Track Listing

1. It's My Life
2. Livin' On A Prayer
3. You Give Love A Bad Name
4. Keep the Faith
5. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
6. Rockin' In The Free World
7. Something To Believe In
8. Wanted Dead Or Alive
9. Runaway
10. In And Out Of Love
11. I Don't Like Mondays
12. Just Older
13. Something For The Pain
14. Bad Medicine
15. One Wild Night (2001 Version) - Studio Track

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11897 in Music
• Released on: 2001-05-14
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Dimensions: .23 pounds
• Running time: 77 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
One Wild Night? Well, that's not strictly true, as this live album was recorded on several different nights at a series of Bon Jovi concerts spanning three decades. But why be pedantic when the result is a live album that effectively doubles as a greatest hits collection? Bon Jovi's songs have always sounded tailor-made for stadiums and arenas and the choices here all sound bigger than life, from classic fists-in-the-air rockers ("Livin' On A Prayer", "Bad Medicine", "You Give Love A Bad Name", "Runaway") to lighters-in-the-air numbers ("Keep The Faith", "Wanted Dead Or Alive", "Something To Believe In"). The career-re-launching single "It's My Life" sounds right at home here, as do two great cover versions: Neil Young's "Rockin' In The Free World" (recorded, appropriately enough, in Johannesburg in 1995) and the Boomtown Rats' "I Don't Like Mondays" (performed with Sir Bob Geldof). One Wild Night is the perfect companion piece to Bon Jovi's Best Of collection Crossroad, only this time, there's an audience. --Robert Burrow

CD Description
Following the platinum selling studio album 'Crush', Bon Jovi release this 15 track live document. 'One Wild Night' concentrates on the New Jersey act's rock sound. Alongside alternate versions of their classic tracks, the band include covers of songs by the Boomtown Rats and Neil Young.

Customer Reviews

The best Bon Jovi album you can buy
This really is a stunning album. Some people will be put off by the fact that its a live album, but the quality really is very high, and its the only greatest hits album available that is actually up to date. Not that its strictly a greatest hits album as there are a few big hits missing, but it really is hard to fault the song selection. Of course, most of the songs are tailor made for stadiums anyway, and some of the performances have a lot more energy than their studio counterparts. The only duff song on the album is the new one - One Wild Night - which sounds as though it should be sung by Ricky Martin. However, even if you're not a Bon Jovi fan at the moment I cannot recommend this album highly enough....SO BUY IT TODAY.

Good, but flawed.
Bon Jovi have maintained themselves as premier musicians over the last 17 years. This album shows what they can do live.

Richie (guitar) is simply amazing. His work on Wanted is breathtaking, and his brilliance is reflected on the rest of the tracks.

The missing star can be credited to the fact that Jon's vocals aren't especially strong on some of the tracks, especially It's My Life. I find it hard to believe that this incarnation of this track is the best they could find, because is is simply poor.

However, Someday I'll Be Saturday Night is sheer perfection. In its studio incarnation, it's an uplifting track. On this album, it's a landmark rollercoaster of emotions that will send goosebumps up your arms and shivers down your spine. In a shock turn, Jon's vocals are actually very good on this song. Richie gets the last laugh, as his guitar largely defines this track, and in fact the whole album.

In conclusion, this is good stuff, but buy Crossroads instead. It's a better greatest hits collection, as it has the ballads on it. I can't for the life of me work out why they didn't include Always on One Wild Night Live...

Could be better Live album from the Stadium Rock Gods
Bon Jovi fans have been waiting for a live album for quite some time. They're a great live band and the lack of any live material seemed, to me anyway, like an odd thing. Having waited for so long then, it's a shame this album isn't better. Don't get me wrong, most of Bon Jovi's best songs are on this package, but the production is incredibly lacking. For one, the crowd noise fades in and out between 90% of the songs. For a second, the crowd seemed to have been muffled, making it sound like their are ten people in the audience. Thirdly, the music itself has a very tinny, clean feeling to it when it should've been a raw rock n' roll fest.

The title of the album seems like it's trying to live up to Bruce Springsteen's 3CD set "Live 1975 - 85", which is one of the greatest live albums of all time. In comparison, this seems like a damp squib.

I love Bon Jovi and their songs, I just wish they'd taken more time getting this right.