One of the responses to that article is by me.... and I still stand by it, Bon Jovi have not recorded a "complete" album since These Days.
These Days remains the only BJ album I can listen to from start to finish, without skipping tracks. It's the only album that doesn't get removed from my MP3 player when I decide new music is needed.

I can't listen to Lost Highway at all anymore!

I'm hoping the recent (last few albums) formula of 2 heavy tracks, 6 mediocre and 2/3 ballads is dropped this time around.
Am hoping for 8 heavy(ish) tracks and one or 2 heavy ballads, none of the wimpy crap they've made us suffer recently (You Want to Make a Memory).