Musically, this album is basically just hair metal/arena rock. One of my absolute favourite things in the world is how much hipsters loathe 80s Bon Jovi. I havenвЂ™t had this much fun since I got snowed in at the ElksвЂ™ convention! But whether or not that ever happens, SLIPPERY WHEN WET is back and in permanent rotation. Now I have to figure out how IвЂ™m going to see this group live in concert for a long-overdue in-person Bon Jovi experience. But listening to it now I realize that IвЂ™ve forgotten more great Bon Jovi than I had been listening to. Several of the songs on this album have stayed in the rotation over the last 30 years. вЂњLet It Rock,вЂќ вЂњYou Give Love A Bad Name,вЂќ вЂњWanted Dead Or Alive,вЂќ вЂњRaise Your Hands,вЂќ вЂњIвЂ™d Die For YouвЂќ and вЂњNever Say GoodbyeвЂќ defined the sunset of my teens and remain incredible hits! And hearing the deeper cuts вЂњWithout LoveвЂќ and вЂњWild In The StreetsвЂќ I go right back and can sing along even though until a few minutes ago I hadnвЂ™t hear them in 30 years. But this album is an embarrassment of hits. I fell in love with вЂњLivinвЂ™ On A PrayerвЂќ from the first time I heard it. This came out a few months after I graduated, but it remains inextricably tied to that time when I graduated from high school. And, John Bon Jovi has turned out to be a real stand-up dude. As far as I know, the members of the band haven't been taken down in any 'me too' accusations, which is remarkable given the excesses of the time when they were touring. It's a well-constructed record, I like the pacing, and there are some big hits here. But objectively, I think 'Slippery When Wet' is one of the pinnacle moments of the 80s glam/hair rock. So, obviously there is a lot of nostalgia here. $0.25 for those two songs to go with my 7-Up and pizza. My favorite pizza place at the time had a juke box with 'Wanted Dead or Alive' B/W 'Livin' on a Prayer.' Man. When I was 5-6 years old, I LOVED hearing 'You Give Love a Bad Name' on the radio. That was a big deal in our house because it sort of reinvigorated my dad's music consumption at an age that I was impressionable and interested in music for the first time. This is the first CD I ever owned by my first 'favorite band.' Dad got it for me as part of his 'welcome' to Columbia House membership after he bought his first CD player.

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