Product Summary
Format: CD
Buy.com Sku: 212571212
UPC: 00602527245591
Release Date: 11/10/2009
Item#: M4SGP9
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Bon Jovi is back with another tremendous rock album "The Circle" which was produced by John Shanks, who also worked with Bon Jovi on Have A Nice Day and Lost Highway. The first single "We Weren't Born To Follow" is the fastest growing single in the band's History, and the fastest growing ever on the Hot AC chart. Also included is the groundbreaking band documentary When We Were Beautiful. Filmed while the band was on its unprecedented Lost Highway world tour, this is the first intimate look at this legendary group. Unlike the usual band documentary, When We Were Beautiful reveals the inner workings and unique personalities that have made Bon Jovi one of the most successful rock groups of all time. Track Listing
1. Can I Be Happy Now?
2. We Weren't Born to Follow
3. Selfish
4. (Back From) Another Tragedy
5. The Truth
6. Just Like Friends
7. Drivin'
8. Never Again
9. Work for the Working Man
10. All I Want to Know
11. 7 Oceans
12. Tomorrow
Album Notes and Credits
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Personnel: Jon Bon Jovi (vocals); Richie Sambora (guitar, background vocals); Charlie Judge (strings, keyboards); David Bryan (keyboards); Hugh McDonald (bass guitar); Tico Torres (drums, percussion). |
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Audio Mixer: Bob Clearmountain. |
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Recording information: Henson Recording Studios, CA; Sanctuary Studios, NJ. |
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Bon Jovi's 2007 effort, LOST HIGHWAY, found New Jersey's finest brandishing a Nashville-tinged, commercial rock/country crossover sound that wasn't too far a stretch from their usual arena rocking anthems for the Everyman. And where that album sometimes tried too hard to fit into the conventions of trad country, sacrificing some of the fist-pumping potency of their best `90s-era efforts in the process, THE CIRCLE, the band's fifth studio effort of the `00s, is a back-to-roots return to form focused on uplifting hooks and a hard-hitting guitar rock energy. Once again teaming up with producer John Shanks, who also worked the band's previous two albums, Bon Jovi relay the struggles and upheavals of the common man on lead single "We Weren't Born to Follow." |
Producer: John Shanks; Jon Bon Jovi; Richie Sambora |
Engineer: Mike Rew; Alex Gibson; Obie O'Brien; Jeff Rothschild |
Entertainment Reviews
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Bon Jovi - The Circle - CD Review
By: Kaji
Blogcritics.org Reviews
Published on: 2/10/2010 3:33 PM
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| Whether you like '80s Bon Jovi or the new millennium Bon Jovi, this band has stood the test of time. Proving us time and time again, they can give the world something great to listen to. Their latest, The Circle, which released November 10, has showed fans they aren’t going anywhere — anywhere but the top. Whether you're a fan from their heyday or a new fan, this album has lots to offer. Enclosed in the CD package is a 90-minute documentary about the band and life on the road. The opening beats to their latest hit single, playing radio stations worldwide, “We Weren’t Born to Follow” gives the listener a feeling of enjoyment and inspiration, an inspiration that follows throughout the album....read the full review |
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Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (p.119)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[W]here Jon Bon Jovi once was kind of quixotic, he's more contemplative than ever, turning out meditations like 'Live Before You Die'..."
Billboard (p.60)
- "'When We Were Beautiful' is wistfully nostalgic, right down to the sha-la-la backing vocals, with its own brief social commentary about living on a continuing prayer."
Q (Magazine)
(p.126)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "More than a quarter century down the line, BON JOVI are still living and selling the rock'n'roll fantasy on THE CIRCLE."
Bio
Bon JoviFew bands embodied the era of pop-metal like Bon Jovi. By merging Def Leppard's loud but tuneful metal with Bruce Springsteen's working-class sensibilities, the New Jersey-based quintet developed an ingratiatingly melodic and professional variation of hard rock -- one that appealed as much to teenagers as to housewives. Bon Jovi skillfully employed professional songwriters to give their songs, especially their power ballads, an appropriately commercial sheen, inaugurating a trend that dominated mainstream hard rock and metal for the next decade. They also made simple performance videos that emphasized lead singer Jon Bon Jovi's photogenic good looks, and these clips helped propel 1986's Slippery When Wet and 1988's New Jersey into multi-platinum status around the world. Both records were criticized for being more pop than metal, as well as being targeted toward teenyboppers, yet the group managed to subtly change its image in the early '90s, moving away from metal and concentrating on straightforward arena rock and big ballads. The shift in style worked, and Bon Jovi was the only American pop-metal band of the '80s to retain a sizable audience throughout the following two decades.
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