Shanks is actually a good producer but he makes all Bon Jovi songs sound the same in my opinion...

For me, it's all about Jon's vocals which I think Shanks handles well. I think he sounds lazy on TLFR... And on Bounce and Crush too for that matter.

I don't know how to describe it but Jon sounds twangy, scratchy, rough, with a bad tone which is close to his natural voice. Shanks knows how to tune that down. For example, if you compare LTOR studio to the live version, you could hear the difference