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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.

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Hard Rock · Glam Metal · Pop

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13
Tracks
62 min
Runtime
124 bpm
Tempo
F minor
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New Jersey album cover

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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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.

  1. 1Lay Your Hands on Me4.82 ratings
  2. 2Bad Medicine4.01 rating
  3. 3Born to Be My Baby4.01 rating
  4. 4Wild Is the Wind4.01 rating
  5. 5I'll Be There for You4.01 rating

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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
Jon Bon JoviRichie SamboraDesmond ChildDiane Warren

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