Tracklist front / back album covers
1. "Let It Rock" 5:26
2. "You Give Love a Bad Name" 3:43
3. "Livin' on a Prayer" 4:11
4. "Social Disease" 4:18
5. "Wanted Dead or Alive" 5:09
6. "Raise Your Hands" 4:17
7. "Without Love" 3:31
8. "I'd Die for You" 4:31
9. "Never Say Goodbye" 4:49
10. "Wild in the Streets" 3:56
Bon Jovi Band Members / Musicians
Jon Bon Jovi – lead vocals, electric rhythm guitar, acoustic rhythm guitar on "Wanted Dead or Alive"
Richie Sambora – harmony and backing vocals; electric, acoustic, and 12-string lead and rhythm guitars; guitar synth; talk box on "Livin' on a Prayer"
Alec John Such – backing vocals, bass guitar
Tico Torres – backing vocals, drums, percussion, finger cymbals on "Livin' on a Prayer"
David Bryan – backing vocals, keyboards, "noise", horns (horns credited as Lema Moon)
Studio musicians
Tom Keenlyside – saxophone
Hugh McDonald – bass guitar on "Livin' on a Prayer" (uncredited)
Mike Reno - backing vocals on Living on a Prayer (uncredited)
Bruce Fairbairn – producer, horns, percussion
Bob Rock – engineering, mixing
Tim Crich – assistant engineering
George Marino – digital remastering
Bill Levy – artwork, art direction
Mark Weiss – photography
George Corsillo – design
Slippery When Wet is the 3rd studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was released on August 18, 1986, by Mercury Records in North America and Vertigo Records internationally. It was produced by Bruce Fairbairn, with recording sessions between January and July 1986 at Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The album features many of Bon Jovi's best-known songs, including "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' on a Prayer", and "Wanted Dead or Alive".
The album has been called the album that "[turned] heavy metal into a radio-friendly pop format", and is also commonly seen as "a breakthrough for hair metal".
Slippery When Wet was an instant commercial success, spending eight weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and was named by Billboard as the top-selling album of 1987. Slippery When Wet is Bon Jovi's best-selling album to date, with an RIAA certification of 12× Platinum, making it one of the top 100 best-selling albums in the United States.
