Forever (Bon Jovi album)
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Released | June 7, 2024 | |||
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Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 48:41 | |||
Label | Island | |||
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Forever is the sixteenth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on June 7, 2024, through Island Records. It was preceded by the singles "Legendary" and "Living Proof".
Background[edit]
The album is Bon Jovi's first since Jon Bon Jovi had vocal cord surgery in 2022, which was part of the band's 2024 Hulu docuseries Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story.[1]
Critical reception[edit]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 67/100[2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Classic Rock | [4] |
The Independent | 8/10[5] |
Kerrang! | 4/5[6] |
Forever received a score of 67 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on four critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception.[2] AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that "as the first record Bon Jovi has made since their singer's surgery, it also functions as an unveiling of a revived band" and "this sense of refinement suits a group who knows they're a bit older and a bit slower than they were 40 years ago but they're grateful to still be happy doing what they're doing all these decades later."[3] Steve Beebee of Kerrang! called Forever "an album by an artist who has much to celebrate and nothing left to prove" and found that the music "has a kind of open-road joy about it. The songs are reflective, certainly, and often chime with Bon Jovi classics of the past."[6] Bryan Rolli of Ultimate Classic Rock wrote that "the guitars are sterile, the lyrics are treacly and you can telegraph exactly where the band's going to drop out for Bon Jovi to utter the hook—yet despite your best efforts, these songs will lodge themselves in your brain, because that's what this band does best."[1]
Classic Rock's Philip Wilding wrote that unlike the "pretty much solo" 2020, "Forever sounds like a Bon Jovi album. Rock songs, power ballads, it's a big-sounding record designed to be played to big rooms."[4] Carla Feric, reviewing the album for The Independent, concluded that "The album diverges from past material, but Jon Bon Jovi's powerful vocals have not faltered and the band's instrumentals keep the tracks catchy and fresh – making the listener want to keep this one on repeat."[5]
Track listing[edit]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Legendary" |
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| 4:05 |
2. | "We Made It Look Easy" |
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| 3:15 |
3. | "Living Proof" |
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| 3:39 |
4. | "Waves" |
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| 3:52 |
5. | "Seeds" |
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| 5:05 |
6. | "Kiss the Bride" |
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| 3:51 |
7. | "The People's House" | Bon Jovi |
| 4:36 |
8. | "Walls of Jericho" |
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| 3:48 |
9. | "I Wrote You a Song" |
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| 3:25 |
10. | "Living in Paradise" |
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| 3:16 |
11. | "My First Guitar" | Bon Jovi |
| 4:55 |
12. | "Hollow Man" | Bon Jovi |
| 4:54 |
Total length: | 48:41 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "That Was Then, This Is Now" | 4:57 |
14. | "Legendary" (demo) | 4:09 |
Total length: | 57:53 |
Charts[edit]
Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7] | 7 |
Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon)[8] | 3 |
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[9] | 5 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Rolli, Bryan (June 4, 2024). "Bon Jovi, Forever: Album Review". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ a b "Forever by Bon Jovi Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
- ^ a b Erlewyne, Stephen Thomas. "Forever – Bon Jovi | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
- ^ a b Wilding, Philip (June 7, 2024). ""Rock songs, power ballads, it's a big-sounding record designed to be played to big rooms": Bon Jovi fight for their future on Forever". Classic Rock. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
- ^ a b Feric, Carla (June 6, 2024). "Bon Jovi and Peggy Gou lead acts releasing joyful music to soundtrack summer". The Independent. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- ^ a b Beebee, Steve (June 5, 2024). "Album review: Bon Jovi – Forever". Kerrang!. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2024-06-17" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
- ^ "Oricon Top 50 Digital Albums: June 17, 2024" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
- ^ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of June 12, 2024". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved June 12, 2024.