This House Is Not For Sale: Album Reviews
 

So there're several album reviews popping out on the Internet so use this thread to compile them. Please write who made the review, the score, and the link; if possible, copy paste the full review so if in case the site goes down it will be still available in the future.

Also feel free to add your own.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/bon-j...-album-review/

Ouch

The reviewer is a super nice guy and I'm proud to call him a friend, but he has a major axe to grind with Jon especially.

He hasn't been positive about anything they have released since the box set, so this review doesn't surprise me.

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Fair enough but I do agree with parts of the review

That review was spot on. The guy knows his Bon Jovi history too.

Yeah, I read it and I agree. The guy knows what he is talking about and the review is pretty much what I think about the record.

Bon Jovi - This House Is Not For Sale album review

http://teamrock.com/review/2016-10-2...e-album-review

Loads of detail but omits mentioning perhaps the best song on there, The Devil's In The Temple.

Next.


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Come to think of it, "Fair enough" describes the album perfectly.

A very objective review, I agree with 90% of it, unfortunately [emoji30]


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Every album they have released has been criticised at some point in a review.

Mick Wall once described 7800 as a "dogs dinner"


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7800 is a dog'a dinner [emoji1]

It is. It's grown on me a lot recently though lol.

Prefer it over the Bon Jovi album for sure.

He looks like he's ate his fair few.


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I went through a period a few years ago of listening to it quite often. It has a kind of 80s charm about it and I agree is better than the first album but overall as an album it's pretty poor.

Didn't Tico say the album is depressing because the whole band were going through breakups at the time?

Yeah he did, but that's where the better songwriting came out. Otherwise it would have been a rehash of Poison or something and the solid songwriting that featured in Slippery may never have happened.

I echo what Adam said. Tony is a great guy. I've been his friend for over 20 years and I love him dearly. But he is far from objective when it comes to Jon.

Hallelujah!!
Finally an extremely positive review.
Cheers.
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment...ack-1.12550934

I changed my mind about the album. It took a few spins, though. That last bonus track, Touch Of Grey is pretty good, too.

From independent.co.uk 2/5

Bon Jovi, This House Is Not For Sale

★★☆☆ ☆


Download this: Labor Of Love; Come On Up To Our House

Despite the departure of Richie Sambora, things remain pretty much as they were with Bon Jovi thanks to the efficient but unremarkable skills of his replacement Phil X, a much-travelled journeyman guitarist who offers neither innovation nor, more importantly, significant challenge to Jon Bon Jovi’s leadership. Accordingly, the chugging riffs service bloated anthems to notions of integrity, community and hedonism couched in threadbare metaphors in which the sky has grown black, the streets are on fire, and “life ain’t a merry-go-round, it’s a rollercoaster”. Freed momentarily from emulating U2 and Springsteen stylings, X’s best moments come on “Labor Of Love”, a romantic collapse to which he lends a touch of twangsome poignancy. But the comforting simplicities peddled in tracks like “Reunion” and “Knockout” offer the rock equivalent of Donald Trump, currying favour without getting too specific.


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Maybe, but he is quite right on a lot of things.

You would think the bare minimum required of a professional reviewer would be to know enough about the subject matter to critique it correctly. Lazy and poor journalism.

Don't like the album? Fine. But it's your job to offer the reader a balanced piece. 2/5 is a 40% score. Only ONE song in the review is "praised".....

I'm used to poor scores with this band (KTF was particularly mauled) but it still irritates when the critic's review is as shallow as their opinion on the album they're bashing!


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Serious question: Has any Bon Jovi album ever been praised by a majority of critics/reviewers upon its release?

Of course not and I have no idea why some are expecting this trend to turn around all of a sudden, just because the album is liked by fans.

Agreed.

If the reviewer would have done some research he would have realised that not all guitars on the album were played by Phil X!


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Exactly. Remember that Slippery When Wet was reviewed as being a smudgy third-generation copy of Quiet Riot :confused:

Exactly.

If an album is deemed rubbish with no redeeming features, mark it so. If you give it 40% tell us why it isn't 20% (1/5)

One good song out of 12? 17? does not represent 2/5.

People on this board have given critical reviews of the new album but have also offered reasoning and praise which reflects in their scoring.

Haha I remember that. EVERY Jovi album has been bashed by critics. Like I've mentioned before, TD got a pummelling in certain magazines.

I forget who, but one journalist did say, had These Days been released by any other band it would have been considered Album Of The Year!


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Yes, nice to see a B+.

Another positive review!

4/5

http://www.music-news.com/review/UK/...Album/Bon-Jovi


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Good read.


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No specific rating system that I could decipher on this review yet the author raves about the new album here. Enjoy!!
http://www.heraldstandard.com/entert...3d01ef244.html

....and another. Wow!!
https://www.google.com/amp/journalst...?client=safari

Sorry for being the party pooper, but these positive reviews are written by (sometimes casual) fans. If they're not fans, they're definitely not music critics.

That being said, if the album gets a good review (4/5 or more) from a well known outlet, it will be something to be excited about and I would happily eat my words.

Very ture. However, the very negative review from Classic Rock (a well-known outlet) was written by a fan who many here have confirmed is a good guy but is very biased. So, it's all bullshit isn't it?

At the end of the day, it's all just people's opinions. They have as much validity as yours or mine. Whilst it would be nice to see the wider public give it good reviews, As has been said before, pretty much all BJ albums including slippery and td have been slated by critics so we don't need to hold too much stock in them.

Not really. Even though he was a biased fan, that review was very well-written and the points were valid, whether you agree with them or not. I have no problem with that review.

I'm not sure I follow. Are you saying the positive fan biased reviews don't have valid points?

Not that they don't have valid points, but these opinions don't mean any more than our little reviews in this forum. The same way an basketball article from an ESPN analyst carries much more significance than some random local blog or something. My point - only positive reviews from credible outlets are ones that should be celebrated or reacted to.

I was simply defending that particular writer, because his review, while mostly negative, was really good and he knew what he was talking about.

Okay, that makes sense. Yes, Tony knows the band and has been writing for a while although not what he does for a living.