In 1992, the band returned with the album Keep the Faith and has since created successful albums throughout the 1990s and 2000s. After two moderately successful albums in 19, the band scored big with Slippery When Wet (1986) and New Jersey (1988), which launched the band into global super stardom.Īfter non-stop touring, the band went on hiatus after the New Jersey Tour in 1990, during which time Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora both released successful solo albums. Other than the departure of Alec John Such in 1994 and replaced by Hugh McDonald, the lineup has remained the same for the past 26 years. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, Bon Jovi formed in 1983 with guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, bassist Alec John Such and drummer Tico Torres. I am not giving any detailed reviews or anything like that, just giving my general thoughts as I go, and I don’t really expect anyone to read this, so here goes! I am going to start where I am now and as I go, I may backtrack to cover albums that I have already listened to, as time permits.Bon Jovi - 1994 - Crossroad - The Best Of Bon Jovi īon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. At any rate, I figure as long as I am doing this, I might as well write down my thoughts on the albums as I go along, so, voila-this blog. I started in September, and it is now December, and I am midway through the Cs, so it is not progressing as fast as I had expected. I have to double check how many albums I have, but there are 15,452 songs (and growing), so it is going to take me a little while. With all this extra time in my car, I decided to do something completely un-worthwhile so I am listening to all of the albums on my iPod, alphabetically. Here is the idea-I started a new job a few months ago, and am now faced with a 50 minute commute, a new experience for me. This album does do a good job of tracing how Bon Jovi were able to evolve from a hair band to the more updated sound that has kept them socially relevant while so many of their former peers have fallen by the wayside. I think that from now on, my general policy will be to avoid Bon Jovi songs that have piano in them, as that seems to be a big cheesiness indicator for the band. I really liked “Keep the Faith,” which had a great gritty vocal from JBJ, but I thought some of the ballads on the album, like “Always” and “Bed of Roses,” were a bit over the top. Is it a reimagining? Just a new version?įor me, the only two Bon Jovi albums I had were Slippery When Wet and, oddly, Blaze of Glory (I do love that song, which is also on this album and probably doesn’t always get the recognition it deserves), so it was nice for me to hear songs off of some other albums that I had not heard before. It does differ significantly from the earlier version, so I wonder if it is valid to call it a cover although I wonder if you can call it a cover if it is the band’s own song. On the version of the album that I have, they also do a new version of “Livin on a Prayer,” and I am curious as to what to call it. Bon Jovi’s most famous songs are also here, “Livin’ On a Prayer,” “Wanted Dead or Alive,” and “You Give Love a Bad Name,” (interestingly, all from Slippery When Wet), and still rock. The inclusion of songs like “Bad Medicine” and “In and Out of Love” are great 80s hair band rockers. One of the things that I really respect about this album, which is a greatest hits collection, is that Bon Jovi do not shy away from putting their hair band origins on display. They got their start as an 80s hair band, and have somehow managed to transform themselves into a respectable arena rock band, evolving with the times and staying culturally relevant, unlike many of their hair band contemporaries who seemed to exist now solely as kitsch exhibits on reality shows (Poison, Def Leppard, Skid Row etc.). From old school, like Frank Sinatra, to classic rock, like The Boss and I’ll throw Bon Jovi in this category as they seem to get the most play on classic rock stations, to newer bands like The Gaslight Anthem and Titus Andronicus, New Jersey has produced more than its share of great artists. Whatever it is, for a little state, they have produced a lot of great artists.
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One of my favorite things about New Jersey is the fact that on any toll road, it’s free to get into Jersey, but you always have to pay to leave. What is it about New Jersey? They must put something in the water over there, or maybe it’s just that the state has so little going on that people from there work very hard to get out.
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