Bon Jovi : Bon Jovi (40th Anniversary Edition)
GIRLS TALK ABOUT THEIR SOCIAL LIVES
THEY'RE MADE OF LIPSTICK
PLASTIC AND PAINT
A TOUCH OF STABLE IN THEIR EYES
Bon Jovi
is the debut
studio album
by American
Rock band
released on
January 23, 1984,
by Mercury Records.
Produced by
Tony Bongiovi
and
Lance Quinn,
it is significant
for being the only
Bon Jovi album
in which a song
("She Don't Know Me")
appears that was
not written or
co-written by
a member of the band.
The album charted at
number 43
on the
US Billboard 200.
Aside from
the hit single
"Runaway",
songs from the album
were rarely
performed live
after
Bon Jovi released
Slippery When Wet
in 1986.
However,
on the band's
2010 Circle Tour,
songs including
"Roulette",
"Shot Through the Heart"
and
"Get Ready"
were performed.
The album was
ranked the
11th best rock album
of 1984 by
Kerrang! magazine.
Background
In 1980,
(born John Francis Bongiovi)
began work at
Power Station,
a Manhattan
recording facility
co-founded by his cousin,
Tony Bongiovi.
Jon made several demos
and sent them
out to
record companies,
but failed to
make an impact.
In 1982,
Jon went to
local radio station
WAPP 103.5FM
"The Apple".
DJ Chip Hobart
listened to the demos
and loved
"Runaway",
deciding to include it
on the station's
compilation album
of local
homegrown talent.
The studio musicians
who helped record
"Runaway"
were known as
The All Star Review.
They were: guitarist
Tim Pierce,
keyboardist
Roy Bittan,
drummer
Frankie LaRocka,
bass guitarist
Hugh McDonald,
and additional singers
David Grahmme
and
Mick Seeley
Seeley also composed
the distinctive keyboard riff
that opens the song
In 1994,
McDonald would
later replace
Alec John Such
as Bon Jovi's
bass guitarist,
initially only as a
touring and
session musician,
before becoming a
full member in 2016.
The song began to
get airplay
around New York.
Jon signed to
Mercury Records,
part of the
PolyGram company.
He wanted a
band name
and the
A&R staff
at PolyGram
came up with
Bon Jovi.
In March 1983,
Bon Jovi
called
David Bryan
(then known as Rashbaum),
who in turn called
bass guitarist
Alec John Such
and an
experienced drummer
named
Tico Torres.
At that time
Bon Jovi's
lead guitarist
was
Dave (the Snake) Sabo,
a childhood friend
of Jon's
who later formed
the band
Skid Row.
Sabo was
never intended
as a
full-time member
of the band,
and was soon
replaced by
Richie Sambora.
"We weren't a good band",
Bon Jovi said in 2007.
"We didn't become a good band
until the third record,
but we had a drummer
who could keep time,
which you
should never take
for granted.
But I did okay
for a 22-year-old.
I'd only been in a studio
for three years total
prior to that record
and I didn't know
anything about
comping a vocal
it's where you take a word
or a line from one track
and piece it together.
I was thinking,
My God,
I'm so bad
that they have to
put my vocals
together for me.
The engineer was saying,
Don't fret, Jon:
even
Freddie Mercury
and
the greats
have to comp a vocal
TRACKLIST
CD 1
Runaway
Roulette
She Don't Know Me
Shot Through the Heart
Love Lies
Breakout
Burning for Love
Come Back
Get Ready
CD 2
2024
(40th Anniversary bonus tracks)
PLUS
EVEN MORE
BONUS TRACKS
Runaway
(Cassette Writing Demo)
Runaway
(Pre-production Studio Demo)
Runaway
(Alternate Version)
Runaway
(Extended Version / 2024 Mix)
Come Back
(Reference Vocal Version)
She Don't Know Me
(Alternate Version)
Shot Through The Heart
(Alternate Version)
Love Lies
(Alternate Version)
Breakout
(Alternate Version)
Burning For Love
(Alternate Version)
Come Back
(Alternate Version)
Get Ready
(Alternate Version)
Roulette
(Live In Tokyo, 1985 - Obie O'Brien Mix)
Breakout
(Live In Tokyo, 1985 - Obie O'Brien Mix)
Runaway
(Live In Tokyo, 1985 - Obie O'Brien Mix)
Get Ready
(Live In Tokyo, 1985 - Obie O'Brien Mix)
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