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Bon Jovi – ‘Live From the Have A Nice Day Tour’ (2006 – Walmart Exclusive) – Album Review (The Bon Jovi Collection Series)

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The album ‘Have a Nice Day’ album from Bon Jovi came out on September 20, 2005 and to keep the promotion on that album, the band & label decided to release a companion piece 6 months later. On February 7, 2006, they released ‘Live From the Have A Nice Day Tour’ E.P. that was exclusively sold at Walmart. It was only available in the U.S.

Don’t worry though as the songs weren’t exclusive as they also appeared on the Tour Edition of ‘Have a Nice Day’ that was released in Japan. Plus, you could get 3 of the songs as B-Sides for the single “Who Says You Can’t Go Home”. There are six tracks and they are are all live. They were recorded during the Have a Nice Day Tour in Banknorth Garden, Boston, MA on December 10, 2005.

The album contains 4 live versions of songs from ‘Have a Nice Day’ and two classic Bon Jovi tracks as well. It kicks off with one of my favorite songs from the new album called “Last Man Standing”. It has a killer opening riff from Richie and the song is a pure, high energy rocker. Live they seem to play it a little faster at times, but that doesn’t take away from the track. Just an observation. Live though the song doesn’t sound as cool and dark as the studio track, but still cool to have a live version of it.

Next up is the classic Bon Jovi track “You Give Love a Bad Name” and I have heard this one so many times I can’t imagine they would do anything special to it that would make me want to hear this one again live and I was right. Luckily vocals are still great, the band sounds great and the crowd was really in to it and they even get their own chorus to sing. The band could play this one in their sleep.

“Complicated” comes screaming to life next…well after a fade out from the last song and a fade in to this one which tells me these were played next to each other in the show. Another track that is better as a studio track than a live one. It doesn’t have the heart or the intensity that the studio track gave us. Live, the band felt like they were going through the motions. I don’t really mean that bad, they just didn’t do anything that takes it to another level live.

After another fade in/fade out, we get the title track, “Have A Nice Day”. An anthemic rock track in the same vein as “It’s My Life” which tells you it is catchy and a fun track to hear live…and it lives up to expectations. The band plays this one with a lot of energy and seems to enjoy playing it as it is a real crowd pleaser. Plus, we get a “Richie” solo and name check.

“Who Says You Can’t Go Home” is next and this is not a duet with Jennifer Nettles, this is the Jon Bon only version. How does this one come off live? Well, pretty lifeless in my opinion. A paint by numbers run through with no passion or heart in the vocals. Blah! Feels like a bathroom song if you no what I mean.

The final track is “Raise Your Hands” and thank goodness, I needed something uplifting after that snoozefest. A heavier-hitting track with a lot more energy and a lot more guitar. A tougher sounding track that would make my raise my hands to get the blood flowing again. A classic track that takes me back to the good time Bon Jovi era. And more Richie Sambora name checks and solo. Give me more of that.

And that is it. I will admit, it isn’t the most exciting live set, but it is a nice piece to hold you over until the next album comes out and it is good to help continue to promote the new album. But the song choices weren’t the best, the performances were a little dull and lifeless at times. It felt like they were going through the motions on some of these. The CD opened well and closed well, just faltered at times in the middle. My Overall Score is a 3.0 out of 5.0 Stars mostly for a nice collector piece. Otherwise, skippable for non-collectors.

NEXT UP: BON JOVI – ‘LOST HIGHWAY’ (2007)

THE BON JOVI COLLECTION SERIES:

  1. Bon Jovi – The Albums Box Set (2017)
  2. Jon Bongiovi – The Power Station Sessions (1980-1983) (2001)
  3. Bon Jovi – Bon Jovi (1984)
  4. Bon Jovi – Shot Through the Heart: Live in Cleveland, OH March 17, 1984 FM Broadcast (Bootleg)
  5. Bon Jovi – “Burning For Love” – 12″ Single – Japanese Edition (1984)
  6. Bon Jovi – 7800° Fahrenheit (1985)
  7. Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet (1986)
  8. Bon Jovi – “Borderline” – 12″ Single – Japanese Edition (1986)
  9. Bon Jovi – New Jersey (1988)
  10. Bon Jovi – New Jersey: Super Deluxe Edition – Disc 2/DVD (1988)
  11. Bon Jovi – “I’ll Be There For You” – Cassette Single (1988)
  12. Jon Bon Jovi – Blaze of Glory (1990)
  13. Jon Bon Jovi – “Blaze of Glory” – Cassette Single (1990)
  14. Richie Sambora – Stranger in this Town (1991)
  15. Bon Jovi – Keep the Faith (1992)
  16. Bon Jovi – “Keep the Faith” – CD Maxi Single (1992)
  17. Bon Jovi – “I Believe” – 7″ Single (1992)
  18. Bon Jovi – Cross Road (1994)
  19. Bon Jovi – “Please Come Home for Christmas” – CD Single (1994)
  20. Bon Jovi – These Days (1995)
  21. Bon Jovi – Live From London – DVD (1995)
  22. Jon Bon Jovi – Destination Anywhere (1997)
  23. Richie Sambora – Undiscovered Soul (1998)
  24. Bon Jovi – Crush (2000)
  25. Bon Jovi – Live From Osaka E.P. (2000)
  26. Bon Jovi – “Thank You For Loving Me” – CD Single (2000)
  27. Bon Jovi – The Crush Tour – DVD (2000)
  28. Bon Jovi – The Love Songs E.P. (Promo) (2001)
  29. Bon Jovi – Tokyo Road: Best of Bon Jovi (2001)
  30. Bon Jovi – One Wild Night Live: 1985-2001 (2001)
  31. Bon Jovi – Bounce (2002)
  32. Bon Jovi – Unauthorized: Rock ‘n Roll Legends – Bootleg DVD (2002)
  33. Bon Jovi – Target E.P. (2003)
  34. Bon Jovi – This Left Feels Right (2003)
  35. Bon Jovi – Wild in the Streets: Unauthorized – Bootleg DVD (2003)
  36. Bon Jovi – This Left Feels Right – DVD (2004)
  37. Bon Jovi – 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong (Part 1) – (2004)
  38. Bon Jovi – 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong (Disc 1, Part 2) – (2004)
  39. Bon Jovi – 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong (Disc 2, Part 3) – (2004)
  40. Bon Jovi – 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong (Disc 3, Part 4) – (2004)
  41. Bon Jovi – 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong (Disc 4, Part 5) – (2004)
  42. Bon Jovi – 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong (Disc 5 & 6, Part 6) – (2004)
  43. Bon Jovi – Have a Nice Day (2005)
  44. Bon Jovi – Live from the Have a Nice Day Tour (Walmart Exclusive) (2006)
  45. Bon Jovi – Lost Highway (2007)
  46. Bon Jovi – Lost Highway: The Concert (2007)
  47. Bon Jovi – The Circle (2009)
  48. Bon Jovi – When We Were Beautiful Documentary DVD (2009)
  49. Bon Jovi – Live at Madison Square Garden – DVD (2009)
  50. Bon Jovi – Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection (2009)
  51. Bon Jovi – Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Video Collection – DVD (2010)
  52. Bon Jovi – Inside Out – DVD (2012)
  53. Richie Sambora – Aftermath of the Lowdown (2012)
  54. Bon Jovi – What About Now (2013)
  55. Bon Jovi – Live E.P. (RSD – 2013)
  56. Bon Jovi – Live 2 E.P. (RSD – 2014)
  57. Bon Jovi – Burning Bridges (2015)
  58. Bon Jovi – This House is Not For Sale (2016)
  59. Bon Jovi – This House is Not For Sale – Live From the London Palladium (2016)
  60. Bon Jovi – The Albums Box Set – The Extra LP (2017)
  61. RSO – Radio Free America (2018)
  62. Bon Jovi – 2020 (2020)
  63. Bon Jovi – 40th Anniversary Box Set (TBA – I Hope it is out by the time we get here)

We’ve reviewed a bunch of pieces already over the years and won’t review again. They are as follows:

  1. Bon Jovi – The Brotherhood Tour Book (1988-1990)
  2. Bon Jovi – Bon Jovi Tour 2011 – Tourbook
  3. Bon Jovi – The Rock History – Bootleg CD
  4. Bon Jovi – “You Give Love A Bad Name” – 12″ Single
  5. Bon Jovi – “You Give Love a Bad Name” – 7″ Single
  6. Bon Jovi – Red Hot & 2 Parts Live E.P. – 12″ Single
  7. Bon Jovi – “Wanted Dead or Alive” – 7″ Single
  8. Bon Jovi – “Bad Medicine” – 7″ Single
  9. Bon Jovi – “Born to Be My Baby” – 7″ Single
  10. Bon Jovi – “I’ll Be There For You” – 7″ Single
  11. Bon Jovi – “Lay Your Hands on Me” – 7″ Single
  12. Bon Jovi – “Living in Sin” – 7″ Single

Bon Jovi – ‘Have a Nice Day’ (2005) – Album Review (The Bon Jovi Collection Series)

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Before the release of ‘100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can’t Be Wrong’, Bon Jovi had already finished recording their next album, ‘Have a Nice Day’. The record company wanted to put it out in early 2005, but Jon and the band had other ideas. They actually went back in to the studio and recorded more songs and tweaked some of the existing. As a result, the album didn’t see the light of day until September 20, 2005. The album 13 tracks and 3 bonus tracks scattered over Europe, Australia and Japan. The album would hit #2 in the U.S. and would hit platinum status as well as see #1 in numerous countries around the world so they were still a big worldwide band.

The album saw a new face in the producer chair. A gentleman by the name of John Shanks. John had worked with Ashlee Simpson, Hillary Duff, Kelly Clarkson and so many more. Us rock fans, were not real excited about that pedigree. Would this be a watered down, poppy Bon Jovi. Thankfully, that wasn’t the case as the album picked up where ‘Bounce’ left off giving us some heavy Bon Jovi and actually it saw a more thought-provoking Bon Jovi as Jon Bon Jovi really dug deep for the lyrics.

But, this would also be the first of many Shanks produced albums that many fans is the reason the band has lost its way and isn’t the same as it used to be. Yes, a band should grow and play with new sounds, and they did that, but the diehard fans have not been happy with the results, this fan included. This was the last Bon Jovi album that was good in my book. We will see if that thought still holds true as I re-explore the later albums. For now, I’m just going to enjoy this one like I always have.

The album would kick off with the first single and the title track, “Have a Nice Day”. The song is a carbon copy of “It’s My Life” as it is anthemic as well as delivering a positive message that says live your life the way you want to do it and when people try to bring you down, just tell them to “Have a Nice Day” and move on with your life. It is an exciting opening track, with an ear worm candy of a chorus that will keep you singing for days after you hear it.

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Bon Jovi – ‘The Albums Box Set’ (2017) – Album Review (The Bon Jovi Collection Series)

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We are starting out things a little different. We aren’t starting with the earliest Bon Jovi piece in the collection. We are going to start the Bon Jovi Collection Series with the piece that convinced me to start the series. I picked this up around Christmas of last year and when I had all the album on vinyl, I thought, let’s do it. I took some time filling some holes in the collection and arranging what I wanted to review and now here we are. Currently this collection is going to take some time as there are around 60 pieces to review so this will take over a year to complete so I hope you are along for the ride. We will save the history of the band and how it got started to later. For now, let’s look at this box set in all its glory.

The Box Set was released on February 10, 2017 and was released on both vinyl and CD. I chose the Vinyl collection as I love to have their albums on vinyl. The set carries all studio albums up to that point which means it stops at ‘This House is Not For Sale’. But that isn’t all, it has both Jon Bon Jovi solo albums as well as an “Extra” LP with a bunch of their international B-Sides which is a nice treat. But that is it. There no extra posters, stickers, booklets or anything. Each album though is remastered on 180g LP and the 16 albums are spread over 24 LPs. At the time this was released, 7 of the albums had never been released on vinyl and then you have the “Extra” LP which is the first time this had ever been released. So, for the vinyl collector this was the easiest way to get everything. Now, they did release the albums individually, well the Bon Jovi ones were, I don’t think I ever saw the Jon Bon albums ever in the stores…I mean ever.

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Coming Soon to 2 Loud 2 Old Music – The Bon Jovi Collection Series

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You read that right. The next series here at 2 Loud 2 Old Music will be Bon Jovi. It is coming July 4th, 2023. What better way to spend America’s birthday then to start reviewing one of the most American Bands there is…BON JOVI!!!

This Collection Series will include everything I have in my collection and that includes Jon Bon Jovi Solo stuff as well as Richie Sambora as to me, they are Bon Jovi (even if it is Jon’s band). No Richie, No Bon Jovi…okay, no real good Bon Jovi without Richie. There, I said it and got that out of the way. We have around 60 reviews coming to you and of course, that is going to take over one year to get through as we normally do 1 post a week on a series.

Here is what we are going to cover….

The Studio Albums…

The Live Albums…including Bootlegs

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Bon Jovi – The Albums Ranked Worst to First

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Formed in 1983, just a mere 35 years ago, Bon Jovi defined the 80’s music scene.  They have since had 13 studio albums, 3 live albums, numerous compilations and even a box set.  With so much music, some of course is bad, some is good, some is great and some is legendary.  They have had line-up changes as most bands have had and yet the still keep rolling on.  They have even made it in to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.  Since there is so much about the band, they deserve to have their albums ranked from Worst to First.  I am going to do all 13 of their studio albums, plus 1 compilation which I thought was a studio album, but apparently not…who knew.  So, 14 albums in total will be coming at you.  I hope you have time to get through all of them.

And as always, let’s start with my least favorite album and work our way to my favorite…so sit back and enjoy…

15. THE WORST – ‘THE CIRCLE’ (2009):

‘The Circle’ was supposed to be the band’s return to rock after a very Nashville based previous album, ‘Lost Highway”.  The big problem for me with this album was the lack of credibility the songs had with me.  They tried to return to a “working man” sound such as “Work for the Working Man”, but I didn’t believe it.  It felt forced and fake.  Nothing on this album resonated with me in the least bit.  Even today, I can’t think of the names of the songs on this album.  They were not memorable and just seemed stale and uninspiring.

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