I think that Crush was a major disappointment (to me) after the dark and moody These Days.
But then again I remember thinking that These Days was a bit disappointing (at the time) because to me it was too moody for Bon Jovi anyway. I think These Days sounds better now than when released.

Back to Crush.

It’s not bad but nothing special. When the songs are good they are very good (Next 100 Years, ICMALOFLY, OWN, STW etc but when bad they are bad – TYFLM, CCATBQFM, SAM & Just older.

I think Crush is the album where they started to lose it a bit until the release of The Circle which is the best album (imo) since These Days.