Another
solid album from Jon Bon Jovi and company. Bounce is everything you would
expect from a Bon Jovi album with a few surprises. This is Bon Jovi's heaviest
album to date. Ritchie Sambora's mammoth down tuned riffs power many
of the album's 12 tracks. Bounce is more than one big guitar riff however.
There are story songs like "Joey", fist clenching ballads like "Misunderstood"
but it's the ultra anthemic guitar heavy title track "Bounce", first single
"Everyday",and "Undivided" that make the biggest impact. Bon Jovi was obviously
quite affected by the 9/11 tragedy as evidenced in the lyrics to many of
Bounce's tracks especially "Undivided". Bon Jovi have survived so long
on the strength of their songwriting and consistency of the quality of
their albums so it was no surprise that this album was as solid as it is.
Another surprise with Bonce however is electronica finding it's way into
Bon Jovi's music. Don't worry it's used somewhat sparingly ....Bon Jovi
hasn't gone Moby on you. I would be the first one to bitch if they did.I
hate Moby.
