Jon Bon Jovi explained, "I liked what Bryan Adams had done with Tina Turner so I suggested we do something similar: I write a song for someone like her, and then we do the song together. But that got changed, and our A&R guy came up with Desmond's name... He hasn't tried to change what we are, but to refine it slightly; to suggest extra ways that we could wring a bit more out of what we had." [13]

British album certifications – Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved June 9, 2012. Gardner, Mike (September 20, 1986). "Review: Bon Jovi — Slippery When Wet // FM — Indiscreet" (PDF). Record Mirror. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p.11. ISSN 0144-5804. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2021 . Retrieved November 3, 2022– via World Radio History. Canadian album certifications – Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet". Music Canada . Retrieved June 9, 2012. As for side two, with the exception of “Raise Your Hands” (very Van Halenesque) and “Wild in the Streets” (very sub-Spingsteenesque) it’s a disappointing cesspool of power ballads and Journey-Survivor school claptrap, and helps allay suspicions that Jon Bon Jovi is some kind of musical idiot savant. If side two were to saddle up a horse in El Paso, Texas and disappear into Mexico like Ambrose Bierce, nobody would ever report its disappearance to the police. Guterman, Jimmy (November 7, 1990). "Slippery When Wet". Rolling Stone . Retrieved February 14, 2020.

And Slippery When Wet is Bon Jovi at its most virulent. On side one in particular the arena-sized fist pumpers never stop; if I contracted Bon Jovi through exposure to “Wanted Dead or Alive,” my sudden (and horrifying) affection for supersized smash hits “Livin’ on a Prayer” and “You Give Love a Bad Name” proved I was beyond cure. Me: And if you think “Love”’s contagious, “Wanted or Dead Alive” is a veritable dirty bomb of Bon Joviness. Those acoustic guitars! Those strings! And Bon’s a cowboy! On a steel horse! You know what I like best? The way every time he sings “wanted!” another voice sings “wanted!” right afterwards, like an echo I mean, can I just play it for you? Top 100 Metal Albums of 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on August 12, 2004 . Retrieved March 23, 2022.

The first big hit here, "You Give Love A Bad Name", makes you remember all the wrong things about the 80's. The same applies for the second big hit as well, "Livin' On A Prayer", which is the definition of AOR- Metal, big on hooks, choruses, syrup and flash. In the meantime, what "Social Disease" basically shows is how important the Scorpions were in the rise of the hair-metal scene. Singapore album certifications – Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet". Recording Industry Association Singapore . Retrieved November 24, 2021. But to return again to the subject of Bon Jovi as disease–I’m not the only one who thinks the band of Jersey boys is a major public health hazard. I called the Centers for Disease Control and spoke to Nathan Strok, who’s been spearheading their Bon Jovi task force since the mid-eighties.

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NS: You know as well as I do there is no cure. When it comes to Bon Jovi, you’d be better off getting bitten by a rabid Lady Gaga. What we’ve been hoping to come up with is a vaccine. American album certifications – Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved June 9, 2012.