Bon Jovi – This House Is Not For Sale (Deluxe) (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Bon Jovi – This House Is Not For Sale (Deluxe) (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:17:47 minutes | 1,69 GB | Genre: Rock
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The world release of Bon Jovi’s 13th studio longplay called This House Is Not For Sale was held on November 4, 2016. Over the past couple of years, Bon Jovi has undergone drastic changes: guitarist Richie Sambora left the band. It was really a turning point in the history of the band, because Ritchie was the co-author of many sensational hits, brought the branding sound to the band, and no one could present Bon Jovi without him.

Times change, so the first longplay appeared, to the record of which Sambora did not put his hand. But he worked on another no less outstanding guitarist – Phil X. I must say that as part of the group Phil looks quite harmonious, and his fans took it unexpectedly warm.

It’s unlikely that any thing from this longplay will remind you of those same Bon Jovi who skipped on stage under Living On a Prayer. This is a completely different music. However, John Bon Jovi still can boast of inexhaustible energy, and lyrics to songs remain meaningful.

This House Is Not for Sale is very easy to listen to, songs are great for background music on the one hand, and on the other – they excellently inspire and cheer up. Bon Jovi has just released a special gift of his latest album “This House Is Not For Sale”, which includes the new songs “When We Were Us” and “Walls”.

“I ain’t livin’ with the ghost/No future living in the past,” sings Jon Bon Jovi on “Living with the Ghost,” the second song on This House Is Not for Sale, the first new Bon Jovi album without guitarist Richie Sambora. From those words, it’s clear that Jon Bon Jovi isn’t shedding many tears for his departed collaborator, and This House Is Not for Sale proves this to be true. While there are certainly moments of sweetness here — he pens love songs to his woman (“Labor of Love”) and guitar (“Scars on This Guitar”) — they’re somewhat overwhelmed by the aggressive arena rock that dominates the album. Musically, this is a throwback — not to the ’80s but to 2005’s Have a Nice Day, which is the first album Bon Jovi recorded with producer John Shanks. Often, This House Is Not for Sale — which is the sixth album Shanks has recorded with Bon Jovi — recalls the exuberant singalongs from Have a Nice Day (“God Bless This Mess” is a kissing cousin to “Who Says You Can’t Go Home”), but where that 2005 album felt joyful, this 2016 album is driven in part by spite. Thirty years into his career and Jon Bon Jovi still acts like the underdog (“Every day I wake up with my back against the wall/Anytime you get up, someone wants to see you fall”), and he still sings like he has scores to settle. Presumably, some of these outstanding debts may be with Sambora, who did not leave on good terms, but Jon Bon Jovi is determined that “This isn’t how the story ends, my friends, it’s just a fork along the road,” which goes a long way toward explaining how muscular This House Is Not for Sale is. Bon Jovi and Shanks may not have done much to freshen up the band’s sound — they don’t take any mid-2010s musical trends into consideration — but that simmering defiance does mean this is the band’s liveliest album in years. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Tracklist:
1-1. Bon Jovi – When We Were Us (03:34)
1-2. Bon Jovi – Walls (03:37)
1-3. Bon Jovi – This House Is Not For Sale (03:36)
1-4. Bon Jovi – Living With The Ghost (04:44)
1-5. Bon Jovi – Knockout (03:30)
1-6. Bon Jovi – Labor Of Love (05:03)
1-7. Bon Jovi – Born Again Tomorrow (03:33)
1-8. Bon Jovi – Roller Coaster (03:40)
1-9. Bon Jovi – New Year’s Day (04:27)
1-10. Bon Jovi – The Devil’s In The Temple (03:19)
1-11. Bon Jovi – Scars On This Guitar (05:05)
1-12. Bon Jovi – God Bless This Mess (03:23)
1-13. Bon Jovi – Reunion (04:14)
1-14. Bon Jovi – Come On Up To Our House (04:35)
1-15. Bon Jovi – Real Love (04:34)
1-16. Bon Jovi – All Hail The King (04:54)
1-17. Bon Jovi – We Don’t Run (03:16)
1-18. Bon Jovi – I Will Drive You Home (04:42)
1-19. Bon Jovi – Goodnight New York (03:53)

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