Slippery When Wet

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.

💖 raise your hands 🗣️ 9️⃣

The hits are absolutely brilliant, I even got to know some songs I haven't heard or don't recall. Also contains some fillers.

Eighties Rock at its peak. The hits are classic.

One of my favourites

5/10

This did not make me wet.

4 for wanted dead or alive and livin on a prayer. idc about their filler

Annoying except for the songs I already knew. Soft 3

Bon Jovi. Arguably the most successful hair metal band of all time. A band who were practically inescapable on rock radio stations for multiple decades and a band who would get launched into headlining stadiums across the world all off of the back of this album. Or, rather, the albums 3 lead singles. See, this album may as well double as Bon Jovi's greatest hits. "You Give Love A Bad Name", "Living on a Prayer" and "Wanted (Dead or Alive" are all here and would go on to be played everywhere for years. I wasn't even alive in the 80s and yet even I was all too familiar with those 3 songs. But how does the rest of this album stack up? Well, honestly, pretty good! Sure, it's dumb. Sure, it's overly cheesy. Sure there's perhaps one too many "WOAH-OH" sing along moments. And yet, it's just a great fun listen. Ritchie Sambora is absolutely the MVP here. Every single song on this album can at least say it has a sweet guitar solo or nasty guitar riff but most of them also have great hooks that you can sing along to even if, like me, this is largely your first time hearing the non-single songs. The only reason I'm giving this album a 4 and not a 5 is that "Without Love" crosses the line from cheesy but good into just cheesy. Still, I'm more of a Bon Jovi fan now than I was 2 days ago.

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.

Not something I ever have or ever would choose to listen to but the hits still sound OK to me. Rest of it though, meh.

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

So many smash hits on this album. This is Dad Rock to a T. All the retired guys who coulda made it big in football if "x worked out for them" but instead they're working on shitbox cars in their garage yelling at their kids to hold the flashlight. Great from start to finish, the vibe wears a little thin but thats rock baby.

“I’ve seen a million faces and I’ve rocked them all” Fuck yeah bud that’s worth a couple stars all on its own. This album was better than I was expecting.

Make it stop, why would you subject me to this?

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.

Very dated. Wanted Dead or Alive can't even save this record. Unlistenable.

Cheesey hair metal, but it's not trying to be anything else. get into the right headspace for that and it's a prime cut of that wheel.

One of my favorite albums from the mid 80s. I was definitely a product of the MTv. Bon Jovi ruled the airwaves with the likes of Michael Jackson, Madonna, Van Halen, Journey and other legendary acts. This album takes me back to 8th grade, hoping to passively impress the girls in class then realizing they were all listening to Depeche Mode anyway. Lol. They missed out! Even though I cannot (in good conscience) say that this is the best album, musically, ever written, it has several huge hits that still entertain audiences today. For nostalgia, it gets the golden ticket! I have played about half of the songs on the album in some venue or another over the years. I am actually involved with a group of former touring musicians that play a send off pep rally at a local high school every year. The principal sings most of the songs. The kids absolutely eat it up. Feels like the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show. That’s this week. We will be playing You Give Love a Bad Name and Livin’ on a Prayer and you so t be able to hear anything for their screams. That’s stayin’ power!

Loved this one

Bon Jovis best known songs...

5/10 just mid rock imo

Let It Rock You Give Love a Bad Name Livin’ On a Prayer Wanted Dead or Alive Raise Your Hands I’d Die For You The timeless feel and sound of bon jovi. Are they overplayed? Yes. Does that make the music itself bad? Absolutely not. Some of the most recognizable music in this album. Thoroughly enjoyed the listening experience of this album.

Hard rock de Bon Jovi. Megahits a gogó. Vinilo.

This album makes me think of Rosie :) perfect to dance and lip sync to on a Monday morning so it feels like the week could be fun after all. Melodramatic, campy and had a wonderful time 10/10

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.

Old classic!

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 grew up listening to this album, so I’m biased because of nostalgia. Livin’ on a prayer and You give love…are the really famous tracks but Let it Rock and Dead or Alive are the just stunning as well. A very solid 4/5 for pure, eighties goodness!

Two stars for the hits which can be fun, but this album really represents everything that I hate about the commercialization of music. Everything sounds so overproduced and phony.

4.6 very good album. A bunch of forgotten classics.

There is a reason this one is Bon Jovi´s best selling album! It contains nearly all of their all-time-smash-hits like "You Give Love A Bad Name", "Livin´ On A Prayer", "Wanted Dead Or Alive" and "Never Say Goodbye", it is slightly diversified and has only a few weaker numbers. Pretty good stadium-rock 🎸 to make you feel good, your shirt wet and the floor slippery. 😉 A crystal-clear ⭐⭐⭐⭐-rating

Gear: Hifiman Arya Mix (Remastered): funktioniert immer noch - mitreißende Stadiondynamik aber gleichzeitig brav poppig Musik: heilige Hair-Metal und Auto-Mitsing Dreifaltigkeit (fast) back-to-back auf einem Album mit "You Give Love A Bad Name", "Livin' On A Prayer" und "Wanted Dead Or Alive" vereint 🤷‍♂️ Wertung: 🚗🎶🚗🎶/5

I 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

Full Disclosure 1: In middle school, I wore the t shirt. This was 1987. Full Disclosure 2: I, like millions of kids, loved those rock guitars. Full Disclosure 3: Even then, I only listened to three of the songs on this album. I felt the rest were, a term that was new to me in 1987, "filler". Full Disclosure 4: I have always found Bruce Fairbairn's production to suck the life out of any musical statement. Christ, the man got paid for that horn sound. The guitar sound is powerless overdrive. The vocals sound enthusiastic without actually being enthusiastic. The drum and bass sounds are best described as the "impression of bass and drums". Wrap it up, pack it out and ship it Platinum. Fairbairn has created the "impression of rock" without any actual rocking. RIP Bruce Fairbairn. Fuck that guy. Full Disclosure 5: I love dumb rock. I really do. Slade is one of my faves. I'm self-loathing KISS fan (see Ron Nevison's impression of Fairbairn on Crazy Nights)… Secondly, I haven't listened to any of this, either ironically or not, since about 1988, maybe early 1989, and despite the baggage, I wanted to give this a fair shake; I still love early Ratt, Look What the Cat Dragged In gives me the feels, so I wasn't coming with the critical punk-snark. I really wasn't. So Here We Go: Bon Jovi "Slippery When Wet", Polygram, 1987 Cover: The original art, featuring the kind of swimsuit cheesecake you would have found in full poster glory at the local Spencers, was deemed too "racy". If that shit was racy to you, then you'll probably love this record. Side One: 1. "Let It Rock": A keyboard intro, hinting at something in the Deep Purple/Rainbow epic tradition gives way to something to Cop show hard rock about good times while accidentally hinting at a world view like "Watching the Wheels" in the most boorish way possible. 2. "You Give Love a Bad Name": One of the classics that I might have conceded its classic status around 5000 listens ago but like someone who drank themselves sober, I can only finding it grating in sound and lifeless in execution. There is no doubt these guys can play and Jon can sing and write. Listening to this instant cliché, you never can tell. 3. "Livin' on a Prayer": More impression of Hard Rock, with a hard luck narrative knicked from Springsteen and a shouty chorus that has all the catchiness wrung out of it by Fairbairn. 4. "Social Disease" : Wikipedia said Aerosmith wanted this. And why not? It has the signature shitty horn sound that makes post Rehab Aerosmith suggestive of Rock, but without actual Rocking. 5. "Wanted Dead or Alive": Can't say too much here. All the fruit lined up. Stay Gold, Pony Boy. Side Two 1. "Raise Your Hands": Just the suggestion of Rock. 2. "Without Love": [14 year old C.V] "I wouldn't wish this turd on Taylor Dane". 3. "I'd Die for You": Layer Cake Schmaltz clinically tested to create singing and dancing in really stupid people. 4. "Never Say Goodbye": The kind of prom song that wants you to be nostalgic for your now, rose tinting sepia impressions that become precious memories for later. If this describes you, you peaked Senior Year. 5. "Wild in the Streets": More suggestions of Rock. So the "Suggestion of Rock", or "The Impression of Rock" certainly nods to Derrida, but I don't feel like exploring that implication any further, lest I parlay my sobriety into mega church attendance and Trump support. No, no more semiotics here. At no time did I have feel anything with this music. I entertained myself by writing criticism. That's really all this was--an exigence to write about something from my past, to see if it evoked anything. Revised art was of a wet , apparently unused trash bag. Sums up my feelings really well. Suggests, but ultimately empty.

Would be higher if I liked bin Jovi more, definitely full of bangers in the first half

i didn't expect to enjoy this one as much as I did. big cheesy energy that occasionally didn't totally hit. but overall punchy ridiculous 80s fun.

ok this album kinda slaps. this was a lot better than i expected, having only heard the three huge singles from this before now. the less-known tracks still pack a punch and have a great energy and sound to them overall. while i got Runaway vibes from it (my favorite JBJ song), my finacee said that the opening of I'd Die for You sounds like the original Pokemon anime theme song which is completely spot on. this is kind of a 4.5 for me but i so rarely give albums 5 stars on here, what the hey favorites: you give love a bad name, livin on a prayer, wanted dead or alive, raise your hands, i'd die for you

Wish I could give it a 6

Surprised by how good this album was - apart from the hits not a band I would listen too.

Not my thing

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.

I think the scales tipped towards a five on this guy not because it is so good and I didn't realize all of these songs were on one album, but because the playlist Spotify played when it was over was incredible. Cyndi Lauper, Bryan Adams, Toto, Kansas... just so good.

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.

A classic. Never gets old.

Classic masterpiece

Solo voy por Livin' On A Prayer and its already a 10. Bon Jovi es de esas bandas que tienen sus haters pq dicen que no son rock real and shit, pero de verdad que estos Manes tienen tecnica, un gran equipo de producción detras de ellos y de lo unico que pecan es que el vocalista sea guapo. Realmente hay demasiado talento en esta banda y Slippery When Wet demuestra porque son tan importantes para la cultura y las bases que sentaron en los 80's para mantener el rock dentro del mainstream. Unos cracks. 10/10.

Par de bangers. mid overall

bleib mir weg

Fuck the haters....that's a 5 from me dawg.

Good old music!!

Some well known songs on here. The rest are just okay. Overall a good effort, just not great. 3/5 Might listen again

Pretty dull stadium rock

Hated it then, hate it now. Spinal Tap without the jokes.

Mad 80s

It's whatever. Not an essential listen.

Det er en lyd af mange fester... Den gled nem med, men vender ikke tilbage efter andet end fællessangen..

Hvis jeg skal høre puddelrock, og det er et stort HVIS, så skal det være Bon Jovi. Det er cheesy, men der er også en uimodståelig charme og catchyness på nogle af numrene. Albummet mangler ikke hits. You Give Love A Bad Name, Living On A Prayer og Wanted Dead Or Alive står ud på albummet. Men resten virker som blege versioner af samme sange og gør særligt B siden til én lang ørkenvandring i hårmetallens klichéer. Og kan vi så lige snakke om keyboardspillet på I’d Die For You… Det er ikke 1-1 Runaway fra deres debut. Men det er godt nok lidt for tæt på.

Wanted dead or alive is a box office song

Some undeniably huge tunes

It's really not my cup of tea but it's unmistakeable and catchy. Bon-Jovi are very good at this stuff and who am I to deny their entry into the 1001? 1.5 billion plays on Spotify! This is huge and they deserve a 5*****

I.con.ic voice of the 80s. So many bangers. 5/5

It’s pop rock at its peek. 3 stars

7/10

With it being Opening Day 'Livin on a Prayer' is very appropriate as it's organ music at just about every ballpark I'd imagine. 'Wanted Dead or Alive' is a banger of course and 'Never say Goodbye' is a solid monster ballad. So for never listening to this album it's pretty good overall especially as far as 80s hair metal type stuff goes

The hair. The hits. The bad taste of the 80s. Ugh

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.

really nice

Iconic rock album! Very first full Bob Jovi album I’ve listened to from beginning to end and I loved it!

Pretty unlistenable

Oh boy was this familiar. Strident glitzy music - music of a time. It was my time but during this album my time got mixed up with the trashier humans I spent time with. It seems the whole album was always on high radio rotation during my youth; the songs are so familiar. Optimistically, as familiar as sunshine, beaches, sunscreen and sunburn. Looking a bit closer, it's more like the familiar of sunburn, driving beat up old cars, sadness and hangovers, with a side notes of burnt asphalt, bad crushes and stale beer. It's definitely flavoured with frantic teenager energy being exerted from a weekend of social posing, followed by the tired Sunday, the money poured into the local bar/nightclub/pizza store, and the late Sunday moody feelings, wondering, how do I fit. Listen to Bon Jovi? I dunno - Iet's try music therapy. It's those memories I get from this album, but the music? It's ok. Just a bit better than ok, still, I'm unlikely to listen to it again. It was good to return to the memory of sunburn and stale beer though - I don't miss those years at all.

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

Bon Jovi's hits are so good. You could argue that they're overplayed, but I would say they're played that much because they are *that* good. The album does, however, have a feeling of the hits and some other songs, but that's probably more a me problem being unfamiliar with other Bon Jovi songs. The songs other than the hits aren't quite misses, but they're not as good as the hits.

DISCAZO

not my fave but some classics

Strong start with the two big hits back to back, but it's the middle section (from Wanted Dead or Alive through I'd Die For You) that really shines with plenty of catchy hooks, solos and keyboards. A fun album, firmly rooted in the 80s, and it doesn't suffer from it.

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.

It's a good album and I totally see why it's was so crazy popular when it came out.

altså... jeg har ikke tænkt mig at benægte at Livin' on a Prayer ikke er en bop......... men den her genre er bare ikke ældet godt overhovedet og den stakkels mand lyder som om det gør ondt på ham at synge. God guitarist ig

Kæft det er dum, men det ville være løgn hvis jeg sagde det ikke er catchy. Specielt Livin on a Prayer (begge dele, både vanvittigt dum og virkelig catchy)

Det hele lyder meget forceret, men sangene er rimelige.

I’m

Livin on a Prayer after You Give Love a Bad Name was a badass choice.

I'm surprised Bon Jovi even has any other albums, because it seems all of his hits are from the first half of this album. Livin' On a Prayer is definitely the best tune here, with Wanted Dead or Alive behind it. The rest of the album doesnt really do anything for me. The music is ok, but nothing unique or impressive enough to stand out for me. Do I enjoy the singles when I catch them on the radio? Sure. Would I ever seek out this album again? Probably not.

I’m not a big hair metal guy, but somehow this energy and these classics put a smile on my face

Knew this one from my dad. Has some good hits, but just not my taste. Good memories with Never Say Goodbye

Nostalgic but not my thing.

Alright cheesy background rock

Eh

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

This one delivers the hits and album tracks are pretty strong too. True 4.5

Gets a four for nostalgia and in my dreams last night I learned Wanted on the guitar :)

not my genre but even I need to gove it up for livin on a prayer and wanted dead or alive.

Very 80s

The unfortunate situation where the best songs on the album are overplayed to death. The remaining songs are too bland to revisit, resulting in an album that is just not worth your time, even with the big hits being as big as they are, because you're already tired of them before they've even started.

I don’t like yellinf

This was close to a 5 for all the bangers but the rest settled it at a 4

Kinda fun.

This is the soundtrack of my youth

What Jake said…

Peak JBJ. It's stadium hair rock at it's finest. Equal parts silly/cheesy and bad ass rock. The singles are the hits for a reason, they still hit after all these years and JBJ's voice is iconic.

Another album that suffers a bit from overexposure when I was growing up. 3.5/5

For the genre, this album mostly holds up.

Some certified hits but the album sounds like the same song over and over

don’t care for the bon

I'm not mad. It's a fun album.

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."

"Slippery When Wet" by Bon Jovi is a classic rock album that has stood the test of time since its release in 1986. This album is filled with energetic, anthemic rock songs that showcase the band's talent and charisma. Tracks like "You Give Love a Bad Name," "Livin' on a Prayer," and "Wanted Dead or Alive" are timeless rock anthems that have become staples of the genre. These songs are filled with catchy hooks, powerful vocals, and driving guitar riffs that make them irresistible to rock fans. Beyond its commercial success, "Slippery When Wet" is an album that captures the spirit of the 1980s rock scene. It's a record that's meant to be played loud, with its infectious energy and memorable melodies. Overall, "Slippery When Wet" is a quintessential rock album that deserves its status as a classic. It's a must-listen for any fan of rock music and earns a perfect 5/5 rating for its enduring appeal and timeless quality.

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.

Banger. All the Bon Jovi hits

Don't like hair/glam metal.

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.

This is garbage.

great music, lyrics, sounds

Meh

This is about as good as it gets for 80's hair metal. That isn't saying a whole lot, but I'm not sure anyone did it better than Bon Jovi. Realistically that probably makes it a 3* album, but I'm rounding up to 4* for nostalgia. I could have done without the silly moaning female voices at the beginning of Social Disease, but what are you gonna do?...80's hair metal gonna be what it is.

Good old Classic Rock Songs

meh

I for one like this kind of bubblegum metal.

This album has the theme song for Deadliest Catch so this is an automatic 5 stars. Overall this is a pretty epic album.

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.

Great Value Springsteen, but still really well done.

Solid rock album, with some clear bangers.

Classic 80s rock

yippie!!!! 8/10

05/1001 I had heard good things about Bon Jovi, but I think this album is not one of them. It was boring and I honestly didn't feel like there was anything enjoyable or interesting about any song. I don't know if all work is like this but I hope not.

straszny mix, pare spoko, pare nie do sluchania, z kilkoma klasykami (You Give Love A Bad Name, Livin' On A Prayer)

Before listening: I'm excited about this one! I'm a Bon Jovi but I've only ever listened to the Crossroads Greatest Hits. I already know this one has at least 4 hits that I know. Can't wait! After listening: Fuck that album was tight! In my opinion it was wall to wall bangers; even the fillers were solid. I can't help thinking though that Bon Jovi are a lesser Van Halen, and some of these songs would've been much better sung by Steve Tyler (that POS).

Era defining album. Some of the tracks are still played today. An album I own on vinyl.

Not really in to this ‘accesible’ metal sound. I’d rather listen to acdc or metallica.

I refuse to listen to this fucking album, having been subjected to it mercilessly when it came out in the 80s because it was a favorite of my mom's, and somehow still pummeled regularly by songs from this album, even 40 fucking years later. I have always fucking hated everything about Bon Jovi. Nothing about him appeals to me on any level. HARD PASS.

I was ready to dismiss this album as soon as I got it and give it a polite ⭐️⭐️ , but much to my surprise this is a banger???? or maybe I can’t be impartial, so many of the songs in SWW were part of my teenage years watching VH1 like they had the keys to heaven. Maybe Bon Jovi will push me over the edge and this year I’ll finally get a perm and rock the pink spandex pants of my dreams.

Great 80’s rock album with some big hits on it.

Went back and forth on whether Bon Jovi is better or worse than Backstreet Boys. I think better, but not by a lot. Didn't hate it, but wasn't proud to be listening to it.

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

Just very quintessentially 80s but very good, Bon knows what's his doing

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.

Full of bangers. Dreading this but it was great!

Solid guitar rock throughout. I don't think I've ever heard anything but the singles. The other tracks were certiainly weaker, but overall still a great album.

Not my favorite

Slippery When Wet (1986) - This is the 3rd album from Bon Jovi that pretty much made everyone sit up and take notice. This was the epitome of big hair, big album sales, and big glam rock/pop rock singles. 1986 was a great year for Bon Jovi. I listened to the entire album all the way through and many of the songs are now cringe worthy, cheesy glam rock amd and power ballads. Sadly, what appealed to me in 1986 doesn't have that same appeal now. Why? I think a lot of the songs like "Livin' On a Prayer", "Wanted Dead Or Alive", "I'd Die For You", and "You Give Love A Bad Name" were and still are played and overplayed. If I've heard these songs once I've heard them 100 times. Jon Bon Jovi has vocals you either love or you hate. I'm somewhere in the middle. Richie Sambora on guitar doesn't get any better. With the repeated listen songs like "Raise Your Hands" and "Wild In the Streets" sound great after so many years. There are reasons Slippery When Wet was a #1 album on the US Billboard 200 Chart and certified 12 x Platinum by the RIAA for 12 million copies in the US. Sadly, this album doesn't hold up, doesn't capture me with its songs like it did 38 years ago. It falls flat. 2 stars.

not a fan of generic 80s rock- but some catchy hits keep this one at a 3

Cheesy classic arena rock, but I like it.

Arena rock like this is best if you’re already familiar with the songs. The three monster hits off this album are most popular amongst listeners, but they may get turned off by the remaining tracks. While some of them are, indeed, duds, there’s a good portion of quality songs on here. This isn’t the most profound album on the list, but it’s fun and has tons of heart. Enjoyable. 4/5

Brings me back to when I was a DJ on our college station - 1 of the 2 stations on campus that played "hits", not your typical college indie...

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!

God, there's not much to like about this. Vocals are horrible, so are the wailing guitars and the keyboard elements are sooooooo dated. Lyrics not much cop either. Naff

SPECTACULAR

EPIC

Some absolute bangers but felt a little front heavy of an album.

I love pop music

I mean it's cheesy rock

Nostalgia... my dad used to listen to this while he screamed at me for doing nothing. Good times.

I'm not a Bon Jovi fan, but they are a very talented group and have some all-time bangers on this album ("Living on a Prayer", "Wanted Dead or Alive"). Great, fun album

not for me but it was ok i suppose

I knew so much of this!

Da e nåken klassikera her. Plusspoeng for at Wanted Dead or Alive e så gøy på rock band

Lots of hits here

You Give Love A Bad Name Livin' On A Prayer Wanted Dead Or Alive Never Say Goodbye

4 of the most iconic songs in pop culture on one album is crazy. Overall the album is very good, great vibes and the music is super fun and engaging. Great listen

Some of the songs are classics, but the album as a whole wasn’t as impressive. I was looking for more variety from song to song. To me it felt like Bon Jovi was perfecting a style of rock and stuck with that style for almost every song, which is respectable, but I prefer albums with some kind of diversity or experimenting of new styles from song to song. like that’s why kanye the goat

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

I love listening to Bon Jovi sometimes even though I know that it's cheesy watered down hair metal

Classic hair metal Wanted dead or alive etc

Better than I expected

Already listened to most of these songs because they’re classics but Wild In the Streets is a new favorite!

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.

i mean ….. classic

Iconic I guess, not too excited. Not great, but not too bad either. Iconic for a reason I guess

Guitar work saves this album. If you have heard one Bon Jovi power ballad then you have heard them all. He found the formula and did not deviate.

I love the hits on this album. There’s a reason they were so popular: catchy melodies with great sing-along lyrics. There’s definitely a cheese factor that is more obvious at this point, but that’s generally the case with most hair band music. We all thought it was cool until Nirvana came along. I’m not going to let a little cheese spoil my enjoyment!

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.

Everything cliché about the 80s and New Jersey. Not great music, but fun and good enough for a Friday night.

That's 43 minutes of my life I won't get back. I found no benefit to hear this album as a whole. Mid 80's pop metal/hard rock at it's cringiest - a little synth, some serviceable guitar by Richie Sambora, but utterly forgettable. This wasn't my thing when it first came out and my views haven't changed. Most of the songs have such vacuous lyrics. This has aged like milk for me. I will concede Livin' On A Prayer and Never Say Goodbye are decent songs, but even that won't save it from being a 1 star album for me.

looking at the reviews it's clear that all the people who gave it negative reviews are either music snobs or just don't like having fun. this album isn't perfect, but there's a reason why everyone knows its mega hits. it's simple and cliche but this is a catchy rock album for the ages. also the alternative cover art is better

O dodnt listen to all of it, but it was pretty good

I'm not going over this one again.

There are some pop hits that remain fun. But the whole Bon Jovi schtick is tiresome.

Я не уверен, что я хоть когда-то слушал бон жови. Ну, давайте оценим. А, ну слушал получается. Сертифаед бангерс. Тут и livin on a prayer и you give a love bad name. А в общем-то лёгкий такой рок, хочется бежать в вайс сити под него, чтоб неоновые огоньки, дорогие машины и пальмы с морским бризом. Кайф. Четыре звезды.

Я не осознавал, как много мне приходилось слушать этот альбом, когда я был молодым. Если я собираюсь слушать Heavy Metal, он должен быть тяжелее.

You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin' on a Prayer, and Dead or Alive are all excellent songs, all-time greats even. The rest of this album is pretty boring; Bon Jovi doesn't really vary their music all that much: the lyrics are forgettable, the chords are largely the same, and the sound is the same. I like the sound okay, and I think he perfected it on those three songs. Because of that, this is a fine album, but not a great one. Favorite song is obviously Livin' on a Prayer, but You Give Love a Bad Name is just about as good. Least favorite songs were Social Disease and Wild in the Street.

bon

Me encanta. Lo puedo escuchar siempre. Por fin me toca un disco q me gusta. Gracias

Quintessential mid-80's pop hair-metal band. Possibly a definitive Bon Jovi album if there is such a thing. Not my style then and I haven't softened my opinion since. It was tough to force myself to listen to this one because it is so cringy

Good

This is one of those albums where you think you're not gonna like it because you know 2024 Bon Jovi. But it is perfect for the hair metal genre and rocks pretty hard.

Du rock de stade comme on en fait plus, une belle collection de singles sur lesquels chanter à tue-tête !

I 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.

Another album by another group that all my life I have chosen not to listen to, and this gets filed in the bin of overplayed music. Needless to say I don't really care for or like this and or this style of music. It's just too pop and the image they portray reminds me of jocks in high school that were beloved by all the girls and who looked down on meager fellows like myself, so yeah, even though the lead singer is reputed to be a good guy, I'll just say I'm happy for him having success but I wish it wasn't at the cost of me having to hear these songs over and over and over too many times.

Eh

Yeah!!

I was 15 when this came out and had just discovered rock & metal, as times change it's not the sort of thing I'd choose to play any more and I don't think I'd heard it for over 20 years. It's getting a 4 for the nostalgia blast.

good one

Some very high highs, some very generic lows, but great album overall.

Best album of the 80’s per Chris Lessing (Okc)

It's not really my thing but it was enjoyable nonetheless

Had my first car accident listening to Slippery When Wet. 5/5

Big, brash, bombastic, hair metal. Starts out with distorted feedback and classical organ style synths just to make sure you're ready to fuckin' rock. Has the hits, no filler and sold more copies than you've had hot dinners. Love it or hate it, its exactly what it sets out to be...

A classic.

What an ablum. They dont make them likexthat anymore. 10/10

Tiene canciones míticas. Más heavy de lo que me gusta escuchar.

Livin' On A Prayer - simply wonderful

I know people love but not my favorite. Weren’t back in the day and aren’t now.

Overall, I don’t care for it. Never have cared for much of Bon Jovi. I’ve never liked heavy metal, even in my younger days. I do enjoy wanted Dead or Alive, but that’s about it.

Du pas tant bon rock 4.5/10

3/4

Three absolute bad ass songs, and then the rest holds serve.

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 hate Bon Jovi

Rock classic

I think my brain was broken by Def Leppard, and now I like hair metal. Something must be seriously wrong with me because I listen to this and go, yeah this is sick. Which is a MAJOR change. High school me would barely recognize me now. I can feel the disdain that scarved, suitcoat-wearing 17-year-old hipster Jacob is giving current-day Jacob right now. Pick any year in the last 20 years, and Bon Jovi is the least cool band in any one of those years. But... okay but but but it's kind of sick though right??? Maybe I'm just turning into a smooth-brained old man. Maybe I just like guitars and hair and sweaty rooms and three chords. I don't know what's happening but something happens when I listen to Bon Jovi to the back of my brain, like a cat being pet on just the right spot of their ears, and I go... "this is good." I just watch a video on tonic immobilization of sharks, where if you pet them on the front of their mouth, just above their sharp teeth, they just go into this docile state and you can turn them upside down and they're super fine about it. That's me with... Bon Jovi?? Seriously? I can't believe it. I just LIKE IT! I DO! Good album? I mean there was only one song I didn't like, and it was the last track, Wild In The Streets. Every other one was just... tonic immobilization. 4/5. Can't stomach a 5, because it's genuinely such trashy music but it's MY TRASHY MUSIC DAMMIT.

I like this album. There are some good songs. 4/5

Solid rock album

Iconic and enduring. Took the late 80's by storm and encompassed the vibe of rock at the time.

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.

This came out when I was 15. I remember all the hits being on MTV everyday. I'm sure my brother had this on tape. Probably the best hair metal album there is. I saw Bon Jovi open for Scorpions in '84 and Ratt in '85. Good times.

Some overboard 80's hair metal .. but you just cant deny that 8 out of the 10 songs (for my generation) I knew and are good or better.

Det finns några klassiska låtar men det är ju egentligen inte min kopp av te.

An absolute classic.

I have fond memories for half of the tracks on this album, and unlike some previous albums, the unknown tracks aren't detractions. Don't necessarily like them, but they don't feel like rehashes. "Livin' On A Prayer" and "You Give Love A Bad Name" are fun, and "Wanted Dead Or Alive" is on my favorites playlist for always.

This album got me pregnant.

So many bangers

Good songs, nice production, not a big fan of the lyrics. Amazingly mixed, but some songs I felt kinda bored.

What a great album to kick off our final year crunch! Now that we are reviewing on weekends I can see this list really opening up. That’s two more chances a week to get a great album and today is proof of that. I’m not a huge Bon Jovi fan, but all the songs I love are on this album. I imagine this album rocked many peoples worlds, especially that blue collar worker that Springsteen was working on too. I didn’t realize this was the albums title, but there’s a moment in Ms Marvel when her parents are talking about their love for this band and it’s mentioned. I’m seeing too that this was a shift from metal/hard rock to pop and I can totally see that. Honestly, that’s how I’d describe Bon Jovi: Radio Friendly Rock.

Good ol' Bon Jovi. I'm glad that The Big Three Hits are on here, it's nice of the band to make one album with all of their best songs. I like Bon Jovi, and these hits are classics, but hearing them all together, I'm noticing that Bon Jovi has a kind of funny and really high voice, it's a little shocking. I also feel like this album is so much of a hit-machine that it feels uncanny. Like if this were made today, I would assume it were the result of AI, because it's calculated, formulaic classic rock. However, it's worth noting (according to wikipedia) that this album sort of was the bridge between hard rock and pop, and that in itself is impressive. These guys really made an album with such powerful pop hits that hearing it decades later makes it sound fake, that's just testament to their power. The deep cuts aren't very impressive, but it's still an undeniably strong album. Favorite tracks: Wanted Dead or Alive, Livin On a Prayer, You Give Love a Bad Name, Let It Rock. Album art: It's the title written on what looks like shower-foggy glass, it definitely works. The title is funny; they're obviously going for something saucy but it's just such a goofy cliche. There was a "wet t-shirt" cover for this album that was canned except for in Japan, that I think is appropriately horny. Ending with this quote from wikipedia, one of the band members explaining how the album title was inspired by a trip to a strip club: "This woman descended from the ceiling on a pole and proceeded to take all her clothes off. When she got in a shower and soaped herself up, we just about lost our tongues. We just sat there and said, 'We will be here every day.' That energized us through the whole project. Our testosterone was at a very high level back then." 4/5

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).

Rock 1986, gut

So many bangers. Yay for 80s hair bands.

The first half is amazing, but I feel like it loses steam toward the back half.

Standalone radio banner after standalone radio banger.

Früher drauf und runter gehört. Jetzt klingt es eher lahm.

Great album. Remember the good old times.

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.

Ah, a big album from my youth! I wasn't sure any "hair bands" would make this list as critics usually sneer at it. I had this on cassette back in the day and thought this would be a slam dunk 5/5. Well, almost, but not quite. It's got some great, catchy tunes for sure. At least half of these were put out as singles. Maybe I've just heard them way too many times over the years for them to make much of an impact anymore. One of the singles they don't play much anymore is Never Say Goodbye, so I was glad to hear that one again. Now that Bon Jovi is out of the way, bring on Def Leppard, Poison, Whitesnake, Twisted Sister, and especially Motley Crue.

An absolute classic from start to finish. While the three biggest songs from this album are among the most well known and popular songs of their era, this album is great song after great song. Without Love & I’d Die For You could’ve been huge singles had they been released as such at the time. A true five star album by every metric for me. You can’t listen to this album and not help but smile.

This album is huge. The big hits are some of the biggest rock songs of the 80’s, and I’ve heard them plenty of time. And I just don’t get it. I never have. Much like I said in my review of Like a Prayer, this prompts zero emotional response in my brain. I’ve listened to hard rock albums that sound very much like this. But there is something that feels off about this. To put it simply, it’s just a little boring and repetitive. The most interesting song is Wanted Dead or Alive, because it breaks away from the sound of the rest of the album, but only slightly. Before I became aware of the music from the 80’s that is actually really good, I used to be very adamant in the sentiment that I didn’t like 80’s music. And when I talk about the generic overplayed and overproduced rock music from this era, this is what I mean. There is just much better rock music from other decades, let alone the 80’s, that I would rather listen to. Rating: 4/10

Fuck bon jovi

Sorry dad… I really like this album. Classics everywhere and just classic plain old rock. I’m a fan of Bon Jovi.

The most cliché band in rock history. Try me. Just look at the cheese flowing from these grooves; arguably the 3 cheesiest songs of the 80s packed into one 43 minute album. Truly an amazing feat. The lyrics from each of these songs - just take the hits if you want - are just a list of cliches strung together to create huge chant anthems. Honestly - I mean, you can throw a dart at a group of albums to find grade 10 level phrases like this ... bad lyrics are a dime a dozen (<--see what I did there) - but has there ever an album more chock full of thoughtless throwaway bumper-sticker simple stupid slogan lyrics than here? I usually don't care but... I guess I do here. Start the album with "Let It Rock" - please, that's nothing ... "you can't stop a fire raging out of control... if you want to cross that line... " i mean this is just song 1. Before arguably the worst big song ever in "You Give Love A..." (no wait, we had "Pour Some Sugar On Me" last week... no no wait "Wanted Dead or Alive" is only a few tracks away!) which is collegiate-level instruction on how to cookie-cutter an 80s rock song - or current pop song. Hmm... there really is a similarity between Bon Jovi and Taylor Swift... oh "you can't start a fire without a spark" in track 4, did they run out of shitty lyrics already and had to recycle? I'm not being fair, I do love to shit all over this band (and also in full disclosure I remember their first single as a kid and I liked it - "Runaway" - so how was this any different at all, other than EVERYWHERE.) often without thinking - I knew this album would come along one day. It'll sound absurd (and does) but this group edged out what my (loser) group would have called "proper" hard rock - who gives a shit but apparently as a teenager I did. I can throw out some compliments - they can play (although with the incredible production who knows how much this was sliced up - credit to Bruce Fairbairn, this is just as much his album) their instruments. And any guitar solo that can be "sung" is a good and memorable one; Richie Sambora has his share on this. OK much like Def Leppard's 2nd era these guys put out absolutely commercial and *perfect* for-the-era pop rock that just happened to have that snarly pinched-harmonic guitar to put it into the "hard rock" (it wasn't) category. Add in the huge and massively tracked background gang vocals and it all sounds huge and amazing and was brilliant. Hell, it is brilliant. It's a perfectly constructed 1987 album that was a monster I'll give that to them. I just really really don't like this band. The effort made saves this from a 1 although I will now resume shitting on them for eternity. 3/10 2 stars.

Dad rock with undeniably/annoying level of catchiness

Mostly Mediocre Pop Rock. Well known exceptions: "you give love a bad name" and "Livin' on a prayer".

I can’t believe how many of their most famous songs are on this one album. It’s so good.

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

Absolute banger of an album. It follows the model of a bunch of (excellent) party songs, arena anthems and a couple rock love ballads. Guitars, melodies, harmonies, uptempo fun. The only thing keeping this album from a 5 star review is the overindulgence of a few intros, which in hindsight was probably done to separate themselves from the rest of the pack. Extremely high 4.

Creo que me gusta mucho el rock de esta época

Some well known songs and the rest of the album was good too.

Pretty freaking good 5 4

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.

Iconic for the times.

Epic album that made hair bands so accessible.

Its got the hits and captures that era perfectly. That being said I dont think I could listen to the whole album from beginning to end.

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.

5 stars for Livin' on A Prayer, minus 3 stars for everything else being shit

Amazing! Great soumds, cool stories and all time classics. Love it!

Make it stop.

Hell nah

Ridiculous but great fun.

Better than I thought it would be.

Combines my two least favorite genres, metal and pop. Tried to like it but no luck. 1/5

Jon Bum Bogey.

waterboarding by mediocrity

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

classic

Not big on Bon Jovi but this album rocks

Next 5 songs played by my Spotify Algorithm: The Police - Every Breath You Take Credence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain Iron Maiden - Run To the Hills Skid Row - I Remember You Queen - I Want to Break Free

80's hair metal and classic rock in general have such a strange nostalgia for me because that is all my father would listen to. I could never get him to listen to any other genre, it was impossible, and because of that I burnt out of this kind of music before I was even an adult. Don't get me wrong, the certified bangers are amazing but holy shit just listen to the basic ass drum beat and guitar progression in the first song of this album, extremely predictable and absolute snoozefest. Even with instantly recognizable classic rock anthems that almost every english speaking person knows, its hard to give this album a good score. It's just so basic and way too "radio-friendly make me money" to be considered metal. Plus almost every song fades out, what's up with that and 80's music.

Fun listen

Every song has the exact same tempo and feeling. Cheesiest lyrics ever.

I don't think I have ever listened to an entire Bon Jovi album. And after this album, I don't think I ever will. Arguably Bon Jovi's best album... There are a lot of great songs on here. The first half is great! I can totally see why Bon Jovi was huge in the 80s. Great vocals. Killer guitar solos. But as I said the first half is great. The second half is just utter shit. The singles are the only good songs. The other ones are just boring and uninspiring. It started off a 5/5 and ended with a 2/5 solely on how awful the second half was. If there was one redeeming song in the second half; 3/5. But nope. Not for me. I don't hate Bon Jovi but this album being his best? Nah.

Couple bangers, couple songs that kinda missed the mark but not awful. Enjoyed overall.

Got some classic bangers and overall a great album with little to no awful songs

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.