Home / Music / Slippery When Wet spent 8 weeks at No. 1 and went 12x PlatinumMusic linernotes album music bon-joviSlippery When Wet spent 8 weeks at No. 1 and went 12x PlatinumThe album sat at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for eight weeks and earned a 12x Platinum certification. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesSlippery When Wet was Bon Jovi's third album, released in 1986Bruce Fairbairn produced Bon Jovi's Slippery When WetGeddy Lee's vocals got more restrained on Permanent WavesMaking Movies pushed Dire Straits from roots rock to cinematic rockPermanent Waves was Rush's pivot toward radio-friendly songs — without abandoning progExploreI Put a Spell on You started as a gentle ballad before Hawkins transformed itIllinois was the second state in Sufjan Stevens' Fifty States Project — which he later called a gimmickKid A proved an experimental album could still go number oneLianne La Havas's self-titled album made NPR and NYT's best-of-2020 listsNothing Is Okay was The Everybodyfields' final album before their breakupPrevious Slippery When Wet was Bon Jovi's third album, released in 1986Next Ron Nevison produced Chicago's 'Look Away' during their late-80s run.