Bon Jovi (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Bon Jovi
Type = Album
Artist = Bon Jovi

Released = January 21, 1984
Recorded = June, 1983 at Power Station in New York City
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 38:29
Label = Polygram Records
Producer = Tony Bongiovi, Lance Quinn
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:eg0e4jj70wal link]
*Piero Scaruffi rating-10|6 [http://www.scaruffi.com/vol4/bonjovi.html link]
Last album =
This album = "Bon Jovi"
(1984)
Next album = "7800 Fahrenheit"
(1985)
Misc = Singles
Name = "Bon Jovi"
Type = studio
single 1 = Runaway
single 1 date = 1983
single 2 = She Don't Know Me
single 2 date = 1984

"Bon Jovi" is the self-titled debut album by American rock band Bon Jovi, and was released in January 1984.It is also significant for being the only Bon Jovi album on which a song ("She Don't Know Me") appears that was not written or co-written by members of the band.

Sales were in excess of two million copies. The single "Runaway" was the band's first Top 40 hit, reaching #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984.

Track listing

# "Runaway" (Jon Bon Jovi, George Karak) – 3:50
# "Roulette" (Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora) – 4:41
# "She Don't Know Me" (Mark Avsec) – 4:02
# "Shot Through the Heart" (Bon Jovi, Jack Ponti) – 4:25
# "Love Lies" (Bon Jovi, David Rashbaum) – 4:09
# "Breakout" (Bon Jovi, Rashbaum) – 5:23
# "Burning for Love" (Bon Jovi, Sambora) – 3:53
# "Come Back" (Bon Jovi, Sambora) – 3:58
# "Get Ready" (Bon Jovi, Sambora) – 4:08

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# Runaway (Live Le Zeneith 1988/11/20)
# Roulette (Live BBC Friday Rock Show)
# Shot Through The Heart (Live Japan Tour 1985)
# Burning For Love (Live Japan Tour 1985)
# Get Ready (Live Japan Tour 1985)
# Breakout (Live Super Rock '84)
# Runaway (Live Super Rock '84)

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Personnel

Bon Jovi

*Jon Bon Jovi – lead vocals
*Richie Sambora – guitar, background vocals
*Alec John Such – bass, background vocals
*Tico Torres – drums, percussion
*David Bryan – keyboards, background vocals

Additional personnel

*Roy Bittan – keyboards
*Chuck Burgi
*David Grahmme
*Doug Katsaros
*Frankie La Rocka – drums
*Hugh McDonald – bass
*Aldo Nova
*Tim Pierce – guitar
*Mick Seeley - background vocals

Engineers

*Larry Alexander
*Jeff Hendrickson
*John Bengelshmy