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Old 12-18-2007, 07:22 PM
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I'm very interested to see what the critics think of These Days, but my searches have proven fruitless.

Can anyone post any reviews of These Days?
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Old 12-18-2007, 07:40 PM
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Here's one:

http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/...138/these_days
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This is the All Music Guide review:
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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With These Days, Bon Jovi firmly established themselves as an adult contemporary act. They still have their fair share of rockers, but they seem half-hearted and incomplete. Instead, the band sounds the most comfortable with love ballads and working class anthems, from hits "This Ain't a Love Song" and "Lie to Me," to the acoustic "Diamond Ring." In fact, as the years go by, Bon Jovi gets musically stronger. Not only are their best songs stronger now, their playing is more accomplished. Keeping these improvements in mind, it's no surprise that the group was one of the few pop-metal bands to sustain a career in the mid-'90s.
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German magazine RockHard gave it 5/10. Crush got 7/10, KTF didn't get a rating (at least it's not listed online), but a very favorable review.
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German magazine RockHard gave it 5/10. Crush got 7/10, KTF didn't get a rating (at least it's not listed online), but a very favorable review.

yes, and what you can expect from a Hard Rock magazine? These Days is the first "not hard rock album".


If i'm not wrong These Days got a great review from one of the biggests UK music magazines (i guess it's Kerrang). I can't remember the title but it was something like that: "bon jovi: biggest (or greater i don't know) than god? ..."
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Both Kerrang! and RAW gave These Days great reviews back in the day (Both at least 4/5) Metal Hammer on the other hand, slagged it. (2/5?)

The headline for one of the reviews was 'Days Of Wine And Roses', not sure if that was Kerrang! or RAW.
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Old 12-21-2007, 02:30 PM
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I remembered reading a review on Q magazine's website, but when I looked back I couldn't see it again, sadly. However 9and this is OT) I did find this...


Great cover versions of our time
Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante is part of that elite band of axemen who are actually better singers than their respective frontmen (also see Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora and, these days at least, Noel Gallagher).



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http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlists.html#1995

look at 1995...
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These Days won both the 'worst album' and 'best album' in the Kerrang Reader awards 1995.
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These Days won both the 'worst album' and 'best album' in the Kerrang Reader awards 1995.
"Worst" coming from the Slayer/Exodus crowd and "Best" from the melodic Lovers.
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