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Old 03-12-2012, 12:54 PM
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Default Track Rankings 2012 - Crush

From 1985 with 7800* Fahrenheit, we're onto the year 2000 with Crush. The first of the 'post 2000 albums', Crush was ranked as the 5th best Bon Jovi record in Album Rankings.

The last time Crush was ranked was in 2008. The results were...

01. Its My Life = 194
02. Just Older = 191
03. One Wild Night = 180
04. Two Story Town = 178
05. Next 100 Years = 142
06. Say It Isnt So = 140
07. Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars = 128
08. Thank You For Loving Me = 114
09. Mystery Train = 112
10. Neurotica = 111
11. Save The World = 69
12. I Got The Girl = 68
13. I Could Make A Living Out Of Lovin You = 37
14. She's A Mystery = 18

Be sure to share your thoughts on the record and its tracks - get voting!

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The thing I like most about these track ranking threads is that I listen to each album from start to finish all over again, like im listening to them for the time. It's always refreshing.

14pt] Its My Life
13pt] Thank You For Loving Me
12pt] One Wild Night
11pt] Next 100 Years
10pt] Save The World
9pt] Just Older
8pt] Say It Isnt So
7pt] Neurotica
6pt] Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen From Mars
5pt] Two Story Town
4pt] I Got The Girl
3pt] I Could Make A Living Out Of Lovin You
2pt] Mystery Train
1pt] She's A Mystery

I think TYFLM gets judged way too harshly on this board. The verses arent too inspiring but I love how the chorus and bridge builds.

And I actually like Save the World for the same reason. When it hits the climax I think it's pretty good.

She's a Mystery has to be my least favourite Bon Jovi track on a studio album. Mystery Train isnt far behind.

And as for Say It Isn't So... I think it's got to be the most riskiest single the band have released. It's completely different to any of their other stuff. I'd rank it as one of the most unique Jovi songs.
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14 - It's My Life
13 - Just Older
12 - Next 100 Years
11 - Neurotica
10 - Thank You For Loving Me
09 - Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen from Mars
08 - One Wild Night
07 - Say It Isn't So
06 - Two Storey Town
05 - Mystery Train
04 - Save The World
03 - I Got The Girl
02 - She's a Mystery
01 - I Could Make A Living Out Of Loving You

The title track is great live and a real crowd pleaser. It brought BJ back to the wider public and created a whole new generation of fans.
Neurotica an awesome underated song and IMO one of their best tracks post 2000. Also watching Captain Crash at Lisbon Last tour brought home how well the song goes down live, I had a quick turn around to see 60,000 people waving their arms back and forth, it was an amazing sight.
Crush is not really an album I listen to a lot so I couldn't really place songs from 7pts down, they could quite easily be in either order from me.
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14 Neurotica
13 Next 100 Years
12 Its My Life
11 One Wild Night
10 I Could Make A Livin
09 Two Story Town
08 I Got The Girl
07 Save The World
06 Mystery Train
05 Say it isn’t so
04 Just older
03 Capt Crash
02 Shes a mystery
01 Thank you for loving me

Really average album for me. One of my least favs
I think the bottom 3 in my list are 3 of my 4 most hated Jovi songs.
The other is WSYCGH
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[QUOTE=Savvi;1080888]
I think TYFLM gets judged way too harshly on this board. The verses arent too inspiring but I love how the chorus and bridge builds.QUOTE]

For me its the re-hashed line of "These 5 words" and the absolute stinker of a solo. I say solo I mean 1 second of guitar.

real lazy effort from the band. The video sucks as well.

Everything I hate about modern Jovi in one song!
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14 - It's My Life
13 - Neurotica
12 - Mystery Train (I love it!)
11 - Just Older
10 - One Wild Night
09 - Two Story Town
08 - Next 100 Years
07 - Save The World
06 - I Could Make a Living Out Of Lovin' You
05 - Thank You For Loving Me
04 - She's a Mystery
03 - Say It Isn't So
02 - I Got The Girl
01 - Capt. Crash
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I believe I ranked Crush as my second favorite album. Anyway here goes..

14pt] Say It Isn't So
13pt] Next 100 Years
12pt] One Wild Night
11pt] Just Older
10pt] Neurotica
9pt] Two Story Town
8pt] Mystery Train
7pt] I Got The Girl
6pt] Thank You For Loving Me
5pt] It's My Life
4pt] Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars
3pt] Save The World
2pt] I Could Make A Living Out Of Loving You
1pt] She's A Mystery


I had trouble ranking the songs because I love every one of them from I Got The Girl upwards and many of them I consider equal with each other.

I'd say Crush is the most diverse album Bon Jovi has released and while it's one of their more poppy ones it's also surprisingly experimental. Tracks like Say It Isn't So, Next 100 Years and Two Story Town all have some interesting structures that you probably wouldn't find in a typical 00's pop rock album.

Lyrically it's nothing mind-blowing. You've got the typical Jovi lyrics. But the melodies are so freakin' catchy. And the instrumentation in general is way more creative than on any other of their 00's albums.

I adore Say It Isn't So. IMO it's the perfect pop rock song. Next 100 Years is just as good but I decided to give the 14 points to SIIS 'cause it probably won't score many of those. 100 Years has the most creative guitarwork from Richie we've seen in the 21st century. The outro with the horns is just brilliant.

One Wild Night just rocks with a great riff. Just Older, Neurotica.. equals.
Two Story Town is a song rarely talked about.. I really like it even though it has a generic chord progression played in a generic way. Mystery Train's solo is great and it's very atmospheric all in all. Love the outro.

I Got The Girl is very underrated. The lyrics make me cringe at times but I love the bassline and the guitar is very Tom Petty-esque. Thank You For Loving Me is not nearly as bad as people seem to make it out to be. Sure it's not as powerful as TAALS or BOR but it still has a great chorus. The guitar is very lacking though.

Not much to say about the rest of the songs except that IML.. well I'm just so freakin' tired of it. I can't even listen to it anymore. It's an important song though and I won't deny that it's a great one but yeah.. I'm pretty much done with it other than the TFLR version.

Save The World always seems to be completely overshadowed by Mystery Train so that's why it's so low.. oh and She's A Mystery is complete garbage.

I really love this album so I felt like writing a bit more about it.
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14- Its My Life
13- Say It Isn't So
12- One Wild Night
11- Next 100 Years
10- Thank You For Loving Me
9- Save The World
8- Two Story Town
7- Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars
6- Mystery Train
5- Neurotica
4- I Got The Girl
3- Just Older
2- She's A Mystery
1- I Could Make A Living Out Of Lovin You
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14 - It's My Life
13 - Next 100 Years
12 - I Could Make A Living Out of Loving You
11 - Just Older
10 - One Wild Night
09 - Two Story Town
08 - Neurotica
07 - Captain Crash
06 - Say It Isn't So
05 - Thank You For Loving Me
04 - Mystery Train
03 - I Got The Girl
02 - Save The World
01 - She's A Mystery
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Tough one....for me it's the last record that had some real potential

14 - Just Older
13 - One Wild Night
12 - Say It Isn't So
11 - Neurotica
10 - Thank You For Loving Me
09 - Two Story Town
08 - Mystery Train
07 - I Could Make A Living Out Of Lovin’ You
06 - Next 100 Years
05 - Captain Crash
04 - It's My Life
03 - I Got The Girl
02 - Save The World
01 - She's A Mystery
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