Originally Posted by Supersonic

Aloha !



This maybe so, but maybe you should take the songs for what they are? A lot of the outtakes are good songs, just not songs that'd fit on the Bon Jovi album they were written for. I think Damned is a fantastic song but wouldn't release it as a single either. I love Good Guys Don't Always Wear White but can see why it wasn't put on These Days either. Let's Make It Baby is a great song but I wouldn't put that one on New Jersey either. There's Borderline which is pretty good but sounds too depressing for a party record like Slippery. That's 4 songs you'd miss out of if you'd say the band doesn't have A-songs in the vault. I know this is stretching it a bit, for every good leftover they've released a few mediocre ones, but still. Would you rather not have heard any of these at all?

When the box set came out in 2004 I still remember thinking "well, that was a fun listen" and then pretty much didn't care for most songs on there. A lot of it is just alright and the novelty wears off after a few listens or so. Like you said it's clear why most songs didn't make the cut. But out of the 48 tracks I reckon there's 12 I've put on repeat and still listen to. And I feel those 12 songs are up to par with what the band has released before, and they're certainly better than most of what the band released after. I still go back to Temptation every now and then but have no desire to ever here songs like Joey or Wildflower ever again.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan