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‘My Guitar Lies Bleeding in My Arms’ follows ‘Damned’ and it’s the best song on the album. Featuring one of Sambora’s best riffs and a catchy chorus, this song could easily be a crowd favorite at concerts but Bon Jovi have decided to ignore this song for most of the last 15 years. The album picks up the pace with the bluesy ‘Damned’. It starts with a haunting ballad progression, as it slowly builds to a powerful climax, throughout Jon sings about the loss of innocence and homelessness. The next three songs are all ballads, and individually their all good songs, but together they do seem to drag a bit. ‘Something for the pain’ follows the usual Bon Jovi formula closer but Sambora gives the song a blues feel that is more reminiscence of his solo work than the usual Bon Jovi songs. ‘I know how busy you must be, but Hey God. No more do they sing about keeping faith, as he repeats: Jon gives one of his best vocal performances here, as he brings together different stories of people living on the edge of the world. This can be seen in the brilliant opener ‘Hey God’, one of the few heavy songs on the album. The band abandons their optimistic view of the world, for a deeper more cynical view. ‘These Days’ is a slower and darker Bon Jovi record.
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The somber lyrics accompanying the song was a breathe of fresh air from the band, and ‘These Days’ continued to develop that. ‘Crossroads’ was released in the year of ’94, resulting in one of Bon Jovi’s biggest hits ‘Always’. A more mature sound could be found on this album, although the positive anthem rock influence could still be found in tracks such as ‘In These Arms’ and ‘Keep The Faith’. ‘Keep The Faith’ was the resulting record. When the 80s ended, and the hair metal movement lost all its steam, Bon Jovi were smart enough to realize they had to change with the times, or risk being left behind. Bon Jovi released positive radio friendly music throughout this era, creating classics like ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’ and ‘Bad medicine’. During the 80s, Bon Jovi released a total of 4 albums, with their most successful being ‘Slippery When Wet’ and ‘New Jersey’. Bon Jovi has always been an easy to listen to band, playing for the most part mainstream pop rock music filled with memorable hooks.