Product Description

'Have A Nice Day' is the ninth studio album from Bon Jovi and sees a return to form after the band's 11th September inspired 'Bounce'. Produced by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and2005 Grammy Awards "Producer of the Year" John Shanks, the album's mix of pop-metal and heartfelt rock is classic Bon Jovi. The single 'Have A Nice Day' is also included.

Track Listing

1. Have A Nice Day
2. I Want To Be Loved
3. Welcome To Wherever You Are
4. Who Says You Can't Go Home
5. Last Man Standing
6. Bells Of Freedom
7. Wildflower
8. Last Cigarette
9. I Am
10. Complicated
11. Novocaine
12. Story Of My Life
13. Dirty Little Secret
14. Unbreakable

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5665 in Music
• Released on: 2005-09-19
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 57 minutes

Customer Reviews

Great Comeback Album From Bon Jovi!
I enjoy "Have A Nice Day" by Bon Jovi (my favourite band) a great deal and love all the songs on it [the lyrics to 'Last Cigarette' are certainly true], stand out songs are the opening track, 'Last Man Standing', 'I Want To Be Loved' and 'Who Says You Can't Go home'.
I bought this CD a few days ago being a huge fan of Jon and his band and i wasn't disapointed, if you like decent rock/pop music then be sure to pick up a copy yourself for this is probably one of the best rock masterpieces of the past few years.

Solid
Bon Jovi's 3rd of the 2000s and still not worthy of 5 stars. It's solid, and the most consistent they've produced for what seems like ages, but lacks the 'WOW' of previous albums (Keep the Faith for instance). Lots of good songs, 2 or 3 great songs (Last Cigarette, Dirty Little Secret) and a couple of turkeys (Bells of Freedom, Wildflower). It's good, but certainly not great.

One of Bon Jovis Best
At first I thought that this album was continuing the slide into mediocrity that Bon jovi had begun with "Have A Nice Day"'s predecessor, the under-par "Bounce". However I was wrong. On repaet listening, it became clear that this is Bon Jovi at the very top of their game, with a collection of excellent adult rock songs.

For some reason Bon Jovi will be always be sneered at by music critics, which is unfair. Bon Jovi are one of the best rock bands in the world, and have been for the last 20 years. Sure, the odd lyric is a little clumsy or cliched but the overall production of every song by the band cant be faulted.

And "Have A Nice Day" is no exception. Its filled with the sort of high-quality rock songs twinged with pop that critics darlings such as Coldplay just cant produce. The opening single "Have A Nice Day" is standard Bon Jovi material, a rock track that would really come to life ina an arena. Similarly the other hit single "Who Says You Can't Go Home" is a fist pumper.

The third single "Welcome to Wherever You Are" is a nice song, but it has album track written all over it. It didnt sell particularly well and you get the impression that had one of the albums better songs been chosen as a single, the album would have sold even better.

"Last Man Standing" is another great rock song off the album with some brilliant lyrics, and "Bells of Freedom" harks back to the mature sound Jovi found on their mid-ninties album "These Days". The album lacks a powerful ballad typical of the band (such as "Bed of Roses" or "Always") but "I Want to be Loved" feels like a ballad masquerading as a rock song, and the fushion works impressively well.

Other standout tracks are "I Am" and the bonus track "Dirty Little Secret", in fact its difficult to work out why "Dirty little Secret" wasnt included on the album properly.

Overall "Have A Nice Day" is a great album, and should help keep the Bon Jovi fire burning.