Slippery When Wet
by Bon Jovi
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Slippery When Wet is ranked as the best album by Bon Jovi.
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Slippery When Wet track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Slippery When Wet rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | Artists | 40/100 | - |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 28/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | timosbuecherei | Top 90 Music Albums of the 1980s | 7/90 | 19 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 23 Music Albums of 1986 | 2/23 | 5 |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 34 Music Albums of 1986 | 21/34 | 2 |
| 2026 |  sszwalbenest | Top 15 Music Albums of 1986 | 11/15 | 2 |
| 2026 | timosbuecherei | Top 10 Music Albums of 1986 | 2/10 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 64/100 | 36 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 50 Music Albums of 1986 | 27/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 87/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 373 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,891 | |||
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Slippery When Wet ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | Musicbuff123 | 386 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/10/2026 04:04 | Herdandhokies | 400 | 55/100 |
| ! | 09/08/2026 22:19 |  Cheddar | 428 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.0/100, a mean average of 68.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.1.
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Slippery When Wet forum mentions
Cheddar 09/01/2026 20:29 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
BestEverAlbums 08/02/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5392): By leniad BestEverAlbums 07/07/2025 20:00 in Album of the day (#5314): Slippery When Wet by Bon JoviSlippery When Wet comments
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/16/2012 21:19 | #35348 | TOP COMMENT
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"hair metal" yada yada, "spawned mtv's unplugged" yada yada ... What really strikes is that this is hard rock with a stylistic edge with fun hooks that doesn't overstay its welcome. The key ingredient to this album's, and this band's success, is jon bon jovi's writing chops -- the everyman working man just trying to survive. "you give love a bad name" and "living on a prayer" are the best tracks.
Listmeister 03/25/2016 01:26 | #162459 | TOP COMMENT
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"Beethoven's favorite works include Mozart's Requiem, Handel's Messiah, and Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet" --Bill S. Preston, Esquire
Applerill TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/22/2010 10:46 | #8539 | TOP COMMENT
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I know this isn't really saying much, but BY FAR, this is the greatest hair album of all time! Sure, half the songs are overplayed, but they still all are a ton of fun.
Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/31/2010 03:51 | #14783 | TOP COMMENT
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When this album was released, these hair-do's where absolutely the right thing. Proudly wore a pale copy of it myself. Now all these years later the hair-do's are no-no's, but the music, although unmistakably from the mid-80s, still live on. The album may appear greater to those who started shaping their musical identity at the time but at the least it is one glorious testament to hair rock from start to finish. Love it.
This album is quite possibly the reason the hair metal scene got so big in the late 80s. Remove all the talk of hair and that scene and there are still great songs here. They rock, they pop, and you still can't help but sing along. Wanted Dead or Alive is still one of my top 10 songs.
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