Bon Jovi - Lost Highway
1. Lost Highway
2. Summertime
3. (You Want To) Make A Memory
4. Whole Lot Of Leavin'
5. We Got It Going On - (with Big & Rich)
6. Any Other Day
7. Seat Next To You
8. Everybody's Broken
9. Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore - (with LeAnn Rimes)
10. Last Night, The
11. One Step Closer
12. I Love This Town
Jon Bon Jovi - vocals, guitar
Richie Sambora - guitar
Tico "The Hit Man" Torres - drums
David Bryan - keyboards
Yeehaa, “Jovi” have gone cowboy!! That’s right, the once poodle haired rockers have “upped sticks” and moved camp to the Nashville scene for this album. The first warning of this is when you open up your new CD in anticipation for ”Joviness”, and there, confronting you, is a picture of the band, sitting at a diner, sharing coffee together, having a laugh. It’s relaxed, it’s so relaxed it’s horizontal. And then shock horror, you discover that Leann Rimes makes an appearance in the track “Till We Ain’t Strangers Anymore”. Someone fetch me my Stetson, oh and bring my horse too.
Still this shouldn’t have come as much of a surprise given that the Jersey boys invaded the Country scene last year with a remake of “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” with Jennifer Nettles (Sugarland). And can they get away with it? Well, yes, more than likely. The 80’s spawned a generation of American Rock bands, but it has to be said that Jon and Richie were perhaps the better, both vocally and musically, and it comes as no surprise that they’re still going strong (albeit with lots of blue denim).
So being an ardent Jovi fan, all cowboy jokes aside, is the album any good? The honest answer is, well, it’s listenable, it has good moments, but I’m fairly glad that I didn’t pay full price for it. But like most Jovi albums, it’ll probably grow on me. Highlights of the album include the inevitable lost-love ballad, "Seat Next To You" and the powerful first single "You Want To Make A Memory". The opening track “Lost Higway” is also pretty memorable too (even though it is pretty cheesy, with references to a plastic Jesus on his dashboard).
Overall, not a bad album, typically Jovi, typically good, but a slight change in direction. Is it a one off? Only time will tell, but still, it’s a damn sight better then that awful acoustic CD they produced!
