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Originally Posted by tobi is an animal
What About Now is mostly awful but I do like 4 songs on there and don't mind a few others. Crush does seem to get worse every time I hear it, but again there are 5 songs I do like and a few others I don't mind. This House Is Not For Sale I don't like a single song on it, there is one song I don't mind. 2020 is a little better and some songs had potential but weak vocals and annoying ooooo's and weak ass nanannana's prevented me from liking certain songs. I don't mind half of 2020 and dislike the other half, so not a good album for me. Those last two albums just have some of the worst Bon Jovi songs I've ever heard.
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Understandable, I cannot argue against that. I do think much of Crush material is dreadful and worst of band's catalogue, but then some songs are staples still. I do think that Crush album still breathes, similar to Bounce.
Since HAND, albums are compressed and participating in "loudness war", with exception of 2020. I wish for HAND with similar production of Crush. For example, song like Two Story Town is produced on superb level, you can hear every instrument, every hook, every intention with it. No matter what you think about the song.
And your last point is exactly what drives my opinion. 2020 would be much better with Jon in form (and singles out of it, dreadful stuff). House album though seems like solid material without great song (perhaps wasted on BB album?), but with production that seems sterile (though not devastating as on WAN).
All in all, pity. But then again, even the worst song in best context means good stuff. Imagine 2001 in Europe tour, everybody listening to new Jovi single, trains of non-previous fans going on tour to see the band, exciting stuff, no matter the quality of the album Crush.
Then if you fast forward to 2020, it's covid, its Jon's lost voice, it's no tour or really bad tour, it's all of us older, so context does matter. Let's hope new material on Forever is solid and we are somehow more forgiving towards the band, especially if there is a tour. Probably one of the last, if not the one.