![]() Predictably, it doesn't exactly endear them to the critics, but with an estimated 120 million album sales to date, this is hardly going to give them sleepless nights. The group's staggering success has been built on their capacity for marrying anthemic heavy rock with ultra-catchy melodies, which has made them, ever since their 1986 breakthrough album, Slippery When Wet, the archetypal stadium rockers. ![]() Shanks is talking about Bon Jovi's 12th studio album, What About Now, the band's fifth number one album in the US, and their ninth in a row to reach number one or two in the UK. The production is very dense, but it also feels very open.” We did a lot of layering, with loads of guitars and keyboards, and loops and beats and percussion. But 95 percent of the songs were written on an acoustic guitar, so they all started from that place where it's about the lyrics, the melody and the chords, and we then built them up from there. It is full of small details coming in at various places that you're more likely to notice with headphones on. The production of the new Bon Jovi album, for example, has lots of ear candy. Everything should take you on a rollercoaster ride. My favourite records,” says producer extraordinaire John Shanks, "are always those that are cinematic, that take you on a journey, with interesting things flying past you all the time - hooks, harmonies, melodies, counterpoints, details in the arrangements - that connect you to the lyrics and the emotion they try to convey. ![]() ![]() Nearly 30 years after they burst onto the scene, Bon Jovi continue to top charts worldwide. John Shanks at Henson Studio C, his ‘home from home’. ![]()
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