Track Rankings 2012 - The Circle

The only album to not be ranked in 2008 (because it wasnt even released then!) is The Circle. It will be interesting to see which songs on the record have lasted the past 3 years. The Circle was ranked in the middle of the pack during album rankings. It finished 6th best/6th worst.

No bonus tracks to rank this time around!

Track Listing
- We Weren't Born to Follow
- When We Were Beautiful
- Work for the Working Man
- Superman Tonight
- Bullet
- Thorn In My Side
- Live Before You Die
- Brokenpromiseland
- Love's the Only Rule
- Fast Cars
- Happy Now
- Learn to Love

...and here we go again! Voting is now open.
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2012 Rankings

• Albums
• Bon Jovi
• 7800° Fahrenheit
• Slippery When Wet
• Keep the Faith
• These Days
• Crush
• Bounce
• Have a Nice Day
• Lost Highway

12pt] Superman Tonight
11pt] Love's The Only Rule
10pt] When We Were Beautiful
9pt] We Weren't Born to Follow
8pt] Learn to Love
7pt] Brokenpromiseland
6pt] Live Before You Die
5pt] Happy Now
4pt] Bullet
3pt] Thorn In My Side
2pt] Fast Cars
1pt] Work For The Working Man

Can I just say that no matter what anyone else thinks, Superman Tonight is one of my favourite songs by Bon Jovi. It sits just outside my top 10 songs by the band.

I really loved When We Were Beautiful when it first came out. I am a little sick of it now, but I still think it is a great track.

I still love LOTR as well. It's such a lovely song, albeit a tiny bit corny. The melody is beautiful. I fell in love with it when I we first got hold of the snippets before the album's release.

I think Thorn In My Side is a little over rated by people here, but it's an ok song.

I should listen to the whole album. I made a playlist/album out of Bounce+HaND+LH+TC and rarely listen to the actual albums at all.

12. Love's The Only Rule
11. Happy Now
10. We Weren't Born To Follow
09. Brokenpromiseland
08. Superman Tonight
07. Learn To Love
06. When We Were Beautiful
05. Thorn In My Side
04. Work For The Working Man
03. Bullet
02. Live Before You Die
01. Fast Cars

I used to prefer Happy Now but after hearing an awesome and one of the best ever versions of Love's The Only Rule last year in Mannheim, it takes the first spot.
And yes, I really enjoy We Weren't Born To Follow, I like the chorus on the record. And again yes, I really like Learn To Love.
I don't care for the songs from 05 to 01 much.

Edit: I don't like Thorn In My Side that much on the record but it's probably the only song that got better live because they actually added a solo. Something that was a standard in the 80s and 90s and is really rare nowadays.

12pt - Brokenpromiseland
11pt - Love's the Only Rule
10pt - Superman Tonight
9pt - Bullet
8pt - Thorn In My Side
7pt - Work for the Working Man
6pt - Live Before You Die
5pt - Happy Now
4pt - We Weren't Born to Follow
3pt - When We Were Beautiful
2pt - Learn to Love
1pt - Fast Cars

12. Happy Now
11. Superman Tonight
10. Thorn In My Side
09. Love's The Only Rule
08. Brokenpromiseland
07. Learn To Love
06. When We Were Beautiful
05. Bullet
04. We Weren't Born To Follow
03. Work For The Working Man
02. Fast Cars
01. Live Before You Die

12 points - Work for the Working Man
11 points - Superman Tonight
10 points - When We Were Beautiful
09 points - We Weren't Born to Follow
08 points - Live Before You Die
07 points - Learn to Love
06 points - Brokenpromiseland
05 points - Happy Now
04 points - Thorn In My Side
03 points - Love's the Only Rule
02 points - Fast Cars
01 points - Bullet

12 pts: Thorn In My Side
11 pts: Happy Now
10 pts: Bullet
9 pts: Learn To Love
8 pts: Work For The Working Man

7 pts: We Weren't Born To Follow
6 pts: Superman Tonight
5 pts: Love's The Only Rule
4 pts: Brokenpromiseland

3 pts: When We Were Beautiful

2 pts: Fast Cars
1 pt: Live Before You Die

None of the tracks on this one are GREAT in my opinion, but the top 5 are still very enjoyable. The middle ones are okay, and extremely close to each other - just as the bottom two are both totally boring for me. You could easily switch those around. WWWB is considerably worse than the second bracket for me, but still better than the bottom two. If Bullet had a better production in the chorus it'd probably be #1, but then again, ALL the tracks within one bracket are close.

I was actually surprised how many tracks from the album I liked. Certainly more consistent than Crush and LH (okay, LH was consistent if you will, but for all the wrong reasons), maybe even Bounce (which, however, has some GREAT songs on it).

As soon as somebody disagrees with me about stuff, I'll write some more in-depth stuff about individual tracks, so come at me!

12. Thorn in My Side
11. Love's the Only Rule
10. Bullet
9. Brokenpromiseland
8. We Weren't Born To Follow
7. Happy Now
6. Superman Tonight
5. When We Were Beautiful
4. Learn To Love
3. Fast Cars
2. Live Before You Die

0. Work for the Working Man

12. Brokenpromiseland
11. Love's the Only Rule
10. Thorn In My Side
9. We Weren't Born To Follow
8. Happy Now
0. Superman Tonight
0. When We Were Beautiful
0. Learn To Love
0. Fast Cars
0. Learn to Love
0. Bullet
0. Work for the Working Man

Scandalous!