After selling over twelve million records from Slippery When Wet (1988), Bon Jovi was definitely the 'light metal' champion of the decade. With New Jersey, the band took the romance of the rock & roll cowboy, as expressed in the single Wanted Dead Or Alive, to a higher level. The album was produced by Bruce Fairbairn with Bob Rock as the engineer, two greats when it comes to optimizing a band's
… sound. Paying homage to the band's home state, New Jersey is oozing with attitude, emotion and the desire to party. The album is the repercussion of a band at their peak, a dream meeting between Bruce Springsteen and Clint Eastwood (with a few Guns N 'Roses members to top it off). New Jersey built on the rougher,more
