Product Description

Bon Jovi took a few faltering steps with their promising self-titled debut album and its shoddy 7800 DEGREES FAHRENHEITfollow-up. However, it was with this third record, a mixture of New Jersey storytelling and songwriter/collaborator Desmond Child's keen awareness of commercial appeal, that the perfect equation of songs and suss was established. The almost noble "Wanted Dead Or Alive" spawned a thousand copycat monochrome, on-the-road videos, while the sure-fire snap of "Livin' On A Prayer" and "You Give Love A Bad Name" simply elevated the banner much higher.

Track Listing

1. Let It Rock
2. You Give Love A Bad Name
3. Livin On A Prayer
4. Social Disease
5. Wanted Dead Or Alive
6. Raise Your Hands
7. Without Love
8. I'd Die For You
9. Never Say Goodbye
10. Wild In The Streets
11. Wanted Dead Or Alive

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1166 in Music
• Released on: 2001-03-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Running time: 49 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Slippery When Wet transformed Bon Jovi from minor league poodle rockers to global superstars, on the back of hit singles "You Give Love A Bad Name", "Never Say Goodbye" and, of course, "Living On A Prayer". It's easy to forget, now that Jon is a film star with a decent haircut and an ever-improving line in blue-collar Springsteen-lite lyrics, quite how silly Bon Jovi were back in the mid-to-late 80s. From the scantily clad carwash girls on the inner sleeve to the "You lost more than that in my back seat. Yeah!" lyrics, the album is blissfully untouched by notions of irony or subtlety. Fortunately, this adds to its charm. With guitarist Richie Sambora and Desmond Child (who has written for and with everyone from Cher to Robbie Williams), Jon Bon Jovi has now produced more than 10 years worth of consistently memorable tunes, and this album contains its fair share of them. Slippery When Wet won't change your world, but it will, undoubtedly, rock it. --Ronita Dutta

Customer Reviews

Slippery When Wet is great
Slippery When Wet is a great Bon Jovi album with great songs like Livin' On A Prayer one of my favourites of all time

Boring Arena Rock
Dont bother with this unless your into your commercial 1980,s boring arena, hair metal rock, its just not real rock n roll. Its just sterile and dreary.

Slippery When Wet --- My Favorite Bon Jovi Album
I love Bon Jovi and own eight of their albums but "Slippery When Wet" is my personal favorite, a classic, a must have album in the rock music field, an essential!! All the songs on this disc are awesome and my favorites include "You Give Love A Bad Name", "Let It Rock", "Livin' On A Prayer" and "Wanted Dead Or Alive", all of which were released as singles at the time and were, huge hits wordwide. Another track on the disc that is a personal favorite of mine is the beautiful, "Never Say Goodbye", a masterpiece and ample proof that Bon Jovi have a nack of writing incrediable songs.
Jon and his band are awesome and their music most defiantly rocks --- I fully recommened this CD - 10/10 raiting from me.
Album Fact --- "Slippery When Wet" comes at no.12 in the 100 best selling albums of the 80s.