AOR staples, yes it has about as much depth as a summer puddle, but I defy anyone to not shout along to Livin’ On A Prayer or Wanted Dead Or Alive if they hear them in the car or in a bar. And for that it gets 3 solid stars.
Some classic songs
2.5
I had a quick look at the reviews when I began my first listen, wow so much negativity. This album starts off quite strong so I was thinking 4 for sure but it really drops off after Wanted Dead Or Alive so it'll have to be a 3.
Got two sets of nostalgia with this one - heard it at a friend's house a bunch as a teen, where I roundly mocked him for being insufficiently metal. Then later, when I was living in Japan, I learned that some of these songs are tremendously fun to sing at karaoke. Proper get-the-whole-room-wailing-along stuff. This album is super front-loaded, eh? Really drops off from track 6 onwards. There are some 5 star tracks, for sure, but the whole thing isn't quite getting to a 4. My inner teenage metalhead is assuaged. Fave tracks - "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' On A Prayer", "Wanted Dead or Alive", duh!
Lots of talent on here, especially the guitar work, but it's from that genre of juvenile writing that denies music can be anything but party accompaniment.
This album makes me think of fires at our friend's cabin when I was young - this is one of the albums that was always being played on those nights.
Some good ole rock'n roll! :-)
Cheesy but undeniably fun.
One of those albums that although the music is something I personally can't abide, the sheer undeniability of the tunes is evident.
Solid hair metal album.
Boy this list really can be a whipsaw sometimes. First, this is album 1002 for me, which I didn't see coming. Second, I go straight from some world music to this, the most American album possible. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing. The hits still (mostly) hit as far as I'm concerned. When the mood and circumstance is right Slippery When Wet could be just the thing. My own mood and circumstances don't take me there often but that's more of a personal problem the indictment of Bon Jovi. It's alright if you have a good time.
Catchy hooks and great hits and some heartland rock mixed in. 3.5 stars
Solid hair metal album. The singles are all enjoyable as is the closer, "Wild in the Streets". Not my preferred style, but good for what it is. 3.5.
Finally, we’ve arrived at the McDonald’s of hard rock. Every rock fan knows their most famous songs, but I was surprised to discover that nearly half of these hits come from just one album. While this album is packed with timeless rock classics, I found it to be somewhat repetitive and lacking in excitement. At times, I jokingly wondered if the songs had switched over, as it felt like I was listening to the same track for 15 minutes straight. Outside of the hits, the rest of the album didn’t leave much of an impression; everything seemed to blend together. As someone who has never been a Bon Jovi fan, this was my first experience with a full-length album of theirs, and I can confidently say that my opinion hasn’t changed.
Hot. Classic. It just sounds a bit old these days, but the theme and punch is there. So many classics. I am hesitant to give 4stars just considering the amount of other similar music like this album is also out there that i would have personally chosen instead of this one. But this is a solid 3.75/5
So earnest it almost can't be parodied. A lot of music of this ilk is just the same. Bon Jovi has a big leg up on its contemporaries in that the musical production is of a really high caliber and that several tracks step away from the mawkish lyricism and end up in sports anthem territory. I would like to note that the lyrics that made Bon Jovi a total heartthrob today would read like a stalker's missive to his intended victim. This initial thought gave me a few chuckles through the listen. Not bad. I'll never again listen in its entirety. I will back folks up at karaoke.
3.5 some classics
Proof that you can write silly songs specifically aimed at commercial airplay and still end up with a solid record. It's just solid craftsmanship. Richie Sambora is kind of a beast.
I kind of missed the 80s because I was in a cult, so I don't really have the connection to that decade that most people my age seem to. That said, I *did* attend public school, and there were certain things that were so big thatchy were able to pierce that protective bubble of anti-secularism that I was encased in, and this is one of those things. I don't think I've ever heard the entire album, but even under my rock, You Give Love a Bad Name, Wanted Dead or Alive, and Livin' On a Prayer were ubiquitous. Now, I don't really like 80s pop, so this one will be interesting. OK. The aforementioned hits were nice little walks down memory lane, for sure. but oh my god, it is cheesy as fuck. The production is dreadful - I now understand why so many older albums are remastered - this one could definitely use some love. If this is your cup of tea, it's probably quite good, but it's not mine. I think 2.5 stars. I'll bump it up to 3 stars because I do recognize how massive it was, and how influential Bon Jovi was for a minute. Here's a fun/weird tidbit: you know how when you listen to an album, and it ends, your streaming service will keep playing song it thinks you'll like based on whatever algorithmic formula is in play? I started typing this during the last song of the album and the next song was Def Leppard. Makes sense, yeah? the song after that was...One Step Closer by Linkin Park. ohhhhkaaaay...
You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin' On A Prayer, Wanted Dead Or Alive have been constants on rock radio since I can remember so I'm well familiar with those, but I had never checked out a Bon Jovi album. It was solid overall. I prefer other 80s rock/metal bands over this for sure, but this was a good listen nonetheless.
Enjoyed it on the whole, but got a little repetitive
Over the years I have liked Bon Jovi songs. With the exception of the greatest hits, I have never listened to a complete album by this band. I tend to like their slower jams like Wanted Dead or Alive or Never Say Goodbye over the big anthem hits. And boy do they like making big anthem hits. Overall, it’s an OK album. Some of the lesser-known songs were pretty bad though.
Great album with plenty of songs already on some of my playlists. Simply good rock music.
Мне приснилось, что я оцениваю этот альбом, но я забыла что писала...
3☆/5 11.22.2024
Better than I thought it would be
It’s not as good as I remember it but there are some great songs.
Classic trip back to the radio days of my youth. Nothing groundbreaking, but fun and full of memories.
This album surprised me. I thought I was going to hate it, or at least dislike it, but if I were to describe it in one word, it would be ‘decent’. It’s enjoyable, but nothing really great. You can make an argument for it deserving to be here, but it’s not a must-have. All the songs are fine, but nothing rises above that. I understand why someone would give this 1 star, and I also understand why someone would give it 5. Overall, this is just an alright album.
5.5/10 This was fine, I guess, totally listenable but not for me. Another entry into the genre of American rock or hard rock that takes itself Very Seriously whilst being occasionally silly Good tunes & voice, some songs come across as ridiculous (the cowboy one) But a fine inoffensive listen Best: Livin’ On A Prayer
Classic rock pop album. A few nice tunes that have stood the test of time
100 Albums in. Wow. Only what? 3 years and a bit to go? I honestly can't wait to see what else the generator pops up for me as it has already been quite the eclectic journey through many musical avenues; some of which I never would have explored had I not been doing this project. So we close the book on one milestone and climb onto the next with Bon Jovi’s ‘Slippery When Wet’. A pretty explosive LP that took elements of heavy metal, injected it with pop flavours to make the genre more radio friendly, and kept the popularity of the ever polarizing sub-genre of hair metal going strong in the 80's. It can be a good or bad thing depending on your views and tastes, and whether they align with anthems that feel designed for big stadiums; which is what I have always associated Bon Jovi with. And for me, this side of metal music has always been a mixed bag. I can say the same for 'Slippery When Wet'; there's a lot to love here. But it's so entrapped in its own genre that it almost becomes a tiring listen... almost. You can’t deny the absolutely timeless hits ‘You Give Love A Bad Name’, ‘Livin’ On A Prayer’, and ‘Wanted Dead Or Alive’ are still absolute bangers to this day. Unbelievably heavy and catchy riffs, drums that smack you in the ear with such force you can’t help but pay attention, and slick production so clean you could eat a salad from the surface. And you can rest assured that the album is full of similar tracks that are layered with different flavours; the surprisingly jazzy ‘Social Disease’. The synth heavy ‘Raise Your Hand’. The dramatic and urgent ‘I’d Die For You’. And the preppy finisher ‘Wild In The Streets’. All of it jacked up with Jon Bon Jovi’s powerful voice that he just never seems to be able to restrain in any way whatsoever. It’s as much to the album’s credit as it is to its detriment. Which leads me to my problem with this brand of metal: it is energetic, it’s constantly heavy, and it’s appropriately cheesy at times. But as I mentioned above, it can become tiresome as an entire tracklist of these elements float by. Bands like Kiss, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper’s brief visit to the genre etc, who craft these stadium anthems, I have always thought had monstrously good songs to pick and choose from, and albums that generally don’t break out into an “essential listening” category. And while it may be unpopular, this is my opinion of ‘Slippery When Wet’. I like this album, but I don’t love it. I could listen to the whole thing maybe on an odd occasion. But I’d prefer to just pick out the standouts for an appearance on one of my many daily playlists. If you like wide, expensive, and bombastic stadium songs - then ‘Slippery When Wet’ supplies it in spades. Even if it’s not totally your thing, the hits are strong enough to carry it at least. 3/5
One of the only Bon Jovi Albums I have. Came out around 1987 or so, was a staple in my school bus playlist.
Too much fade to black but has a couple of bangers
I wanted to hate this more but it genuinely was more enjoyable than other stuff I've rated lower here.
BJ was huge back in the day, but still can't forgive my brother and his best friend for playing this 1,000 times while I sat in the back of a 79 Camaro freezing my ass off so they could look cool with the windows down in winter time.
It's ben Jobi
Tbh I didn’t hate it. Should have ended on Livin on a Prayer though
Admittedly, this does has a lot of classic hits. But they're all just, you know, pretty good.
feels like playing rockband on the wii highlights: you give love a bad name, livin’ on a prayer, social disease (mar 18 2026)
I mean this thing has some SINGLES
Man… do I have to?
The first side of the album is insanely good and memorable, around the 6 and 7 song mark is when it gets kind of stale. The ending however works well. Overall a 3.5
I bought this when it was new. 10 your old me loved it. I haven't played it for years. I completely forgot half of the songs of Guns 'n Roses - Appetite for Destruction, which I bought around the same time. I remembered most songs on this album. The music is somewhere between Van Halen and Bruce Springsteen. Not great, but not bad. Enough variation. Lyrics are not that great. Favorite song: I'd die for you.
I have a bit of a soft spot for Bon Jovi, and I don't know why. I like his singles quite a bit. This album was nothing amazing, but it's fun enough. I liked it. 3.49/5
I was tenuous going into the album- Bon Jovi definitely has a cheeze factor he is known for. I actually found the albim started out really strong- I even found myself singing along to the big hits. However- I do feel like the songs started to sound very same-y toward the end of the album (especially the power ballads). I can see why the album was well received, but it had a little too much cheese and was one-note.
我勒个metal
Its was alright. Kinda the sound of radio safe rock in the late 80s
Absolute tits combo of hair metal and arena rock. Catchy as all hell. Great hooks. Gang vocals galore. Fun shit. Def soundtracked a lot of STDs being spread in the late 80s. 3.5/5
A band who I have seen live. I was dragged there by my friends, being a Goth at the time, what could possibly go wrong? The only song I enjoyed is on this album. 'Wanted Dead or Alive'. It's great, in a cheesy way. The other singles are very well known, and well done, but I just don't like Soft Rock, as it was a cultural thing back in the late 80's. But with the passage of time, I am now a fairer judge. So it gets 3 stars.
Loving’ On A Prayer is fun in the right setting. Otherwise these songs are annoying to me most of the time.
It feels like I’m back at a middle school dance. Overall this album holds up better than I expected.
First listen. Decent.
lots of hitd not my style
Millie Bobby Brown’s Father-in-law sure made some bangers back in the day
Livin on a prayer and you give love are still bangers. But yeah the rest are f150 rock
The first half of this album is stacked with 3 of the greatest hair metal bangers of all time, but inserted in the middle of those classics is an awkward and juvenile track about being so horny you need medical attention. The high points of this album are great, but when it dips into the middle-school stuff I have a hard time. What else should I expect from an album named Slippery When Wet, though? I'm rating as a 3 overall but if it stopped after track 5, probably a 4 instead.
Derivative, competent, if you like that sort of thing.
- I'm giving it a 3 because Bon Jovi let Triumph the Insult Comic Dog on their tour bus to rip bongs and film ....
I have not listened to this full album before and my knowledge of it is limited to the 2 or 3 biggest titles (mostly represented at the front of the track list) as well as one song which incites immediate laughter in me due to its connection to an autistic alcoholic stoner who was victim to people trolling him by exposing their genitals to him on skype As for the album itself it really melds into this odd rock opera about a boisterous pervert with hair like Daryl Hannah in Blade Runner, who consumes whatever vices are presented to them (I believe this is what they call hair metal). I can't really speak much to the individual tracks as they felt too similar. It's dumb but has a lot of energy in the performance, I don't really know what else to say
rushed review because i missed it and i can't be fucked putting in a lot of effort when the group hype has died down. it isn't bon jovi at their peak sex creep but it is still pretty good bon jovi. there are artists that have done it better, and bon jovi has done bon jovi better on other releases, but its still good buttrock.
Jacob described this album to me as "Music for Retards", Still an alright album but. "Let It Rock" 6/10 Entertaining and fun guitars but forgettable "You Give Love a Bad Name" 9/10 Goated "Livin' on a Prayer" 7/10 Played to death, revived and then played to death a second time. Still good tho. Bonus points for being a working class song that's pro union, especially for such a massive hit. "Social Disease" 5/10 The beginning of True retard music, the writing on this track is awful "Wanted Dead or Alive" 7/10 Dad music as fuck. My Dad fucking hated Bonjovi, and Glam metal. He called it big hair metal. He would still get this stuck in his head though. Genuinely surprised there aren't more covers of this. It's begging for a Metallica cover I stg The next two both have decent guitar sections with horseshit writing and vocal performances "Raise Your Hands" 5/10 "Without Love" 5/10 "I'd Die for You" 6/10 I actually liked the vocal performance on this one. "Never Say goodbye" 3/10 This song made me thing of that video that went viral a little while ago of the two methheads that stole that Mercedes with the dash cam and mic on. This seems like a song they would romantically dance to. You know this has been played at some fuckwits wedding. "Wild in the Streets" 5/10 I forgot this one all ready and it's the last one I listened to. Average = 5.8 I'll give it 6/10
This is basically a fondue tower - just a cascade of steaming hot '80s cheese. I knew almost all of these songs already, despite never intentionally listening to a single Bon Jovi song. Way to go, boys!
This is a hit machine for what it's trying to do. No notes, not my fav but don't mind listening to it, makes sense to be on here and be liked by people.
I feel like this type of music has lost it's place in the world. It became a joke. It's fun, but once you've rocked out a little ironically it's over. Livin' on a prayer became a wedding reception song. Games like Rock Band are a great place for music like this. Wanted Dead or Alive is pretty fun.
3.3/5 listened 2x
Always a dilemma when an album has a few really great hit songs but the rest is meh. Want to give it a 3.5. Will need to decide if Living on a Prayer knocks it up to a 4.
Solid, but I prefer 2000’s Bon Jovi in their country-rock phase. The hit singles are all fantastic. I didn’t care much for the album tracks.
3.5/5. Pretty cool when Oilers fans were belting Livin on a Prayer in unison right before the Oilers scored a goal.
6.5/10
A true New Jersey poet.
Njhg
You Give Love A Bad Name // Livin’ On A Prayer // 2.5/5
Apple music did not like
Best Song: Wanted Dead or Alive Worst Song: Wild in the Streets
Rated July 29th 2024 It's hard to give a honest score to this album when you work retail.
I went into this Bon Jovi album with the same preconceived notions as the AC/DC album. The only difference is I was caught off guard by how much I enjoyed this album. If there's one thing that absolutely turns me off a song, it's hearing it over and over again (especially in things like mainstream comedies, sporting events, or ADVERTISEMENTS). So when I say that upon revisiting this album, I found both 'Livin' on a Prayer' and 'You Give Love a Bad Name' to be unconditionally enjoyable, I'm saying a lot. Also oddly enough I thought Bon Jovi came out in the 70s but after listening to this thing, the late 80s glam rock era certainly makes itself known - it gives this album a lot of soul in a weird way like on the song 'I'd Die For You'. There are some other decent songs here of course, like 'Wanted Dead Or Alive', though I don't like it as much as I did as a kid (feels like a slow burn in the context of the rest of the record). As for new songs, 'Without Love' was a sweet track with some deeply layered synth-tinged production that I loved. I'm just happy I got through this thing without getting annoyed even once - maybe I should start binning these exaggeratedly negative ideas I have of these huge old bands. Cause Bon Jovi can certainly rock.
Holy dad rock. I was obviously jamming along to the ultra catchy hits that are at the beginning of the album. But once those 3 were finished it turned into an extremely generic glam rock album. Giving this a 3 because the top heavy hits saved it from the depths of a 2.
So much glam metal and punk recently... This album has some songs I never go out of my way to listen to but are featured prominently at karaoke/nights out. Always some good singalongs. Couple below avg brings it to a 3.
impressive how this album has some of the biggest, best hits of the 80s that literally sound so modern even to this day and then it has the most stuck in the glory days songs ever back to back. Makes it hard to rate but i’ll put it down the middle. 1.) you give love a bad name 2.) wanted dead or alive 3.) livin on a prayer sorry that it’s just the popular ones, they’re popular for a reason!
Livin' On A Prayer.
It was kind of fun to go back and revisit this album, however, it’s not something that will make its way back into my regular rotation, primarily because I’ve heard it so many times since I was a kid. Despite its undeniable classic status, it feels like it’s more of a nostalgic trip than a staple for my current playlist.
Very much an album of two halves. The first half is banger after banger (even accounting for the massively overplayed living on a prayer) The second half is just a lot of filler, half arsed Bruce Springsteen lite songs. Gutted after how good the first half was!
A fun party album with some good singles and polished production, but not as interesting or dynamic as other glam metal contemporaries
Slippery When Wet is a quintessential example of blue-collar rock from the 1980s. Filled with anthemic tracks like Livin' on a Prayer and You Give Love a Bad Name, the album captures the raw energy and rebellious spirit of the era. Jon Bon Jovi's emotive vocals and the band's gritty guitar-driven sound define its appeal. However, it's the prominent use of keyboards that gives it a distinctly 80s feel, which makes it feel dated. Despite this, the album's commercial success catapulted Bon Jovi to international fame, cementing its place in rock history as an enduring classic of its time. NUMBER OF BANGERS - 3 STAND OUT TRACK - Wild in the Streets
This album is crazy as I never realized that most of the Bon Jovi songs I know come from this album. Overall I like the more pop renditions of heavy metal stylings
This album is both very mid and huge. Songs are super famous and everybody knows them, but the quality is not the highest. No experiments, just safe pop metal music. 3/5
I remember when I was a teen learning that Bon Jovi was the first band to use focus groups to develop their music. I never learned if it was true or not, but it always soured me on them.
Quite the banger
It's a time capsule w one super clunker (social disease) and just a string of hits. Not my bag, nothing i'd ever put on myself but I grew up in North Jrz was in HS when this came out and pretty much could sing along to all of these. If you gotta do an 80s hair band this (and Poison) is the one
Obvious hits aside, this album offers nothing more than generic 80s big hair rock. The hits are timeless and for that reason it notches the score from a 2 to a 3.
Als 10-jarige 6 uur per dag willows hakken in Draynor Village met Living On A Prayer en It’s My Life… 6 uur op repeat. Volgens mij beseffen de boomers in de reviews niet hoe deze muziek peak camp is. Neem het niet serieus. Bon Jovi en z’n muziek zijn een karikatuur van een rockster. En ik ben er van overtuigd dat de AI muziek generators die nu opkomen getraind zijn op 1000en uren Bon Jovi muziek. Als je een ‘hard/arena rock’ nummer genereert en die tegenover I’d Die For You zet, kan 80% van de jeugd niet raden wat AI is en wat niet
As expected
Didn't like it, but I can't in good conscience give it any lower. Very slick, well produced album of incredibly annoying songs. Dead Or Alive in particular does my head in.
cheesiest 80's shit ever, but full of iconic songs
Day165 - i won’t let my dislike sway my review. 3 huge songs that everyone knows, but it’s really such over produced pop. albums like this i wish you could give half stars cause 3.5 seems fair
Huge sounding album with some all time anthems
Favorite Tracks: Livin’ On A Prayer You Give Love A Bad Name Wanted Dead Or Alive
At the very least there are 3 all time classic song that were inescapable in the 80s. The rest of the album is fine. This type of hair metal has never really been my thing. But I do like those three hits. 3/5
The sing-along hits are fun, the rest is alright.
3 mega hit songs, outside of that pretty forgettable songs. They aren’t bad, but not something I would go back and listen to regularly.
Catchy and fun, but not my style
First half good with some bangers, second half was meh
Enjoyed it at the start as growing up in the 80's it sparked nostalgia. Soon got bored and realised why I no longer listen to Bon Jovi