Tracks:
1. It's My Life
2. Say It Isn't So
3. Thank You For Loving Me
4. Two Story Town
5. Next 100 Years
6. Just Older
7. Mystery Train
8. Save The World
9. Captain Crash And The Beauty Queen From Mars
10. She's A Mystery
11. I Got The Girl
12. One Wild Night
13. I Could Make A Living Out Of Lovin' You (Bonus track)
14. Neurotica (Bonus track)
Even if it was classified as pop-metal, BON JOVI never really was much of a metal band, relying on big, catchy melodies and not guitar riffs to make their songs memorable. That's why, in 2000, they're able to make an album like "Crush", which strays far enough into pop/rock to actually stand
a chance of getting airplay (which it did, with the hit lead single 'It's My Life'). The guitar crunch on the uptempo numbers keeps BON JOVI from becoming a full-fledged pop/rock band, but in addition to the typical hard rockers, there are nods to heartland rock, adult contemporary balladry ('Thank You For Loving Me'), THE BEATLES (effective 'Say It Isn't So'), and even British glam à la T. REX or David Bowie ('Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen From Mars'). Occasionally, it sounds like the band is attempting to cover as many bases as possible for multi-format appeal, but for the most part, the variety - coupled with the consistently polished songcraft - makes for a surprisingly listenable album.
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