[RyanBounce04]

This is a biggee folks!! You know what do to... Listen and give a brief review or thoughts about the album. New Jersey is next Sunday!

Ryan

[RyanBounce04]

Reviews?

Ryan

[Javier]

No offence man but there's a review section on the Dry County page and i think SWW is one of the most reviewed albums in there so maybe that's why the topic's been a little slow.
Cause everyone knows where to go if they want to read fan album reviews.
If you want an active thread tell them to post reviews about TLFR.

[Captain Walrus]

I'm working on my review. Don't worry Ryan, I'll support your thread! I'll give it to you before Sunday, I just shaking off the back to school lagh at the moment

Keep On Rockin'

[SpainSambora]

my review: its great.

[Mr Bluesman]

One of the most successful and popular rock albums ever. Without it I doubt many of us would be here dedicating such websites and message boards to Bon Jovi.

Something on Slippery for every popular music lover everywhere, making it one of those essentials for CD collections. Come on, everyone likes Livin' On A Prayer!

Although it isn't my favourite Jovi album, it can be considered brilliant. It's a joy to listen to after all these times of playing it through over and over again.

[DaveyShoes]

Even though tracks like Prayer, Bad Name and Wanted have been played to death they still sound fresh and I still get a buzz out of listening to them...thats the strength of the tracks, they are timeless classics and part of rock n roll history. Its arguablly the quintessential 80s rock album (even though I personally prefer New Jersey). The track that I play the most off Slippery is I'd Die For You....I think that lyrically and musically its a real gem - one of my all time favourites and should have been a big hit. Any of the songs could have been huge singles actually, such is the strength of the material....the only songs that I don't think are truly amazing are Without Love and Social Disease, but they're still pretty damn good.... there's not much else to say about Slippery that hasn't already been said though, so I guess I'll shut up now.

[~saz~]

I love it cos It reminds me of when i was 4 years old. That's when I can first remember hearing it. My favourite track is "Never Say Goodbye" (my mam used to play it to me when I couldn't sleep. Always calmed me right down.), and I really like "Let It Rock" too. And everybody loves LOAP and Bad Name, don't they?
So basically I love it cos it reminds me of my childhood.
I'll shut up with the sentimental stuff now before y'all puke

[Captain Walrus]

Right, well obviously Slippery is the most famous BJ album, an absolute hard rock classic. This is, I suppose, the moment where BJ really began their road to the 100 million they've sold today. The form that most people associate with the band, classic hard rock/hair metal/pop metal ... blue collar style anthems in a metal style. Make no mistake, this is anthemic- sing along choruses, air guitar solos... in a way its also kind of shallow, it's not music that makes you think, more that makes you get up and rock! And thats not necessarily a bad thing, but at times it does seem like its all style with very little substance.

Jon has finally found the voice in this album, or they've finally got the production right or whatever…. Either way, Jon has found the maturity / edge on his voice that only rarely showed on the previous albums. Richie’s guitar takes on a slightly more commercial form, with riffs and solos that get stuck in your head. Also, Richie finally unleashes his voice on this album, allowing for the fantastic harmonies that have largely shaped the bands sound since. Dave’s keyboard playing has been toned down a bit, its not really at the forefront of many songs, and the synthesiser sound has mostly been changed and experimented on here. However, to make up for that, Dave gets probably one of his main shining moments as the first thing you’ll hear on the album, the fantastic Pink Flamingoes intro. Tico’s drumming is solid as ever, in the same way that it often is, complementing the song without drawing too much attention to himself. As usual, none of Alec / Hugh’s (depending on what you believe) work really stands out to me, except perhaps on Livin’ On A Prayer.

Let It Rock: Great hard rock intro from Dave. A statement of intent of sorts, although it’s not really as in-yer-face as some of the rest of the songs, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. A brilliant riff, and a fantastic technical solo. Some cool lyrics, not exactly deep or anything, but they fit the theme well. Nice vocals, a good song all in all.

You Give Love A Bad Name: Ahhhh, you all know this one anyway! Great shout along chorus, cool riff and solo, classic hard rock song. How many times has it got you rocking?!

Livin’ On A Prayer: One of the band’s shining moments. Absolutely magical in all respects. From the opening synths and bassline, through possibly the best opening line ever “Once upon a time, not so long ago”, to the scream along chorus, through the catchiest guitar solo in history, right to the fade out at the end. The essential song for every party. It’s actually got quite thought-provoking lyrics as well, but they are largely ignored, and it’s easy to see why. Like most people here, I’ve probably heard it a few too many times for it to still have quite the same effect, but admit it, you still get a little shiver up your spine every time you hear the opening, don’t you?

Social Disease: Man, what an opening! Ahem, that aside, what follows is a very horny sounding hard rock song. I like the adlibbed lines: the “Doctor Bongiovi…” and the “Nothing a shot won’t cure” thing, but apart from that, this song does very little that others on the album don’t do better.

Wanted Dead Or Alive: Classic song, the band’s “national anthem” fantastically written, great lyrics, probably the most thought out lyrics on the album, the whole thing being a metaphor for being on the road. Clearly one of the best acoustic riffs ever, an amazing solo, fantastic chorus – THE HARMONIES! The Jon / Richie harmonies make this song! And the bridge! After the solo, one of the best sections of any song ever! Great, great song

Raise Your Hands: Cool guitar work, amazingly clichéd lyrics, it’s a cool song for rocking out to, but as is the case with most of the album, there’s not much depth to it. Good outro though, with Jon giving the shout out to random places.

Without Love: Probably my least favourite song on the album, although it’s not too bad. Its actually probably deeper than many of the songs on the album, I like the lyrics quite a lot, and the chorus has a nice melody. My problem with it is its just a little too poppy, and doesn’t really fit onto the rest of the album IMO. Worth a listen though

I’d Die For You: Good song! Great guitar work, passionate lyrics, great vocals, good guitar work, etc. etc. A bit more depth that most of the other songs, and a bit harder as well. Cool “Runaway-esque” keyboard intro, I’ve actually heard it described as the sequel to the aforementioned song, so there ya go, interesting thinking point there.

Never Say Goodbye: The album’s only ballad, and quite a hard ballad at that. Some really good lyrics, and I feel this is gonna be one of those songs that really touch me over the next year, as I prepare to leave college. It’s not for me one of the album’s best moments, but it is a very good ballad, with a very touching message. Great vocals from Jon especially, and a ‘hard, yet weeping’ guitar sound (me using technical terms, there, ha!) make this a good song,

Wild In The Streets: I’ve run out of motivation to write this review, so I’ll keep it shortish. Cool song, not much depth, good chorus, good guitar solo that sounds to me like a banjo (?), good applause noises at the end, quite god end to the party.

So there ya go. A party album essentially: cool catchy and fun, but little in the way of depth, emotion, experimentation, diversity. It did provide the template though. I’ll give it either a 9 or a 10 out of 10, I can’t decide which.

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[Captain Walrus]

Memories from this album... there should be a lot :

First hearing You Give Love A Bad Name on the radio at about the age of 7, and thinking, "Woah, this is cool!", and then not hearing it again or even knowing who it was by for the next 8ish years

First hearing Livin' On A Prayer on Capital FM during Help A London Child Weekend, about 3 to 4 years ago

First hearing Wanted Dead Or Alive on the One Wild Night Live album. Originally thinking that Blaze Of Glory was better before Wanted grew on me big time

Listening to the full album for the first time while playing a Legend Of Zelda game on the Game Boy

Listening to it at a friend's house, and being embarrased by the orgasming at the start of Social Disease!

Listening to Never Say Goodbye whenever I get scared about things changing

Listening to Without Love after I wrote the above review, and realising it's not such a bad song after all!

The first time I saw the Livin' On A Prayer video, on Kerrang TV at Christmastime either 2 or 3 years ago

Countless occasions of hearing either Prayer, Wanted or Bad Name at a party or on the radio etc, and feeling proud to be a Jovi fan. Especially at the Valentine's party I was at last year - 200 people on a boat sailing up and down the Thames, Prayer is played.... instant floor filler!

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