Bon Jovi has sold one hundred million CDs in their more than twenty-year career. The CD Have A Nice Day will add a few more copies, because it is composed according to a thoroughly tested and proven formula, in which solid, but always radio-friendly rock songs are alternated with (acoustic) power ballads. This gave Bon Jovi a recognizable sound out of thousands, with the disadvantage that the band
… also started to sound predictable. Writing nice uncomplicated rock songs with catchy choruses, Bon Jovi remains good at that, and there are plenty of them on this CD. Whether or not the world political situation is discussed or not matters little, although it is certainly tried on Have A Nice Day. A pleasant day is guaranteed for the Bon Jovi fans. (IV)more
