Tracks
Side A
- 11986Let It Rock5:25G major
- 21986Dutch Top 40: peak position 5 in week 47 of 1986, 9 weeks in the chartYou Give Love A Bad Name3:42G minor
- 31986Livin' On A Prayer4:10G major
- 41986Social Disease4:18E major
- 51986Dutch Top 40: peak position 24 in week 22 of 1987, 4 weeks in the chartWanted Dead Or Alive5:09A major
Side B
- 11986Raise Your Hands4:17G major
- 21986Without Love3:31F♯ major
- 31986I'd Die For You4:31A major
- 41986Never Say Goodbye4:49E major
- 51986Wild In The Streets3:54A major
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of Slippery When Wet
Slippery When Wet sounds brighter and more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 132 bpm.
Quietest track: Never Say Goodbye · most energetic: Wanted Dead Or Alive
Across 10 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
The five members of Bon Jovi around the time of Slippery When Wet, with the years they belonged to the group. This is the band line-up around that time, not necessarily who is heard on the album. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Jon Bon Jovi
David Bryan
Tico Torres
Alec John Such
Richie Sambora198519901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
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Frequently asked questions
When was Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi released?
Slippery When Wet came out in 1986.
How many tracks are on Slippery When Wet?
Slippery When Wet has ten tracks, 44 minutes in total, spread over two vinyl sides.
Which tracks from Slippery When Wet made the Dutch Top 40?
Two tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: You Give Love A Bad Name and Wanted Dead Or Alive. The highest was You Give Love A Bad Name, at number 5 in week 47 of 1986.
Which category is Slippery When Wet in?
Slippery When Wet is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Bon Jovi.
Which other albums by Bon Jovi are in the collection?
The collection holds three more albums by Bon Jovi: Keep The Faith (1992), Cross Road (1994) and Greatest Hits (2010).
Who was in Bon Jovi when Slippery When Wet came out?
In 1986, Bon Jovi consisted of Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, Tico Torres, Alec John Such and Richie Sambora. That is the line-up of the group in that year, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of Slippery When Wet mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play Slippery When Wet?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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