Umm... I think it's just as legitimate to question their passion as it is to say that they haven't lost it, since we don't know them any more than you do...

In any case, I think the previous poster is at least partially true, These Days, New Jersey and Slippery all showed a band at ease with themselves, whereas Crush, and to some extent Bounce, both show a band becoming more concerned with a target audience than their music, and writing songs for a demographic, rather than themselves.

For their next album, BJ should ignore what we think, ignore the prevailing trends, kick out their co-writers and get back to their roots. That way we might have another classic album in the making. Keep the faith, BJ can still kick ass...!