Right....stumbled upon an album review by German metal magazine Rock Hard. It's in German so I had to translate it, but for the first time ever I think SPOT ON. WOW!
Quote:
Four years have passed since Bon Jovi's last band album "New Jersey", four years in which a lot has happened:
-Jon Bon and Richie Sambora have each released a solo albums and got a bit into each other's hair (which has also led to Jon Bon's loss of it )
-Speed and Thrash Metal have become respectable music genres thanks to Metallica...
- and we have the Seattle boom...
...so who needs somebody like BON JOVI, you may be wondering.
This question becomes completely redundant, because, what the old team of Bon Jovi has managed to put together here it unrivaled, and to be honest, few would have thought they even had it in them.
The five musicians managed to bring together a total of 13 songs with a playing time of over 71 minutes, of which only one song (Woman In Love) does not quite reach the level of the other tracks.
Otherwise, a highlight after the other, starting with the anthemic opener 'I Believe' through good time rock 'n' roll like ' I'll Sleep When I'm Dead' or 'Blame It On The Love Of Rock & Roll' up to 'Fear', one unusually hard track for BJ standards.
Well, and then we can't forget the four outstanding tracks on the album, almost certainly the best the band has ever written:
-' In These Arms ' is a soulful mid-tempo song with a catchy bassline and great vocal melody
- 'Bed of Roses ' the tearjerker par excellence
- 'If I Was Your Mother' is unusually experimental
- and 'Dry County' an almost ten minute anthem with outstanding improvisations
You don't need to know more to immediately rush to the nearest store and bag "Keep The Faith"
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While the title track deserved a mention - this review is excellent! \,,/
http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/revi...eview%5D=11673