

Richie Sambora was the soul of Bon Jovi and he is definitely missed, especially from a vocal perspective. Phil X does a terrific job on the album, but the album has very little soul. This album would have been a 10 had JBJ taken songs from Burning Bridges like, A Teardrop to the Sea, Fingerprints, Who Would You Die For, and Saturday Night Gave Me Sunday and replaced New Year's Day, Scars On This Guitar, Reunion, and God Bless this mess.

Stand out tracks are This House Is Not For Sale, Living With The Ghost, Knockout, Labor of Love, Born Again Tomorrow, The Devil's In The Temple, and the bonus track of We Don't Run from Burning Bridges. Which isn't a bad thing, it's just not what I would call classic Bon Jovi. 1 (You Give Love a Bad Name and Livin on a Prayer) Their fourth album, New Jersey (1988), was also very successful, selling over 10 million copies and.

The album has a feel of Have a Nice Day and the Circle. WAN was by far the worst album of Bon Jovi's career. It is 100 times better than What About Now. That said, this is a good album and worth the purchase. That said, this is a good album and If you are like me and long for the days of New Jersey, KTF, and These Days, you will be disappointed. If you are like me and long for the days of New Jersey, KTF, and These Days, you will be disappointed. New Jersey (Mercury, 1988) After the phenomenal success of Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi didn’t mess with a winning formula on the next record, retaining producer Bruce Fairbairn and Child, who co-wrote this album’s juggernaut of a hit single, Bad Medicine.
