Originally Posted by Rdkopper

I'm hoping that once we get this is a decent quality, the production will sound better... Keep in mind, this is how songs sound today. I heard that song 'Rock Star" by Pink on the radio yesterday and all those shitty production styles are in that song too (and that was a few years ago)... I just think Shanks goes a little over the top but I also believe Jon tells him to... That is what John has to do to keep Jon sounding decent as a studio artist.

Someone brought up a good point which I mentioned before too. It's the production that is making all the songs sound the same... But to the average radio listener, they won't know that anyway because they are not as involved as we are.

At the end of the day, I'm happy to still have Bon Jovi music in 2016. It's not horrible by any means and most of it is still enjoyable. I could reflect back on the past few albums, pick out songs I truly enjoy, and put together my own mix of music... Bon Jovi has changed but times have changed too including the way we listen to music... It's not easy for an artist to keep it going after 35 years and I give Jon credit for hanging in there...

With every album and tour, people keep saying that they need to hang it up but when I reflect back on my life during the Circle Album / Tour, I wouldn't take back any of it.. There were some really great moments. I could say the same about WAN, and I'm still digging Burning Bridges...