Bon Jovi - Have a Nice Day (Audio CD + DVD - 09/20/2005) [Limited Edition, Deluxe Edition]

Jon Bon Jovi and his bandmates all but perfected the arena-rock template back in the late 1980s -- leavening riff-rocking anthems with just enough power balladry to ensure that romance could join unbridled lust in the big picture. While the intervening years have (thankfully) seen adolescent sex fantasies give way to a more mature view of relationships -- not to mention the rest of the world -- the unflagging catchiness of the band's material remains strikingly unchanged on Have a Nice Day. That's evident in the we're-all-in-this-together sing-along "Welcome to Wherever You Are" as well as "I Want to Be Loved," which has a swagger that's reminiscent of "Bad Medicine." While Bon Jovi are by no means trying to outmuscle, say, Velvet Revolver, Have a Nice Day. is marked by an edge -- most palpable on the surprisingly sneering title track -- that was missing from recent albums like Bounce. When the band get around to tapping their well of sensitivity, as they do on the saccharine ballad "Wildflower," listeners are more likely to reach for the "skip" button than for a Bic to flick. For most of the disc, though, syrup takes a back seat to meat and potatoes -- sided with some old-fashioned country gravy on "Who Says You Can't Go Home," which features guest vocals from Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles. And as such, Have a Nice Day will stick to the ribs more than anything Bon Jovi have served up in a long while.

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TRACK LISTINGS

Disc: 1
1. Have A Nice Day
2. I Want To Be Loved
3. Welcome To Wherever You Are
4. Who Says You Can't Go Home
5. Last Man Standing
6. Bells Of Freedom
7. Wildflower
8. Last Cigarette
9. I Am
10. Complicated
11. Novocaine
12. Story of My Life
13. Who Says You Can't Go Home