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| | Bon Jovi | | | Music Artist : | | Bon Jovi | | Music Style : | | Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | | Record Label : | | Island / Mercury | | Release Date : | | 1999-02-09 | | Store Price : | | $9.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $8.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Runaway
2. Roulette
3. She Don't Know Me
4. Shot Through the Heart
5. Love Lies
6. Brakeout
7. Burning for Love
8. Come Back
9. Get Ready
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Bon Jovi's Best album
Submitted on: 2009-06-25 |
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This album to me is a masterpiece and showcases the band's talent, even though it was only their first. It's no wonder they are still going strong!
Although Jon's voice doesn't quite hit the notes that he is able to hit now, with such song's as In These Arms, Livin' On A Prayer and I'll Be There For You, this album is still one of the best early entries to the Glam Metal scene.
I thoroughly recommend this album to anyone who is after good, hard hittin' rockin' beats and melodies from the Eighties that will still go the distance today. |
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 On the street where you live...
Submitted on: 2009-04-15 |
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| The phenomenon that is Bon Jovi got its start right here, album one, song one. A little ditty called "Runaway" which started out life as a demo from a young kid whose cousin ran the Power Station in New York as a top producer, while he swept the floor. Though the rest album was the creation of an emerging supergroup, there was no doubt that the group's success or failure would rest on the splendidly coiffed shoulders of their epononymous front-man. Jon has become a huge celebrity and he and his band have earned most of what they have received both in adulation and in scorn as representatives and surprisingly still relevant icons of the hair metal era. They seemed from the beginning to court something much bigger than being a run of the mill ballad and rockers band. The debut record was released in early 1984 and except for the aforementioned "Runaway' which is still one of their two most important songs ever, it was a fairly modest success. It got Jon and Richie noticed and got them on the road in support of KISS and Scorpions among others. The rest of `Bon Jovi' is decent to middling AOR/hard rock (to call it metal is a stretch). "She Don't Know Me", a rare outside songwriting credit on a Bon Jovi record is a strong up tempo ballad, while "Shot Through the Heart", "Breakout", "Get Ready" and "Roulette" satisfy as hard rockers. It is a good record and it firmly establishes Bon Jovi as a hard rock band who had no problem wanting pop success, even if that would take a few more tries before superstardom was achieved. |
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 Good for the collection
Submitted on: 2009-03-24 |
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| I wanted to complete my Bon Jovi collection, but the quality is not as good as some of their later stuff, still worth a buy. |
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When Bon Jovi barely had a pot to piss in, they cranked out some catchy rock tunes
Submitted on: 2009-02-04 |
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What's the 4-1-1?
I don't think I need to give anyone a history lesson on Bon Jovi. I'm sure the entire world is familiar with them, so I will get right into the album. The only actual hits from this album were "Shot Through the Heart" and "Runaway." That's not to say this a bad album however. Far from it. This album represents Bon Jovi at their edgy, raw, and hard rock best. You know, before they became adult soft rock. Meaty guitar riffs and pulsing keyboards dominate "Roulette." Jon says life is a gamble because there is so much to chose from.
"She Don't Know Me" was actually a minor hit from the group way back when. It's a keyboard heavy track that's very simplistic in it's arrangement, but relatable in it's content. It's catchy as hell too. "Love Lies" is probably the basis for every Bon Jovi ballad that followed. Maybe it was the just the early eighties, or maybe the keyboardist had a lot more pull in the group, but it eats up most of the track.
"Breakout" leans on the anthemic side of the fence with it's whoa whoa chants. Sambora's guitar manages to silence the synths, but the two do work well together. "Burning For Love" is another guitar laden track in which the chorus has a killer hook. "Get Ready" is another anthemic track full of hooks and chugga-chugga guitar riffs.
The Verdict
It's clear after listening to Bon Jovi's self-titled debut that they are quite polished today. They are better songwriters, they are better musicians, and their production cost have probably quadrupled since this album came out. Despite all of those improvements, the music has gotten worse in recent years. Bon Jovi was all about rock and roll in their early years, today they're all about soft rock ballads and country music. They can't even play their old stuff live without tuning down and singing in a different key.
So if you long for the gritty, hard rocking Bon Jovi days, look no further than their debut album. Sure, some will say New Jersey or Slippery When Wet were better albums, but when Bon Jovi barely had a pot to piss in, they cranked out some catchy rock tunes. They didn't need to impress the record label, they didn't need to shell out for big money producers. They just wrote from their gut. This album is the product of that. |
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 Simple Review
Submitted on: 2009-01-11 |
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| Highlights: Runaway (of course), She Don't Know Me, Come Back. Lowlights: Roulette, Brakeout. The rest just being ok. Great instrumentally, I just find the songs lacking in lyrical content. I know every other rock song at the time had about as much content. |
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