Slippery When Wet
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| Studio album by Bon Jovi | ||||
| Released | August 18, 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Studio | Little Mountain Sound Studios (Vancouver, British Columbia) | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, glam metal | |||
| Length | 42:22 | |||
| Label | Mercury, NAVertigo WW | |||
| Producer | Bruce Fairbairn | |||
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Rejected wet T-shirt cover, used for the Japanese release
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| Singles from Slippery When Wet | ||||
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| Robert Christgau | B− |
| Rolling Stone | (unfavorable) |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |
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Slippery When Wet is the third studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was released on August 18, 1986 by Mercury Records in North America and Vertigo Records internationally. The album was produced by Bruce Fairbairn. Recording sessions took place between January and July 1986 at Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, Canada.
Slippery When Wet was an instant commercial success. The album features songs that are considered Bon Jovi's most well-known tracks, such as the singles "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' on a Prayer" and "Wanted Dead or Alive".
The album spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart and was named by Billboard as the top-selling album of 1987.Slippery When Wet is Bon Jovi's best-selling studio album to date, with an RIAA certification of 12× Platinum, making it one of the top 100 best-selling albums in the United States. The album was featured in the 2005 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Despite the moderate success of 7800° Fahrenheit, Bon Jovi had not yet become the superstars they had hoped. This made them change their approach for the next album, going for a more mainstream sound than their heavier first two albums. Hiring professional songwriter Desmond Child as a collaborator, the band wrote 30 songs and auditioned them for local New Jersey (including recording artist and Phantom's Opera vocalist Colie Brice) and New York teenagers, basing the album's running order on their opinions. Bruce Fairbairn was chosen as the main producer for the album, with Bob Rock as the mixer. The 1985 album Without Love which Fairbairn produced for the band Black 'n Blue, attracted Jon Bon Jovi for its sound quality, and he immediately sought out the producer.
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