Bon Jovi-New Jersey
October 26th 2008 05:45
Bon Jovi-New Jersey
Year: 1988
Label: Polygram Records
Track listing:
01. lay your hands on me
02. bad medicine
03. born to be my baby
04. living in sin
05. blood on blood
06. homebound train
07. wild is the wind
08. ride cowboy ride
09. stick to your guns
10. I’ll be there for you
11. 99 in the shade
12. love for sale
New Jersey is Bon Jovi’s fourth album, and considered the album that showed Bon Jovi as a power force to be reckoned with. It has sold over 18 million records worldwide, and spawned hit after hit.
After the great success of Slippery
when wet it was thought they would find it hard to do anything better and they proved everyone wrong. New Jersey is much better than Slippery when wet.
I can’t begin to explain what this album does to me every time I hear it. It gives me almost a sense of pride to have been old enough to remember when this album was released, and to enjoy it the first time around.
With traditional riffs, catchy lyrics, it is pure Bon Jovi through and through.
Although it’s probably a little outdated these days, for anyone who grew up listening to “Lay your hands on me”, “Bad Medicine” and “Born to be my baby” this is a pure winner not only in music but also penmanship.
One thing that seems to have been a theme for Bon Jovi in the 80’s was the cowboy. Songs like “Ride cowboy ride” and “Stick to your guns” can be added to the collection of cowboy songs Bon Jovi like to sing, such as “Wanted dead or alive”.
“Bad Medicine” and “Lay your hands on me” are traditional of Bon Jovi, and showed that cock rock that everyone in the 80’s loved so much.
This album title is a strong implication of how proud the New Jersey band are of their roots, and the imprint of this is throughout the album.
As always there is the traditional love song that comes from Bon Jovi, and “I’ll be there for you” is beautifully written, beautifully sung and beautifully performed. It’s probably one of the best rock ballads out there.
It follows up from “Slippery when wet” with songs about defiance, love surviving all, friendship, and of course the most common thread for any 80’s hard rock band: sex.
The whole album goes from strength to strength with its music.
Stand out songs: Pretty much every song stands out, but the real winners are “Blood on blood”, “Lay your hands on me”, “Bad medicine”, “I’ll be there for you”, “Born to be my baby” and “Living in sin”.
For Bon Jovi fans if you don’t have this in your collection you’re an idiot and for anyone who wants to get into Bon Jovi, listen to this album. If you’re not hooked by the end of it, you never will be.
I give this album 5/5
Buy New Jersey
Official Site
Year: 1988
Label: Polygram Records
Track listing:
01. lay your hands on me
02. bad medicine
03. born to be my baby
04. living in sin
05. blood on blood
06. homebound train
07. wild is the wind
08. ride cowboy ride
09. stick to your guns
10. I’ll be there for you
11. 99 in the shade
12. love for sale
New Jersey is Bon Jovi’s fourth album, and considered the album that showed Bon Jovi as a power force to be reckoned with. It has sold over 18 million records worldwide, and spawned hit after hit.
After the great success of Slippery
I can’t begin to explain what this album does to me every time I hear it. It gives me almost a sense of pride to have been old enough to remember when this album was released, and to enjoy it the first time around.
With traditional riffs, catchy lyrics, it is pure Bon Jovi through and through.
Although it’s probably a little outdated these days, for anyone who grew up listening to “Lay your hands on me”, “Bad Medicine” and “Born to be my baby” this is a pure winner not only in music but also penmanship.
One thing that seems to have been a theme for Bon Jovi in the 80’s was the cowboy. Songs like “Ride cowboy ride” and “Stick to your guns” can be added to the collection of cowboy songs Bon Jovi like to sing, such as “Wanted dead or alive”.
“Bad Medicine” and “Lay your hands on me” are traditional of Bon Jovi, and showed that cock rock that everyone in the 80’s loved so much.
This album title is a strong implication of how proud the New Jersey band are of their roots, and the imprint of this is throughout the album.
As always there is the traditional love song that comes from Bon Jovi, and “I’ll be there for you” is beautifully written, beautifully sung and beautifully performed. It’s probably one of the best rock ballads out there.
It follows up from “Slippery when wet” with songs about defiance, love surviving all, friendship, and of course the most common thread for any 80’s hard rock band: sex.
The whole album goes from strength to strength with its music.
Stand out songs: Pretty much every song stands out, but the real winners are “Blood on blood”, “Lay your hands on me”, “Bad medicine”, “I’ll be there for you”, “Born to be my baby” and “Living in sin”.
For Bon Jovi fans if you don’t have this in your collection you’re an idiot and for anyone who wants to get into Bon Jovi, listen to this album. If you’re not hooked by the end of it, you never will be.
I give this album 5/5
Buy New Jersey
Official Site
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