no WAY is there any MORE rock on this than on either Bounce, Crush,Hand or whatever. I listened to it again just to make sure it wasn't my mood or whatever. It's POP melodies and teenage lyrics. Yeah...GO is a good opener, but ALL BON JOVI openers (but Lost Highway) are rockin' harder than this one. I must say, Go is one of the few bright spots on the record. Otherwise, pop melodies, horrendous vocals, extremely limited guitar work (with a few exceptions I must add)...and the most horrible lyrics ever. I mean, even the Bon Jovi debut has superior lyrics to this one.

If this is what a "riff-record" is supposed to be than I'd rather have country albums for the rest of my life. X was POPPY as well but at least it had more...what shall I call it...no idea, maybe freshness. Haven't listened to X since it came out much, who knows, maybe it's worse...and Andrenalize I can't evenm remember. But knowing that this album comes from a band that released such masterpieces as High 'n' Dry or Pyromania, I can only shake my head. Terrible terrible terrible terrible... I'll never listen to this again.


And, it actually made me appreciate Bon Jovi. Any Bon Jovi record, and i mean ANY...even Jon's PowerStation Years or TLFR...any BJ record is of superior quality to this one.