New Jersey (album)

New Jersey
Studio album by
Bon Jovi
ReleasedSeptember 19, 1988 (1988-09-19)
RecordedMay 1 – July 31, 1988
StudioLittle Mountain Sound, Vancouver
Genre
Length57:30
Label
ProducerBruce Fairbairn
Bon Jovi chronology
Slippery When Wet
(1986) 		New Jersey
(1988) 		Hard & Hot (Best of Bon Jovi)
(1991)
Singles from New Jersey
  1. "Bad Medicine"
    Released: September 12, 1988[5]
  2. "Born to Be My Baby"
    Released: November 24, 1988
  3. "I'll Be There for You"
    Released: February 1989
  4. "Lay Your Hands on Me"
    Released: August 1, 1989
  5. "Living in Sin"
    Released: November 11, 1989

New Jersey is the fourth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on September 19, 1988, by Mercury Records. The album was produced by Bruce Fairbairn and recorded at Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The album was the follow-up to the band's third album, Slippery When Wet, and reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart in its second week of release after debuting at number eight. It remained at the top for four consecutive weeks and was Bon Jovi's last album to do so until Lost Highway (2007).[6] The album was named after the birth state of Jon Bon Jovi, New Jersey.

It produced five Billboard Hot 100 top ten hits, the most top ten hits to date for any glam metal album, including "Bad Medicine" and "I'll Be There for You", which both reached number one. The album was certified 7× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album also debuted at number one in the UK and was the band's first UK No. 1 album. New Jersey was released by the Soviet state-owned record label Melodiya, being the first American album to be officially released in the USSR.[7][8] To celebrate the band's 30th anniversary in 2014, the album was repackaged with bonus tracks.

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  6. ^ "AllMusic (Bon Jovi charts & awards) Billboard albums".
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