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Overplayed and overhyped. JBJ was a better actor than musician
Couple classics but pretty average except for then
good good. better than i was expecting
This was way better than I thought it would be.
3.5 stars. Album has some big catchy hits, but it also seems like this is what you'd get if you told an AI to write radio-friendly 80s stadium rock.
Big hooks, big sound, big feeling. This was absolutely not my thing when it came out, but I've come around a bit on it. The singles hold up well and are a fun listen. And as an album, it's extremely well conceived and arranged, a whole vibe. Catchy, anthemic 80s music that rocks. Fave Songs: You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin' on a Prayer, I'd Die for You, Never Say Goodbye, Wanted Dead or Alive
JBJ is really convincing. He is 100% in it. And there are some really enjoyable songs on this
A great rock album with three huge singles. Big.
It was passable
This album provides for an interesting comparison with Hysteria by Def Leppard, as both of the two albums were pop rock mega hits. I really enjoyed Hysteria, but this album left me a bit cold. I think that part of it is due to familiarity, since I've heard this album more than that one, and the hits have definitely been overplayed relative to Def Leppard. Slippery When Wet also feels a bit generic, though. It reminds me of how I feel when I listen to the Black Keys. It just feels like generic rock, like they're just playing what they're supposed to play without trying to do anything interesting or personal. It's fine, there's a place in the world for stadium rock, and Bon Jovi does that well. It's just not that interesting to listen to a bunch of those songs back to back Still, though, 3/5
Straight 80's time capsule. Some of the hits have persevered and have been prominent my whole life. Interesting write up in the article about how this was a breakthrough for metal to go mainstream, but this will always be Classic Rock for me
er eiginlega springstein plata með þungarokksáhrifum. mér finnast smellirnir ágætir en restin frekar döll. efast um að við eigum frekari samleið.
Never really been a Bon Jovi fan. Pretty standard sound.
Objectively speaking, this period of the 80s wasn’t the best time for hard rock, and bon jovi proves that. That being said, I do get a bit of enjoyment out of listening to him, so the 3/5 is just personal preference
I mean its bon jovi so its really what you would expect, still has some undeniable bangers on it though 6.5/10
BJ ei ikinä mulle breikannut mitenkään, mut onhan tää ihan hyvä levy, sisältäen aikamoisia hittejä
The singles are head and shoulders above the rest of the album cuts, but these guys are 80's rock legends, with good ol' JBJ's boyish charm, kickass voice, and wingman Sambora's squealing pinch harmonic guitar breaks and vocal harmonies.
Not a lot of variety, and the lyrics are really dumb; but the big hits are sure catchy!
Everyone knows every song on here, I enjoyed it in the context of 1001 but wouldn't rush back as I'm fairly sure the big songs will keep popping up till the end of time anyway. Always been a bit too cheesy for me, but I respect what they're doing.
This is a tough one for me. I grew up with it, it just devoured the airspace around me. But was just never a Bon Jovi fan. I have seen them live and live with one of their biggest fans...but again, not my thing. Still, hard to deny, You Give Love a Bad Name (the nerve to open it with just vocals before kicking into the track), Livin' On A Prayer, Wanted Dead Or Alive, I'd Die for You. This is one of the ultimate mid 80s albums to be fair, and I know most of it already...I just hold grudges I guess about being forced to hear it ad nauseam. Going middle of the road, again, grudgingly.
didn't seem to age as well to me, although liked it a lot back in the day.
I wonder what Tommy and Gina are up to these days?
I had never listened to a Bon Jovi album coming into this, though I had a fully-formed opinion about the band (and its frontman). In this case, that has been thoroughly reinforced having sat through "Slippery When Wet." Jon Bon Jovi has a vocal range and a timbre made for this style of hard-edged pop-rock. Great range — dude can sing. When the songs are at their best — you know the mega hits — they're just fine. You've learned the melody by the end of the first chorus, you can sing along by the time we're midway through. Made for radio (MTV), it's easy to understand why these were popular songs. It doesn't make them any less silly. "You give love a bad name" was always just shy of clever — like a framed embroidery you might buy at the Cracker Barrel shop. Feed the masses something that tastes like food but is mostly devoid of substance. What surprised me was just how much of this album I recognized. So, a 3-star rating for how deeply this burrowed into the collective consciousness. But Bon Jovi has been elevated to a status beyond his merits. He's deserved to enjoy a nice life based on his massive sales and popularity. But he's revered as some sort of songwriting genius, and that's taking this music too seriously. "Love is a social disease" might make for a line that makes you smirk upon hearing it, but it's no great revelation. I guess that could have been my entire review.
Not as bad as I was expecting but man it is cheesy. You give love a bad name is top notch though
It's only right that this list represents as many genres as possible, and that includes beerhouse classics. These are the songs that dudes love to sing after they've had one too many beers, thinking that they're such talented and charismatic rockstars. Spoiler alert: they're not. Five stars for the confidence that Bon Jovi offers people, but no five stars for the music I'm afraid. Listening to this confirmed my belief that this music is full of clichés. The lyrics scream about the power of rock & roll, brotherhood, or PROUDLY declaring your love to your girl. The vocals are heavy and raspy, plus guitar solos and drum parts are abundant. If you asked younger folks to describe what they thought music was like in the '80s, this is exactly the album they would imagine. All of that makes it big, bold, and fun - for sure. But this record is nothing mindblowing really, it's another case of "If you've heard the singles, you've heard the whole album." The deep cuts are just lesser versions of the big hits. Give me a greatest hits album and I'll 5-star that baby easily, but can't do that here.
https://i.imgur.com/csnW6i7.jpg 3/5 very nice
I’ve never heard this album cover-to-cover but I’ve heard all the hits on it dozens of times. And I’m pretty familiar with Bon Jovi and their tricks. As a former songwriter myself, I’m well-versed in the “musical crack” techniques that just always make songs better- hand-clapping, modulating up a half step on the last chorus, cowbell, massive everyone-in-the-crowd-shouting backing vocals, etc. Some bands are more or less shameless about abusing these, but I don’t think anyone quite has zero shame like Bon Jovi. The big one they use here is huge chorus vocals, but all the favorites are mixed in. Four-on-the-floor drumming on the last chorus of “You Give Love a Bad Name”. Basically all of “Livin’ on a Prayer”, which is basically a clinic in how to make a monster hit. And it’s not like it doesn’t work- in fact it works spectacularly well, it’s just a little cheap. I also didn’t totally understand until hearing this CD how Bon Jovi was considered metal in 1988. Even vs similar bands like Poison they always seemed a little light. But you get more of that on here. Songs like “Social Disease” and “Raise Your Hands” are more like the other glam metal bands, they just didn’t go anywhere because they’re not that good, and all Bon Jovi’s pop hits are amazing. Which brings me to how I liked the CD. It’s OK- the top of the order is absurdly stacked, with five straight strong songs, three of them classic pop hits. And the rest of the CD is fine, but just not the same. I think part of that is that there’s sort of an uncanny valley effect with pop hitmaking- if something fails to land, it really fails hard. It’s tough to really say what it is about eg “Never Say Goodbye” that makes it not “Livin on a Prayer”, but they’re not the same, and by falling just short of sticking the landing, “Never Say Goodbye” and the ilk end up falling into a pit. Basically the whole 2nd half of the CD is like that. I really struggle with describing just what it is that fails- is it the genericness of singing about my girl vs Tammy? I don’t know. Kudos also to Bon Jovi the vocalist- he’s amazing. One of the best.
3.5...a nostalgic classic for sure. If you take all of Bon Jovi's best songs you get one great album.
It used to be whenever I met someone from New Jersey I would ask them what their favorite Springsteen tune was. I think they used to issue you one when you were born along with a social security number and a birth certificate. A few years ago though people started telling me they were more into Bon Jovi. On a superficial level it's all the same I guess. Listening to this for the first time in about 35 years I can hear it in a way I didn't catch onto back then. Hell, just calling a song "Raise Your Hand" or "Wild in the Streets" evokes The Boss and both come off as pretty decent pastiches (it feels like the plural of pastiche should just be pastiche but the internet says pastiches) and I'm guessing if i was hearing the big three from this album (you know which three) I might hear echoes of Springsteen there too but those songs were such big hits that I can't separate them from Bon Jovi, it's impossible. Anyway, Jon Bon Jovi is no Bruce Springsteen and his band is definitely no E Street Band but he and Sambora (with the occasional assist of Desmond Child) can sure write a pop hook and ape Springsteen if you don't pay too much attention. The less said the better about the stupid (not in a good way) "Social Disease" and one of the worst songs of the 80s "Never Say Goodbye." After all that I can't give this less than three stars. Nobody is more surprised by this than I am.
Boy, I sure liked this album as a child but doesn't hold up at much as I would have liked. Would be interesting to hear an updated non-80's version.
One of the better of the hair band entries from the 80s. Variety of sound, production value, musicality in terms of melody, musicianship, harmonies. It holds up and certainly defined my high school years.
gross.
You know the hits, other than that its okay. Lyrics are pretty bad at times but instruments are decent at least.
I’ve never listened to this album but have heard a lot of the songs on the radio- not really my thing tbh but not the worst thing I’ve heard
Classic rock. Sibling had this on cassette when I was in high school. Loved it at the time.
Although I am not a Bon Jovi fan, I can appreciate the importance of this band and album in the history of pop Rock. Some of the band's most successful songs appear on this album.
Man that chorus - that chorus again.. A band that had millions of fans and inspired Disney song writers for years after.
hits and misses
Well that was fun.
I wish there was a 3.5 because sometimes it's fun to listen to people who are so absolutely full of themselves
All of the negative reviews of this album just scream "If you weren't there, you wouldn't get it." Yeah, hair metal is the second most loathed music style following disco currently. But just like disco, hair metal was good before it became cliché and Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet is in the top 5 of hair metal albums. Love it or loathe it, it's a good representation of the genre. There's no other reason this album would be the best selling album of 1987 and is currently the 48th best-selling album in the United States. 3.5/5. *Update: This is the first time in about 20 years I've listened to this album front to back and it sounds… different. Is this a poor remaster? Did JBJ rerecord this iconic album? Whatever, it sounds too engineered from what I recall this album sounding like.
80s
Couple Decent songs
Decent album, im not a huge fan of the 70s music but it's good, can jam to it
Fun? Definitely. Good? I don't know.
Salvo las más conocidas, regular. Muy comercial.
There are some really great songs, but many of the others are just dated. Standouts: Living on a Prayer, You Give Love a Bad Name, Wanted Dead or Alive, Never Say Goodbye. 3.5/5
Klassetur på barneskolen. Denne på repeat på kassett. Kjøpte den brukt på vinyl til 40,-. Verdt det. A-siden er sterk, B-siden svak. 0,5 stjerne ekstra pga nostalgi.
Siis ihan helvetin huono ja helvetin hyvä samaan aikaan! Paskaa ja bangereit! 3/5
Siis onhan tää hyvä ja kovaa menoa, mut jotenkin kokonainen levy oli vähän liikaa Bon Jovia. 3/5
3.5
This was one of the very first cassette tapes I ever owned. I didn't like it much then either. Just not my thing. I don't hate it but I don't want to be associated with liking it either.
#### Rating: 3 #### Good Things 1. Good loud classic rock. 2. Great guitar solos. 3. Powerful vocals and lyrics. 4. Only so many times I can write the same few notes. #### Other Notes - Not a fan of the keys at the start. - God awful album cover. - Basically the same formula for every song. - All songs are very good, not sure how I feel about listening to a full album though. - I'd Die for You has great riffs/bass at the beginning. - Would have been a 4/5 except it starts to get dull towards the end, too many songs on the same formula. #### Notable Tracks 1. You Give Love A Bad Name 2. Wanted Dead or Alive 3. I'd Die for You
Classic ’80s sound. Surprised I’d never listened to this full album before.
Catchy but overall pretty meh.
I certainly don't care for metal stadium rock from the 80s but there are some catchy choruses here that make you want to get up and cheer and be part of something.
Very 80s. Not great, but not bad.
pretty good overall, some heavy hitter songs but it's so limited in range
Me: “Man I really don’t like Bon Jovi, theirs stuffs too overplayed” *Turns on radio Radio: WOAHHHHHH WERE HALFWAY THERE WOOAHHH OHHHHHH LIVING- Me: GOD FUCKING DAMN ITTTTT. EVERY FUCKING TIMEEEEE
Ok so I'm NOT a Bon Jovi fan. This album has lots of hits no denying that. My favorite song is Dead or Alive...sucker for that power ballad formula when it's done right. The real question is are any of the songs...the non-hits worthy of my attention and my answer is an empatic; no fucking way! (OK maybe album closer Wild in the streets). So what we have here is a generic hard rock album with some mega hits. 3 🌟
Very bimodal album. Songs that aren't the hits aren't that great Standout tracks You Give Love a Bad Name Livin' on a Prayer Wanted Dead or Alive
ok
Meh. You can tell Bon Jovi is a singles band, not an album band. Livin on a Prayer fucking SLAPS. You Give Love a Bad Name is infinitely screamable out of your car window. But then after the absolutely S-tier three opening tracks, where do you go from there? The rest falls flat for me. Fave track: Livin' on a Prayer. Duh.
I can't conceive the idea of pop and metal together, for me it's a contradiction. I am reading that Bon Jovi had the idea of integrating synths into their sound. I am not sure whether they were the first hard rock/metal band to do this, but, surprisingly too, the synths work flawlessly here. But somehow this Bon Jovi album remind me of same period Aerosmith, which I definitely prefer. As Let It Rock, the first song on this album, came up I was taken aback at how hard it hits. Then there are the hits: You Give Love A Bad Name, Livin' On A Prayer, Wanted Dead Or Alive (my overall favourite on the album), and Never Say Goodbye. All songs that I wouldn't want to reach for but I don't mind listening to them once again. I'd Die For You and Wild In The Streets sound both a bit like this batch of songs but I don't know if they ever were hits. Less popular songs like Social Disease and Raise Your Hand hit as hard as the first song. Without Love sounds like Huey Lewis And The News though. All in all I am glad I gave this a chance, but still it is not something I would come back to anytime soon.
Un bon album rock avec hits .3.5
Well that was a wild flashback to a cassette I got for my 11th birthday. Haven't listened much since then, but this is solid '80s rock.
I always thought I didn't like bon jovi, but it turns out their worst songs are their biggest songs! "Let it rock" was the stand out for me, although listening to the whole album made me appreciate "wanted dead or alive" a little more.
Knew this album from my parents. Felt like I needed some hairspray. I prefer the alt album artwork.
Only for the nostalgia.
Feels dated now but the hits are still fun.
Vontade de ir em um karaoke.
Guitar based MOR pop music with some great melodies
I didn't love this album... but the singles off it are very catchy. Favorite: Livin' on a Prayer
Wanted Dead or Live is pretty good
undeniably anthemic few songs, and a handful of hair metal landfill
"The weekend comes to this town Seven days too soon For the ones who have to make up What we break up of their rules" (Let it rock)
Fun.
Goddammit. I really, really want to hate Bon Jovi. Their product is a lowest common denominator synthetic approximation of music, delivered without so much as a knowing wink. They either have contempt for their audience or are too stupid to know the difference. I imagine it might be some of both. But, as the great Robert Christgau says, "Are you really immune to 'Livin' on a Prayer'?" No, Robert. I am not. Best track: Livin' on a Prayer
Some classics in here for sure, but most of the tunes weren't captivating.
Another hair metal album that treads the fine line between enjoyable and crap. It's My Life is my Bon Jovi guilty pleasure of choice but You Give Love A Bad Name is a close second. 2.5 / 3
Fine, I guess, but not really for me
Perfect Hair band album. Love ballads, rock songs, screaming guitars. There were five songs (including the hits) that I liked. Raise your had was fun and I had never heard that before.
3.2 - not a good album, but a fun one. Overall, a remarkably digestible heavy metal album. The hits, if you can stand them, are all here - along with some solid songs I hadn’t heard before like “Wild in the Streets” (which I’m utterly astounded that Bon Jovi never once rhymed with “Wild between the streets”). Likely won’t be listening to the album as a whole again anytime soon, but won’t mind when some of its hits next pop up.
This album wasn't anything special, but was a pleasant enough upbeat listen.
One of the best-selling albums of all time (twenty million copies), perfected the style with an even more vehement production and roar (You Give Love A Bad Name) and epicness (Living On A Prayer). To paraphrase Rob Tyner of the MC5, you’re either part of the problem, or part of the solution. (6/10) FT: see above
cheesy 80s rock seminal album 3.5
Classic hair metal from the purveyors of hair spray! This isn’t all that bad and I’d be slightly disingenuous if I gave it a really low score.
Least bad bon jovi
Wel redelijk album, alleen ben niet de grootste jon bovi fan
A few great classics but beyond that not that great.
Outside of the big hits kinda lame. Especially lyrics. But would have never guessed 75 percent of all the Bon Jovi I’ve heard was from one album. Clearly a huge album for them
Kinda okayish
Paar bekende hits, maar de tand des tijds niet echt doorstaan
There are a few bands that I race to turn off when I hear them, this is one of those bands. Who else is in this list, you ask? Well, The Who, Journey, Boston and The Smiths. Yes, I know. Yeah, uh yep... I'm in the minority. But seriously, these guys were all over the place when I was growing up and had a huge following. If you were cool, or even cool-curious, you were listening to this album with your head full of Aqua Net, acid washed jeans and big hi-top reeboks. And yeah, I know. You've TRIED smoking cigarettes, but you're still learning and can't decide between Winstons or Marlboro Reds. I'm jaded. I can't write an honest review. It's music, and in another dimension it rocks, I'm sure. But here on Earth it's tainted and will always be THAT album.
I rolled my eyes and groaned when I saw Bon Jovi pop up. I lumped it in with Ratt and Poison and any other number of 80s hair bands that you would love to forget but their enduring cultural legacy will not allow it. But maybe I should give Ratt and Poison another chance? Because I enjoyed Bon Jovi's "Slippery When Wet" more than I expected to. It was definitely carried by the strength of the hit singles. I still can't tell though if I really enjoy them, or if they are just so ingrained into the collective consciousness of my generation that they seem like they feel just right. Trying to dig deeper into these feelings, I noticed Richie Sambora's guitar playing more than I had in previous listens. It got me thinking about the evolution of rock styles that led to bands like Bon Jovi. Interestingly, I feel like rock got progressively heavier through the 60s and 70s until it gave birth to heavy metal and thrash metal. Then the 80s took that heavy sound and dialed it back for pop radio and consumerism, and thus came hair bands. Some of the edge remains, and it is most noticeable in the sometimes impressive shredding of Sambora. Past the singles, the album is a bit more uneven. Still, there was enough to like to surprise me. Not enough to go back digging for Ratt and Poison though.
I think I might like Bon Jovi?! At least for walking the dog. It kept me moving and I didn’t get bored. I could do without the intro to Social Disease though.
My doctor diagnosed me with a rare form of amnesia where I can’t recall the existence of 80s bands … …there is no Cure I totally stole that joke from Reddit. But the strange coincidence is that right before I read it (!), I was telling myself that I’m just not into 80s hair metal bands. Like literally 10 seconds before I saw this joke. The guitar part on Raise Your Hands reminds me of Ozzy Ozzybourne. There are some all timer songs on this album that I would scream lyrics to if I were out at a bar. I’ve stood on bar benches and emphatically rocked out to Livin’ On A Prayer. It’s a great song for that situation, but I just don’t care if I ever hear it again. Same story with You Give Love A Bad Name and Wanted Dead Or Alive, which is probably my favorite song on the album. To be more specific, I have 80s hair band amnesia. I respect the album, but it’s just not my thing.
Hate the cheesy opening to Let it Rock...standard 80's fare and studio exec belief in what was cool. But you can't deny the sheer awesomeness of the hits. Somewhere Nickelback is probably thanking Bon Jovi and the producers for creating the formula for making a slick album. I dare you to not sing along to Livin on a Prayer or You Give Love a Bad Name if it comes on in a crowd (or resist the urge to at least bop along). Wanted Dead or Alive is one of my favorite rock songs of the 80's and proof that Sambora isn't a total hack. Raise Your Hands is also a solid, rocking song but otherwise the lesser known or non-hits hold the album back. If I must listen to this album before I die it has to be due to its ability to rock and move me - because it can't be the lyrics (bubblegum) or the musical skill (average). It has no substance. It is quintessential 80's hair/glam rock and that's fun and all, but 3 massive tunes do not an album make. The rest of the songs are kind of forgettable.
NJ represent! It's 80s cheese, but it's got good 80s cheese moments. Songs like You Give Love a Bad Name and Livin' On a Prayer are rock anthems for a good reason. I admit I really like Wanted Dead or Alive. One thing I noticed about the album is the recording qualityis very 80s. It's got that 80s hair metal lack of bass. I've got really good headphones and it's pretty bad how little bass sound comes across on this album. I think the tracks can all be dropped into four categories: Classic 80s rock anthems: You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin' On a Prayer, Wanted Dead or Alive (my favorite track on the album) Not bad, but definitely 80s hair metal cliches: Let It Rock, Raise Your Hands, I'd Die for You, Wild In the Streets Cheesy 80s rock anthems: Without Love, Never Say Goodbye Just plain bad: Social Disease (even if you remove the first 15 second of porn).
Classic if cheesy. 6
Bad but fun. 6/10
I really dont want to relive those memories....
Хз прикольно, но много чуть ли не спизжено, без каких-либо нововведений
Good album, if overplayed. The big hits deserve to be big hits. A strong 3.5 from me
Alltaf skemmtilegt að hlusta á þessa!
Three incredibly overplayed early hair rock anthems, and some mediocre filler. We have neighbors who have been playing those songs on their patio fir the past 25 years😐. This album may not have started the hair-metal genre, but it fueled that fire to the white hot disappointment of multiple Poison albums and beyond. Listworthy? = 👍
3.5 really
Lekker ouderwets meelallen. Owwaowaowahoo 😃
Underrated band. Richie Sambora is a great guitarplayer. This is not the best album of Bon Jovi. Albums like Keep the Faith, These Days and New Jersey are way better, bit this is there breakthrough. This album has the problem that it has songs like Livin' on a Prayer and You Gave Love a Bad Name on it.
Not so timeless but still some great stuff.
Reminds me of AC/DC in that the songs are either a thesaurus-full of "let's have sex" synonyms, or repeated descriptions of how they do, in fact, rock and roll. Nice guitar though, pinch harmonics abound.
There are some absolute bangers on this album, but to me the rest of the album isn't as good as the two big hits.
Its got some good songs but its a bit outdated for me
O protótipo do metal farofa. Hits dos anos 80 nas rádios .
The Beat album from a acceptable band
Not very innovative but many classic rock iconic tracks. Some tracks get boring.
If you want a definition for Arena Rock, here it is. This album was clearly written and produced with the idea that every song would be a live spectacle. The hits are hits for a reason (they’re so damn good) but I’m not much for Bon Jovi overall.
The Glam-metal/rock esthetic is not my thing, but Bon Jovi definitely tries his best to make it work on Slippery When Wet. "Let It Rock" is energetic and quite catchy, the next two tracks are obviously absolute classics, "Social Disease" is OK. "Wanted Dead or Alive" stands out as being too sweet and desperate, and the rest of the record all largely sounds the same. I am not very impressed, but due to Bon Jovi giving it his all, a 3/5 is fitting.
Good album. Better than expected.
A glam rock album with some great highs in its well known hits but also feels like a bit of a slog outside those. I feel like the album would've been much more effective if trimmed down by 15 minutes. It would've made its momentum and energy more meaningful instead of it starting to blend a bit together.
Estoy seguro que en su época fue la voz, pero hoy suena como un cliché con patas y melena
First time listening 7/10 Everyone knows the big hits. The others are okay glam metal. Less theatrics and more guitar and singing, which I'm totally okay with. "Never Say Goodbye" is REALLY good and underrated compared to the bigger songs. 3 songs saved
Kolko god je cringe, to su sve hitovi i guilty pleasure bengeri.
I mean, you can hear the mullet loud and clear.
Rock clásico. Melenas y destrozar hoteles, solos de guitarra y sintetizador a lo que marca.
classic album my parents love
Well crafted but extremely annoying.
Rather bland
Dont do it for me
old school hard rock
Some big hits, but let down a bit by the other tracks, nostalgic as hell for me as I had these on CD back way back and remember countless nights hearing "living on a prayer" out on Camden! Also the guitar work is siiiiiick!!
Meh. I'm familiar with his hits, but it doesn't move me.
Love that big hair music. So many BJ hits on this album.
Lage verwachting, maar wat een vermakelijk album eigenlijk.
De hits zijn goed te doen, maar de rest is dan toch wat minder sterk. In mijn jonge jaren vond ik dit nog wel leuk, maar nu toch iets te gedateerd.
Ik verheugde me hierop, maar het viel toch een beetje tegen...
I gave this a 3 rather than a 2 purely for the nostalgia hit it gave me. One of the first albums I owned on cassette. A couple of classics on there, primarily ‘Wanted Dead or Alive’ which I’d forgotten how good a song it actually is. Livin on a Prayer is obviously the ‘big hit’ off the album but all I associate it with now is being utterly smashed in a Wetherspoons in Sunderland...which isn’t as much of a negative as it sounds. Apart from those two tracks and ‘You Give Love a Bad Name’ the tracks are pretty forgettable. Bon Jovi have better albums in their discography and they still hold a place in my heart for the good childhood mems.
bit middle of the road rock
Pues como que canaliza el hair metal ochentero con pop?, y pues eso lo arruina para mí. Gracias, pero no, gracias. Jajaja. Me gustó solo You give Love a Bad name porque ya la conocía, Living on a prayer también la conocía, pero no me gusta. Mood: Gracias, pero no, gracias
3.2 - Bon Jovi's magnum opus. A high octane hit parade that crams in all the excesses of 80s rock. Richie Sambora slays. This record’s three blockbuster hits continue to dominate radio airwaves, and they're on constant blast at any given stadium, sports bar or dive.
Pues yo creo que sólo le tengo cariño a "You Give Love A Bad Name" y un tanto a la clásica "Livin' On A Prayer", pero no veo mucho que rescatar del disco. Supongo que esto es glam, que no suele despertarme tantas emociones. "Wild In The Streets" es otra buena, yo digo. Y pues ya, quiero rescatar que Jon Bon Jovi grabó una película en el pueblo de mi papá, en el Estado de México, la sensación cuando se vio en pantalla a un señor conocido con su burrito. 7/10
Heavy 80ntero. Nueno
What a collection of chart-topping head-banging hair-metal anthems. Talk about a genre classic. This used to represent all that was wrong in the world of rock but the mellower disposition of mature age helped me appreciate it for the great craft it is.
Some all time classics, no major B sides
ok this kinda hit but not enough to make it a 4 idk. I really liked never say goodbye 😁
I totally get the earned place this has in the pantheon of Rock and Roll, and I could listen to any song from it at any time without rancor, but I don't ever need to hear it again.
Meh
I don't love Bon Jovi. But, I get why people would like it. I can't deny You Give Love a Bad Name and Livin' on a Prayer are just kinda fun, the choruses are catchy. I don't mind his voice, it meets the super earnest party rock fuck ya brah attitude. This all sounds very 80s montage though, which I always think is dumb fun. Never would listen to any of it on my own, but if it came on I'd enjoy it for what is is... and move on.
Nice album to listen to
lots of classics. I'm not a huge Bon Jovi fan but can recognize that this is a beast of an album.
Stereotypical dad/stadium rock. but who doesn't love some of that. I wasn't blown out of the park because of the album, but that's not the point. It was fun laid laid-back, epic rock music. 6/8 will be playing it during a cookout.
It was ok. No great but not bad either.
Cheesy 80’s pop-rock, that has 3 of the biggest genre defining hits
Since I'm from Jersey, I'm pretty much contractually obligated to appreciate Bon Jovi to some extent. I definitely do have some sentimental attachment to the boys from Sayreville, at least more than I would have for the likes of Dokken or Motley Crue. The album itself is listenable if a bit samey, and not bad if you've got the sudden urge to drive down the shore in your IROC. Best song: Wanted Dead Or Alive is utterly flawless as an '80s hard rock song, but that's about the most entry-level choice I could make, so I'll go with Let It Rock for the sake of contrarianism.
It hurts because of my affinity for glam. This was competent and dated-sounding (in an endearing way, but not endearing enough). There's nothing wrong with mass appeal, of course, but without referring to that I struggle to explain my indifference. It also seems like Mr. Bon Jovi is a pretty neat dude, which makes it hurt a little more. Anyway, nothing wrong with liking this music: It's good and sneerers should be sneered right back at. But is there anything to love?
It's Bon Jovi. I hate it but they can't leave your head lol
(3/7) music that gets better the louder it is played
I don't like Bon Jovi style.
++: Social Disease, Wanted Dead or Alive, Wild in the Streets +: Livin' on a Prayer, Never Say Goodbye +-: Let It Rock, You Give Love a Bad Name, Raise Your Hands, I'd Die for You -: Without Love 4,9/10
I dont like it but its not horrible and also milly bobby brown is dating someone bon Jovi and she ran over the homo xoxo
Back when I was a teenager, there was a bar called “Cooke’s” right beside our school that we used to spend our lunch breaks in. We were only 15 or 16, but the bar staff seemed to begrudgingly tolerate us sitting there drinking vats of coffee and smoking cigarettes. Cooke’s had a jukebox. We were very into bands like Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Nirvana, The Beatles, The Stones and the likes. So, the local barflies were forced to listen to a medley of our music, or whatever of it was populated on that machine at least, each weekday for a full hour on repeat. One of my friends was a huge Bon Jovi fan. He used to get a lot of shit from the rest of us over his choices, and we’d join in with the groans of the barflies when he’d go up to the jukebox to play “You Give Love A Bad Name” or some other stadium hair rock nonsense. One day, he walked up to the jukebox as we pleaded with him to not put us through another Bon Jovi tune. He asked us to give it a chance and put on “Wanted Dead Or Alive”. Have you ever seen that Limmy sketch where the two long-haired metal heads listen to an Aha song? Limmy’s character is wearing an Iron Maiden t-shirt, surrounded by AC/DC and Motorhead posters, while his friend dons an “Aha” shirt. “What’s gotten into you, mate??” exclaims Limmy. “Just wait until you hear it” his friend replies smugly, as he puts an Aha record on the turntable. It starts off as a typical Aha soft pop song. But when it unexpectedly takes a turn and kicks off, Limmy can’t resist, admitting “It’s good. Really good.” And the two can’t contain themselves, head-banging along to the song. I didn’t have exactly the same reaction to “Wanted Dead Or Alive”, but it did catch me off-guard compared to anything else I’ve heard from the denim-clad one known as Bon Jovi. The acoustic guitar intro is decent enough to catch my attention, but the rest of the song is a very catchy country blues affair. Musically it’s good. Pretty good. The lyrics and content are cheesy as hell of course. But it’s a good song. These days whenever I hear it, I immediately think of Mac and Charlie’s fake funeral in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”. The song plays as a projector shows a slideshow of photos of the two dressed as cowboys on motorcycles, overlaid with the text “Goodbye cruel world”. What can I say about the rest of the album? Cheesy stadium rock. Elements of the worst parts of hair metal, watered down for mass consumption. The kind of music that’s inoffensive, but also causes you to groan out loud when your Bon Jovi loving friend makes his way up to the jukebox.
Sort of music you hear from a pub juke box but don't choose yourself.
If I gave Metallica 1 because it was to fucking serious and Springsteen 3 because it was authentic then I suppose this sits between the two. There's a reason it's so popular at karaoke.
I want to give it a 1 because I loathe the two big Bon Jovi tracks with a burning passion..but it's not /awful/. It's just really big flashy run-of-the-mill hard rock that exists for no purpose but to be commercialised.
I’ll be honest: hair metal is probably my least favourite genre. Too many clichés, too much image, and way too much music that feels focus-grouped for arenas rather than written because someone actually had something to say. So when Slippery When Wet came up, I wasn’t excited. But I also wasn’t dreading it. Bon Jovi has always felt different from the sleazier side of the genre—they’re basically a pop band that happens to play rock music. The album starts exactly as expected. “Let It Rock” is pure cheese, arena-rock fodder with big vocals and glossy production. Then the hits arrive and remind you why this album became a phenomenon. “You Give Love a Bad Name” is ridiculous, nostalgic, and impossible not to enjoy. I’d never put it on to look cool, but that opening line and massive chorus still work. Then there’s “Livin’ on a Prayer,” which is simply the best thing Bon Jovi ever recorded. It’s cheesy, over-the-top, motivational nonsense in the best possible way. If that chorus comes on and you’re not singing along, check your pulse. The biggest surprise was how uneven the album is. Every time a hit showed up, I was reminded why Bon Jovi became superstars. Every time a weaker album track showed up, I was reminded why I don’t listen to much hair metal. “Social Disease” is particularly awful—a gross, cliché-riddled suckfest that sticks out for all the wrong reasons. Even “Wanted Dead or Alive,” despite its cinematic production and great guitar tone, never really clicked with me. Still, there were some unexpected gems. “I’d Die for You” is packed with dramatic synths and shameless 80s excess, but it’s a blast. “Wild in the Streets” feels more like a pop song than anything else on the album and ended up being one of my favourite deep cuts. Even “Without Love” had enough crunchy guitars and shimmering synths to keep me interested. What surprised me most is that this album made me understand why Bon Jovi survived while so many of their peers became punchlines. They just wanted people to have a good time. Slippery When Wet is loaded with cheese, but it’s mostly the fun kind. I’ll probably never revisit the whole album, but “Livin’ on a Prayer” remains mandatory listening, and a few deep cuts earned a place beside the hits on my playlist. For an album from a genre I generally can’t stand, that’s a pretty good result. 5.6/10
Without Bon Jovi there wouldn't be "Elän humpalla" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WydbjejNQA
It’s bad, but there are a couple of guilty pleasures in here…
Hair metal just isn’t for me. Best served with a dodgy karaoke bar and too many pints
Did not age well
One star each for a couple of great tracks but too much overblown midding stuff around them
I don’t like this because I am tough
Bland. Bon Jovi to me are the epitome of what makes a lot of 80s hard rock boring, and nothing on this album, from the mega-hits to the deep cuts, convinced me otherwise.
I just never got into JBJ. Lots of iconic songs here but I just don’t really care for him. 2.5
This album 100% should be on the list....it is still a 2.
Childhood nostalgia for me. But yeah, that doesn’t mean it’s great. Relistening to it Wild In the Streets is a great song. Makes me think of Springsteen. Otherwise, Wanted Dead or Alive is a classic but other than that, the writing is cheesy.
Never been a fan of Bon Jovi, oh well. Still not surprised to see this on the list as this album has all their hits.
Opening track sounds like an exact 50/50 Def Leppard/Deep Purple castoff. It's pretty fun IG, same goes for the following tracks "Yu-Gi-Oh! The Card Game" and certified white people national anthem "Squidward on a Chair." After that we get into some really bad territory with some horrible Ozzy and Def Leppard worship tracks that should have been left in 1986 In all seriousness though, Richie Sambora really elevates this- he is a fantastic guitarist. "Wanted Dead Or Alive" is this band's crowning achievement, one of the best glam rock tracks of the decade.
Yeah, I mean, if I'm a drunk mom on South Street maybe.
This is so cheesy it could've been called Buttrock Parmesan. I mean, it's not the worst thing in the world, but between this and Springsteen I almost feel bad for New Jersey. The first mistake on this album is putting “Let it Rock” first and not “Livin’ on a Prayer”. This is a mistake that Cross Road, the only Bon Jovi album you need, if you feel you need a Bon Jovi album, does not make. You start with that classic of big, dumb, hairspray-laden pop metal, and a multitude of sins can be forgiven. It's anthemic, it's everyman… it's got a talk box on the main riff. It's basically the foie gras of the Monster Ballads era. It's everything that, say, following track Social Disease is not. The A-side is the Hits Side, tho, and the three here have some classic riffs, even as JBJ yowls about blood red nails and fayngertips. And if Wanted: Dead or Alive is a foreshadowing of the band's eventual descent into schlock-Country pablum, you'd at least be forgiven for thinking they could have pulled it off. It even has one of the greatest worst lines ever, seeing a Million faces yadda yadda. But then side B starts, with a stupid “we're a rock band rock with us” song that makes the one beginning side A sound forgivable. And on this side, there are no singles to save it. Not even the Born to Run wannabe Wild in the Streets. Most of this album is a big helping of How Dare You, so even with the hits, this is a high 2*
So boring
You have already heard what's worthwhile here.
Very well done, very poor generic ‘80s rock-pop. “Let It Rock” kicks it off with loads of organ and sounds like Yes or Kansas playing a third rate AC/DC song. Side one contains the big numbers, “You Give Love a Bad Name”, Living On A Prayer”, with that irritating voice box, and “Wanted Dead or Alive” - the three Bon Jovi songs I thought I never had to hear again although the Atmos mix seems to add a lot of keyboards to the soundscape, so that was a thing - now I never have to listen again. The rest of the album is full of forgettable, very earnest tracks with no substance and very little depth. I just don’t get Bon Jovi; there aren’t even any ‘guilty pleasures’ here. There are worse records but maybe not many as bland.
It's Bon Jover.
The hits are great fun. The rest of the album is bad.
I hate pop. Pop disguised as hard rock or metal or whatever isn’t much better. I was glad when grunge came around because it drove out the hair bands like Bon Jovi. Wanted… is probably the least wussy, for lack of a better word, on the whole album. Relative to stuff coming out now, I don’t mind it as much as I did in the late eighties, but I’m still not going to listen to it if given the choice.
low energy boomer rock
Fine but nothing special in my opinion.
Bon Jovi is insufferable.
Overly polished pop rock, the definition of kitch
Oh boy, 80s arena rock. It's not horrendous; it's okay for what it is, I guess. Pop metal hooks arent the worst thing in the world. But personally, I find myself annoyed by all the 80s guitar squeals, and mostly bored by the rest of it. Special shout out to whoever created the ugly trash bag and water droplet album cover in the 11th hour.
It’s OK but I wouldn’t pick it
lembra mto qdo eu tinha 10 anos, livin on a prayer era um CLÁSSICO do carro do ex-marido da minha irmã. não escutaria nem pagando. mas se desligar o cérebro dá até pra se divertir um pouco. glam rock de arena de qualidade PÍFIA
Couldn't wait for it to be over
Don't ever play Bon Jovi at your wedding or I'll leave the dance floor. Too overplayed? Maybe. Do I get why this is on the list? I guess. Just not into it!
Albums that could have been a single
Don't get me wrong, it's catchy stuff and there's even some hits on this one, but Bon Jovi really aged badly and I don't think it sounds as good as common people think it does.
3 mega hits, catchy like nothing else, but damn... The other songs are fillers, and annoying fillers.
squidward on a chairrr i hate hard rock i hate hard rock i hate hard rock i hate hard rock i hate hard rock i hate hard rock i hate hard rock i hate hard rock i hate hard rock i hate hard rock i hate hard rock i hate hard rock i hate hard rock i hate hard rock i hate hard rock i hate hard rock i hate hard rock ts so boring omg the only time i can tolerate music like this at my white families family barbeques. would maybe go hard when im in my 40s
Standard for it's time and genre
OK.
Number: 71 Date: 3/14/2026 Artist: Bon Jovi Album: Slippery When Wet Year: 1986 Genre: Metal Rock Rating: 2 Notes: Before: Argh, my third least favorite genre, behind Rap and Modern Country. I foresee a 2 rating. We'll see. I've never listened to this album but I'm sure I'll recognize some of the songs. During: Yep, pretty much what I was expecting. After : Well, that was awful. I was going to give it a 1 even though my composite rating is a 2. I had a change of hear though and decided 2 is about right, all things considered. I do agree it deserves to be on this list though, if for no other reason than as an example of this type of music. Rating Track Name 1 Let It Rock 2 You Give Love A Bad Name 1 Livin' On A Prayer 1 Social Disease 2 Wanted Dead Or Alive 1 Raise Your Hands 1 Without Love 1 I'd Die For You 1 Never Say Goodbye 1 Wild In The Streets ----------------------------------------------------- 1.20 WEIGHTED AVERAGE (accounts for song lengths) 1 my personal rating 4 suitability for this list 2 relevance ----------------------------------------------- 2.3 composite rating
This album might well be the turning point for hard rock as we knew it in the 80s, the "peak" that marked the beginning of the decline. Richie Sambora was a way better player than I ever gave him credit for and the keyboardist reasonably decent. The rhythm section was dire (and got no help from the production). Jon Bon Jovi's vocals? Did the job that needed to be done to get his face on MTV, I guess. Now I'll hopefully go another thirty or forty years before I have to listen to it again.
8 year old core
I was so pumped that the album opens with a couple of true eighties classics, but the rest of the tracks are so aggressively mid. It's the real deal, but that's all it is.
Shit-stain/pit-stain rock that is very occasionally kind of fun.
I don't like bon jovi
“I’ve seen a million faces and I’ve rocked them all.” Ugh. Well, it has at least three songs I have heard an uncountable amount of times. Mr. Jovi has a recognizable, formidable singing voice. There’s some shreddage, you could say, I guess. I should just accept this as a fun party record and move on, but it left me empty when it was all said and done. Just no cake under this frosting. Huge hooks and obviously it has staying power, but I did not enjoy my album experience today. Sorry Mr. Jovi. Your soul kitchen is cool though!
Aged like fine milk. Livin’ on a Prayer and You Give Love A Bad Name are good songs, but have been played to death since 1986. The rest is the most generic 80s rock you can find, complete with endless ‘woh-oh’ choruses and power guitar. Very generic overall.
Don't normally like Bon Jovi, this is no different.
if I was forced at gunpoint to listen to bon jovi I'd choose to be shot. singing in that fake rasp all the time has to hurt as much as it does to hear
Zugegeben ein paar eingängige Lieder haben sie, aber mag ihre Art von Musik überhaupt nicht. Das ständige "whow" oder wie man immer dieses Geräusch nennt, quasi jedes Lied baut darauf auf. Bin gleich abgeturnt.
Dead or Alive is one of the best songs of the 80s. Unfortunately, everything else this band has done is pure garbage. I love Bon Jovi as a person. The band is talented. Like a Toyota, it checks many of the boxes on paper but I just can’t stand it.
Two bangers, rest dross
Some songs are vibey but not really my cup of tea and i think it's so overplayed that i can't even listen it properly anymore.
It's not absolute ass, but it ain't good. It sounded much cooler when I was 10 and hadn't found punk rock yet.
For me, this is a great example of how something popular and award winning can be just not all that good. If I was forced to listen to hair rock, I'd absolutely choose Motley Crue over these guys.
I liked some moments of this one which is more than I expected.
It's pretty bad, over-the-top, cheesy, and dated. But on rare occasion in a fun way, so it's not the worst thing I've ever heard.
It’s Bon Jovi.
I mean, at least it has their 3 best songs on it? Otherwise, Bon Jovi sucks chunks
Fun at times, but mostly just trite and corny.
Hmm some catchy songs but otherwise easily forgotten
0 songs added to my favorites. Would avoid listening again.
I mean, it's not bad...
They say don’t judge a book by its cover, but to be fair the cover for Slippery When Wet is also rubbish.
It’s an alright album, I do like the guitar work and obviously the hits are good, some of the other songs are lacking in substance, pretty generic 80s rock tbh
Big dumb fun, except the dumb vastly outweighs the fun I've never much cared for Livin' On A Prayer, but hearing it's worse bootlegs as the album goes on sure makes you appreciate it
Far too much synth to open an album with a track titled ‘Let it Rock’ for my liking. It does however descend into hair metal by numbers, which feels very dated and almost a parody. you give love a bad name continues the dated feel, but at least brings the semblance of a good tune and a sing along chorus. Livin on a prayer is undeniably a eighties classic and maintains the good vibes from the previous track. Social disease is frankly horrendous. Wanted dead or alive brings some welcome relief before we go back to generic 80s hair rock. The majority of this album follows a very generic formula, which unfortunately is one i dont like
OMG, a hair "metal" album on this list? Well, I guess when there are albums by Destiny's Child or A-ha (!) on this list, why not Bon Jovi? It surely forces me to listen to albums I normally would never play, no matter how critically acclaimed or the opposite (in this case). Bon Jovi are THE pinnacle of mainstream (hard) rock, and by the time they had their hits, I was already listening to Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth, and the likes, so all we could do when hearing and seeing these hair "metal" bands was give them a laugh and a shrug. This, apart from some guitar solos, had nothing to do with metal. Fast forward nearly 40 years, and my opinion hasn't changed much - although I can see the craft in their catchy and cheesy hits (in particular "Livin' on a Prayer"), this album is merely mediocre and made for flat radio pop rock. Not my cup of tea, even after all those years. 2/5
mom is going to use this to spread the gospel of saint bongiovi. he seems lovely. i just wish he made better music. it's mass market radio rock. its fine. 2.5
Better than Coldplay
Very well done, very poor generic ‘80s rock-pop. “Let It Rock” kicks it off with loads of organ and sounds like Yes or Kansas playing a third rate AC/DC song. Side one contains the big numbers, “You Give Love a Bad Name”, Living On A Prayer”, with that irritating voice box, and “Wanted Dead or Alive” - the three Bon Jovi songs I thought I never had to hear again although the Atmos mix seems to add a lot of keyboards to the soundscape, so that was a thing - now I never have to listen again. The rest of the album is full of forgettable, very earnest tracks with no substance and very little depth. I just don’t get Bon Jovi; there aren’t even any ‘guilty pleasures’ here. There are worse records but maybe not many as bland.
The hits are pretty good but the rest is forgettable
meh
verstand op nul, blik op oneindig.. danvloer op, luidkeels meezingen en luchtgitaar spelen... zo moet je deze plaat benaderen en dan valt het op zich nog mee (behalve de zeemzoeterige obligate ballads)
No
Popular, but not my type of music
ALL of the testosterone, Mr. Bovi?
2 Punkte wegen raise your hands ansonsten Schrott
Well known songs. Doesn’t mean I like them. It’s not the sort of music you can listen to and expect your family to respect you any longer.
I refuse
So bad. Should have been 15 minutes shorter, at least. This might be the lowest 2 I ever give but it's not unlistenable like a 1
my cursor is pixels away from giving it a 1/5 but i cant bring myself to do it
the only thing bon jovi reminds me of is the hit cw show supernatural
Layer upon layer of processed American cheese.
Tommy used to crank it all day, scrolling through the hub, he watched in 4k...
This album took hair metal mainstream. A bit too rock radio friendly for my taste but commercially very successful. A couple of catchy singles but still wouldn't make into my collection.
usually i like albums like this, but nothing really resonated with me on this one. not sure why?
No es mi género favorito. Es más, me cansa y aburre soberanamente. Las tres canciones famosas las he tenido que pasar por razones obvias. Y la curiosidad por saber que más tenía el disco que ofrecer se me ha pasado inmediatamente. Creo que todo lo demás que ha hecho Bon Jovi es copiarse a sí mismo interminablemente. Lo que no entiendo es cómo tantas bandas y cantantes han querido imitarlos.
Never been a fan. This is just too cheesy.
Nothing for me here really. It’s a silly album. I do like it when a lyricist uses convoluted grammar to make a line fit though, and “On a steel horse I ride” might be the single most famous/prominent line like that in all of pop music. Extra star for that.
Pretty terrible arena rock and the entire album did not age well. Hits I thought were great in high school (dead or alive) are forever ruined by constant radio overplay. Bumped up to 2 stars solely because Living on a Prayer has its rightful place: to be blared loudly in arenas during 3rd period hockey comebacks.
There's a lot of people that hate on bon jovi and I never understood why After listening to this album all the way through, I get the hate now. It's bland and boring with two songs that fit the "okay I guess" category
not my cup of tea
Meh
not for the lactose intolerant - nothing but cheese
I've heard it said of Stephen King that he "writes books for people who don't read books". Likewise, Bon Jovi makes music for people who don't listen to music.
Hair metal goes stadium pop - sleek, machined, crammed with hooks, and with one foot up on the monitors
Crazy vill bekannti lieder aber fühle de bon jovi nid so..
Worse than I thought, it was a real slog for a slightly hungover jay
Sexy men and sexy hair. Some classics on here, but I don't think I vibed with it, every song sounds the same, whiney man and whammies. Sorry Jon bon Jovi you didn't make me slippery
Groupe connu et pas apprécié du tout à l'époque. Le "hard FM" me paraissait très mou et peu intéressant : la même année Slayer sortait 'Reign in Blood', Metallica 'Master of puppets' et Kreator 'Pleasure to kill', des albums vraiment créatifs que j'aime toujours écouter presque 40 ans après. Mon avis sur Bon Jovi n'a pas changé avec cette première écoute d'un album complet : pas désagréable mais toujours pas intéressant. Au moins le classement en 'Metal' m'a fait sourire ... =>2/5
New Jerseys näst största. Klär man av pudelrock-kostymen finns här några hyfsade Springsteenpastischer.
Här var det pudel! 80-tals-synthar och och tuff på låtsas. Inte helt lätt att ta till sig. ”Hårdrockens” största problem är att den inte är hård. Allra minst i den här tappningen. Dock några melodier som kanske låtit bättre i annat arrangemang (avslutande spåren är nästan helt okej).
Svårt att ta sig an det här albumet utan förutfattade meningar. Hitsen har ingen kunnat undvika. Schlager komplett med tonartshöjning och allsångsrefränger. Dessa har jag hört till leda. Inte fullt så uselt som jag förväntat mig. Känns som de lyssnat sjukligt mycket på Van Halen. Här finns egentligen bara material till en ep. Resten är utfyllnad. Om man mot förmodan satt på skivan bör man stänga av efter Livin' On A Prayer. Svag 2:a.
standard classic rock
Why does Jon Bovi sound like he’s constantly straining?! Honestly, that can’t be healthy.
Oh, glam metal, great. Side 1: Let it Rock is laughably bad, wasting a cool proggish intro with a terrible song. Then the two big singles. Decent for what they are, which are desperate, blatant claims to the charts. And it worked, 3 billion streams between them. Social Disease sounds like what a small town cover band would pull out, saying 'now for one of our own songs' while the crowd goes for beers. Wretched, with the keyboard 'horn stabs' being the absolute cherry on the festering pile. And then the worst cowboy song until Kid Rock. But I still enjoy it, because I am a sick man. And that's the end of Side 1, which is the good side of the album. I'll make this side short - Raise Your Hands is the best track on the album, Without You is dreck, I'd Die For You is decent, Never Say Goodbye's awfulness doesn't even have the excuse of being written by Desmond Child, and Wild in the Streets is also a song on here. I owned this cassette as a youngster when it came out. Of course I did, everyone did. But I don't remember really ever playing it, because you could hear the singles on the radio every half hour if you needed your Jovi. One thing I noticed on this playthrough is that John Bongiovi Jr really only has a one-octave voice, with anything above that becoming more of a strained screech. But I'm not giving this a 1, I'm just not. It is what it is, a 2.
This was not nearly as terrible as I expected
Big guitars over the top on almost every song. Pop music that sounds like real rock.
kind of like bruce springsteen if bruce springsteen sucked lots of hits, kind of fun!
The hits are rousing, I admit! Crazy sounds at the beginning of Livin on a Prayer that I love. It’s not that bad but he just has a very theatrical sound that is kinda funny to me… not my thing. I see why this album was huge for him though, it’s stacked!
Due to my age, I've a nostalgic fondness for the singles from this album. They're not very good, but they remind me of the freedom I had as a child. Thanks to this I'm giving the album 2 stars because otherwise, frankly, it's shit.
I didn't like it then, still not a fan. Hair metal was kinda so-so and hasn't really aged that well. It's the kind of music that needs to be in movies set in the 80's as someone skates down a street clearly late for something.
It’s OK.
Wild how many hits come off this but it’s not particularly good. Listenable I guess
Well one or two songs Livin on a prayer
The hits are still funny for karaoke nights but I don’t need to listen to the rest.
Another of those "I've listened to this, I never have to listen to it again" albums.
Another album that definitely deserves to be on this list, but definitely doesn't do anything for me. Maybe I'm just too young for Bon Jovi to be anything other than the music you hear in the background of a sporting event.
A suppose as a cultural touchpoint for the late Reagan era, this album is essential listening. But it's really not very good. It wasn't then, and it hasn't gotten better with age.
I mean, it's so silly
You Give Love a Bad Name Livin' on a Prayer Wanted Dead or Alive
Very much Bon Jovi, the singles were all super hits and this album is more of that flavor. Wish there was more variety, just feels a bit samey.
Some earworm anthems for sure, but terrible lyrics and horrible 80s drums.
Overrated!
Just dont like it
Pretty good start to this album-I didn’t realize how hard they actually rocked back in the day! “Let it Rock” is the perfect opener with a stadium feel. Then the second track ruins it with the pop/rock hit “You give love a bad name”. Just so overdone, and why I’ve never been drawn to Bon Jovi. And then “Livin on a Prayer”? All the hits on one album I guess. So far only liking the songs I don’t “know”. Fourth track is crap. Then “wanted dead or alive”. Damn! They really made it with this album! Unfortunately all way too overplayed for me. I gave it a good solid play twice, but not for me. Listen again: no Purchase for my collection: no Favourite Song: the first one. It’s the only good song.
First track sounds like Argent's Hold your head up- but Shitter. I don't remember the 80s being this horrible when I lived through them. Three massive hit singles and some sub Aerosmith rock music. I will never listen to this album through choice ever again. 2/5
I understand the appeal, just not my cup of tea.
Album was ok with huge classic singalong songs. Not my cup of tee but i understand it. (2.5/5.0)
When asked if they wanted extra cheese, BJ clearly answered in the affirmative. That this poor excuse for a hair band ever got into the RRHOF is ridiculous. What a waste of time (other than being good for a chuckle) and certainly a waste of a lost in this esteemed list.
I’m sorry, you’ll never make me like Bon Jovi
I’m I liked this less than I thought I would. I thought I’d like the hits? I guess I always considered Bon Jovi to be a notch above glam/metal arena rock. Boy, was I wrong. Thumbs down.
The hits are the hits for a reason. The rest is mostly forgettable 80s shlock, partly quasi-unlistenable AOR dreck. Definitely not an album anybody must hear before they die. This surely must hold some sort of record for Most Pinch Harmonics per Second, right?
No, just no
Je m'attendais à un truc kitsch et nul. J'ai pas été déçu.
lol what are we doing? Favorite track: Livin' On A Prayer 2.5/5
Very 80s big hair. Hits are very memorable, but not that great, and not much beyond that
They did what they did, millions loved them, and he was adored by many! Sadly not me, and listening to this now doesn't change anything. It's indie rock & roll for me :) The second star is for the 'Livin' on a Prayer' bassline which is really cool, especially through the chorus.