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Originally Posted by Dave 1986
This was the era that my Bon Jovi fandom started and reached its all time high. Bought Crush in 2000 and highly anticipated Bounce and very highly anticipated Have a Nice Day, then between 2006/07, my passion for this band dipped. This was I think around the time a country-fused album was in the works and "(You Want to) Make a Memory)" was about to be released. After that, my fandom was on quite a slippery slope to the point where now I'm not so excited about a new album anymore.
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Yeah, pretty much that. Got into the band during the Bounce-era (which featured lots of cool promo appearances - acoustic shows and stuff like that), was super excited about HAND (easily their best since the "comeback"), but bummed by Lost Highway. They did release something every year, but I personally only bought the studio albums.
They definitely still seemed to give a damn during that era. The albums now are more casual, but still as calculated as ever, which often results in "ah, it's good enough for the fans" nonsense. Remember Jon removing "This Ain't Love, This Is Life" from The Circle?
Crush had a ton of effort, it just wasn't an album I enjoyed a lot. The solo-leftover tracks in particular just lack energy, and the production has only become worse with age.