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Bon Jovi: Bon Jovi

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Artist: Bon Jovi
Title: Bon Jovi
Released: 1984
Label: Mercury Records
Time: 38:29
Producer(s): Lance Quinn & Tony Bongiovi
Appears with:
Category: Pop / Rock
Rating: ******.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2001.02.03
Price in €: 3,99
Web address: www.bonjovi.com

 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Runaway (Bon Jovi/Karak) - 3:52
[2] Roulette (Bon Jovi/Sambora) - 4:39
[3] She Don't Know Me (Avsec) - 4:03
[4] Shot Through the Heart (Bon Jovi/Ponti) - 4:24
[5] Love Lies (Bon Jovi/Rashbaum) - 4:09
[6] Breakout (Bon Jovi/Rashbaum) - 5:24
[7] Burning for Love (Bon Jovi/Sambora) - 3:52
[8] Come Back (Bon Jovi/Sambora) - 3:59
[9] Get Ready (Bon Jovi/Sambora) - 4:09

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Bon Jovi:
Jon Bon Jovi - Vocals, Guitar
Richie Sambora - Gguitar, Background Vocals
David Rashbaum - Keyboards, Background Vocals
Alec John Such - Bbass, Background Vocals
Tico Torres - Drums

Additional personnel:
Tim Pierce - guitar on "Runaway"
Roy Bittan - keyboards on "Runaway"
Huey McDonald - bass on "Runaway"
Frankie La Rocka - drums on "Runaway"
Aldo Nova - Vocals, Background Vocals
Chuck Burgi - Vocals, Background Vocals
Doug Katsaros - Vocals, Background Vocals
Mick Seely - Vocals, Background Vocals
Mick Seeley - Vocals, Background Vocals
David Grahmme - Background Vocals
Mick Seeley - Background Vocals
Frankie La Rocka - Drums
Hugh McDonald - Bass
Tim Pierce - Guitar

Scott Litt - Engineer
Jeff Hendrickson - Additional engineer
Larry Alexander - Additional engineer
Garry Rindfuss - Assistant Engineer
Barry Bongiovi - Assistant Engineer
Bruce Lampcov - Assistant Engineer
Dave Greenberg - Assistant Engineer
Bob Ludwig - Mastering
Judith Salavetz - Cover Design
Bill Levy - Art Direction
Spencer Drate - Art Direction, Cover Design
Arthur Mann - Executive Producer

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


1984 LP Vertigo 14
1984 LP Jambco 814982-1
1984 CS Jambco 814982-4
1984 CD Mercury 814-982
1984 CD Mercury 814982
1990 CD Mercury 814982
1999 CD Mercury 538087
2000 CD Mercury 90011
2000 CD Mercury 94063
2000 CD Mercury 9001
2000 CD Mercury 5380232

Recorded at The Power Station, New York.



The band's debut, while lacking much of the focus found on subsequent releases, sets the blueprint for future greatness. In a superslick package, they offer a fine balance between hard rock and a strong sense of melody.

David Jehnzen, All-Music Guide



From the opener, "Runaway," which rode to glory on Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band-mate Roy Bittan's distinctive keyboard riff, to the sweaty arena rock of "Get Ready," which closes the album, Bon Jovi's debut is an often-overlooked minor gem from the heyday of hair metal. The songs may be simple and the writing prone to all the clichés of the form, but the album boasts a pretty consistent hard rock attack, passionate playing, and a keen sense of melody. The prominence David Bryan's (he was David Rashbaum on the credits) keyboards get on this record is an indicator, perhaps, that Bon Jovi had more than a passing interest in the pop market, which was then dominated by new wave and synth pop. Mixing Journey-like '70s rock ("She Don't Know Me") with shout-along stadium anthems ("Love Lies"), Bon Jovi showcases a hot young band who is hungry for the big time, doing what they did best. It may not be the most noteworthy of debuts, but Bon Jovi has a contagious sense of energy and an endearing romanticism that mark it as a classic in its own right.

Leslie Mathew, All-Music Guide
 

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Runaway

On the street where you live girls talk about their social lives.
They're made of lipstick, plastic and paint, a touch of sable in their eyes.
ALL YOUR LIFE All your life all you've asked when's your Daddy gonna talk to you.
You were living in another world tryin' to get your message through.

No one heard a single word you said.
They should have seen it in your eyes
what was going around your heart.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.
Daddy's girl learned fast
all those things he couldn't say.
Ooh, she's a little runaway.

A different line every night guaranteed to blow your mind.
See you out on the streets, call me for a wild time.
So you sit home alone 'cause there's nothing left that you can do.
There's only pictures hung in the shadows left there to look at you.

You know she likes the lights at nights on the neon Broadway signs
She don't really mind,
it's only love she hoped to find.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.
Daddy's girl learned fast
all those things he couldn't say.
Ooh, she's a little runaway.

No one heard a single word she said.
They should have seen it in your eyes
what was going around your heart.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.
Daddy's girl learned fast
all those things he couldn't say.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.
Daddy's girl learned fast,
now she works the night away.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.
Daddy's girl learned fast
all those things he couldn't say.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.
Daddy's girl learned fast,
now she works the night away
Roulette


She Don't Know Me

What more can I do, there's nothing I haven't tried
Still it's so hard for her to notice
I've tried hard to be straight
There's nothing left I can say
If only she would look my way

[Chorus:]
She don't know me, she don't know
She don't see me, she don't care
She can't hear me, can't hear
Can not help me, she don't want
She don't want me like I want her
Like I wan't her got to tell her
Got to tell her that I love her
That I love her
She doesn't even know my name

I dream of when she'll be mine
I dream of crossing that line
And holding her so tender
Dreaming it could come true
So many things I would do
If only you'd give me a chance

[Repeat chorus]


Shot Through The Heart

Would you be content to see me crying
After all those little games you put me through
After all I've done for you you're lying
Wouldn't it be nice to tell the truth

Didn't somebody somewhere say
You're gonna take a fall
I gave you everything
Now here's the curtain call

[Chorus:]
Shot through the heart as I lay there alone
In the dark through the heart
It's all part of this game that we call love

Now you've come back here to say you're sorry
But I don't know who you're talking to
It could be the man I used to be, girl
But I've grown up and now I'm over you

Standing there just a live wire
With nowhere left to turn
You were gonna set the world on fire
When will you ever learn?

[Chorus]

Didn't somebody somewhere say
You're gonna take a fall
I gave you everything
Now here's the curtain call
And I'm shot...

Baby does what baby please
And baby must have what she sees
But not this time, the tables turned
Baby, you just got burned

[Chorus]


Love Lies

I was lost, then I found you.
I never thought it would be this way.
Showed you my heart, I left it unguarded,
like a thief in the night you stole it away.

Now you're gone, the pain goes on and on.
I still hear you whispering to me through the shadows of the night.

Love lies, you're just a victim of the headlines.
You're running on into a cold night.
You're just a number of the love lies.

All alone you call it survival,
he lost at love to a stranger's lines.
Walking the streets, searching with vengence
for a face that he dreams of night after night.

Time goes on, all signs of life stolen, simple dreams were all broken.
Best of times become desperation but how many tears must you cry to survive?

Love lies, you're just a victim of the headlines.
You're running on into a cold night.
Just a number of the love lies.

Love lies, you're just another victim of the headlines.
You're running on into a cold night.
Just a number of the love lies.

They met late one night in the city.
Both men knew only one would stay.
Scratched a picture of a heart on a bullet
and took his life away.

Love lies, you're just another victim of the headlines.
You're running on into a cold night.
Just a number of the love lies.

Love lies, you're just a victim of the headlines.
You're running on into a cold night.
Just a number of the love lies.


Breakout

This time girl I've had enough
You're too hot to handle with kid gloves
It's too late I hear a knock on the door
The game's over baby I can't take
It no more

Chorus:
Breakout, Breakout
Take these chains from me
You held my heart for ransom
Baby, set it free
Breakout, Breakout
Your lies can't hide what I see
I'm better off on my own

Promises made me in the heat of the night (Whoa-oh-oh)
Those words were broken under bedroom lights (Whoa-oh)
Your lips they burn your body calls my name (Whoa-oh)
I can feel the fire but it's all in vain (Whoa-oh)

Chorus

You say we'll meet around midnight
You're gonna make me feel oh so right
I'm saying oh no not tonight
You gotta let me go

Chorus

You say we'll meet around midnight
You're gonna make me feel oh so right
I'm saying oh no not tonight
You gotta let me go


Burning For Love

I've been lied to, you been cheated
I've been cried to, you been mistreated
I've been watching you, you want action
You need love and I need satisfaction

Chorus:
I'm burning for love
Filled with desire
I can't stand the heat
My heart's on fire
I can't get enough
It's down to the wire
Making my move, I'm looking for you
I'm burning for love

You're the victim it's in your eyes
I'm the suspect and love's the crime
Tensions mounting bodies shaking
I can't take the anticipation

Chorus

Now that I got you in my sight
Can't take another sleepless night
Oh, no, no
You can run but you can't hide
You're the only one I need
To feel the fire inside

Chorus


Come Back

Now that you're gone, I can see what
Was going on and how you lied
When you'd said you'd never love again

Friends telephone and they say
You weren't out alone last night
Can't you see that this broken heart
Is killing me

Another night is falling
And now my heart is calling you back to me

Chorus:
Come back cause I need your love
Come back got to have your love
Come back bring your loving back to me
Come back cause it's been so long
Come back, and my love's still strong
Come back bring your loving back to me

You play with words play with love
It's just your silly way
I'm a fool cause I need you by my side again

Now it's too late you walk by
With another man
And I stand alone
Cause I know that you're not coming home

Another night is falling
And now my heart is calling you back to me

Chorus

Another night is falling
And now my heart is calling you back to me

Chorus


Get Ready

You need someone to make it last
No Romeos who'll love and leave you fast
They fade away
Tonight you're not gonna be alone
Making love on the telephone
Baby, baby if you can hold on
I'm gonna take you all the way tonight
I like 'em down and dirty, hold on tight

Chorus:
Come on get ready
Come on get ready

You're looking sharp in your dancing shoes
You got the style and you got the moves
Oh you're so hot, girl and on the loose
You're caught up in a danger zone
Just seventeen but you act full grown
The nightlife is turning you on
You want to take me all the way tonight
Take my hand, you can feel the heat
Make you feel alright

Chorus

Come on
Come on
 

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