Slippery When Wet
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| Released | August 18, 1986 | |||
| Recorded | January–July 1986 | |||
| Studio | Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver | |||
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| Length | 43:49 | |||
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| Producer | Bruce Fairbairn | |||
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| Singles from Slippery When Wet | ||||
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Slippery When Wet is the third studio album by American hard rock band Bon Jovi and was released on August 18, 1986 by Mercury Records in North America and Vertigo Records internationally. It topped the album charts in Australia, Canada, Finland, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and the United States. It went to number 2 in Austria, number 3 in Sweden, number 5 in the Netherlands, number 6 in the United Kingdom, number 10 in Japan and number 11 in Germany.
Track listing
[change | change source]All tracks are written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, except as noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Let It Rock" | 5:26 | |
| 2. | "You Give Love a Bad Name" | Bon Jovi, Sambora, Desmond Child | 3:43 |
| 3. | "Livin' on a Prayer" | Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child | 4:11 |
| 4. | "Social Disease" | 4:18 | |
| 5. | "Wanted Dead or Alive" | 5:09 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Raise Your Hands" | 4:17 | |
| 2. | "Without Love" | Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child | 3:31 |
| 3. | "I'd Die for You" | Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child | 4:31 |
| 4. | "Never Say Goodbye" | 4:49 | |
| 5. | "Wild in the Streets" | Bon Jovi | 3:56 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Wanted Dead or Alive" (live at Wembley 1995) | |
| 2. | "Livin' on a Prayer" (live/US 1987) | |
| 3. | "You Give Love a Bad Name" (live/US 1987) | |
| 4. | "Wild in the Streets" (live at Wembley 1995) | |
| 5. | "Borderline" (studio outtake) | |
| 6. | "Edge of a Broken Heart" (studio outtake) | |
| 7. | "Never Say Goodbye" (live acoustic version) |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You Give Love a Bad Name" (live version) | 4:10 |
| 2. | "Livin' on a Prayer" (live version) | 5:33 |
| 3. | "Wanted Dead or Alive" (live version) | 5:22 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Multiple soureces:
- Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0.
- Slaughter, Matthew (June 30, 2014). "Album Review: Bon Jovi - New Jersey (deluxe edition)". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ↑ Llewellyn, Siân (September 19, 2021). "Bon Jovi: How the New Jersey album nearly killed the band". Classic Rock. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
- ↑ Harrison, Thomas (2011). Music of the 1980s. ABC-CLIO. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-313-36600-0.
- ↑ Multiple sources:
- Reesman, Bryan (August 18, 2016). "How Bon Jovi Changed the World With 'Slippery When Wet'". Observer. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- "Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet". This Day in Music. January 13, 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
