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Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet Release Date: 1986 08 zz Running Time: 43:42 Label: Mercury It is probably true that Bon Jovi's breakthrough success with Slippery When Wet, their third album, had more to do with lead singer Jon Bon Jovi's mop of curls and winning smile than with anything in the grooves of the record. Nevertheless, the album contained competent contemporary pop/rock, from its Eddie Van Halen-inspired guitar solos to the singer's enthusiastic, husky wail (which owed a lot to Bruce Springsteen). Jon Bon Jovi, guitarist Richie Sambora, and songwriter-for-hire Desmond Child had little more on their minds than girls and rock-as-mythology (even the working-class anthem "Livin' on a Prayer" featured a character who was forced to hock his "six string"), but that may only mean they had identified their audience -- young white adolescent males -- and were targeting it accurately. William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Let It Rock Bon Jovi, Sambora 5:25 2 You Give Love a Bad Name Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child 3:43 3 Livin' on a Prayer Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child 4:09 4 Social Disease Bon Jovi, Sambora 4:18 5 Wanted Dead or Alive Bon Jovi, Sambora 5:09 6 Raise Your Hands Bon Jovi, Sambora 4:17 7 Without Love Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child 3:31 8 I'd Die for You Bon Jovi, Sambora 4:30 9 Never Say Goodbye Bon Jovi, Sambora 4:49 10 Wild in the Streets Bon Jovi 3:56 Releases: Year Type Label 1998 CD Mercury 1999 CD Mercury 2005 CD Mercury 2009 CD Universal CS Jambco 2004 LP Divine Recordings 2008 LP Mercury 2007 CD Universal 2007 CD Universal 2007 CD Universal 1999 CD Polygram

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