100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong [BOX SET] [ENHANCED]

Bon Jovi

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 16, 2004)
• Original Release Date: November 16, 2004
• Number of Discs: 5
• Format: Box set, Enhanced
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Island
• ASIN: B00065JTBA
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (91 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #21,346 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Playing off of Elvis Presley’s 1959 album 50 Million Elvis Presley Fans Can’t Be Wrong, right down to the gold-lame suits the quartet dons on the cover, stalwart rockers Bon Jovi make a strong case that they’re one of the true populist bands of their era with a box set that serves up dozens of previously unheard and seldom heard offerings. Designed as a heaping 20-year anniversary feast for insatiable fans, the four-disc/bonus DVD collection is surprisingly vital and consistent, considering that just about everything included was initially either rejected or related to B-sides and soundtracks. The high quality of these castoffs is attributable to the band’s habit of preparing dozens of tracks for each album and cutting loose strong compositions that didn’t fit with the theme of the completed product. Thus, some stylistic stretches were left in the vaults (check out the Southside Johnny-style r&b of "Love Ain’t Nothing But a Four Letter Word"). Bon Jovi fans will find be delighted by this collection, and even skeptics may find themselves reconsidering these Jersey survivors. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

68 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Out of the ordinary, December 4, 2004

By	eveoflove (North York, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Made in USA in 2004, Serial# B0003543-00, Playing Time 224:03

I must admit from the very beginning that I'm not an un-conditional BON JOVI fan... There are songs I found extremely interesting (for example, "Raise Your Hands"), while others have a soporific effect (for example, "Wanted Dead Or Alive"). So I wouldn't say BON JOVI is the "best band in the world" (I actually find those types of remarks nauseating...)

I'm also not particularly fond of box sets, especially since fans (and/or myself) have the bulk of the material anyway! One must typically spend some hard-earned dollars for 2 or 3 "leftover" tracks of average interest/quality.

Lo and behold, this BON JOVI boxset is the HOLY GRAIL of boxsets; I take back everything I ever said about box sets: this one is THE exception to the rule!!! Putting aside the fact that the DVD is quite original and interesting (and about an hour long!), ALMOST every track here is previously unreleased. Unpolished demos, you say? NOT! Many (and I mean most) are of album production quality, and VERY enjoyable.

Though I was worried at first (I knew this was NOT a 'greatest hits' type boxset), I thought the material would be weak (my subconscious was hearing someone scraping the bottom of a barrel...)

To anyone looking for a Christmas present to a BON JOVI fan, this is IT.

This set will hopefully "raise the bar" to any other band thinking about releasing a boxset; this one is NOT intended to simply cash-in on previously released stuff: it's almost 4 hours of full compositions, like buying 4 new albums!!!

A MUST BUY.

40 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is what it's all about, November 16, 2004

By	D. Rausch "myspace.com/rauschofficial" (United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

JBJ himself has repeatedly claimed he wouldn't make a good A&R man, as "Livin' on a Prayer" almost didn't make Slippery. But 9 times out of 10, his conservative "playing it safe" attitude HAS backfired when it has come to picking the tracks for the official albums. A prime example is the pair of tracks "Bitter Wine" and "All I Want Is Everything" that didn't make the U.S. release of "These Days", but yet were arguably the best songs from those sessions!!!

Just dive into this box and discover the REAL Bon Jovi. I've always considered myself one of their greatest fans, long before the idea of rummaging through the song vault was in the works. So don't get me wrong, almost all of their album material IS strong. But the band has long been too preoccupied with generating a "hit," and finally, for those of us who knew they had it in them all along, their true talents shine through like never before. Better musicianship. More emotion. Less formulaec (usually, as "The Radio Saved My Life Tonight" is another example of Richie's continued struggle with underplaying). For anyone who has ever "lost" the faith with this band, it has been a long time, but do them a favor and give them another shot - raise your glass to the core talents of each member and celebrate, throughout this multi-disc masterpiece, the release that we always knew they had in them. Good quality rock music. Amen.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not your typical box-set, November 16, 2004

By	Jediturtle (Wisconsin, USA) - See all my reviews

Apparently "Fruit Loop", the first reviewer of this product, knows nothing about this box set and has definitely not listened to it. This is not a "best-of" set. Your old favorites are not there. In fact, none of the songs "Fruit Loop" listed are even on the box set (other than a rare demo version of Living on a Prayer included as a hidden track)! Why review something you do not know about?

Anyway, this box set contains 50 rare and unreleased songs. 38 of them have never been available anywhere before. The other 12 are rare b-sides or bonus tracks from other countries. The songs are from the 80's all the way through today. I think this is a great concept for a box set, rather than just giving the fans material that they already own. Leave it to Bon Jovi to be innovative and give the fans what they want.

To the other reviewers out there, please do not review products that you haven't taken the time to find out about, much less have actually seen or heard.