Bounce
by Bon Jovi
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: Oct 8, 2002
Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. 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.
  2. E! Online
    58
    The ballads sound more mawkish than ever and the rockers sound, well, a lot like bad Bruce Springsteen rip-offs.
  3. Billboard
    70
    Minor flaws aside, these Jersey boys have paid a tribute to their neighboring city befitting that famous New York attitude.
  5. PopMatters
    60
    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.
  6. 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.
  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.
  8. 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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  9. 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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Awards & Rankings

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#69 Most Discussed Album of 2002

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User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 27
  3. Negative: 3 out of 27
  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… Full Review »
  2. clinteastwoo
    May 11, 2016
    10
    ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Very good album… Full Review »
  3. LoRevisor
    Apr 8, 2016
    10
    ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Great Album… Full Review »
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