I like Crush a lot too, but maybe mostly because it made me a Bon Jovi fan and it didn't leave my CD player for two months. It's not as strong as the four albums before it, but I think it was a solid effort from the guys and there was more good songs on it than there were bad. Here's my review track by track:


It's My Life - Talk box worked wonderfully on here combined with Dave's keyboard riff. Love the vocals and the song is just so damn powerful and optimistic. It pumps me up every time I listen to it. 5/5.

Say It Isn't So - Dfferent from nearly all Bon Jovi songs and many didn't like this, but I liked it. It has a fairly cool riff for a slower mid-tempo kind of song. 4/5.

Thank You For Loving Me - Never liked this no matter how much I listened to it. Bon Jovi were known for power ballads and there's no power in this at all. Leave the lovey dovey songs to Westlife I say. 2/5.

Two Story Town - Superb! Love the guitar and the lyrics, and it kinda reminds me of the town I live in, where one side of it just seems so false. 5/5.

Next 100 Years - It's not Dry County, but a good song non the less. Richie's long solo with the strings in the background sounds great. 4/5.

Just Older - This is a very mature song, and I think had It's My Life not been so catchy it would have been a great first single. It starts with "Hey man it's been a while do you remember me...." and the lyrics are great for the era that Bon Jovi were in. Sort of the 40s mid life crisis when you realise that you're past your prime, but wait a minute, you're not old, just older! Great song. 5/5.

Mystery Train - Never really appealed to me. 2/5

Save The World - This song is too soft. The lyrics are cheesy and the song seems to consist of a lot of strings when I prefer more guitars, keyboards, etc. I'm so glad this wasn't chosen as the Armageodon soundtrack. 2/5.

Captain Crash and The Beauty Queen From Mars - "I really think this is the most creative song Jon and Richie have ever written." No way, far from it! It's a good pop song, but what the hell is it all about? I like a song to make sense, to mean something like It's My Life, or Just Older does. It's really catchy though and good to sing along too. 3.5/5.

She's a Mystery - Dear me, what the hell happened here??? 0.5/5.

I Got The Girl - It's quite upbeat but rather cheesy, and made even cheesier by the fact that it's about Jon's daughter. 2/5.

One Wild Night - I think it's better than the 2001 single, because on Crush it is a rock song rather than a pop song full of artificial effects. The riff rocks, the baseline is funky, the lyrics although about a crazy night out make sense, and the solo is pretty good too. 4.5/5.

I Could Make A Livin Out Of Loving You - On my version of Crush I got this as the bonus track. It's not great, but not bad eiter. Neurotica (4.5/5) woulda been way better. 2.5/5


In my opinion there are a lot of good up beat songs on Crush and one or two good mid-tempo songs, but the lack of power ballads only gives it a 3/5 overall for me. I still like Crush, but those sappy ballads are enough to make me cringe! What's more they seemed to repeat the exact same formula for the Bounce album too. The next album will be a big one for me.