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| Contactmusic |
 Bon Jovi need no introduction. After nearly 30 years in the industry, this New Jersey band have rocked into public consciousness with eleven studio albums and over 2600 concerts in around 50 countries around the world. Now in 2010, after 15 years since their last greatest hits, Bon Jovi are back to exemplify exactly why they are heralded as one of the greatest rock bands of our time. The album kicks off in dramatic fashion with undoubtedly their biggest track to date, the 1986 Livin' on a Prayer. That accumulative introduction is simply all that is needed to raise hairs on your arms. The collection itself does not lose steam either. Straight away we are struck with Bon Jovi's two other colossal hits, You give Love a Bad Name and the fan-favourite It's My Life. Considering that these two tracks span 14 years (with You Give Love a Bad name ironically being their first official single to chart at top of the US charts) simply highlights this band's resilient consistency across the decades. It's not even merely a chorological feat either. Tracks such as Wanted Dead or Alive, reveal this band's abilities to transgress across various sectors within the rock genre to country western extremes, whilst simultaneously concocting the perfect classic masterpiece. However, juxtaposed with these heavy tracks, Bon Jovi proves that they are just as anthemic in their ballads as they are in their powerhouse records, as exemplified in Bed of Roses and the timeless Always, which stands as Bon Jovi's highest selling single ever. However, at times, there is something quite disconcerting about this greatest hits collection. Whilst evidence of new material is present, the majority of the songs present such as Bad Medicine and I'll be there for you are pre-1994, the year in which the last Greatest Hits was released; therefore begging the question of whether this LP was really necessarily at all. Similarly, the newer songs present are actually weak links. Tracks like Have a Nice Day and We Weren't born to follow reveals the more pop-orientated and commercial sound that has been produced by the band in recent years but they are probably not big enough songs to be present on this collection. At times, it simply feels that they have been included just to represent the band's presence in the music industry in the late noughties rather than as being credited as standalone classics. However, it must be noted that this is not necessarily always the case as the brilliant Who Says you can't go home highlights. Another assumed fault with the collection is the transatlantic gap. Whilst tracks such as Born to be my Baby and were huge successes in the US, they have failed to establish longevity in the UK and so unless you're a big UK Bon Jovi fan, you may at times feel lost on this record....full text |
| Bbc |
| There’s no shame whatsoever in admitting to having some affection for Bon Jovi. If you’re of a certain age – and the spread’s wide, from teenagers to mums and dads in their 40s and 50s – then there’s every chance that significant moments of your life have occurred around this pop-rocking foursome riding high in the charts. Frankly, those who can’t sling their head back, punch the air and holler along to the chorus of Livin’ on a Prayer are likely unsalvageable from whatever depression they’ve slipped into. As for the question of whether the group needs another best-of set, bear in mind that their last worldwide compilation of such a style, Crossroads, came out 16 years ago. That’s nearly a generation’s worth of new rock ‘n’ roll that’s up for inclusion here, then. But, perhaps wisely, the majority of these 16 tracks (an expanded double-disc version is available too, should you be worrying that Blaze of Glory has been erased from Bon Jovi history) are taken from the band’s mid-80s to early-90s globe-conquering albums. The fresher fare is yet to fully rub into the leather of rock’s already plenty stained jacket of time, but numbers like It’s My Life, from 2000’s Crush, and Have a Nice Day from the 2005 album of the same name, have clout enough to them to suggest that, eventually, they’ll be just as revered amongst the band’s fanbase as catalogue classics from New Jersey and Slippery When Wet. Granted, one person’s classic is another’s cut that can’t be abided – but there’s a genuine universal appeal to a great many Bon Jovi tracks that puts them in the same league as U2. Sure, you’ll hate a few tracks when they’ve been playlisted into irrelevance; but time heals, and sure enough today Bon Jovi’s most brilliant firecrackers are enjoying new leases of life. No fewer than 12 of the tracks across these Greatest Hits discs will be available for players of the Rock Band series of video games to download. Frontman Jon Bon Jovi notes, in the accompanying promotional material, that these songs have stood the test of time, and for once the statement is more truth than flog-some-records hyperbole....full text |
| Decaptain |
| If there’s one group that’s endured over the years when others have fallen to the wayside it’s Bon Jovi. The New Jersey-based rock/pop group who dominated the 1980s and consists lead singer Jon Bon Jovi, guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, and drummer Tico Torres have been around for nearly three decades and have continued to have success and maintain their fame over the years. On November 9 their second greatest hits album, Greatest Hits – The Ultimate Collection will be released. This career-spanning collection of their music from the ’80s, ’90s and 2000s does what few greatest hits collections can pull off – it actually features the real and essential hits from the group! I’ve purchased dozens of so called “greatest hits” packages from artists and groups that always leave me wondering why this or that song was left off or feeling like it was incomplete, perhaps because something better was in the works years from now. Not so with this collection. Here you have the best of Bon Jovi and two options for an album – a standard edition and the “ultimate” which I actually recommend. The ultimate collection comes with 28 tracks, 4 which are completely new songs exclusive to this collection. The standard comes with 16 and while adequate, come on, shell out the extra dollar or two and get the ultimate collection that really does cover all the bases in terms of a collection celebrating Bon Jovi and what’s made them so popular over the years. The New Tracks: The only thing one can really review with this collection is the new tracks. I have to say, this was the one area I wasn’t too impressed by. Don’t get me wrong – I’m glad the group and their label decided to include a few new tracks amongst all of the familiar ones like “Livin’ on a Prayer”, “Bad Medicine”, “It’s My Life” and “Blaze of Glory” but these new tracks pale in comparison to the true “greatest hits”. Each of them sounds a bit like leftover, unfinished, demo tracks from past recording sessions and lack the tenacity and punch of their older material. “What Do You Got?” is the first single released from this collection. It’s probably the best produced track of the new songs and features the group’s signature optimistic, peppy lyrical styles with a message meant to pull you up out of depression and make you realize there’s better days ahead. “No Apologies” starts off with promise but slips into “been there, done that” territory with lyrics about being defiant, sure of yourself and just gets pretty monotonous after a minute or two....full text |
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