Excellent quality and plays faultlessly
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I've been a long time fan of Bon Jovi, going b...ack to when Slippery When Wet was their then current album. Although 'These Days' (sorry) they might not be achieving the heights they managed with Slippery and New Jersey they can still pen a fine tune and, having seen them in 2006, they can put on an excellent show drawing from their now quite large back catalogue. With such a stock of tunes to draw from it's not too surprising that a retrospective album should come out. A greatest hits collection? Already done that with Crossroads (which cheekily included a Jon Bon Jovi solo song) so maybe a live album? Well yeah, please. Perhaps with an accompanying DVD? Sadly not, what we instead get is a reworked collection of songs from their days gone by. In itself an intriguing concept - something Anthrax managed with Aplomb when they re-recorded Belladonna-era songs with John Bush on vocals - but in this instance not brilliantly executed. Not one reworking improves on the original version and while some are tolerable, others simply make you yearn for the version you're used to in place of the sometimes barely recognisable versions on this album. It would be one thing for a covers band to mess up a classic but to do it to your own songs? All in all this still has a curiosity factor attached to it and might be worth getting at eBay prices (or downloading - from a reputable legal source obviously) to satisfy that and also for completeness' sake but don't expect to be listening to it too often.
Bon Jovi like you've never heard them befor...e. We all know the Bon Jovi hits 'Wanted Dead Or Alive' 'Livin' On A Prayer' 'Bad Medicine' 'It's My Life' 'Lay Your Hands On Me' 'You Give Love A Bad Name' 'Bed Of Roses' 'Everyday' 'Born To Be My Baby' 'Keep The Faith' I'll Be There For You' and 'Always'. Well with this CD you get the chance to hear them played slighly different, a very mellow acoustic twist to the otherwise rocking sound of Bon Jovi. Any Bon Jovi fan or music enthusiast will not be disappointed.
As a Bon Jovi fan from their early da...ys to their music in the early 90's this CD brings about fresh alternatives to their classics. Most of these versions do the trick - alernative, mellow and refreshing. One or two for me doesn't quite make the mark. But the cd is worth it it you want something different from Bon Jovi-clearly very different takes to the classic rock numbers we all know and love.
Bought this CD because I love Bon Jovi. I was... a surprised when I played this as it wasn't the usual Bon Jovi stuff. Alernative mellow versions of their classics 80's/90's. I loved the different version to Wanted dead or alive the first time I played it. It's my favorite song on the CD. It's an great album.