Lost Highway [Import]

Given the chart success of their Grammy-winning country single "Who Says You Can't Go Home," it's no surprise Bon Jovi upped the ante by recording an entire album paying homage to Nashville. In some ways, it's amazing they didn't do this sooner, given the way Keith Urban in particular is blurring country-pop lines, much as Garth Brooks and others did in the 1990s. To their credit, you won't find predictably shallow invocations of past country icons or any self-conscious, in-your-face down-home twang added strictly to remind the listener of the musical premise. In fact, Lost Highway isn't "Bon Jovi goes country" so much as a meaningful tribute to the Nashville ethos done on their own terms. They honor the spirit of the town through 12 simple, direct originals. The intimate, smoldering "(You Want To) Make a Memory," the ballad "Seat Next To You," "Lost Highway" and its roaring celebration of freedom, and "Stranger," an effective duet with LeAnn Rimes, all invoke country's spirit, and "I Love This Town," an eloquent nod to Nashville itself, ties it together admirably. --Rich Kienzle

Japanese pressings of the full-length album release from Bon Jovi produced by Dann Huff & John Shanks. This album contains the advanced soulful ballad single '(You Want To) Make A Memory' & 'We Got It Going On.' This version also includes Japan-only bonus tracks, 'Lonely' & 'Put the Boy Back in Cowboy'. Limited edition includes bonus DVD with the music video for '(You Want To) Make A Memory,' video recording footage, studio recording footage, & more. Universal. 2007.

Limited Edition Includes Bonus Dvd (Ntsc Rc-2).

BON JOVI Lost Highway (2007 Japanese 12-track CD album the 10th studio long-player from the legendary hard rockers includes [You Want To] Make A Memory Any Other Day and Till We Aint Strangers Anymore [featuring Leann Rimes] picture sleeve in a custom stickered jewel case)