We Dont Run - JBJ & Shanks
Sunday Morning - JBJ, Sambora, Shanks
A Teardrop to the Sea - JBJ & Billy Falcon
Blind Love - JBJ

No news on when they were written except We Dont Run is a new song.

I dont know what to say about this, bit of a damp squid for me. WDR is the rocker on the album, same old same old im afraid in my opinion. What ever happened to our band, disappointing to say the least

I know im probably gonna get a lot of stick for this but i love the burning bridges snippet...

Reminds me of Status Quos Aquostic album

This album is like when I discovered the box set 2004. Very similar feelings.

You wondered why Beautiful Day wasn't on the box set?

Teardrop is now my favorite song on BB. And might even be in my top ten favorite Jovi tunes... I hope it has longevity.

Jon actually has passion in his voice and delivers this one to perfection. It works with his current vocal tone.

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I wish we had a LIKE button.

With the exception of the 4 we already have, nothing stands out to me either. I can see why Jon has no passion for this.

My only hope with Richie leaving the band is that it would give Jon something to prove. If the next record is the same old same old, I'm done. It will prove just who the leak wink truly is.

I think Teardrop and Blind Love both showed that you can't judge the songs based on 20 second snippets. I didn't think much of either until I actually heard them and I think they're both great now. Blind Love is just stunning. I'm not even listening to the snippets of the others.

Exactly!!!

I'm convinced people will complain just to complain! These 4 songs are different and offer something that I haven't felt in a long time from a studio release. I'm not quite sure what that is but I look forward to listening to them still and each listen still sounds fresh. These songs feel like this should have been the next release after TD/DA. Add in IML and this would feel like more of the natural progression of this band.

Most of Burning Bridges is the album that was supposed to be between TC and WAN. I think Jon had a few directions to take outside the band and never quite got there. WDR and Teardrop are leftovers from the 2016 album. SNGMSM is a Circle outtake and the remaining bunch are probably leftovers from an attempted 3rd solo album and maybe another attempt at some soundtrack songs. Jon did state that he was going to do both.

Because of that, BB won't be perfect but it's still quite enjoyable and now I get way it's a 'Fan Album'.

According to my intuition (which you should rely on ;)):
Teardrop is the key track on Burning Bridges. Yes, this is a new one. The depressive tone of a loser isn't coming out of nowhere, think about it. Misery has always been the best inspiration for artistic work. But the optimist that he is, he wants to close this book as fast as he can. "Burning Bridges", no big talking. I have come to the conclusion, only by the lyrics from Teardrop, that this album is in no way affiliated with Richie Sambora.

Haven't even heard Teardrop yet.

Blind Love has some interesting and sad lines ("bed cold as January"). It's a dangerous downer song if the situation fits. I remember the way Hard letting you go hit or should I say touched/solaced me once.

Sorry, Summer, but my intuition says that your intuition is off the mark. ;)

HAHAHAHA I ****ing lost it.

While all of that is based on probably theory, what are you basing Teardrop being a brand new song off of? Was something said?

Good question! I'm basing it all on the production and Jon's vocal... Even if it was written prior, I'll still classify it as new. Diamond Ring was new in '95 because that was the final production.

Jon states WDR was new and Teardrop fits right in with that. The leadoff songs on an album should also have some relevance to them as well.

Understanding the band, knowing their sound, knowing their directions, knowing their lead singer, knowing their guitar player, and knowing their producer is all part of it.

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But end of the day it's theory. They all could have been written prior and could all be classified as new. Meh, I just think you sound way too sure of something and it's dangerous to convince everyone when we don't really know.

Tomorrow he could come right out and say it's new and then great. I see it as part of the solo songs that would have come between the albums, it's got such a non-band vibe to me.

100% of my theory is speculation. Jon never admitted to the fact that these were leftovers from an attempted solo album either.

Unfortunately, this album is being kept under hush for some odd reason and it's our job to figure it all out collectively.

How much times has to go by for a song to be considered 'new'? Some bands take years to work on songs so if Jon wrote some songs in '13 and are now being completed two years later, why aren't they 'new' anymore? Or are they?

BTY, I was NEVER specific to the writing. I was saying the song was a possible attempt to be included on the 2016 release.

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I like the idea of a "collective brain".

And the only way to figure it out is with actual information confirmed by a source. "100% of my theory is speculation. Jon never admitted to the fact that these were leftovers from an attempted solo album either." I agree, which is why I'm not saying "These are songs from a proposed solo album" I'm saying I wouldn't be shocked to learn that.

I'm not trying to harass you for the way you worded it, you just made it sound like Tears is 100 percent a new song alongside We Don't Run and I was merely following up to see if you had heard anything to know that.

2 I like!
2 that I might like!
The rest is utter junk!

If we have a collective brain, it's completely schizophrenic :)

While I wouldn't go as far as to say that I'm 100% sure Teardrops is a new one that was written while working on the upcoming 2016 album I'd say it's one of the most probable of it. We Don't Run is a new one, the fact that they both share a similar "whoa ohh oh" arrangement is reminiscent of "Growing up the hard way" and "Judgement Day" in the way they tried the same things with different songs around the same time period to see if it stuck. And if it sounds "unlike" any Bon Jovi sound just remember that the 2016 album is supposed to have a brand new sound and begin a whole different chapter that we have yet to hear....

I really kind of hope Teardrop is a new song because I really really like it a lot. I'm not listening to the rest of the snippets. I want to hear the songs in their entirety before I get myself worked up over them. :)

I agree wholeheartedly. The whole vibe of it is so fresh and I consider it more exciting than WDR. I feel like a lot of fans will point out the weaknesses of new Jovi albums and say that it's the 'same old shit', but fail to recognise when they try something new. For example, I feel that Room At The End Of The World was a standout on a fairly rubbish album - it was different, it felt sincere and had a moody tone.

A true 'diamond in the rough' in my view.

Thankfully, this album seems to be filled with 'different', and that's what's got me all excited. :)

I'm the opposite. I've been listening to the samples over and over. I absolutely love the samples, other than maybe one or two, but I won't judge the songs based on that. I didn't like Teardrop or Blind Love's samples but I love the full songs.

I think you mean "The rest might be utter junk!"

Is Teardrop one you like?

I'd love anew album sounding like teardrop and something to believe in type songs. But not blind love longs. They are like the fighter and Old habits in that they bore me.

I've not listened to any of it yet - always like to hear it first when I get the CD and listen in full.

In the UK, where are people ordering the CD from? I have Amazon Prime so usually like to order from Amazon, but they have it listed at £16.42, which seems awfully expensive. Are there any special edition versions available from anywhere?

for extra £9 you can do what ive done and ordered Japense version to get bonus track.

The album work out to be £12.50ish but delivery is about £11

30 sec snippet of "Who Would You Die For" - sounds fresh and new to my ears

Blind Love Sound wonderful

Ok .. some new songs are on the ASCAP

I'm Your Man (JBJ, Shanks)

Take Back The Night (JBJ, Shanks)

We All Fall Down (JBJ, Shanks)

Not to my ears :D

I hope that Take Back The Night be a rocker. That would balance a bit the track list. In any case, I hope it's a good song.


I like Burning Bridges preview song.

Just listened to snippets again and these songs may be growing on me after the initial shock fingerprints especially but im never going to like the song Burning Bridges. Ill give Im Your Man a chance on Friday but it sounds like the Bon Jovi I don't like

Blind Love has nothing to do with The Fighter. Have you even listened to the song?

of course. I just dont like slow plodding go nowhere songs so therefore to me they are boring

Thanks.

I'm pretty sure that all the JBJ/Shanks songs are new, considering Shanks' tweets.

So far we have:

JBJ: 6/6
Shanks: 5/6
RS: 1/6
Falcon: 1/6.

I'm starting to wonder why I even bother to update the first post.

Based on the 30 second clips (2nd time hearing) this are my first impression ratings. Hopefully they will change but BB sounds terrible (from what i've heard)

We all fall down 6.5/10
Who Would you die for 4/10
Fingerprints 5/10
Life Is Beautiful 6.5/10
Im Your Man 6.5/10
Burning Bridges 2/10

Bonus – Take Back The Night - unheard

Well, call me crazy, but I think it's probably safe to assume that Burning Bridges is new, too; although I kinda doubt that it was written for the 2016 album. :)