Artist: BON JOVI
Album: SLIPPERY WHEN WET REMASTERED (CD)

Year: 1986/ 1998
EAN/UPS: 0731453808928
Media type: CD

Slippery When Wet, recorded in Vancouver, Canada, is the third studio album by Bon Jovi, released on August 18, 1986. It is the band's most commercially successful album, selling over 12 million copies in the U.S. and 26 million worldwide. It was named the top selling album of 1987 by Billboard. Today it stands as one of the six best selling hard rock albums ever, and spawned two #1 singles, "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer", making Bon Jovi the first hard rock band to have 2 consecutive #1 hit singles. The third single "Wanted Dead or Alive" was a Top 10 hit, reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. The fourth single, "Never Say Goodbye", the album's signature ballad, reached #28 on the strength of airplay alone. Slippery When Wet stayed at #1 for 8 weeks, the record for a hard rock album on the Billboard 200. The album is the band's biggest selling album in the USA and is featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

The album was remastered and re-released in 1998 adding the music video for "Wanted Dead or Alive" was a bonus track.

TRACKLIST:

"Let It Rock" (Bon Jovi, Sambora) - 5:25
"You Give Love a Bad Name" (Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child) - 3:44
"Livin' on a Prayer" (Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child) - 4:09
"Social Disease" (Bon Jovi, Sambora) - 4:18
"Wanted Dead or Alive" (Bon Jovi, Sambora) - 5:08
"Raise Your Hands" (Bon Jovi, Sambora) - 4:16
"Without Love" (Bon Jovi, Sambora, Child) - 3:30
"I'd Die for You" (Bon Jovi, Sambora) - 4:30
"Never Say Goodbye" (Bon Jovi, Sambora) - 4:48
"Wild in the Streets" (Bon Jovi) - 3:54

LINE-UP:

Jon Bon Jovi – lead vocals
Richie Sambora – guitars, guitar synths, backing vocals
Alec John Such – bass guitar, backing vocals
Tico Torres – drums, percussion
David Bryan – keyboards, piano, synthesizer, various noises, backing vocals

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Bruce Fairbairn – percussion, horn, producer
Bob Rock – engineer/ mixer
Tim Crich – assistant engineer
Tom Keenlyside – horns
Bill Levy – artwork
George Marino – digital remastering engineer
Hugh McDonald – bass guitar, backing vocals
Lema Moon – horn
Mark Weiss – photography