
AB DEM 25. OKTOBER 1986 EROBERTEN BON JOVI DIE WELT
- Oct 26, 2021
Die ersten vier Alben sind für Glam-Metal-Fans die relevantesten, weil sie in Teilen kalkuliert diese Richtung bedienten. BON JOVI (1984, USA #43) bietet mit “Runaway“ - übrigens die erste Single der Amis - einen der besten Songs aus dem Repertoire der Gruppe, 7800° FAHRENHEIT (1985, USA #37, D #40) wurde nicht nur wegen seines ausgefallenen Gitarrensounds zum Fan-Favoriten, SLIPPERY WHEN WET (1986, USA #1, D #11) wies eine enorme Hit-Dichte auf und NEW JERSEY (1988, USA #1, D #4) deutete an, dass Bon Jovi dabei waren, neue Wege zu gehen.
According to the placement statistics of the U.S. Bilboard charts, the third Bon Jovi album, SLIPPERY WHEN WET, reached the top position on October 25, 1986 - 35 years ago. After that, five more records landed at number one, at least five more made it into the Top 10, and two albums were listed in the Top 20. This makes Bon Jovi one of the most successful bands from America (in the UK all albums after SLIPPERY in the Top 10, four of them on one; in Germany Bon Jovi also reached a position in the Top 10 every time, six of them on one).
The first four albums are the most relevant for Glam Metal fans, because in parts they calculatedly served this direction. BON JOVI (1984, USA #43) offers with "Runaway" - by the way the first single of the Yanks - one of the best songs from the group's repertoire, 7800° FAHRENHEIT (1985, USA #37, D #40) became a fan favorite not only because of its unusual guitar sound, SLIPPERY WHEN WET (1986, USA #1, D #11) had many hit singles and NEW JERSEY (1988, USA #1, D #4) indicated that Bon Jovi were about to break new ground.