BON JOVI — Slippery When Wet (review)

BON JOVI — Slippery When Wet album cover Album · 1986 · Hard Rock Buy this album from MMA partners
2.5/5 ·
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The best Bon Jovi album radiates with sexual energy and had girls swooning in delight as the metal ballads were pounded out. Jovi became master of the ballad, there was metal but it was shrouded in commercial excess, radio friendly and false metal if ever there were a term, though Manowar would send black arrows into the hearts of this type of girly mush. That is why girls populated the crowds, and the band wouldn't complain, though it lacked any punch or crunch.

Okay, they could play and proved it with lead breaks that soared and some power riffs that jammed themself into your cranium mercilessly. Let It Rock, You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin' on a Prayer and Wanted Dead or Alive became live staples by the band and rarely would they get better than this. It isn't heavy but the tunes sure as heck were memorable and dominated the 80s airwaves, and continue to do so.
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