BON JOVI — Bon Jovi (review)

BON JOVI — Bon Jovi album cover Album · 1984 · Hard Rock Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
martindavey87
Released in 1984, ‘Bon Jovi’ is the self-titled debut album by hard rock band, Bon Jovi, named after their vocalist and soon-to-be worldwide megastar, Jon Bon Jovi.

Featuring radio-friendly AOR at its finest, the album is a pretty mixed bag. The songs for the most part are all good, some more memorable than others, with perhaps one or two particular standouts. There’s some fantastic interplay between guitarist Richie Sambora and keyboard player David Rashbaum, which certainly helps give the music its mainstream appeal, and Bon Jovi’s voice, not yet ravaged by time, sounds great!

And the songs I consider standouts? ‘Runaway’ and ‘Roulette’, in particular, are early classics from the band, with other notable songs including ‘Shot Through the Heart’, ‘She Don’t Know Me’, ‘Burning For Love’, ‘Breakout’ and ‘Love Lies’. These aren’t as polished as later hits, but considering this is an 80’s rock band making their debut, they’re showing a ton of potential early on in their careers.

And it’s potential that we know they’ll live up to! Of course, the New Jersey quintet will go on to become one of the biggest bands on the planet, and the seeds for what’s to come have certainly been planted here. While ‘Bon Jovi’ is far from their best work, it’s a solid debut, and well worth owning if you’re a fan.
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martindavey87 wrote:
1 day ago
Do it! Do it proudly! Unleash that inner Bon Jovi fan!
UMUR wrote:
1 day ago
Believe it or not, I ussd to be a huge Bon Jovi fan, and I have listened to the first four albums many, many times. But...it´s been so many years since the last time, that I don´t remember a single track from this particular album. Someday I´ll return and give the early Bon Jovi albums a listen again.

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