Reviews (page 6 of 9)
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...
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
This album is objectively bad, but its kind of towing that line between good / bad and bad / bad. For instance, the lyrics are bad. They mean nothing. "We have each other and that's A LOT!" Come on. But I don't think there is person on this continent that can resist "WOAAAAAHOOOOW LIVIN ONA PRAAAYYERRR." Its good / bad. I think what's interesting to me about this record and I guess modern music in general, is the quick move to appropriate and capitalize on something that is working. Bon Jovi is just kind of a mix everything edgy about the former decade. He's got the sex appeal of Tom Petty, but he isn't cool and sexy. Its feels exploitative. The freaking porn sounds at the beginning of Social Disease. It's so cheesy. And then he's leaning into the psych / blues elements of Led Zeppelin or The Rolling Stones, but it never quite stands up to anything they ever did. Again, Wanted Dead or Alive is fun to sing along to but it's meaningless. It has no soul, it's a caricature of Stairway to Heaven or Midnight Mile. I think where Bon Jovi wins, is when he makes things loud. And no, he didn't event that. Black Sabbath did, but he is good at it. Its indulgent. Its kind of irresistible. It also kind of sucks. Its good / bad.
80s memories...
I can't believe that a singer as big as Bon Jovi would rip off the hit "Squidward on a Chair" for his infinitely worse song "Livin' on a Prayer". Truly disgusting behavior.
Some classic 80s arena rock
...sigh... Most of you probably didn't live through this. *I* did. Inescapable. Competent pop-rock. If not for the singles, it's party rock noise. Meh.
I like Bon Jovi but this has a lot of filler on. Strangely some of the better songs weren't singles, though. It's pretty average even by BJ standards.
Fun
Not a big fan of Bon Jovi, but I do appreciate this album and his music.
I don't know if I would consider this whole album essential listening. I love the songs I already knew (You Give Love A Bad Name, Livin' On A Prayer, Wanted Dead Or Alive) so was hoping to find some new lesser known songs to love. Instead, I think I know why I only know those few songs. That said it's not necessarily a bad listen, just that the songs other than the hits are imo mostly forgettable. I think the only new to me song that stood out was Raise Your Hands, but I'm not sure it stood out enough to be a new favorite.
Was never really a fan of Bon Jovi - all his stuff seems pretty much the same to me. It’s not bad, certainly better than a lot of the albums on this list, but it’s not play list worthy
first listen in entirety. im not gonna go out of my way to put on and listen to Bon Jovi but this was quite good. Not really my thing but great for the radio.
Arena rock typically ain't my bag but there are some pretty groovin tracks on here. Defs has its mundane moments and ridiculous moments, but I found this surprisingly tolerable. Fav track: wanted dead or alive 3.5
As far as comically overblown arena cock-rock goes, this is probably as good as it gets. The hooks are incredibly sticky whether you like it or not. Its ridiculous, but not entirely offensive... dare I say kind of fun... Fave track: Livin' on a Prayer
yeah, yeah , yeah - - living on a prayer!
This was my first full Bon Jovi album, and it's clear from the hits on it why it was included on this list. I previously thought his work more as post-hair metal / post-glam metal, but the tracks outside the three super-hits make it clear this is right there along with REO Speedwagon, Poison, and Journey. I'm glad to have heard the full album once. I'll listen to tracks 2, 3, and 5 when they get airtime, but I don't see going out of my way to listen to the others again. While they're well done, they simpily don't spark my interest enough, and I have other artists and albums that I prefer to scratch that itch with. 2.9
Meh. It had some of those recognizable overplayed songs. They're a guilty pleasure. I was a huge Young Guns fan, so hearing Wanted Dead or Alive was a treat.
Bruce Springsteen + Motley Crue + N*Sync = this album. Consummately poppy, but heavy enough to trick the luddite "metalhead" of yore. Lightning in a bottle, especially for the record stores.
Couple of familiar tunes here. Very poppy.
lotta bangers on here
Este rock pop de los 80 esta bien muerto y nadie lo extraña, pero por un brevísimo momento en la historia de la música se llevó todo el dinero y todas las chicas
For one short year, Bon Jovi were just about the biggest thing in the UK. Headliners at Donnington Monsters of Rock festival, on the radio, played in rock clubs, you couldn't get away from them. Then Guns N'Roses turned up and there was a new king of hair metal. I owned this album back in the day, and my feelings now are pretty much the same as they were when it came out. It's very much of the Whitesnake, soft rock/ pop end of the spectrum, but it's also quite enjoyable, just a bit lightweight. It feels very much a 3 star album.
Full of bangers! Surprised by how much I enjoyed. Still fell asleep to it on the Eurostar, but not as quickly as Norah Jones. Favourite song (after all the singles): Let it rock
- Is Bon Jovi the least threatening hard rock band in existence? Something to ponder. - The hits are strong, which anyone who has attended karaoke can attest to. I personally enjoy "Wanted Dead Or Alive" the most of those. But I was actually surprisingly really into "Raise Your Hands" (a legitimately fun party ballad) and "Without Love" (which has that quintessential 80s melodramatic charm). Maybe because I have not heard them 1000 times. - Some of the non-hits are fine? A couple are rough. Not a fan of "Social Disease."
Bon Jovi - hait metal at its best. Auch wenn ich die Begeisterung dafür in Teilen nachvollziehen kann, hat mich das noch nie abgeholt und vollständig mitgenommen.
The hits are absolutely brilliant, I even got to know some songs I haven't heard or don't recall. Also contains some fillers.
Annoying except for the songs I already knew. Soft 3
Bon Jovi strike me as being hugely influenced by Van Halen, with a fresher energy and with bigger, anthemic choruses made for the stadiums. This is a mixture of some genuine classics that still fill the dance-floors, a few of the said big choruses, the marvellous Wanted Dead or Alive, and some, er, other rock. I bought this at the time, and even started going to rock discos. All that's far behind me now, and I prefer my music a bit less tight-trousered and in your face. But I can't be too churlish. This still rocks, even if it's only part killer and quite a lot of filler, especially on side 2.
Enjoyed some of this more than I expected, but then got sick of it really fast as well. About what is expected…
One of the classic hair metal albums, cheesey and not my cup of tea, but can’t argue it’s not an influential album that should be on the list.
Bon Jovi clearly know how to write a catchy song. This album contains their biggest hits and a lot of filler. They seem to borrow from their fellow New Jerseyan, Bruce Springsteen, in writing about working class struggles and teenage love. It falls a bit flat under the corporate hair metal veneer though I don’t doubt its sincerity. The highs here are really high, and the rest is middling.
The radio hits are pretty classic. I'm not super keen on the rest, but it's hair metal and of the time. Almost 40 years later and some of these are still on the radio. Wild. 3.7
I’ve heard most of these songs many times before so nothing really hit me very closely but they are clearly talented and Jon has a hell of a voice.
Bon Jovis best known songs...
5/10 just mid rock imo
Ok, I was expecting to hate this album but it really wasn't all that bad. All of the hits on it take me back, and it's short enough not to overstay it's welcome. A lot of the unknown tracks weren't too memorable, but still not bad. 3/5.
Lots of bangers on here, if that is your speed. So much has been overplayed though...I wonder if that impacts my rating. 3.5/5
Some Classics, Some Mid
I am willing to admit now after many years, that this band is just simply hair metal. Very catchy hair metal. They were never anything more.
Bon Jovi was one of the first bands that was my absolute favorite. My family still gives me grief about it, but it's all in good fun. I loved this album growing up and have great childhood memories listening to this. You've Give Love A Bad Name, Livin' On A Prayer, Wanted Dead Or Alive are classics. They are karaoke staples. Now listening as an adult I still enjoy these songs but they aren't hitting as hard.
it;s fine
Would be higher if I liked bin Jovi more, definitely full of bangers in the first half
Some undeniable bangers for karaoke on here, putting glam rock on the map, and super fun. Ideally, I'd give this three and a half stars.
How Bon Jovi made their bones as an arena rock band. The genre is meh for me, but no denying Jon and Richie accomplished what they set out to do.
Par de bangers. mid overall
Some well known songs on here. The rest are just okay. Overall a good effort, just not great. 3/5 Might listen again
Det er en lyd af mange fester... Den gled nem med, men vender ikke tilbage efter andet end fællessangen..
Wanted dead or alive is a box office song
Some undeniably huge tunes
It’s pop rock at its peek. 3 stars
Probably the album with Bon Jovis Best known hits... but a few miss tracks in there too. I would listen to some of this, if it was already playing, but personally, I wouldn't choose to play them. It's all just too much americana commercial tracks.
There's some classics on here and it's altogether a fun listen, if a bit shallow.
Hey tbh s git paar richtigi banger wo richtig hert abgönd aber macher hetts wieder sochli larifair lieder woni mer denke boah iwie ned? Schwiiiierig
intro chli ass aber denn halt 80s hair metal ich find schono cool. let ut rock schöne mitgröl refrain mit so de ganze band wo mitgrölt. und rieeeese shredding solo hammer richie you give love a bad name isch en rieeeeeese banger. chaschmer sege was willsch de shit slappt. au vieeel e bessers solo als bim erste song. zweite teil vom refrain schlagzüg ufd bire vom ride. OOOOOHOOOHOOHOOHOOHHO. band mues mitgröle super. livin on a prayer jede part iconic und insane goofy glichzitig ich liebs. d bassline ide strophe isch actually geil. ok de bass isch immer huere geil. yall dimb motherfuckers want a key change? richtig cheesy richtig geil. social disease stönht am afang horny shit ok. chli heavier au, nonie ghört de song. funny. ha wanted dead or alive als chind absolut gliiiebt als chind. immerno en banger findi. huere bluesy d e gitarre hittet wie sau. hahahah ive seen a million faces AND IVE ROCKED THEM ALL huere goofy. jooo du bisch en cowboy sicher. raise your hands immerno mega bon jovi aber nüm sp spannend? s solo isch geil und s macht drunder harmonisch auno sache wothout love wesentlich weniger cool. ee scheiss isch chli luut füre ballade? i'd die for you isch afoch runaway vor runaway aber ass never say goodbye isch d schnulze. meh. gitarre sound wird mit de ziit langwilig
mier hends im auto is tessin glost und living on a prayer und you give love a bad name sind so was vo banger, vor allem bim autofahre wod voll chasch mitsinge de rest het jz eifach chli existiert, nöd schlecht, nöd würkli guet, never say goodbye han ich als ballade eig auno gern gha
not my fave but some classics
Completely exceeded my expectations. This is one of those situations where if I wasn't told to check out this album, I would have never discovered it's awesomeness. Very fun and a little trashy. Definitely going to play it in the car with my wife this summer.
Det hele lyder meget forceret, men sangene er rimelige.
I’m not a big hair metal guy, but somehow this energy and these classics put a smile on my face
Nostalgic but not my thing.
Alright cheesy background rock
Never realized how truly terrible Bon Jovi's voice is. This is only earning 3 starts because of the sweet talking guitar in Livin' on a Prayer
Kinda fun.
Another album that suffers a bit from overexposure when I was growing up. 3.5/5
don’t care for the bon
3 of these songs are absolutely iconic. The rest... not so much -- "Raise Your Hands" in particular feels like a cheap response to Mötley Crüe's "Raise Your Hands to Rock," which came out a year earlier, and BOTH of the last 2 tracks have some cringey references to car sex. Certainly on the more accessible/radio-friendly side of arena rock than other hair/glam metal bands of the time, but I guess "100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong."
Okay this was kinda fun. Got that 80s hair metal to the max. Not something I'd listen to often but the hits are hits for a reason. 3.5/5
Best Song: Livin' On a Prayer. If nothing else, then for that key change at the end of the song. Worst Song: Social Disease. Cheesy sex noises to kick off the track? BJ, I thought better of you... Overall: If there exists a genre of dadrock, for reasons that I can't explain Bon Jovi has to be the pinnacle of momrock. Every song feels anthemic, which is bold for a debut, but as a result the hits have been so callously overplayed by now in crowd settings that it's hard not to find the music obnoxious. Bon Jovi is the inoffensive rock they pipe in during pauses of sports games to keep the fans nominally enthused. The worst thing is: the less popular songs aren't different or more interesting, they're just failed attempts at anthems.
A solid release from a classic rock band who manged to keep an edge while scoring hits like "Livin' On A Prayer" and "Wanted Dead or Alive".
About as cheesy as expected, but greater breadth of musical influence than I would have thought.
good 80's rock and roll 3 stars
Wow, all of Bon Jovi's hits are really on here. Although, I feel like everyone's heard them at this point. A fun listen, although glam metal/rock can feel a bit cookie-cutter at times. It's always a mix of high-energy choruses and then some slow ballads mixed in. Not bad, though.
Solid rock album, with some clear bangers.
This album came out when I was in high school and the hits were Huge. Not sure it still holds up all these years later
The lyrics are so over the top. And so earnest. But it's adorable
As an album it is nothing special really. BUT it got some of the greatest 80s glam-rock songs on it. Classics that are still strong today.
Always enjoyed Bon Jovi's radio hits but never bought an album. Listened to this one all the way through and still liked the radio hits best. Brought back great memory of Sambora and Bon Jovi's acoustical version of Wanted Dead or Alive at the 1989 MTV awards...one of the best awards show live performances. Found it on YouTube and it still holds up.
not a fan of generic 80s rock- but some catchy hits keep this one at a 3
I wasn't a fan when this came out, but for the sake of nostalgia and remembering my old girlfriend and her Japanese roommate rocking out to it in their dorm room, I put it on. I don't know what it is that always turned me off. The inane lyrics? His voice? The cookie-cutter approach? This is the fast food equivalent of rock music. From its sexual innuendo title and the moans to start "Social Disease," it's clear that the aim of this album is 14 and 15 year olds. A summer, teen movie of an album, not to be taken seriously. This isn't an album that I would listen to normally, but I listened to it this morning. It was fun remembering the time when the radios ate this album up, overplaying the singles. MTV also. Catchy, bubblegum music. Personally, this album would not make my top albums list, but because it was SO popular, I can see how it would make a list of 1001. Thanks for the memories!
I love pop music
Nostalgia... my dad used to listen to this while he screamed at me for doing nothing. Good times.
Da e nåken klassikera her. Plusspoeng for at Wanted Dead or Alive e så gøy på rock band
Lots of hits here
I’ve never been a fan of Bon Jovi, but I didn’t hate this. I even sang along to a few.
Structural parallels between this and Purple Rain. Rock/dance
Better than I expected
good album, lot of hit songs, but im not really into the style of rock rock rock every song in the heavy way Jovi does it.
Well, its cheesy 80’s hair band music. Songs that were disguised as metal but really radio pop music. I didn’t really enjoy the album. It’s fun to sing “Livin’ on Prayer” at wedding receptions or the college bars back in the day…everyone singing along “You live for the fight when that's all that you've got!” Always kind of liked “Wanted dead or alive” but the rest of the album was kind of boring and cliche. Probably a 2 but the two or three radio hits bring it up for me. The album cover sucks, an actual garbage bag. The original album cover, even worse. The name of the album is stupid, they got the inspiration at a strip club…um ok.
O dodnt listen to all of it, but it was pretty good
bon
Good
I have always rolled my eyes at Bon Jovi and other 80’s hair metal bands. The glitz and glam of it all always struck me as inauthentic and dumb and way over the top. Maybe that’s the point and it just wasn’t for me. I don’t know. This was a fun listen. Is it the most intelligent album ever? Not by a long shot. But there’s catchy licks and great guitar solos. And unexpected (and very welcomed) horns at a few points. I still am not crazy about “You Give Love a Bad Name.” But who can deny “Livin’ on a Prayer”? I enjoyed this album and can see why it’s necessary to listen to. But I cannot defend “Wanted Dead or Alive.” They’re from New Jersey. They aren’t cowboys. I know it’s an analogy (“steel horse” and such), but still. Get out.
Eh
It's not really my thing but it was enjoyable nonetheless
When this album came out, I was about 18 and considered myself too cool for hair bands and this particular brand of New Jersey culture (I was born and raised in NYC and was listening to Sonic Youth, etc.). All of this is just to put context to why it took me so many years to appreciate this album. It is undeniably catchy, and even though I avoided listening to it, I absorbed it by osmosis because - listening to it now - I realize I know most of these songs. This still isn't something I would reach for: this type of really commercial rock is not to my taste, but I can't deny that it has its charms. If I had to recommend just one, it would be "Wanted Dead or Alive," which is a wonderfully silly analogy equating the boys in Bon Jovi with cowboy outlaws. So self-serious, but it works.
As far as hair metal goes, this is a good album. Lots of hits. It’s still hair metal, though, and I’m not as enthusiastic about this as I used to be. I can only take so much of the over-the-top guitar and Bon Jovi’s voice.
I didn't like this at all when it came out, even though I was in the target demographic. Listening to it now, I will say that it's not so bad...as long as you don't have to hear it all damn day every frigggin day.
Det finns några klassiska låtar men det är ju egentligen inte min kopp av te.
The sister album to Handel's "Messiah".
I mean what do you want me to say? Am I going to make a declaration that the record with Livin' On A Prayer is bad? Every person on Earth knows this song, and probably most of this record. I'm not going to have any hot takes here, aside form maybe that it shouldn't be on this list, because of my statement above. If this is 1001 Albums to Hear Before You Die, this can be confidently removed, because everyone's already heard it. It's cheesy, of its time and an unarguable classic of 80's rock. We can talk about the balk half a bit; the ones that aren't on the karaoke machine. They're pretty okay. If you like Bon Jovi, or any of the criteria they fit in, you'll be happy with this record all thew way through. There's nothing as anthemic as the first few tracks, but you gotta fill the runtime with something right?
Slick, catchy, and oh-so-feathered, Bon Jovi's rafters-reaching breakthrough cemented these Jersey boys as global superstars and heirs to the hair metal throne.
Loved it as a kid. Still ok with my choices as a little one. For the time is was outstanding!
This is of course not the most profound or groundbreaking band, they bring unpretentious poppy hard rock with a high sing-along content and they are quite good at that. I understand people not liking this, but there's a time and a place for this, whether on a road-trip or an 80's night. I have heard much worse rock being made after this album came out (also from Bon Jovi).
Früher drauf und runter gehört. Jetzt klingt es eher lahm.
There are a few good tracks here, like You Give Love A Bad Name, Wanted Dead Or Alive, and I'd Die For You, but the album doesn't quite resonate with me.
I understand the popular appeal of Bon Jovi, but I personally don't understand. It's a three.
Mostly Mediocre Pop Rock. Well known exceptions: "you give love a bad name" and "Livin' on a prayer".
Like this album. Guitar playing is nice to listen to, lyrics didn’t connect with me too much but still enjoyed the music.
Bon Jovi bringing mall rock into place
I don’t really like Bon Jovi. When I was in middle school, my cousin loved them, and not knowing any better, I listened to them often during free days in my music technology class. 3 stars just for the nostalgia…2 for actual enjoyment.
I wanted to hate this album. I hate the whole 80’s pop metal genre, but this was half decent and 3/5 is best I have the heart to do.
yeah: I will be sacrificed to the music gods by some people for this but it just isn't all that. Apart from the three good songs it just felt long and boring. It was all a bit dry and repetitive which has aged very poorly. Apart from the good songs it just wasn't that good.
Better than I thought it would be.
Jon Bum Bogey.
I can tell I’m an American of a certain age because despite not liking Bon Jovi at the time, I’ll take this album over all the electronica that plagues this list any day.
Livin' On A Prayer
Fun listen
Saccharine hair rock at the height of its popularity. I liked these songs the first 3424352345234523452 times I heard them. Now I just want them to go away. They don't do anything interesting musically. Raise your hands is ok-ish still, because it wasn't over played on the radio and was in SpaceBalls. 3 stars on this because I listened to the songs and know their names, but if I never heard these songs again it'd be ok.
I’m not really a fan of what Bon Jovi represent: the hammy bloat of 1980’s hair-metal, the excess of corporate America, yadda yadda yadda. For many years, the cliched music critic’s stance has been that they are not a “cool” band to like. So on my first listen to “Slippery When Wet”, I was pleasantly surprised. It’s an album of truly colossal songs: huge guitars, huger choruses, all pumping with a vital energy and enthusiasm worthy of chart success and greatest hits comps forever more. Then on my second listen, and my third, I was quickly becoming less enthused. The incessant strangled shriek of Jon Bon Jovi, and the brute force of the music surrounding him, gives somewhat limited reward for repeat listens. Was it designed to be a flash-in-the-pan? To appeal to the fickle taste of hair-metal rockers? Or are Bon Jovi just having such a great time today, they don’t stop to think about tomorrow? One thing is for certain: “Slippery When Wet” is crafted in widescreen, songs becoming larger than life. Tico Torres’ thundering drums with nuclear snares, Richie Sambora’s monstrous guitar riffs (and flashy solos with squalling harmonics a-plenty). In the thick of it all is Jon Bon Jovi’s archetypal “rock voice”, often backed by an insistent wall of chorus singers in unison. “Raise Your Hands” is the most shamelessly transparent arena-rock number I’ve heard since “We Will Rock You”: a call for all the fans, anywhere on the world tour, to make some noise and have a good time. The closing number, “Wild in the Streets”, is a Springsteen cosplay. “Without Love” and “Never Say Goodbye” are lousy, sentimental tracks but they feel refreshing simply because the synths play a more prominent part, frothy guitars slowed to more of a chug. But even in “Slippery When Wet”’s quieter moments, it’s still a sledgehammer of sound. The lyrics are line after line of well ridden cliche and low-hanging fruit. Take “I’d Die For You”: it’s an utterly ridiculous notion that 1986 is some love-starved world where nobody knows Romeo and Juliet, ergo Bon Jovi is a lone lover representing the final beating heart of romance… but the passion in the delivery makes us just about buy it. In the end, “Slippery When Wet” requires a suspension of disbelief… and to some extent, taste. After all, three of the band’s very biggest hits are on here. “You Give Love a Bad Name”, “Wanted Dead or Alive” and of course “Livin’ On A Prayer” are all pretty much genre defining hits: high on calories, high on fun. No amount of snobbery or resistance can stop people listening to and loving them, so there’s always that. At the time of writing, Bon Jovi are the 188th most listened to artist in the world on Spotify, with “Livin’ On A Prayer” alone having racked up 1.4 billion streams. I’d love to get on my high horse about that, but I’d have to deny ever enjoying them… so I’ll just stay on the fence for now.
lol jesus every single one of their famous guitar hero songs is from this one album. Brings me back to annoying memories of high school sports teammates, but that's not really bon jovi's fault, 3/5
Living on a Prayer is a classic... but this style is just not for me. Poppy arena rock. Lots of flash. Minimal substance. Just not what fills me.
Good nothing ground breaking.
This album played and made very little impact. I suddenly realised it was back at the beginning. I think this is an example where the value is less than the sum of the parts. However, there are some obviously crowd pleasers on this album - and I include myself in that crowd.
Da e nåken klassikera her. Plusspoeng for at Wanted Dead or Alive e så gøy på rock band
This guy really loves his pinch harmonics. Good guitar solo on the last song, lyrics abit corny and repetitive but some great songs in here. 3.5
Solid album
I don’t hate Bon Jovi and had some fun with this album. That said, if they were going to record one single song and copy/paste it 10 times, they could have picked a more interesting song.
Classic 80s dad rock
Ahh yes, hair metal. Metal for kids (like 12 year old me, for instance), grandmas, and ladies (it's actually documented how the subgenre finally got women into "metal"). I can see why Bon Jovi would be the champion of the subgenre. They're loud, catchy, and not as crude as other bands in the subgenre such as Guns'N'Roses. But Bon Jovi suffers the same problems as the other hair metal bands. First of all is of course the voluminous cheese all over it. Another is the fact that's it's more pop than rock/metal. It doesn't age well, it's predictable, and it's generic. Eventually, Bon Jovi, like their peers, would explore power ballad, then disappear, as if they ran out of tricks. Overall, Bon Jovi is as good as hair metal can get, and I still find myself vibing to their hits. But in addition to the subgenre problems mentioned above, Bon Jovi didn't make any daring feats (like GNR or Pantera). They just played it safe.
There's a few good songs on it.
I feel like I should hate it but I also kind of don't. Side A was way better than Side B, which got a bit unbearable and I had to skip a few. Last track brought it back a bit. Don't think I could listen to it over and over, but it was an enjoyable listen for now. 3.5*
Some absolutely GREAT stuff on this! Some, not so much! But Bon Jovi rocking you out is not a bad way to spend some time so very enjoyable!
I’ve always felt that Bon Jovi are a pretty easy-to-like band, but I’m also aware that they seem to have a lot of haters too. It seems they were the Nickelback of the 80’s in that they’re undoubtedly successful with a lot of fans, but people will say say it’s not “real” rock music. I’ve somehow never listened to this album in full before, so let’s listen! Songs I already knew: You Give Love A Bad Name, Livin’ On A Prayer, Wanted Dead Or Alive Favourites: Wanted Dead Or Alive, You Give Live A Bad Name This is an album where everybody will know three songs. Aside from those three, there isn’t really much of interest to be found here. Everything else feels a bit too copy-and-pasted, as if after writing Livin’ On A Prayer they decided to write another song that was as similar as possible while still being technically different. Everything was very radio friendly and inoffensive, and nothing was exactly bad, it just didn’t make me feel much. Overall, three really good songs. You could realistically skip the rest and not lose much.
The singles on here are undeniably brilliant. I wasn’t sold on the idea of listening to the rest so took a bit of a run up. It was all so very 80s.
A little repetitive towards the end and it blends together in a not good way BUT some really solid parts when it gets there Favorite track: You Give Love A Bad Name
I used to listen to Bon Jovi back in the day as a kid and thought they were awesome. Listening back now a lot of this stuff seems so bombastic and cheesy. Just his voice alone is so exaggerated, "YeeeEEAaaH, huhh!" *rock riff* They DO do the bombastic, woah woah hair metal thing effectively and well though, and there is plenty to like, with lots of great hooks, choruses and riffs. I think people can be too elitist about some of this stuff. I mean, come on, Livin' on a Prayer is superb. I don't care if people are sneering at me while I'm punching the air, I'm having a good time!
Kitschy and overplayed, Slippery When Wet is definitely not a thinking man’s record, but it is still a lot fun. This opened up the masses to metal, so it has value beyond 80s bar nights. The top selling record in the year I was born and forever burned in my mind given the prevalence of Livin on a Prayer at frat parties and post-college 3rd avenue bars. There are some solid lesser known tracks here like Raise Your Hands, featured in Spaceballs, and Never Say Goodbye which is maybe one of the best 80s ballads.
What can I say... gotta love a few power anthems for karaoke! 3.5
Not bad, some of the songs are rather cheesy.
Hear it for the big hits (if you’ve never heard them before what rock have you been hiding under??) namely ‘Livin’ On A Prayer’, ‘You Give Love A Bad Name’ and ‘Wanted Dead Or Alive’. ‘Let It Rock’ is a nice opener and ‘Wild In The Streets’ along with ‘Raise Your Hands’ are also catchy. The rest of 'Slippery When Wet' is a precursor to that real schmalzy shit Bon Jovi would dish up throughout the 90s and 2000s, it’s just a bit more tolerable and less nauseating here.
This album has some of Bon Jovi's biggest tracks, which are notable for being some of Bon Jovi's biggest tracks. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: Livin' On A Prayer Date listened: 15/06/23
Look. I will admit that this is a 25 year old having a great time with his band, singing high energy songs. I just can't enjoy it. To me it represents a community that has ruined the sound. 10 points for effort though, so I'll meet it half way.
It’s kind of like a three hit wonder. As if they blew the wad on the first album and sold their souls to the devil to get absolute rock ballads. The rest of the album has the same energy, and the same tired pop-metal; not quite hair metal, not quite MJ, but somewhere in the middle. Of course the 3 big boys are infectious classics that make even the most hardened rockers wail out in unison after a beer or two at the local saloon, and for those tracks alone this is a remarkable record. I just think it’s the toughest sophomore follow up ever… the put themselves in a huge hole. Other than that, I’ve heard these songs sooooo manyyyyy timesssss. Subjectively not something I want to hear again.
I didn’t hate this one actually a lot of good songs and I was surprised how many I’d already heard. Name of the album and the album cover is pretty cool.
Ok I hated Bon Jovi back in the day. But man he can write bangers. And now with hindsight and without him being overplayed to death, objectively this album is full of well crafted songs. You won't catch me listening to this album regularly willingly, but if it's on, I'm going to like it.
Bon Jovi is silly fun to listen to and impossible to take seriously. It's not a masterpiece and will never be one. Is it something that I listen to frequently or would actively play? Nope. But it is definitely something that I don't mind when it's playing and I actually quite enjoy when songs like "Livin' On A Prayer" comes on. It's something of a guilty pleasure to be completly honest. Bon Jovi, at least for me, isn't an album listening experience. It's a song here and there that puts a smile on my face when it plays.
Power ballad heavy. Fun to Jam to
I thought I would hate it and I didn't!
Oh it makes lots of other people happy, it's a vibe, it's a snapshot of a certain time in history, I ain't being a snob.
I owned this on tape. It's not my fault, my mom bought it for me. It made them Millions.
Some well known classics along with a enjoyable rock sound. Most of it is pretty forgettable but fun to listen non the less
Sinceramente pensé que iba a ser un disco aburrido. El disco se me pasó rápido, hay tracks olviables pero los clasicos lo remontan. También cabe destacar que Bon Jovi suena como la banda de rock que quiere sonar como rock poniendo distorición y piques con 5ª. En fin este disco da una idea de lo que es Bon Jovi, una banda con buenos hits, pero que suenan como una banda de pop cuando el rock pesado la estaba rompiendo. Se curten de extravagantes y no son más qeu una combinación popera de lo que estaba sonando en ese momento. Eso no quiere decir que no la hayan roto toda y suenen bien. A veces recuerdan a Van Halen, solo que con menos rock, se nota en sus letras y en su delivery al cantar, los coros, etc. Como dije un disco difrutable pero no muchp más que eso 6/10.
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2.5/5
Cheesy and a bit silly
This is an interesting one. This had a lot of low ratings. I don’t really get it, sure it’s dated but the hits are still huge today. It’s not a perfect album, but it does what it’s meant to pretty well: be a fun album. You could do a lot worse, especially in the genre of hair bands.
Another new one for me. Decent album with a few killer tracks
I'd give this a 3.5 if I could but have gone for 3. It's samey but also the sort of album with songs on that you meet at certain important points of your life and your life feels a film with a soundtrack.
Obviously the three amazing songs on it make it a great album but honestly there's a lot of average songs on here.
What an album, Slippery When Wet is what I'd call an essential 80s album. Bon Jovi really knocked it out of the park with this one. With all time classic tracks like You Give Love A Bad Name and Livin' On A Prayer, it doesn't get much bigger than these. What was most surprising to learn was that Jon Bon Jovi thought that Livin' On a Prayer was not a great song, guess he ate his words pretty quick. Best: You Give Love A Bad Name; Livin' On A Prayer Worst: Wild In The Streets 3.5 Stars
Pretty good, a bit poppy for my tastes
There’s a lot of whiplash when you read the reviews of this album on this website. It’s fine. I don’t think I really, really like any 80s hair metal songs, but I also don’t really mind them when they’re on. So this is just a 3 for me.
Honestly a lot of bops. I don’t like Bon Jovi but you gotta respect this albums hits.