This question had indeed produced some interesting replies and its a pretty controversal issue surrounding Bon Jovi and their fans today.
To be honest, Ive only listened to LH once, and thats when i first put it in my car to listen to. It hasnt been pulled out again. When I hear songs like summertime, i really feel sad because it just reveals that they are headin in the wrong direction and away from what made them a household name. I think that the only satisfactory songs on the album are make a memory and any other day. LH has good lyrics but i cant stand the way its sung. I really do think that as the band gets older, they are not getting better with time and headin in the other direction, which saddens me, because im a diehard fan and have pretty much lived in their music for a good part of my life.
I'd like to provide a comparison. Now im a diehard U2 fan as well (but more BJ diehard), and some will not agree with me, but i think its clear that U2 keeps getting better and better with time. Every album keeps getting better and better and i dont think Bono's voice is deteriorating with age. I think its the opposite. Their recent Vertigo tour was extrodinary....they kept selling out massive stadiums that hold 50k plus people. I mean in Sydney alone in 2006, they held 3 sold out concerts with each concert holding more than 80,000 people.

Dont get me wrong here, im not sayin BJ are not good, because i think BJ's live shows are as good and even better than U2's live shows, but the fact is that U2 are getting better with time, but i dont think its the same with BJ unfortunately. The reason why i say this is that if u try and benchmark LH songs with songs of KTF, NJ, TD etc, u cant compare. They are in two different leagues.
With U2, u can compare their Atomic bomb album with their earlier albums and still argue that the atomic bomb album is as good as their old albums.

Either way, BON JOVI and U2 til the day I die