New Jersey hinted that Jon Bon Jovi wished to be taken as seriously as Bruce Springsteen; Keep the Faith confirms that notion. However, Jon Bon Jovi is the man who sang "I"ve seen a million faces and I"ve rocked them all" without so much as smirking. That"s why the songs on Keep the Faith where Bon Jovi attempts profundity--like the interminable, pointless "Dry Country"--are virtually unlistenable, and why ear candy such as "I"ll Sleep When I"m Dead" and "Bed of Roses" is harmlessly beguiling. --Andrew Mueller