I think Crush isn't too bad, but Bounce could (should) have been a lot better. It's not as bad as their first two albums, but it isn't way up there with Slippery When Wet, Keep The Faith, and These Days.
Crush has some very good songs on it (It's My Life, Just Older, One Wild Night) and also some very not so good ones (She's A Mystery, Mystery Train), but overall, it's pretty good.
Bounce has also some good songs (Joey, and I kind of dig Everyday too), but there aren't any songs on it that are either instant classics, or songs that are plain bad. Overall it's a pretty decent album, but nothing special.
Kind of like Jon's solo albums: Blaze of Glory is pretty good, but Destination Anywhere is just, well nothing special. It isn't bad or so, but apart from some songs (Midnight In Chelsea, August 7, some I can't recall from the top of my head), the material is pretty standard stuff.
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