To me, this is the best album since Lost Highway and the most solid album since the 90's. It completely trumps The Circle and What About Now. The weakest track I've heard (and I haven't heard them all yet) is SN/SM because it sounds so much like the Nickelback song--very much a "paint by numbers" song.

These songs are just on another level than what we've been getting for years... they're more creative, more daring, not so much playing to what would sound right on the radio. This sounds like music they wanted to make for music's sake, not for the sake of selling copies. In that way, it reminds me of Destination Anywhere. If this is any indication of what's to come in 2016, then the new era of Bon Jovi is something to look forward to indeed!