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- Summary: The 12th studio release for the New Jersey rock band was produced with Jon Shanks.
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- Record Label: Island
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Arena Rock
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Because We Can | |
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I don't wanna be another wave in the ocean I am a rock not just another grain of sand I wanna be the one you run to when you need a shoulder I ain't... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 0 out of 11
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Mixed: 10 out of 11
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Negative: 1 out of 11
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Mar 11, 2013It's easy to excoriate this band for producing another corporate-rock album, dominated as ever by Jon Bon Jovi's increasingly leathery bark and Richie Sambora's relentlessly uplifting guitar lines, but it's hard to slate them for still feeling kinship with their own blue-collar backgrounds.
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Mar 12, 2013The 12th Bon Jovi album extends the Springsteen liberalism in JBJ's stadiumrattling Jersey cheese into full-on "social commentary" (his term).
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Kerrang!Apr 12, 2013There's enough gritty social commentary and songwriting class amid the occasional cheese to suggest that, on the long road to credibility, Bon Jovi are finally more than halfway there. [9 Mar 2013, p.52]
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Entertainment WeeklyMar 11, 2013What About Now has enough always-darkest-before-the-dawn positivity and bland arena-country warm fuzzies to chock a true believer. [15 Mar 2013,, p.62]
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Q MagazineApr 10, 2013Jovi's delivery of the usual cliches has a curious, sickly sheen. [May 2013, p.96]
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Mar 11, 2013The best way to enjoy What About Now is to not listen too closely, ignore the clumsy lyrics (“I feel just like Picasso, and you’re my masterpiece”), and ignore that it’s watered down U2 flirting with pop-country.
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Classic Rock MagazineJun 6, 2013Their most self-important but least memorable, engaging or relevant album yet. [Apr 2013, p.98]
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Positive: 15 out of 19
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Mixed: 1 out of 19
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Negative: 3 out of 19
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