Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet

It is probably true that Bon Jovi's breakthrough success with Slippery When Wet, their third album, had more to do with lead singer Jon Bon Jovi's mop of curls and winning smile than with anything in the grooves of the record. Nevertheless, the album contained competent contemporary pop/rock, from its Eddie Van Halen-inspired guitar solos to the singer's enthusiastic, husky wail (which owed a lot to Bruce Springsteen). Jon Bon Jovi, guitarist Richie Sambora, and songwriter-for-hire Desmond Child had little more on their minds than girls and rock-as-mythology (even the working-class anthem "Livin' on a Prayer" featured a character who was forced to hock his "six string"), but that may only mean they had identified their audience -- young white adolescent males -- and were targeting it accurately. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alec John Such Vocals (Background), Bass, Vocals Bill Levy Artwork, Art Direction Bob Rock Engineer, Mixing Bruce Fairbairn Producer, Percussion, Horn Curt Marvis Video Producer David Bryan Noise, Vocals (Background), Keyboards, Vocals George Corsillo Design George Marino Digital Remastering Engineer, Digital Remastering Jon Bon Jovi Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (Background) Lema Moon Horn Mark Weiss Photography Richie Sambora Guitar, Talk Box, Guitar (Synthesizer), Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Vocals (Background), Vocals Tico Torres Drums, Percussion Tim Crich Assistant Engineer Tom Keenlyside Horn Wayne Isham Video Director