Slippery When Wet

The sister album to Handel's "Messiah".

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).

Not big on Bon Jovi but this album rocks

lol jesus every single one of their famous guitar hero songs is from this one album. Brings me back to annoying memories of high school sports teammates, but that's not really bon jovi's fault, 3/5

I used to listen to Bon Jovi back in the day as a kid and thought they were awesome. Listening back now a lot of this stuff seems so bombastic and cheesy. Just his voice alone is so exaggerated, "YeeeEEAaaH, huhh!" *rock riff*

They DO do the bombastic, woah woah hair metal thing effectively and well though, and there is plenty to like, with lots of great hooks, choruses and riffs. I think people can be too elitist about some of this stuff. I mean, come on, Livin' on a Prayer is superb. I don't care if people are sneering at me while I'm punching the air, I'm having a good time!

What can I say... gotta love a few power anthems for karaoke! 3.5

I thought i'd give this a 2 rather than a 1, as it does have A LOT of hits (although they're all pretty bad).
But the deep cuts on here are some of the worst songs i've ever heard.

I sure as Hell won't become THIS kind of uncle. I draw the line here.

The singles are so ubiquitous it's hard to be objective but this flew by, not a band I'd seek out but the songwriting is top tier

Siis onhan tää hyvä ja kovaa menoa, mut jotenkin kokonainen levy oli vähän liikaa Bon Jovia. 3/5

For the past 35 years, I honestly thought that the lyrics we're "shot through the heart, and you're too late, you need lovin', and band-aid." I thought this was very clever and ironic because, obviously, a band-aid wouldn't do anything for a bleeding heart. But it turns out I was wrong, and this album sucks.

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.

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).

Sloppy, hairy, excessive. This band is like a house made double cheeseburger and loaded fries. In the moment, its deeply satisfying. On closer inspection, its very bloated and doesn't say or offer anything new. But hot damn You Give Love A Bad Name hits like few other hair metal tunes do. And Livin' On A Prayer deserved to take over the world. Raise Your Hands is a sleeper hit on this record.

Can't really take this seriously. This era of pop/hair "metal" is one of my least favorite subgenres and one which I don't really understand. Maybe I just need to loosen up? I don't know. I mean the choruses are catchy for sure. But to me it sounds so superficial, and maybe that's intentional? I understand how this could make sense to kids and teens in a certain context but I feel like it doesn't age well outside of that context. It's like kids dressing up and playing rock star and I guess there's a certain amount of sincerity/directness and simplicity to that. I mean I grew up when this was wildly popular and I was never attracted to it then nor do I have any nostalgia for it.