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61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 27 Ratings

  • Summary: Just when you feared the New Jersey hair band would never release another album, they did. Oh joy.

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All About Loving You
I'm looking at the pages of my life Faded memories of me and you Mistakes you know I've made a few I took some shots and fell from time to time Baby,... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Billboard
    70
    Minor flaws aside, these Jersey boys have paid a tribute to their neighboring city befitting that famous New York attitude.
  2. Rolling Stone
    60
    The title Bounce is meant to be an exhortation to America after 9/11, and if it doesn't exactly offer poetic catharsis, the existence of the eighth Bon Jovi record is reassurance of a different kind: Life goes on.
  3. Q Magazine
    60
    Bounce is the sound of a group who know what they're good at and why. [Nov 2002, p.97]
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  4. Launch.com
    60
    In reality Bounce is the next chapter in an incredibly successful non-descript novel about love won and lost in times of turmoil, with plenty of songs that even a championship soccer team could sing.
  5. Blender
    60
    Bounce may sound flat in a few years, but by then its job--to see another million people, and rock them all--will be done. [#11, p.128]
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  6. E! Online
    58
    The ballads sound more mawkish than ever and the rockers sound, well, a lot like bad Bruce Springsteen rip-offs.
  7. CDNow
    40
    Bon Jovi's best one-two album kickoff punch since Slippery When Wet's "Let it Rock" and "You Give Love a Bad Name." But unfortunately, it's downhill from there.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. Charlyrockstar
    Apr 1, 2014
    10
    the great album, I got nothing to say more of this great album,includes greatest songs like Misunderstood, all about loving you, everyday, thethe great album, I got nothing to say more of this great album,includes greatest songs like Misunderstood, all about loving you, everyday, the distance, bounce,between another great songs… Expand
  2. LoRevisor
    Apr 8, 2016
    10
    ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Great Album… Expand
  4. Zaynhewsonjavad
    Apr 2, 2016
    10
    A Great Album!!!!!!!!!!

    Half Hard Rock, Half Ballad Songs A Masterpiece Everyday,Undivided,Hook Me Up & Bounce are great Hard Rock    A Great Album!!!!!!!!!!

    Half Hard Rock, Half Ballad Songs

    A Masterpiece Everyday,Undivided,Hook Me Up & Bounce are great Hard Rock Songs...

    A Masterpiece Joey, You Had Me From Hello, Love Me Back To Life, Misunderstood & All About Lovin' You

    & Rock songs like the Great "The Distance".    … Expand
  5. clinteastwoo
    May 11, 2016
    10
    ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Very good album… Expand
  6. EmrahS
    Mar 14, 2006
    9
    Good album !
  7. ZiftK
    Dec 3, 2006
    9
    Great album.
  8. AlanS
    Apr 28, 2005
    1
    Quick! Get me my barf bag!

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#69 Most Discussed Album of 2002

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