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Well....always thought that Bounce was ok
Bounce is a good solid album, I've always liked it a lot, didn't care about most of the ballads but I really don't skip more than a couple of songs. The tour was weak though, I didn't enjoy my show as I wanted to, so some songs didn't click until later on when I found the Shepherd's Bush show which was simply immense.

But the bonus tracks were an absolute treat, I love them all. Postcards from the Wasteland has some of the best lyrics ever
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Even if the sound of the entire album can be heard in better quality elsewhere,
I have to express that after kicking up the sound quality in the personal settings feature on Tidal and listening/streaming the album with my 11 year old daughter via dual headphones,
this was one of those musical experiences that we will never forget and brings new life for me to all 19 of the tracks.
The really cool thing is...
I think my daughter may look back on this release as her classic Jovi album in
15-20 years and frankly, I can understand why.
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How cool is that? When I was her age I didn't care about my parent's music, I had my own which of course was edgier and much better (in my mind lol). At least I was aware of BJ and liked the songs and had all those pictures of Jon. I know... preteen hormones ha ha

It's really great to see young BJ fans. It gives me hope that the new generations will appreciate rock music which is sadly forgotten in the mainstream radio
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I like about 4 songs on HAND. If it weren't for the 2 bonus songs it'd be only 2 songs.
Thought it was a really poor effort.

Plus I hate the line "God makes no mistakes" yuk yuk yuk
That song disappeared from my playlists. Enough said

I also never liked the HAND (the song) lyrics. Trying waaaaay too hard. I've mellowed over the years and I don't skip it too often. The video was overkill. We get it... you are sooo cool... But I liked the dog video (the Who says video I mean)

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I don't get it, either. It actually ranks the lowest out of the post-2000 albums for me. It's mainly the lyrical content I take issue with though. "I Want To Be Loved" is musically fine, the but lyrics are teeny bopper whiny and "Complicated" is the same deal. I want to like them, but just can't get past manufactured/calculated lyrics.

Last Man Standing is an issue. It is often raved about here, but from the moment I heard it...it reeked of "so they hated TLFR and want rock...we'll give it to them." But what was given came off as over-the-top and sarcastic. While I do enjoy it when it is done live, the lyrics were written for and meant to be on the original version as intended for TLFR and ultimately wound up on the box set. The HAND version is insincere and calculated.
I agree with LMS, so fake and calculated. I thought it was only me, I've lost count of how many times I've rolled my eyes this past 10 years with a BJ lyric. I assumed it was just my cynical nature. I'd rather hear Complicated, which also disappeared from my playlist
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Might be but to be honest, THINFS isn't "Mastered for iTunes" but only available through the iTunes Store. I'm using really shitty headphones but I believe the actual CD has better quality than the iTunes version. What I'm having a little doubt is with the Tidal thing, but really can't say without a good audio system which I don't have in my apartment.
Actually, it says "Mastered for iTunes"
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Bounce is a good solid album, I've always liked it a lot, didn't care about most of the ballads but I really don't skip more than a couple of songs. The tour was weak though, I didn't enjoy my show as I wanted to, so some songs didn't click until later on when I found the Shepherd's Bush show which was simply immense.

But the bonus tracks were an absolute treat, I love them all. Postcards from the Wasteland has some of the best lyrics ever
Agreed! For me, AALY and Hello are the ones that I skip. I otherwise enjoy the album quite a bit. Shepherds Bush was an awesome showcase for the new songs.

I should have enjoyed the tour show a lot more than I did, which is not to say I didn't. It was a personal triumph to be in that time place to see the show where I didn't think I would be able to. I love Pink Floyd and the Pulse show, but had I known at the time that it was the same lighting/laser guy doing the Bounce show.. I'd have even more underwhelmed. I love lasers, but they did nothing for me. Maybe it was my seat, which was quite close. The lasers looked so small.

Misunderstood was the surprising highlight of the night in just the way it sounded and was performed.

Postcards is one of my all time favorite tracks from them.
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Bounce was good and I also skip AALY and Hello.

I loved the live version of the distance when Richie did extended outro.
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Bounce was good and I also skip AALY and Hello.

I loved the live version of the distance when Richie did extended outro.
Bounce was the last album before This House that I actually liked. It is patchy though. The good songs are very good and the bad ones are very bad ... no, boring would be a better word. I also agree on the bonus tracks.
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I love Bounce from beginning to end, even the ballads. I really don't get the hate for them AALY is a great ballad, and You Had Me From Hello and Open All Night are nice songs too. The only weak song in that album is Joey but it ain't that bad as everyone says, and maybe Love Me Back To Life is a little boring. But I can't call an album with Undivided, Everyday, The Distance, Misunderstood, All About Loving You and Right Side of Wrong and the tile track bad.
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I love Bounce from beginning to end, even the ballads. I really don't get the hate for them AALY is a great ballad, and You Had Me From Hello and Open All Night are nice songs too. The only weak song in that album is Joey but it ain't that bad as everyone says, and maybe Love Me Back To Life is a little boring. But I can't call an album with Undivided, Everyday, The Distance, Misunderstood, All About Loving You and Right Side of Wrong and the tile track bad.
Open All Night is one of my top tracks in the catalog, not just Bounce, the album. Stand that baby right next to "Lonely."

It's definitely an album that has aged well for me. I like "Love Me Back To Life" a lot less than I did at the time, but bulk of it has stood the test of time. I've always rated Right Side highly and was thrilled they played it on the night I saw the tour. The Distance and even Hook Me Up would actually blow me away to hear now if they did them live.
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Open All Night is one of my top tracks in the catalog, not just Bounce. Stand that baby right next to "Lonely."

It's definitely an album that has aged well for me. I like "Love Me Back To Life" a lot less than I did at the time, but bulk of it has stood the test of time. I've always rated Right Side highly and was thrilled they played it on the night I saw the tour. The Distance and even Hook Me Up would actually blow me away to hear now if they did them live.
To me Hook Me Up is one of those songs that sound way better live than in studio, at least for the videos I've seen. Also, almost 10 years later and I still don't understand how it's that Lonely was relegated to a bonus track. It's an amazing song.
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