Slippery When Wet

Slippery When Wet
Slippery When Wet
Studio album by Bon Jovi
Released	August 18, 1986
Recorded	1986
Studio	Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver
Genre	Glam metal; pop metal; pop rock; hard rock;
Length	43:49
Label	Mercury (NA); Vertigo (WW);
Producer	Bruce Fairbairn
Bon Jovi chronology
Singles from Slippery When Wet
	"You Give Love a Bad Name"; Released: July 23, 1986; "Livin' on a Prayer"; Released: October 31, 1986; "Wanted Dead or Alive"; Released: March 2, 1987; "Never Say Goodbye"; Released: June 15, 1987;

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

All songs written and composed by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, except as noted.

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Let It Rock"	5:26
2.	"You Give Love a Bad Name"	3:43
3.	"Livin' on a Prayer"	4:11
4.	"Social Disease"	4:18
5.	"Wanted Dead or Alive"	5:09

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Raise Your Hands"	4:17
2.	"Without Love"	3:31
3.	"I'd Die for You"	4:31
4.	"Never Say Goodbye"	4:49
5.	"Wild in the Streets"	3:56

1998 2-CD special edition bonus CD PHCR-90015/6
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)

2010 special edition bonus tracks
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

↑ 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.
↑ "Pop Metal". AllMusic. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012.
↑ 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.
↑ Harrison, Thomas (2011). Music of the 1980s. ABC-CLIO. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-313-36600-0.

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[1] Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0.

[2] 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.

[AllmusicPopMetal-3] "Pop Metal". AllMusic. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012.

[reesman-4] Reesman, Bryan (August 18, 2016). "How Bon Jovi Changed the World With 'Slippery When Wet'". Observer. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

[tdim-5] "Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet". This Day in Music. January 13, 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

[6] Harrison, Thomas (2011). Music of the 1980s. ABC-CLIO. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-313-36600-0.

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