YOUR Post-2000 Album
 

It's late as I type this, and I ought to be getting to bed, so let me cut to the chase: I think we can all agree that, irregardless of whether or not (we are deluded enough to believe... jk :)) Bon Jovi haven't degenerated as songwriters the past ten years, I think we can ALL agree that one of the key problems they've had this decade is the amount of albums they've released... just... too... many...

This isn't even taking into account all the B-sides they threw aside. Bounce would have easily been the best album this decade if it weren't for the fact Jon felt Misunderstood and You Had Me From Hello were apparently better than Alive, No Regrets, and Another Reason To Believe.

This experiment is simple: Create your own, 12-track album out of post-2000 era songs. I've included "Sex Sells" era songs in my own, so I suppose you can use those as well. Create your own, condensed post-2000 best of record:

1. Undivided
2. Whole Lot of Leavin'
3. It's My Life (Dave Ascombe Mix)
4. Nothing
5. Last Man Standing (Box Set Version)
6. Rich Man Living in a Poor Man's House
7. Any Other Day
8. Alive
9. I Am
10. Stay
11. No Regrets
12. Another Reason To Believe

01. Have A Nice Day
02. Undivided
03. Nothing
04. Whole Lot Of Leaving
05. It's My Life
06. Any Other Day
07. Another Reason To Believe
08. Stay
09. Bells Of Freedom
10. Just Older
11. Last Man Standing
12. Walk Like A Man

Honorable mentions to One Wild Night, No Regrets, Standing, Postcards From The Wasteland and Novocaine :p

Aloha !

Alive is a god awful song, terrible. No Regrets and Another Reason To Believe are overrated as well. Pretty much half of your tracklist is dire and I'd rather have Crush than your tracklist.

1. Undivided
2. It's My Life
3. Just Older
4. Hook Me Up
5. Dirty Little Secret
6. Have A Nice Day
7. Mystery Train
8. One Wild Night
9. Novocaine
10. Any Other Day
11. Bounce
12. Put The Boy Back In Cowboy

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

01.IT'S MY LIFE
02.DIRTY LITTLE SECRET
03.ANY OTHER DAY
04.WHOLE LOT OF LEAVING
05.I AM
06.UNDIVIDED
07.ANOTHER REASON TO BELIEVE
08.TWO STORY TOWN
09.MYSTERY TRAIN
10.SAVE THE WORLD
11.TEMPTATION
12.LAST MAN STANDING

First 6-8 songs will be in my best Bon Jovi album with songs from all years
(1984-2009).

Man this song is with "She Don't Know Me" their worst song ever. And you know it's queen song. A little changed by BJ.

We could easily have 2 very good post 00's albums from 4 previous releases(Crush,Bounce,HAND,LH) including 100 Milion Fans with songs that could been re-recorded as new songs,so I will post songs that can fill those 2 albums...

01.Just Older
02.The Distance(With Solo Injection in middle and end)
03.HAND(2004 version)
04.Radio Saved My Life Tonight(Re-recorded as 00's version with solo parts)
05.Last Man Standing(HAND version but with higher key for Jon voice to challenge himself)
06.GarageLand(Re-recorded as 00's version without "nanana" part)
07.Dirty Little Secret
08.Nothing(with more complex solo parts)
09.Undivided(Without acoustic end with faster tempo)
10.River Runs Dry(Re-recorded as 00's version)
11.Novocaine

01.Outlaws of Love(Re-recorded as 00's version)
02.Last Chance Train(Re-recorded as 00's version)
03.Satellite(Re-recorded as 00's version)
04.Flesh and Bone(Re-recorded as 00's version)
05.Open All Night(Re-recorded as 00's version)
06.Bells Of Freedom(Alternate Lyrics version with solo parts)
07.Any Other Day(Re-record with heavier guitars and more complex solo parts)
08.Letter To A Friend(Re-recorded as 00's version)
09.Sympathy(Re-recorded as 00's version)
10.Gotta Have a Reason(Re-recorded as 00's acoustic version)

The thing is, 12 great songs on one CD doesn't necessarily make a great album. But I'll give it a shot.

Actually, I will bastardise the mission statement somewhat, and make two albums, which will hopefully fit together to some degree:

Album 1 - The Post 9/11 album

1. Undivided
2. It's My Life
3. The Distance
4. Satellite
5. The Big Ballad (I can't decide between Thank You For Loving Me, Stay, or Maybe Someday)
6. Two Story Town
7. Hook Me Up
8. Right Side Of Wrong
9. You Can Sleep While I Dream
10. I Am
11. Any Other Day
12. Lonely

Album 2 - The Rock Album (or at least the 00s version of it) - I figure this could have been released after Dave and Richie's divorces ... maybe in 2006 or therabouts

1. Last Man Standing
2. Have A Nice Day
3. Make A Memory
4. Whole Lot Of Leaving
5. Nothing
6. Neurotica
7. One Wild Night
8. Just Older
9. Novocaine
10. Walk Like A Man
11. Dirty Little Secret
12. Next 100 Years

They're a tiny bit schizophrenic, but I think doing it that way could have worked, maybe

I am so glad somebody finally mentioned Neurotica. Such a great rock track. Even this decade, they are still able to rock if they want to.

My picks are.

1. Its My Life
2. Have a Nice Day
3. Just Older
4.Undivided
5. The Distance
6.Dirty Little Secret
7. Story of My Life
8. Put the Boy Back in Cowboy
9. Novicane
10.Whole lot of Leavin going on
11. Stay
12. Last Man Standing

It's My Life
Say It Isn't So
Two Story Town
Next 100 Years
Hook Me Up
Nothing
Whole Lotta Leavin'
Maybe Someday
Undivided
Novacaine
Story of My Life
One Wild Night

1.HAVE A NICE DAY -Great fast paced opener
2.NEUROTICA- One of the best Rocking tracks in a long time
3.POSTCARDS FROM THE WASTELAND-one of my all time fav. songs
4.MAKE A MEMORY-best love ballad since Always
5.JUST OLDER[live version]-the live solo is just out of this world
6.DIRTY LITTLE SECRET-to cut the flow of deep emotions

7.UNDIVIDED-what a 3 min rock song should sound like
8.TWO STORY TOWN-fun song
9.THE DISTANCE
10.ANY OTHER DAY-has to be here
11.LONELY-for the acoustic spot
12.WHOLE LOTTA LEAVING