There is nothing on Sparkle Lounge that sounds Backtreet Boys-ish or boybandy. Euphoria may be quilty of that in parts though.

C'mon C'mon was probably my least favourite track at first, but it has since become a sort of "quilty pleasure" for me also. Got the best songwriting I've heard, but full of energy and big guitars. Bad Actress is an interesting one for me as it has a very distinctive 70's sound, yet lyrically carries a very modern subject matter - Reality TV.

The reason I think of SFTSL as more of a rock album than any recent Bon Jovi album is that you feel like you're listening to a rock band jamming and having fun, with a very loose edgy production - not the feeling I get from the last four Jovi albums. I can live with people saying Def Leppard are stuck in the past, which they may well be now, and even if Sparkle Lounge may not deliver as much as it should have, I just take this album for what it's worth.