Track Rankings 2012 - Lost Highway
 

Bon Jovi going country-influenced? Who would've thought!

Now before you write off this album straight away (for the many non-fans out there), I challenge you to listen to the album all over again before making a final judgement. I know there's probably a few people who haven't played it in a while.

2008 Results
01. Any Other Day [259]
02. (You Wanna) Make A Memory [248]
03. Whole Lot Of Leavin' [233]
04. Lost Highway [174]
05. Walk Like A Man [164]
06. We Go It Goin' On [158]
07. Summertime [147]
08. The Last Night [139]
09. Lonely [121]
10. I Love This Town [120]
11. Everybody's Broken [113]
12. Put The Boy Back In Cowboy [96]
13. One Step Closer [90]
14. Seat Next To You [85]
15. Til We Aint Strangers No More [77]

Max points this round is 15.
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2012 Rankings

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15] Whole Lot of Leaving
14] Make a Memory
13] Lonely
12] Til We Aint Strangers
11] The Last Night
10] Any Other Day
9] We Got It Goin On
8] Walk Like a Man
7] Put the Boy Back In Cowboy
6] Summertime
5] Lost Highway
4] Seat Next To You
3] I Love This Town
2] Everybody's Broken
1] One Step Closer

Just two quick points from me...

1. Whole lot of Leavin is one of my absolute favourite songs by the band. Top 5 for me. I just love everything about it. The lyrics, the music, that beautiful guitar riff in the intro... Wonderful!

2. I'm not sure why Til We Ain't Strangers gets so much crap thrown its way. The chorus actually has a nice melody. It's not a perfect song by any means, but definitely not the worst on the album. I don't mind the solo too. I just dont get why it's hated so much.

I actually like most of Lost Highway. Apart from the bottom 5/6 tracks I've ranked I'd say the rest get regular plays on my iPod.

15.Make A Memory
14.Lost Highway
13.Any Other Day
12.Whole Lot Of Leaving
11.Til We Ain't Strangers
10.Lonely
9.Summertime
8.Put The Boy Back In Cowboy
7.The Last Night
6.We Got It Going On
5.I Love This Town
4.One Step Closer
3.Walk Like A Man
2.Everybody's Broken
1.Seat Next To You

15 - Whole Lot Of Leavin'
14 - Any Other Day
13 - Walk Like A Man
12 - Lonely
11 - The Last Night
10 - Make A Memory
09 - Lost Highway
08 - Seat Next To You
07 - We Got It Goin' On
06 - Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore
05 - Put The Boy Back In Cowboy
04 - One Step Closer
03 - I Love This Town
02 - Everybody's Broken
01 - Summertime

Oh no, Lost Highway...

15. Any Other Day
14. Walk Like A Man
13. (You Want To) Make A Memory
12. Put The Boy Back In Cowboy
11. We Got To Going On
10. Whole Lot Of Leaving
09. Lonely
08. Everybody's Broken
07. Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore
06. Lost Highway
05. I Love This Town
04. Summertime
03. Seat Next To You
02. The Last Night
01. One Step Closer

Well, I passionately hate this album because it has finally destroyed the rest of reputation Bon Jovi had in this country and appreciation from my friends. I was fighting hard to prove that Bon Jovi is a rock band so this was a major kick in the ass.

I really don't understand people saying that it is a regular BJ, it is not. I'm not saying that it is a country album. It is not. The major problem is that what is called in America as country is not country at all. It is just simple pop music with added violin or pedal steel and the interpret has to wear a hat. Sorry, but country music - songs sung with few guitars, sitting around a campfire - is something completely different! So Lost Highway is not a country album, no way. It also is not an American-so-called-country album but it was called so during the recording process and it effected the reputation a lot. On the other hand it is not a standart BJ album.

But come on - we don't need to categorize the music. The thing that matters is if it is good music or not. And this is the problem. The music is just not good. Usually there are few really weak songs on each BJ album (npwadays) but here are only a few good ones and the rest is so forgettabble. Whiny boring songs :( The only thing I can praise is the lyrical content here.

Some of the songs are examples of the bad collaboration between average BJ song and so-called-country elements. Lost Highway for example. Very average song with added fiddle. Remove the violin and you get what the song should have sounded on a normal album. It is the story of Who Says vice versa. We had the "rock" version and then violin was added and the "country" version was born.

Anyway, may opinion is that be it Nashville-influenced or not, this album is so weak and and had bad effect on the band's legacy and reputation. For me, from 8 down, it is just garbage. I'm also sure it has disgusted many die-hard fans from the 80s and 90s who were not satisfied with Bounce and HaND and this killed the rest of the hope..

The last note - I'd love to hear a non-so-called-country version of Whole Lot Of Leaving. I hated that song first few years but I've found some kind of love for it. I think it deserves a rock or a stripped down version with more melancholy feel. Now the song sounds too happy given what it is about. I'd be really interested how would it sound re-recorded. And I mean re-worked. Not the process of removing so-called-country elements as I've described above with the song Lost Highway.
On the other hand - I love Put The Boy Back In Cowboy because I feel a lot of irony in it. If all the "country" collaboration was this song (which actually quite rocks!), I'd appreciate it!!

15 Any Other Day
14 Walk Like A Man
13 Put The Boy Back In Cowboy
12 (You Wanna) Make A Memory
11 We Go It Goin' On
10 Seat Next To You
09 Whole Lot Of Leavin'
08 Lost Highway
07 Lonely
06 Summertime
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05 One Step Closer
04 The Last Night
03 Everybody’s Broken
02 I Love This Town
01 Till We Aint Strangers

Really strange album to judge simply because there’s an awful lot I don’t listen to. The 3 bonus tracks stop this album being really average. I applaud the change of direction but just don’t think the songs are strong enough.
My top 4 songs I think are really strong and WGIGO is a great live track. After that the songs seems to just pass me by.
The 3 little dots I put in are just to show that I don’t listen to any of these and have just go on how much I disliked them the last time I heard.
I really like PTBBIC and if all the album sounded as heavy and nashville influeced like this we would have a very good album
I detest TWASA and hate the way JBJ says the word “broken” in Everybody’s broken.
Agree with a few on here that this album just makes the haters hate even more. It was a brave thing to do. But pretty much killed them in the eyes of people who like rock/metal.
Will be interesting to see how people’s views have changed in the last 5 years – yes its been that long since it was released!

15 (You want to) Make a memory
14 Any Other Day
13 Walk Like a Man
12 'Til We aint strangers anymore
11 Put the boy back in cowboy
10 Everybody's broken
09 The Last Night
08 Whole lot of leavin
07 We got it goin on
06 Lonely
05 Lost Highway
04 Summertime
03 I love this town
02 Seat Next to you
01 One Step Closer

Although not my favorite album, i actually like quite a bit of lost highway. i listen to my seven highest rated tracks a fair bit. IMO its the most genuine sounding Bon jovi album of the last decade, although not the best.

15 Any Other Day
14 Whole Lot Of Leavin'
13 (You Wanna) Make A Memory
12 Lost Highway
11 Everybody’s Broken
10 I Love This Town
09 One Step Closer
08 Summertime
07 Walk like a Man
06 Put The Boy Back In Cowboy
05 We Got It Goin' On
04 Seat Next To You
03 Lonely
02 Last Night
01 Till We Aint Strangers Anymore

Apart from Any Other day being a great track and Till We Aint Strangers being so god awful, the rest I can listen to if on....that's about all I can say...

15. Any Other Day
14. Walk like a Man
13. Put The Boy Back In Cowboy
12. Lost Highway
11. Last Night
10. I Love This Town
9. (You Wanna) Make A Memory
8. Whole Lot Of Leavin'
7. We Got It Goin' On
6. Lonely
5. 'Til We Ain't Strangers Anymore
4. Summertime
3. Everybody’s Broken
2. One Step Closer
1. Seat Next To You

Tricky one-especially around the middle. Love the live version of WGIGO but not a huge of the album cut.

15] (You Want To) Make A Memory
14] Any Other Day
13] Whole Lot of Leavin'
12] Lonely
11] Everybody's Broken
10] Walk Like A Man
9] Lost Highway
8] We Got It Going On
7] Summertime
6] The Last Night
5] Seat Next To You
4] One Step Closer
3] I Love This Town
2] Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore
0] Put The Boy Back In Cowboy

Not much to say here. I love Memory and AOD but the rest of the tracks rarely get any plays from me.

Put The Boy Back In Cowboy is just a countrified carbon copy of Fat Bottomed Girls which is why it receives 0 points. If there was one song I'd delete from the Jovi catalog it would be this one. Really an embarrassing effort if you ask me.