... But you have actually delivered the best album since "These days". It is so. That was indeed about time. "Because We Can" was also by far the best first single since "Have a nice day". And John Schank has as a producer also learned a lot. One hears finally the individual instruments out, everything sounds not too smooth, but far more authentic and of course very Bon Jovi-like. In "Amen" (Bon Jovi's "Hallelujah") Then comes finally the creeps back. Jon Bon Jovi sang here rarely better. The lyrics are right this time varied; Social criticism (What's left of me; musically, the new "Someday I'll be Saturday night"), Reborn slogans (Because We Can, The Fighter) Ironic perspectives on oh-so-perfect lifestyles (Beautiful World) and of course again all the hope and the happy endings thickly; but damn it, so the part with Bon Jovi also. "That's what made me the water" could definitely hold a candle when it comes to classic "It's my life." And "I'm With You" (with backward guitar tracks recorded) is because of its melancholy basic character one of the favorites. As bonus tracks even come Richies Solo Kracher "Every Road Leads Home To You" and the Golden Globe nominated "Not Running Anymore" by Jon to. Yes, that's all become really diverse, yet unmistakably Bon Jovi. Well, the super hits like "Livin 'On A Prayer" are indeed to make out not once, but all the songs taken together make a really great harmony, to which one, as mentioned above, wait 18 years had. It everything is just right. And now I listen to the album all over again and then again and again and again and again and again I will have a good mood, have goosebumps and feel just damn good hands. That's it - that's rock and roll at its best !!!!!!
