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Old 09-26-2016, 09:27 AM
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My year long partner says who the hell is that you are listening to?

Eh Bon Jovi! She says whaaa! Unreal love that ! Played her whole album


Till we ain't strangers really got her and one step closer. Liked any other, summertime, and broken. No surprise


It's funny how after so long you hear something and think damn! that was such a fantastic album

They really nailed it here


Ten years now nearly 😱
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Old 09-26-2016, 09:34 AM
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Yup.

3rd best album (behind TD and NJ) they have ever done in my personal rankings. It doesn't have the depth of Dry County or the power of Prayer/IML, but it has consistency, organic instruments, and quality songwriting from start to finish.
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Like the first half.
2nd half i dont listen too but i do love the bonus songs.
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Old 09-26-2016, 12:09 PM
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I agree that it is their best post 2000 album. Has some songs that sound almost as genuine and .. how to say this.. direct/heartfelt ... also instrumentally transparent as their 90s work.
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Lost Highway was/is a Masterpiece.. i really like the Live Album release for the Tour...but the European Tour 2008 wasn´t their best.. compared to 2011
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Lost Highway was/is a Masterpiece.. i really like the Live Album release for the Tour...but the European Tour 2008 wasn´t their best.. compared to 2011
Come on, it was their 2nd best tour since 2001. Compared to HAND tour (from the setlist and vocal standpoints) it was like a renaissance for the band.
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I always admired the slow built-up of Make a Memory, here it is with no vocals:


Also, it's pretty cool for late September, don't you think?
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Old 09-27-2016, 02:26 AM
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Yep, I love Lost Highway, and I think it is getting better with age. I see more and more fans liking it as time goes on. Much better reception from the fan base now than when it was released.

Whole Lot of Leavin' is a gem. It's my 3rd favourite song by the band, ever (behind Prayer and ITA).

When it was first released, I could not stop listening to We Got It Going On. Yeah it's cheesy, but it's the typical throw-away fun track that Jovi have been doing since the 80s.

Make a Memory is pure bliss, and the lyric to The Last Night, particularly in the verses, is among my favourite from the band. Also, the three bonus tracks are so dam good (especially Lonely).

I can even enjoy the weaker tracks if I'm in the mood, mainly Everybody's Broken and One Step Closer.

It's a strong album commercially, musically and lyrically. My only gripe with it is the amount of songs that got played live after the LH tour had finished. As much as I love WLOL, and as much as I enjoy WGIGO, they do not deserve a permanent spot on the base set list.
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I think of LH more as the beginning of the end of my favorite rock band. It was good... not great. 7/10. It felt rushed and for that reason, it felt uninspired. They were taking the next step to maintain mainstream commercial success after the success of WSYCGH. It was the safe move.

It was a great tour. MAM was their last great single... fantastic song! Beautiful, subtle, inspired (despite what I said about the album in general above), completely different from anything they had done before. The album has a few other pretty good songs. But it also has more Bon Jovi songs I strongly dislike compared to any Jovi album since before Slippery.

LH was the first album that felt like "JBJ with special guest Bon Jovi". We know Sambora was a part of this record but I don't hear his contributions like I do on their albums before LH. And that's the biggie for me. Bon Jovi at their best has always been about Jon and Richie - 50/50. Jon's vocal abilities and Richie's accompaniment, their harmonies, and how they could make their music and lyrics come alive.

LH has it's share of good songs (as does every album since) and I'm glad to have them, but I don't think it's a great Bon Jovi album.
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Lost Highway is the only album written in the last 15 years that I even am remotely interested in. I don't understand the comments on lack of inspiration or being uninspired or anything like that. I really think Jon genuinely loves this album. It's why every setlist every night gets at least 3 or 4 songs from that album, still.

And to be honest, I see Richie all through the album.

I see songs about pain, realness, suffering and longing. I also see songs about joy and happiness. There's emotion leaked through it, whether you like the style of music or not.

Now we get the biggest load of bullshit where Jon keeps singing about the economy. What a load of shit. Thanks, Jon.
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