I really don't get what you want us to answer here. If the guys have a hit then that's great I feel almost as if I was proud of them for doing it, but no it's not essential for an album to have a hit to be a great album. My 2 favorite Bon Jovi albums weren't such big hit (at least were I live, I know KTF and TD were really big in europe) but that doesn't make me like them anymore or anyless. Popularity and content (or lack thereof) are 2 different things.
If they don't hit the top 100 this time around I will still like them tomorrow.