Advanced Search Beta »
Basic Search Fields
The Circle - Bon Jovi
The Circle Image
Metascore
52 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 34 Ratings

Your Score
10 out of 10
Rate this:
  • Summary: The New Jersey rock band releases its latest album produced with John Shanks.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Billboard.com
    79
    The New Jersey group gets back to the business of rocking on its 11th studio album, The Circle.
  2. Q Magazine
    60
    More than a quarter century down the line, Bon Jovi are still living and selling the rock 'n' roll fantasy on The Circle. Why Not? They've done very nicely out of it. [Jan 2010, p. 126]
    All this publication's reviews
  3. Los Angeles Times
    37
    The Circle shows off Bon Jovi's still-sharp knack for wedding blandly optimistic sentiments to predictably soaring choruses. Unfortunately, it's getting pretty hard to tell one song from the next.

See all 10 Critic Reviews

User Reviews

Write a Review
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. DaveyH.
    7
    While the songs are not bad, by the end they start to sound the same. What Bon Jovi did great in most of his other albums is the variety of different songs throughout the album. In The Circle every song sticks to a classic rocking rhythm, which on it's own is not bad, but the bar has been set and Bon Jovi didn't quite make it.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. LuisG.
    0
    I used to like Bon Jovi, a lot but what they do nowadays is...so sadly BAD it is not rock, in any way.
    • 0 of 1 users said yes

Recommended Products

  1. Lost Highway - Bon Jovi

    • Release Date: Jun 19, 2007
    Lost Highway Image

  2. The Path of Totality - Korn

    • Release Date: Dec 6, 2011
    The Path of Totality Image

  3. Mylo Xyloto - Chris Martin

    • Release Date: Oct 24, 2011
    Mylo Xyloto Image

Current Music Releases

Full List »
  1. Tago Mago [40th Anniversary Edition] - Can
    Metascore: 99
  2. Live in Europe 1967: Best of the Bootleg, Vol. 1 - Miles Davis
    Metascore: 99
  3. Siamese Dream [Deluxe Edition] - Smashing Pumpkins
    Metascore: 96
  4. The SMiLE Sessions - The Beach Boys
    Metascore: 96
  5. National Treasures: The Complete Singles - Manic Street Preachers
    Metascore: 95
  6. Satan Is Real/Handpicked Songs 1955-1962 - The Louvin Brothers
    Metascore: 94
  7. Achtung Baby [Super Deluxe] - U2
    Metascore: 93
  8. Some Girls [Deluxe Edition] - The Rolling Stones
    Metascore: 93
  9. Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down - Ry Cooder
    Metascore: 92
  10. Unto the Locust - Machine Head
    Metascore: 91
  11. Quadrophenia [The Director's Cut] - The Who
    Metascore: 90
  12. Rio [Live] - Keith Jarrett
    Metascore: 90
  13. What Were You Hoping For? - Van Hunt
    Metascore: 90
  14. Bitch Magnet - Bitch Magnet
    Metascore: 90
  15. Charity Starts at Home - Phonte
    Metascore: 89
  16. Nevermind [20th Anniversary Edition] - Nirvana
    Metascore: 89
  17. Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller, Vol. 1 - Drexciya
    Metascore: 88
  18. Bad as Me - Tom Waits
    Metascore: 88
  19. The Singles - Goldfrapp
    Metascore: 88
  20. Undun - The Roots
    Metascore: 88
All Current Music »