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* ContemptibleCover: The cover consists of a wet black garbage bag with the words "Slippery When Wet" traced in the water. The album originally was to feature a busty woman in a wet yellow T-shirt with the album name on the front of the shirt. This was swapped for the plastic bag cover just prior to release. The reasons given for the switch were record executives' fears that dominant record store chains at the time would have refused to carry the album with a sexist cover, and Jon Bon Jovi's dislike of the bright pink border around the photograph the band submitted. The rejected cover is available for the Japanese release of the album.
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* ContemptibleCover: The cover consists of a wet black garbage bag with the words "Slippery When Wet" traced in the water. The album originally was to feature a busty woman in a wet yellow T-shirt with the album name on the front of the shirt. This was swapped for the plastic bag cover just prior to release. The reasons given for the switch were record executives' fears that dominant record store chains at the time would have refused to carry the album with a sexist cover, and Jon Bon Jovi's dislike of the bright pink border around the photograph the band submitted. The rejected cover is available for the Japanese release of the album.
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''Slippery When Wet'' is the third studio album recorded by American rock band Music/BonJovi. It was released through Creator/MercuryRecords in the United Stated, and Creator/VertigoRecords globally, on August 18, 1986.
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''Slippery When Wet'' is the third studio album recorded by American rock band Music/BonJovi. It was released through Creator/MercuryRecords in the United Stated, States, and Creator/VertigoRecords globally, on August 18, 1986.
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For love, for love\\
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She says, "We've gotta hold on to what we've got\\
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not\\
We've got each other and that's a lot\\
For love we'll give it a shot."''
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She says, "We've gotta hold on to what we've got\\
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not\\
We've got each other and that's a lot\\
For love we'll give it a shot."''
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For love, for love\\
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She says, "We've gotta hold on to what we've got\\
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not\\
We've got each other and that's a lot\\
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She says, "We've gotta hold on to what we've got\\
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not\\
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But it won fans over in a big way. It topped the Billboard 200 album chart in the United, and hit #6 on the Official Charts Company album chart in the United Kingdom. It went 12-times Platinum in the US (eventually upgraded to Diamond when the RIAA instituted that certification in 1999), and triple-Platinum in the UK. It would top the year-end Billboard 200 for 1987.
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But it won fans over in a big way. way, helping solidify the HairMetal trend of TheEighties as started by Music/VanHalen. It topped the Billboard 200 album chart in the United, United States, and hit #6 on the Official Charts Company album chart in the United Kingdom. It went 12-times Platinum in the US (eventually upgraded to Diamond when the RIAA instituted that certification in 1999), and triple-Platinum in the UK. It would top the year-end Billboard 200 for 1987.
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* RockstarSong: "Wanted Dead Or Alive."
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* RockstarSong: "Wanted Dead Or Alive.""
* SurvivalMantra: The bridge to "Livin' on a Prayer":
-->''"We've gotta hold on to what we've got\\
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not\\
We've got each other and that's a lot\\
For love we'll give it a shot."''
* SurvivalMantra: The bridge to "Livin' on a Prayer":
-->''"We've gotta hold on to what we've got\\
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not\\
We've got each other and that's a lot\\
For love we'll give it a shot."''
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* AliceAndBob: Tommy and Gina, the couple in "Livin' on a Prayer", would be referenced multiple times later in Bon Jovi's career.
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* DespairEventHorizon: The second verse of "Livin' on a Prayer" shows the couple trying to be strong despite a worsening situation, as Tommy is forced to pawn his guitar.
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* OnceUponATime: Spoken first line for "Livin' on a Prayer"
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* AutoErotica: Referenced in "Never Say Goodbye" and "Wild in the Streets," both from ''Slippery When Wet.''
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* AutoErotica: Referenced in "Never Say Goodbye" and "Wild in the Streets," both from ''Slippery When Wet.''Streets"
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "You Give Love A Bad Name"
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "You Give Love A a Bad Name"
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-->''Darlin'''
-->''[[TitleDrop You give love a bad name]]''
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-->''Shot through the heart''
-->''Andheart, and you're to blame''
-->''Darlin'''
-->''[[TitleDrop Youblame\\
Darlin', [[TitleDrop you give love a bad name]]''
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Darlin', [[TitleDrop you give love a bad name]]''
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-->''We were cruising to the back-beat''
-->''Oh yeah, Making love in the back-seats''
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-->'''Wild In the Streets'''
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-->''We were cruising to the back-beat''
-->''Ohback-beat\\
Oh yeah,Making making love in the back-seats''
-->'''Wildback-seats\\
Wild In theStreets''' streets''
-->''Oh
Oh yeah,
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Wild In the
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On a steel horse, I ride''
On a steel horse, I ride''
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''Slippery When Wet'' is the third studio album recorded by American rock band Music/BonJovi. It was released through Creator/MercuryRecords in the United Stated, and Music/VertigoRecords globally, on August 18, 1986.
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''Slippery When Wet'' is the third studio album recorded by American rock band Music/BonJovi. It was released through Creator/MercuryRecords in the United Stated, and Music/VertigoRecords Creator/VertigoRecords globally, on August 18, 1986.
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''Slippery When Wet'' is the third studio album recorded by American rock band Music/BonJovi. It was released through Creator/MercuryRecords in the United Stated, and Vertigo Records globally, on August 18, 1986.
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''Slippery When Wet'' is the third studio album recorded by American rock band Music/BonJovi. It was released through Creator/MercuryRecords in the United Stated, and Vertigo Records Music/VertigoRecords globally, on August 18, 1986.
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Maybe the third time would be the charm for the GlamMetal outfit. Neither their {{Self-Titled|Album}} debut nor their sophomore effort, ''7800° Fahrenheit'', produced much in the way of hits. They decided to soften their sound just a touch, and brought on Desmond Child as a collaborator to assist with some of their songs.
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Maybe the third time would be the charm for the GlamMetal outfit. Neither their {{Self-Titled|Album}} [[SelfTitledAlbum self-titled]] debut nor their sophomore effort, ''7800° Fahrenheit'', produced much in the way of hits. They decided to soften their sound just a touch, and brought on Desmond Child as a collaborator to assist with some of their songs.
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[[caption-width-right:300:''I'm a cowboy; on a steel horse, I ride\\
I'm wanted dead or alive'']]
->''Once upon a time not so long ago...\\
\\
Tommy used to work on the docks\\
Union's been on strike\\
He's down on his luck\\
It's tough, so tough\\
\\
Gina works the diner all day\\
Working for her man\\
She brings home her pay\\
For love, for love\\
\\
She says, "We've gotta hold on to what we've got\\
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not\\
We've got each other and that's a lot\\
For love we'll give it a shot."''
-->--'''"Livin' on a Prayer"'''
''Slippery When Wet'' is the third studio album recorded by American rock band Music/BonJovi. It was released through Creator/MercuryRecords in the United Stated, and Vertigo Records globally, on August 18, 1986.
Maybe the third time would be the charm for the GlamMetal outfit. Neither their {{Self-Titled|Album}} debut nor their sophomore effort, ''7800° Fahrenheit'', produced much in the way of hits. They decided to soften their sound just a touch, and brought on Desmond Child as a collaborator to assist with some of their songs.
The recording sessions, over the first half of 1986, produced ''thirty'' songs. It was difficult to pare it down to ten for the album.
One of the songs they had difficulty keeping: the PowerBallad "Livin' on a Prayer".
Critically, ''Slippery When Wet'' met mixed reviews. Robert Christgau of ''The Village Voice'' opined that it was the epitome of toothless teenage rebellion. In a 1990 retrospective, Jimmy Guterman of ''Magazine/RollingStone'' was even harsher, referring to the songs as "reducing every emotional sentiment to a barefaced cliché", and that they sounded like "[[BetterByADifferentName a smudgy Xerox of]] Music/QuietRiot."
But it won fans over in a big way. It topped the Billboard 200 album chart in the United, and hit #6 on the Official Charts Company album chart in the United Kingdom. It went 12-times Platinum in the US (eventually upgraded to Diamond when the RIAA instituted that certification in 1999), and triple-Platinum in the UK. It would top the year-end Billboard 200 for 1987.
The album was supported by four singles: "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' on a Prayer", "Wanted Dead or Alive", and "Never Say Goodbye". The first two both topped the Billboard Hot 100, and "Wanted" reached #7. "Never Say Goodbye" was disqualified from the Hot 100 at the time since it was not available by retail, but did hit #28 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart.
The album has been given three special releases. A special edition CD in 1998 added a second disc with several live versions and two outtake tracks. It was remastered in 2005, and released on a CD/DVD [=DualDisc=]; the CD side contained the remastered album, while the DVD side contained the original masters and all the associated music videos. A 2010 special edition included the remastered tracks along with three live versions on a single CD.
!!Tracklist
# "Let It Rock" (5:26)
# "You Give Love a Bad Name" (3:43)
# "Livin' on a Prayer" (4:11)
# "Social Disease" (4:18)
# "Wanted Dead or Alive" (5:09)
[[AC:Side Two]]
[numlist:6]
# "Raise Your Hands" (4:17)
# "Without Love" (3:31)
# "I'd Die for You" (4:31)
# "Never Say Goodbye" (4:49)
# "Wild in the Streets" (3:56)
[/numlist]
!!Personnel
* Jon Bon Jovi – lead vocals, electric rhythm guitar, acoustic rhythm guitar on "Wanted Dead or Alive"
* Richie Sambora – harmony and backing vocals; electric, acoustic, and 12-string lead and rhythm guitars; guitar synth; talk box on "Livin' on a Prayer"
* Alec John Such – backing vocals, bass guitar
* Tico Torres – backing vocals, drums, percussion, finger cymbals on "Livin' on a Prayer"
* David Bryan – backing vocals, keyboards, "noise", horns (horns credited as Lema Moon)
!!"Troped through the heart, and you're to blame":
* AntiLoveSong: "You Give Love A Bad Name".
-->''Shot through the heart''
-->''And you're to blame''
-->''Darlin'''
-->''[[TitleDrop You give love a bad name]]''
* AutoErotica: Referenced in "Never Say Goodbye" and "Wild in the Streets," both from ''Slippery When Wet.''
-->''We were cruising to the back-beat''
-->''Oh yeah, Making love in the back-seats''
-->'''Wild In the Streets'''
* ListingCities: "Raise Your Hands".
--->''Raise your hands\\
From New York to Chicago\\
Raise your hands\\
From New Jersey to Tokyo\\
Whoa, whoa, raise your hands''
** And then there's the ending:
--->''(Raise your hands) New York!\\
(Raise your hands) Detroit!\\
(Raise your hands) Vancouver!\\
(Raise your hands) Hey London!\\
(Raise your hands) Sayreville, New Jersey...''[[note]]Their hometown[[/note]]\\
''(Raise your hands) Phoenix!...''
* MyHorseIsAMotorbike: Explicitly stated in "Wanted Dead or Alive":
-->''I'm a cowboy\\
On a steel horse, I ride''
* PowerBallad: "Livin' on a Prayer", "Wanted Dead Or Alive", and "Never Say Goodbye"
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "You Give Love A Bad Name"
* RockstarSong: "Wanted Dead Or Alive."
[[caption-width-right:300:''I'm a cowboy; on a steel horse, I ride\\
I'm wanted dead or alive'']]
->''Once upon a time not so long ago...\\
\\
Tommy used to work on the docks\\
Union's been on strike\\
He's down on his luck\\
It's tough, so tough\\
\\
Gina works the diner all day\\
Working for her man\\
She brings home her pay\\
For love, for love\\
\\
She says, "We've gotta hold on to what we've got\\
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not\\
We've got each other and that's a lot\\
For love we'll give it a shot."''
-->--'''"Livin' on a Prayer"'''
''Slippery When Wet'' is the third studio album recorded by American rock band Music/BonJovi. It was released through Creator/MercuryRecords in the United Stated, and Vertigo Records globally, on August 18, 1986.
Maybe the third time would be the charm for the GlamMetal outfit. Neither their {{Self-Titled|Album}} debut nor their sophomore effort, ''7800° Fahrenheit'', produced much in the way of hits. They decided to soften their sound just a touch, and brought on Desmond Child as a collaborator to assist with some of their songs.
The recording sessions, over the first half of 1986, produced ''thirty'' songs. It was difficult to pare it down to ten for the album.
One of the songs they had difficulty keeping: the PowerBallad "Livin' on a Prayer".
Critically, ''Slippery When Wet'' met mixed reviews. Robert Christgau of ''The Village Voice'' opined that it was the epitome of toothless teenage rebellion. In a 1990 retrospective, Jimmy Guterman of ''Magazine/RollingStone'' was even harsher, referring to the songs as "reducing every emotional sentiment to a barefaced cliché", and that they sounded like "[[BetterByADifferentName a smudgy Xerox of]] Music/QuietRiot."
But it won fans over in a big way. It topped the Billboard 200 album chart in the United, and hit #6 on the Official Charts Company album chart in the United Kingdom. It went 12-times Platinum in the US (eventually upgraded to Diamond when the RIAA instituted that certification in 1999), and triple-Platinum in the UK. It would top the year-end Billboard 200 for 1987.
The album was supported by four singles: "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' on a Prayer", "Wanted Dead or Alive", and "Never Say Goodbye". The first two both topped the Billboard Hot 100, and "Wanted" reached #7. "Never Say Goodbye" was disqualified from the Hot 100 at the time since it was not available by retail, but did hit #28 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart.
The album has been given three special releases. A special edition CD in 1998 added a second disc with several live versions and two outtake tracks. It was remastered in 2005, and released on a CD/DVD [=DualDisc=]; the CD side contained the remastered album, while the DVD side contained the original masters and all the associated music videos. A 2010 special edition included the remastered tracks along with three live versions on a single CD.
!!Tracklist
# "Let It Rock" (5:26)
# "You Give Love a Bad Name" (3:43)
# "Livin' on a Prayer" (4:11)
# "Social Disease" (4:18)
# "Wanted Dead or Alive" (5:09)
[[AC:Side Two]]
[numlist:6]
# "Raise Your Hands" (4:17)
# "Without Love" (3:31)
# "I'd Die for You" (4:31)
# "Never Say Goodbye" (4:49)
# "Wild in the Streets" (3:56)
[/numlist]
!!Personnel
* Jon Bon Jovi – lead vocals, electric rhythm guitar, acoustic rhythm guitar on "Wanted Dead or Alive"
* Richie Sambora – harmony and backing vocals; electric, acoustic, and 12-string lead and rhythm guitars; guitar synth; talk box on "Livin' on a Prayer"
* Alec John Such – backing vocals, bass guitar
* Tico Torres – backing vocals, drums, percussion, finger cymbals on "Livin' on a Prayer"
* David Bryan – backing vocals, keyboards, "noise", horns (horns credited as Lema Moon)
!!"Troped through the heart, and you're to blame":
* AntiLoveSong: "You Give Love A Bad Name".
-->''Shot through the heart''
-->''And you're to blame''
-->''Darlin'''
-->''[[TitleDrop You give love a bad name]]''
* AutoErotica: Referenced in "Never Say Goodbye" and "Wild in the Streets," both from ''Slippery When Wet.''
-->''We were cruising to the back-beat''
-->''Oh yeah, Making love in the back-seats''
-->'''Wild In the Streets'''
* ListingCities: "Raise Your Hands".
--->''Raise your hands\\
From New York to Chicago\\
Raise your hands\\
From New Jersey to Tokyo\\
Whoa, whoa, raise your hands''
** And then there's the ending:
--->''(Raise your hands) New York!\\
(Raise your hands) Detroit!\\
(Raise your hands) Vancouver!\\
(Raise your hands) Hey London!\\
(Raise your hands) Sayreville, New Jersey...''[[note]]Their hometown[[/note]]\\
''(Raise your hands) Phoenix!...''
* MyHorseIsAMotorbike: Explicitly stated in "Wanted Dead or Alive":
-->''I'm a cowboy\\
On a steel horse, I ride''
* PowerBallad: "Livin' on a Prayer", "Wanted Dead Or Alive", and "Never Say Goodbye"
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "You Give Love A Bad Name"
* RockstarSong: "Wanted Dead Or Alive."
