ORIGINAL Vtg 1986 BON JOVI Album SLIPPERY WHEN WET Vinyl 1ST PRESS, Canada

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This is an original vintage 1986 Bon Jovi album titled "Slippery When Wet" on vinyl. It features 33 RPM speed and a cardboard sleeve case type. The record label is Mercury and the release title is "Slippery When Wet." The album is in black color and is a first pressing edition. The record grading is Excellent (EX) and the sleeve grading is also Excellent (EX). The album is in its original inner sleeve and cover. The run time of the album is 43:54 and it is in stereo audio channels. The album is a glam/hair metal and hard rock genre from the 1980s. This LP is a must-have for any Bon Jovi or rock music fan.

Slippery When Wet is the third studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on August 18, 1986, by Mercury Records in North America and Vertigo Records internationally. It was produced by Bruce Fairbairn, with recording sessions taking place between January and July 1986 at Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver. The album features many of Bon Jovi's best-known songs, including "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' on a Prayer", and "Wanted Dead or Alive".

Slippery When Wet was an instant commercial success, spending eight weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and was named by Billboard as the top-selling album of 1987. Slippery When Wet is Bon Jovi's best-selling album to date, with a Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certification of 15× Platinum, making it one of the top 100 best-selling albums in the United States. The album has been called the album that turned "heavy metal into a radio-friendly pop format", and is also commonly seen as "a breakthrough for hair metal".

Reception

The album was a massive commercial success. Between 1986 and 1987, Slippery When Wet produced a string of hit songs, including three Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits, two of which ("You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer") reached No. 1. The third single "Wanted Dead or Alive" peaked at No. 7. The album peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, making it Bon Jovi's first number-one album in the United States. The album spent 38 weeks inside the Top 5 of Billboard 200, including 8 weeks at No. 1. It is the best-selling album of 1987 in the United States, and eventually reached Diamond certification by the RIAA and current sales stand at 12 million copies, making it the 48th best-selling album in the United States.

In the UK, Slippery When Wet received a 3× Platinum certification by the BPI. The album also achieved Diamond status in Canada, and 6× Platinum status in Australia.

Slippery When Wet was met with generally positive reviews. Writing in The Village Voice in September 1987, Robert Christgau said, "Sure seven million teenagers can be wrong, but their assent is not without a certain documentary satisfaction. Yes, it proves that youth rebellion is toothless enough to simulate and market. But who the hell thought youth was dangerous in the current vacuum? Would you have preferred the band market patriotism? And are you really immune to 'Livin' on a Prayer'?" In 1990 in Rolling Stone, Jimmy Guterman thoroughly berated the band and the album. "Jon Bon Jovi and his band serve up condescending sentiment, reducing every emotional statement to a barefaced cliché – either because they think that's all their audience can comprehend or because that's all they can comprehend. On Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi sounds like bad fourth-generation metal, a smudgy Xerox of Quiet Riot." The album is ranked 44th in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of the Definitive 200 Albums of all time.

Singles from Slippery When Wet:

1. "You Give Love a Bad Name"

    Released: July 23, 1986

2. "Livin' on a Prayer"

     Released: October 31, 1986

3. "Wanted Dead or Alive"

     Released: March 2, 1987

4. "Never Say Goodbye"

      Released: June 15, 1987