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This book is an unashamed celebration of the landmark album Slippery When Wet; Bon Jovi's most successful album to date, with sales of over 28 million copies since its 1986 release, and one of the most toe-tappingly gleeful albums to ever ring out from a pair of speakers. Everyone knows the rock classics 'Livin' On A Prayer' or 'You Give Love A Bad Name', but there isn't a bum track on the record. This is more than a 'making of' type book, because to put Slippery When Wet into context you need to understand what came before and after. It is also a handy fans' guide to the band's career with a track by track review, current thoughts on the album from top rock writers, plus bits and pieces that relate directly (or indirectly) to the legacy of a record which spent eight straight weeks at the top of the Billboard charts. The band, of course, are still with us and released an album in the spring of 2013 (What About Now) along with world tour dates, which sees them on the road for most of this year. The book is a large format that looks a bit like a tour programme, and adds to the overall appeal, as it allows for large images of memorabilia inside. Includes a foreword by former Kerrang! journalist and rock expert Paul Suter and an afterword by A&R supremo Derek Shulman (Simon Dupree And The Big Sound and Gentle Giant), who had the foresight to sign the band in the first place.

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Book category Books in English The arts Music Music: styles & genres

• Full title: Let It Rock
• Author: Neil Daniels
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136
• EAN: 9780957144286
• ISBN: 0957144288
• ID: 01986990
• Publisher: Soundcheck Books
• Weight: 304 g
• Dimensions: 244 × 172 × 9 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. May 2014

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