Slippery When Wet (CD)

In the early 1980s, aspiring New Jersey musician John Bongiovi assembled a rock band, secured a record deal, and changed his name to Jon Bon Jovi. By 1986, Bon Jovi's brand of melodic hard rock was a runaway hit, with the band's third album, SLIPPERY WHEN WET, achieving massive international success. In addition to the catchy singles, the singer's chiseled good looks only led to more adoration and, eventually, movie and TV roles. By channeling the earnestness of his hero, Bruce Springsteen, and reining in his glammy look, Bon Jovi outlasted his hair-metal peers for decades beyond their '80s heyday.

• Category:  Music  »  Hard Rock & Metal  »  Pop Metal
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: February 9, 1999
• Label: Island Records (USA)
• UPC: 602498842577
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106441814
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #11313 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #334 in Hard Rock & Metal (See Top 100 Hard Rock & Metal Bestsellers)
• #58 in Pop Metal (See Top 100 Pop Metal Bestsellers)

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Bon Jovi: Jon Bon Jovi (vocals); Richie Sambora (acoustic & electric guitars, guitar synthesizer, talk box, background vocals); Dave Bryan (keyboards, background vocals); Hugh McDonald (bass, background vocals); Tico Torres (drums, percussion).

Recorded at Little Mountain, Vancouver, British Columbia.

All tracks have been digitally remastered using 20-bit technology by George Marino (Summer 1998, Sterling Sound, New York, New York).

This is a DualDisc, which contains a CD on one side of the disc and a DVD on the other.

Bon Jovi: Jon Bon Jovi (vocals); Richie Sambora (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer, background vocals); Dave Bryan (keyboards, background vocals); Alec John Such (bass instrument, background vocals); Tico Torres (drums, percussion).

Recording information: Little Mountain, Vancouver, Canada (1986).

Bon Jovi took a few faltering steps with their promising self-titled debut album and its shoddy 7800 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT follow-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.

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