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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