1: slippery when wet 2: 7800” Fahrenheit 3: Bon jovi 1984 4: New Jersey 5: these days 6: keep the faith 7: crush 8: bounce 9: the circle 10: what about now 11: burning bridges 12: this house is not for sale 13: 2020 14: lost highway 15: have a nice day
A word about These Days, that turns 25 in... well, these days. I think this is, by far, the most mature album of the band, both lirically and musically. The peak of their career, for sure. All the songs have their meaning, their impact, their spot in this record. Surprisingly, I'm not really a huge fan of "Hey God" as an opener, but overall I think that in this record we haven't a single song that isn't worth listening. Oh and "Diamond Ring" is a little gem that traces back to the "New Jersey" recording sessions.
Got into the band at the end of 1985, when i was fourteen. Bought my first BJ album, 7800 Degrees Fahrenheit, on February 6, 1986. So I go back pre-Slippery with this band, but jumped off the train for good a decade ago... Richie leaving was the nail in the coffin for me. And Jon's ever more deteriorating voice. I still love listening to the core discography, but won't touch much of the more recent stuff... All the albums starting with Bounce up until The Circle belong in the same "discard" basket for me, bar a few songs here and there. Hence, I'll only rank the albums up to Crush, which is the last album I can listen to from start to finish and where I still like over half of the material. The rest of the albums have very few or no fillers, apart from Keep The Faith, which is an unusually front-heavy record, with many "fillers" towards the end. But it also has some of the most amazing songs the band ever recorded! 7. Crush ( highlights: Just Older, It's My Life, Two Story Town ) 6. 'Fahrenheit' ( highlights: Only Lonely, The Hardest Part Is The Night, The Price Of Love, Silent Night ) 5. Bon Jovi ( highlights: Runaway, Burning For Love, Shot Through The Heart, Roulette ) 4. Keep The Faith ( highlights: DRY COUNTY, I Believe, Bed Of Roses ) 3. Slippery When Wet ( highlights: Livin' On A Prayer, Wanted Dead Or Alive, I'd Die For You, Wild In The Streets ) 2. These Days ( highlights: THESE DAYS, Hey God, This Ain't A Love Song, My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms ) 1. New Jersey ( highlights: Born To Be My Baby, Blood On Blood, Living In Sin, Stick To Your Guns... well, most of the record, actually! )
My list of Bon Jovi albums 1. New Jersey 2. Slippery When Wet 3.Keep the Faith 4. These Days 5. Crush 6. HAND 7. Bounce 8. The Circle 9. THINFS 10. Bon Jovi 11. 2020 12. 7800 Fahrenheit 13. Lost Highway 14. What about Now 15. Burning Bridges
As a massive Bon Jovi fan who considered Bon Jovi his favorite band for 30+ years, I always considered them massively underrated that being said, i am able to objectively rate their music. Here's my attempt (subject to change): 1. New Jersey - BJ at their peak! Catchy and classic! 2. Keep The Faith - Grown up BJ. Diverse album with so many classics, great playing and classic accessible lyrics. 3. Slippery When Wet - What started it all for me. One classic after another. Just playing too much for too long to be 1 or 2. 4. Have A Nice Day - Mature, hard rock. Last Man Standing probably the best song no one cares about 5. These Days - turning the page again. More mature than KTF. Hidden classics with a sprinkle of garbage. 6. Lost Highway - Sambora at his best. Doing some amazing work here. Gems all over. 7. Crush - great rock album. Next 100 Years, Just Older, two of the best BJ songs. a good amount of filler. However, a complete turn in direction with the songwriters being more than JBJ/RS/DC. Lyrics for a little less accessible with this one. 8. This House Is Not For Sale - Great album with the return of the "formula" anthem. Loved it, but won't age well. 9. Bounce - More filler than not. First album you noticing them trying too hard. Wanting to be more relevant, more Springsteen. Should have stayed more true. 10. Bon Jovi - It has charm. Raw, but dated. Not bad, just "dated" 11. The Circle - Trying too hard. Not sure if the "country" label hurt JBJ personally. This being the "Return To Rock" was a massive miss to me. 12. What About Now - The Nickleback, mom-rock album. Average at best 13. 7800F - Just not for me. Dated. Some highlights, but there's a reason this album gets zero representation in concerts for at least 30 years. 14. Burning Bridges - It's a demo album. Nothing here I take too Serious. We Don't Run, one of my favorite BJ songs ever is here, but showed up on THINFS so unnecessary to own. 15. 2020 - I just stopped caring. Uninteresting. Trying too hard again. Yes, I will continue to buy every album, support every tour, but they are long past their prime. Not mentioned, 100,000,000 BJ fans, a great box set. May songs could have been redone into a real return to glory rather than "The Circle" miss. This Left Feels Right, Worth it for the "You Give Love A Bad Name" remake.
My list of Bon Jovi albums: 14: Burning Bridges 13: What About Now 12: 7800’ Fahrenheit 11: Bon Jovi 10: Crush 9: These Days 8: Lost Highway 7: Have A Nice Day 6: New Jersey 5: Slippery When Wet 4: Bounce 3: Keep The Faith 2: The Circle 1: This House Is Not For Sale Normally I rank them with the Jon Bon Jovi solo albums, but my bottom four, are kind of the weakest for me with more on the production and the bottom two, aren’t the best albums for me, but my Top 10, are the best albums for me, but I do have some favourite Bon Jovi songs, but my least favourite Bon Jovi song, is from Crush itself, ‘Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars’, really hate that song, along with most of the songs from Burning Bridges and What About Now. However, I did like this video, and I understand how you feel about these albums, but many of those are more my favourites than others.
My list Least favorite - burning bridges❌ What about now❌ The circle✔ Bounce✅ Lost highway✅ Have a nice day✅ Crush✅ Bon jovi✅ This house is not for sale✅ Keep the faith✅ These days✅ Slippery when wet✅ New jersey✅ Most favorite - 7800° Fahrenheit👑💲💯✅✅✅
Bon jovi - good album 7800° Fahrenheit - best album Slippery when wet - wicked album New jersey - awesome album Keep the faith - decent album These days - sick album Crush - solid album Bounce - ok album Have a nice day - good album Lost highway - pretty good album The circle - ok album What about now - pretty bland album Burning bridges - haven't listened to it all 👎 This house is not for sale - pretty decent album
They've been shit since lost highway, For me, they have never recovered since then. Great until the back catalogue became more and more newer crap songs. But if there in it for the money. Good luck to them.
1: slippery when wet
2: 7800” Fahrenheit
3: Bon jovi 1984
4: New Jersey
5: these days
6: keep the faith
7: crush
8: bounce
9: the circle
10: what about now
11: burning bridges
12: this house is not for sale
13: 2020
14: lost highway
15: have a nice day
A word about These Days, that turns 25 in... well, these days. I think this is, by far, the most mature album of the band, both lirically and musically. The peak of their career, for sure. All the songs have their meaning, their impact, their spot in this record. Surprisingly, I'm not really a huge fan of "Hey God" as an opener, but overall I think that in this record we haven't a single song that isn't worth listening. Oh and "Diamond Ring" is a little gem that traces back to the "New Jersey" recording sessions.
Got into the band at the end of 1985, when i was fourteen. Bought my first BJ album, 7800 Degrees Fahrenheit, on February 6, 1986. So I go back pre-Slippery with this band, but jumped off the train for good a decade ago... Richie leaving was the nail in the coffin for me. And Jon's ever more deteriorating voice. I still love listening to the core discography, but won't touch much of the more recent stuff... All the albums starting with Bounce up until The Circle belong in the same "discard" basket for me, bar a few songs here and there. Hence, I'll only rank the albums up to Crush, which is the last album I can listen to from start to finish and where I still like over half of the material. The rest of the albums have very few or no fillers, apart from Keep The Faith, which is an unusually front-heavy record, with many "fillers" towards the end. But it also has some of the most amazing songs the band ever recorded!
7. Crush ( highlights: Just Older, It's My Life, Two Story Town )
6. 'Fahrenheit' ( highlights: Only Lonely, The Hardest Part Is The Night, The Price Of Love, Silent Night )
5. Bon Jovi ( highlights: Runaway, Burning For Love, Shot Through The Heart, Roulette )
4. Keep The Faith ( highlights: DRY COUNTY, I Believe, Bed Of Roses )
3. Slippery When Wet ( highlights: Livin' On A Prayer, Wanted Dead Or Alive, I'd Die For You, Wild In The Streets )
2. These Days ( highlights: THESE DAYS, Hey God, This Ain't A Love Song, My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms )
1. New Jersey ( highlights: Born To Be My Baby, Blood On Blood, Living In Sin, Stick To Your Guns... well, most of the record, actually! )
My list of Bon Jovi albums
1. New Jersey
2. Slippery When Wet
3.Keep the Faith
4. These Days
5. Crush
6. HAND
7. Bounce
8. The Circle
9. THINFS
10. Bon Jovi
11. 2020
12. 7800 Fahrenheit
13. Lost Highway
14. What about Now
15. Burning Bridges
My rankings would be:
1. These Days
2. Slippery When Wet
3. Keep The Faith
4. New Jersey
5. Crush
6. Bon Jovi
7. 7800° Fahrenheit
...the rest.
Do a def leppard ranking
As a massive Bon Jovi fan who considered Bon Jovi his favorite band for 30+ years, I always considered them massively underrated that being said, i am able to objectively rate their music. Here's my attempt (subject to change):
1. New Jersey - BJ at their peak! Catchy and classic!
2. Keep The Faith - Grown up BJ. Diverse album with so many classics, great playing and classic accessible lyrics.
3. Slippery When Wet - What started it all for me. One classic after another. Just playing too much for too long to be 1 or 2.
4. Have A Nice Day - Mature, hard rock. Last Man Standing probably the best song no one cares about
5. These Days - turning the page again. More mature than KTF. Hidden classics with a sprinkle of garbage.
6. Lost Highway - Sambora at his best. Doing some amazing work here. Gems all over.
7. Crush - great rock album. Next 100 Years, Just Older, two of the best BJ songs. a good amount of filler. However, a complete turn in direction with the songwriters being more than JBJ/RS/DC. Lyrics for a little less accessible with this one.
8. This House Is Not For Sale - Great album with the return of the "formula" anthem. Loved it, but won't age well.
9. Bounce - More filler than not. First album you noticing them trying too hard. Wanting to be more relevant, more Springsteen. Should have stayed more true.
10. Bon Jovi - It has charm. Raw, but dated. Not bad, just "dated"
11. The Circle - Trying too hard. Not sure if the "country" label hurt JBJ personally. This being the "Return To Rock" was a massive miss to me.
12. What About Now - The Nickleback, mom-rock album. Average at best
13. 7800F - Just not for me. Dated. Some highlights, but there's a reason this album gets zero representation in concerts for at least 30 years.
14. Burning Bridges - It's a demo album. Nothing here I take too Serious. We Don't Run, one of my favorite BJ songs ever is here, but showed up on THINFS so unnecessary to own.
15. 2020 - I just stopped caring. Uninteresting. Trying too hard again.
Yes, I will continue to buy every album, support every tour, but they are long past their prime.
Not mentioned, 100,000,000 BJ fans, a great box set. May songs could have been redone into a real return to glory rather than "The Circle" miss.
This Left Feels Right, Worth it for the "You Give Love A Bad Name" remake.
Wow, our top 3 are the same! Lay your hands on me is my favourite Bon Jovi song, and If I was your mother most underrated.
My list of Bon Jovi albums:
14: Burning Bridges
13: What About Now
12: 7800’ Fahrenheit
11: Bon Jovi
10: Crush
9: These Days
8: Lost Highway
7: Have A Nice Day
6: New Jersey
5: Slippery When Wet
4: Bounce
3: Keep The Faith
2: The Circle
1: This House Is Not For Sale
Normally I rank them with the Jon Bon Jovi solo albums, but my bottom four, are kind of the weakest for me with more on the production and the bottom two, aren’t the best albums for me, but my Top 10, are the best albums for me, but I do have some favourite Bon Jovi songs, but my least favourite Bon Jovi song, is from Crush itself, ‘Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars’, really hate that song, along with most of the songs from Burning Bridges and What About Now. However, I did like this video, and I understand how you feel about these albums, but many of those are more my favourites than others.
My top 5:
1. Bon Jovi
2. Keep the faith
3. These Days
4. Slippery when wet
5. New Jersey
My list
Least favorite - burning bridges❌
What about now❌
The circle✔
Bounce✅
Lost highway✅
Have a nice day✅
Crush✅
Bon jovi✅
This house is not for sale✅
Keep the faith✅
These days✅
Slippery when wet✅
New jersey✅
Most favorite - 7800° Fahrenheit👑💲💯✅✅✅
*This house is bellow have a nice day I made a mistake
What kind of a fan are you...not knowing his name is Phil X.
I prefer the earlier days, and had no interest in Samboras replacement, but I was surprised by the album
Bon jovi - good album
7800° Fahrenheit - best album
Slippery when wet - wicked album
New jersey - awesome album
Keep the faith - decent album
These days - sick album
Crush - solid album
Bounce - ok album
Have a nice day - good album
Lost highway - pretty good album
The circle - ok album
What about now - pretty bland album
Burning bridges - haven't listened to it all 👎
This house is not for sale - pretty decent album
They've been shit since lost highway, For me, they have never recovered since then. Great until the back catalogue became more and more newer crap songs. But if there in it for the money. Good luck to them.