Perhaps this is some wishful thinking, but, when you look at Bon Jovi's past and their present, they sort of follow a similar pattern (atleast, thus far.) In this case, we'll suppose These Days was the last "old" album.

Bon Jovi (album) and Crush were both new starts for the band...Bon Jovi got them into the music world, and Crush resurrected them when many had forgotten them. Then 7800 and Bounce were not quite as successful as their predecessors, but were still reveared by (most) Bon Jovi fans.

So...the next album on the list would be Slippery When Wet: the biggest Bon Jovi album of all time. So...will the next album be comparable to Slippery, or will the cycle be broken?

In that case, I hope the cycle continues, because by the laws of mathematics and deductive reasoning and all that whatnot, the next album would be huge.

Just a thought.