I think Bon Jovi has gotten some unfair flack here over the past few years.

While The Circle and Lost Highway weren't monsters, I found much to enjoy in both of them. They were departures, but interesting ones.

The new album is a plodding snoozer. Bland adult contemporary almost. No passion, no teeth, no edge. I don't care if the songs are poppy or slow, or mostly mid-tempo. That's ok. The quality is just not there.

If Rick Springfield can release a barnstormer in his later years, there's no excuse for older artists like Jovi & Bryan Adams to release boring AC albums.