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Minor flaws aside, these Jersey boys have paid a tribute to their neighboring city befitting that famous New York attitude.
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BlenderBounce 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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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.
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The rock hardly rocks, the ballads are flat, and the efforts at mature storytelling are sadly uninspired, and, often, utterly cheeseball.... [B]ut regardless of its flaws, it's a welcome addition to the Bon Jovi collection.
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Q MagazineBounce is the sound of a group who know what they're good at and why. [Nov 2002, p.97]
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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.
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The ballads sound more mawkish than ever and the rockers sound, well, a lot like bad Bruce Springsteen rip-offs.
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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.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 27
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Mixed: 2 out of 27
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Negative: 3 out of 27
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Apr 1, 2014
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May 11, 2016
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Apr 8, 2016