The Richie Sambora & Orianthi album

IS there still an album? Richie was just quoted as saying Five E.Ps recently.

Last I heard he said 2 EPs, and Album, then another 2 EPs...just a few weeks ago at (I think) The grammy thing? One of those performances?

He's also said something about the album being the 2 EPs plus some extra stuff?

But i dunno if that's changed in the last few days...who knows with these guys!?

I am really liking One Night of Peace...no Orianthi vocals. I adore Ritchie's voice and will always miss it with Bon Jovi. If Orianthi was a decent singer, One Night of Peace would have been a lovely duet for the two of them.

Listening to the 2nd EP for the first time.

First impression - very mediocre. I guess Making History is the best track for me, but that is not saying much. It very much feels like an Orianthi record, which is not surprising since Richie hasn't had a direction as a recording artist since Undiscovered Soul. And believe me, I'm no Orianthi hater, I actually really enjoyed her 2013 solo album. But it seems like these two bring the worst out of each other musically.

I'm no expert, but the sound is poorly produced for my ears. The vocals sound bad and the drum sound cheap. "Replace Bob Rock with John Shanks" my ass! This is not me praising Shanks. This is me saying that producers are not as important as a lot of people make it seem like they are. They tweak some buttons and stuff, but the artists make the music!

I'd give this one more go in a few days probably, but I'm not excited to do so. Rise was actually better. At least it had one instantly great song (Take Me); which this doesn't.

It's also safe to say based on Spotify/iTunes numbers that the project is commercially dead. And it's not hard to understand why - I can't understand what fanbase could this trully appeal to - not Richie's fans (too poppy), not Orianthi fans (too poppy), not mainstream (outdated), not anyone (mediocre!!). But hey, if it really gives Richie the artistic pleasure he's preaching, then good for him I guess, but I won't be following him on this journey, other than the Hall of Fame performance + the eventual reunion tour sometime in the 2020s.

It seems like Richie and Orianthi are having a great time making this music but no one is really enjoying listening to it.

My guess is that Richie is content bank rolling this project as long as he's banging a young rock star. Orianthi is probably having a lot of fun with the charismatic older millionaire.

And there's most probably lots of cocaine being snorted. That'd explain a lot.

I can only agree with this. I'm happy that some people seem to enjoy it, but for me it's just a mash-up of trying a bit of everything and getting nothing in the end. I loved Richie's solo albums and liked Orianthi's efforts, but this stuff is too far from both of their efforts and lacks a certain fingerprint to appeal to any kind of fanbase.

You guys have said it all...

This type of thing needs to stop. If you're going to defend RSO and believe it in why bring Jon into it at all?

This post wasn't about defending RSO at all, just pointing out the hypocrisy. Re-releasing the album with 2 new songs and people are happy about it. The same people initially complained about Richie Releasing EPs instead of a new album, which is a lot more new material than the BJ camp is giving us. A few people here just posting actively looking for the negativity. That is the real problem here, in my opinion...like Jackie said, I'm all for a healthy debate and constructive criticism, and there is a lot of that here, but there are the same people over and over again that really have noting constructive to say and just carry on beating their dead horses...

Anyhoo, Ho Hum...Sorry Boss, won't happen again.

100 percent, I agree, but we're in chicken and the egg scenario. The ones in Richie's camp are pointing out Jon's flaws to defend Richie and vice versa. I can't reprimand one without looking bad for not saying anything to the other. I want to see people debate and discuss projects without turning it into "go support Jon then, your hero is a liar" etc.

This thread is riddled with people who have no interest in it other than to tear it down. I'm not talking about the ones who genuinely don't like it and not because of their issues with Richie. The mods and I are at a loss of how to fix this.