Album · 1988
New Jersey
by Bon Jovi
New Jersey is a 1988 hard rock album by Bon Jovi. It runs 13 tracks across 62 minutes on Island Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.0/5 from 5 ratings.
Hard Rock · Glam Metal · Pop
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- 13
- Tracks
- 62 min
- Runtime
- 124 bpm
- Tempo
- F minor
- Key
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New Jersey album cover

The New Jersey cover was designed by Hugh Syme, photographed by Cameron Wong and Timothy White, and art-directed by Hugh Syme and Jon Bon Jovi.
- Design
- Hugh Syme
- Photography
- Cameron Wong, Timothy White
- Art direction
- Hugh Syme, Jon Bon Jovi
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Tracklist
13 tracks · 62 min
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According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on New Jersey is Lay Your Hands on Me — rated 4.8/5 by 2 listeners.
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About
New Jersey is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Bon Jovi, It was released on 19 September, 1988 through Mercury Records. The album produced by Bruce Fairbairn and recorded at the Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, Canada. The album was the follow-up to the band's 1986 breakthrough Slippery When Wet, reaching at #1 on the Billboard 200 and producing five Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles, the most top ten hits to date for a hard rock album. "Bad Medicine" and "I'll Be There for You" both hit #1 on Billboard Hot 100. The album was certified seven times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album also debuted at #1 in UK and beacame the band's first UK #1 album. New Jersey was released by the Russian state-owned record company Melodiya, being the first foreign album ever released in Russia.
In brief
- Is New Jersey good?
- Riffiter listeners rate New Jersey 4.0/5 from 5 ratings.
- What is the highest-rated track on New Jersey?
- Lay Your Hands on Me, rated 4.8/5 by 2 listeners on Riffiter.
- When was New Jersey released?
- New Jersey was released in 1988 on Island Records.
- How many tracks are on New Jersey?
- New Jersey has 13 tracks, with a runtime of 62 minutes.
- What genre is New Jersey?
- New Jersey is catalogued under Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Pop.
- What BPM is New Jersey?
- New Jersey runs at a median tempo of 124 BPM across its tracks, most often in F minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to New Jersey?
- Listeners of New Jersey also rate Blaze of Glory by Jon Bon Jovi, Use Your Illusion I by Guns N' Roses, Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' Roses.
- Who produced New Jersey?
- Bruce Fairbairn produced 5 of the 13 tracks on New Jersey.
- Who wrote the songs on New Jersey?
- New Jersey was written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child and Diane Warren. Jon Bon Jovi wrote 5 of them.
New Jersey at a glance
- Label
- Mercury Records
- Recorded at
- Little Mountain Sound Studios
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Credits
- Produced by
- Bruce Fairbairn
- Written by
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