Label: Melodia Records (USSR), A60 00551 008
Style: Hard Rock, Arena Rock
Country: Sayreville, New Jersey, U.S. (March 2, 1962)
Time: 57:49
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 418 Mb
Charts:
US #1, AUS #1, AUT #5, CAN #1, FIN #2, GER #4, NL #13, SWE #1, SWI #1,
UK #1. AUT, FIN, GER, SPA & SWI:: Platinum; UK & AUS: 2x
Platinum; CAN: 5x Platinum; US: 12x Platinum (Diamond).
Bon Jovi
intended to take time off and recharge after completing their 16-month
tour in support of Slippery When Wet. A month, to be exact. Then they
started working on New Jersey.
"We really didn’t do anything for
three or four weeks," Jon Bon Jovi told Classic Rock. Hot on the heels
of the best-selling album of 1987, Jon Bon Jovi and guitarist Richie
Sambora wasted no time on writing the follow-up. Both men lived in New
Jersey and their check-ins with each other shifted from personal to
business. "They changed from ‘What’re you doing today?’ to ‘I got this
really neat hook!’" Bon Jovi added.
By Thanksgiving 1987, they were
in full writing mode; by Christmas, Bon Jovi had more than an album's
worth of material but something was amiss.
"We demoed the first batch
of songs, 17 in all and we really started to feel the pressure because
we didn’t have the amazing song," Bon Jovi told Classic Rock. "I
panicked, to be honest. I really wanted to do it again. Not for the
monetary reasons, but it was such an amazing feeling to have done what
we’d done. … I’m walking around the house yelling, ‘I gotta pay for this
place. We’ve got to write some fucking hot songs!’"
While it would
have been easy to record the first 10 songs they wrote, Sambora was
obstinate about not repeating themselves. "The last thing we wanted to
do here was put out Slippery Part 2" he said.
As Bon Jovi rolled into
1988, they continued writing, eventually bringing key collaborator
Desmond Child into the process, along with Diane Warren and Holly
Knight. Ultimately, the band penned 34 new songs and planned on making a
double album until they met serious resistance from their record label,
which was dead set against it.
(Full version: rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/new-jersey-250877/)
01. A1 Lay Your Hands On Me (06:00)
02. A2 Bad Medicine (05:17)
03. A3 Born To Be My Baby (04:40)
04. A4 Living In Sin (04:41)
05. A5 Blood On Blood (06:17)
06. B1 Homebound Train (05:12)
07. B2 Wild Is The Wind (05:10)
08. B3 Ride Cowboy Ride (01:28)
09. B4 Stick To Your Guns (04:45)
10. B5 I'll Be There For You (05:49)
11. B6 99 In The Shade (04:27)
12. B7 Love For Sale (03:58)
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