- rock, hard rock, glam metal, album rock
- 38 min
- 9 tracks
- Mercury Records
Bon Jovi is the debut studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on January 23, 1984, by Mercury Records. Produced by Tony Bongiovi and Lance Quinn, it is significant for being the only Bon Jovi album in which a song appears that was not written or co-written by a member of the band. The album charted at number 43 on the US Billboard 200.
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Classical in form, spare, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Runaway3:50
- 2Roulette4:41
- 3She Don't Know Me3:58
- 4Shot Through the Heart4:19
- 5Love Lies4:08
- 6Breakout5:22
- 7Burning for Love3:53
- 8Come Back3:58
- 9Get Ready4:08
9 tracks, 38 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Bon Jovi
- Label
- Mercury Records
- Released
- 1984
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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