When this album came out, I hate to say, I thought Bon Jovi was a bit....soft. I was into really hard rock and metal at the time and the group I hung with was very opinionated as to what qualified as a true "hard core" band. But secretly, I really liked it! The many years have passed, all those "hard core" bands AND my peers that were so quick to judge, well, EVERYTHING, are now a bunch of has been's or losers. Now, every time I hear the song I like it a little bit more. Especially accompanying the Young Guns movies. The songs were just SO made for those vids. Now I have them on my MP3 mix. Bon Jovi has stood the test of time.