Blaze of Glory (album)

Blaze of Glory
Studio album by Jon Bon Jovi
Publication (s)	July 1990
Label (s)	Vertigo Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Rock , hard rock , soundtrack
Title (number)	11
running time	48:12
occupation	Singing : Jon Bon Jovi Guitars : Danny Kortchmar , Jon Bon Jovi, Jeff Beck , Aldo Nova , Robbin Crosby, Waddy Wachtel Bass : Randy Jackson, Bob Glaub Drums / Percussion : Kenny Aronoff Piano : Elton John , Jon Bon Jovi, Little Richard Organ : Benmont Tench Accordion : Phil Parlapiano Keyboard : Aldo Nova Harmonica : Jon Bon Jovi Backing vocals : Myrna Matthews, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Lou Diamond Phillips , Little Richard Arrangement of the string instruments : Alan Silvestri , Aldo Nova
production	Jon Bon Jovi, Danny Kortchmar
chronology - Blaze of Glory Destination Anywhere (1997)

Blaze of Glory (Engl. For: " Glanz und Gloria ") is the first solo album by Jon Bon Jovi , the front man of the band Bon Jovi . It is the soundtrack to the western film Blaze of Glory and went double platinum in the US and Canada and gold in the UK.

Emergence

After the grueling world tours in connection with the successes of Slippery When Wet and New Jersey , Bon Jovi initially took a break in early 1990. Both Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora and David Bryan each released a solo album during this time.

Jon Bon Jovi was asked if Wanted Dead or Alive (a single from the album Slippery When Wet ) could be used as the theme song for the film Blaze of Glory, originally called Young Guns II . But after Jon Bon Jovi had seen the film, he contributed an entire album, inspired by him, which was eventually used as the official soundtrack.

Music genre

Musically the album is similar to the other albums that Jon Bon Jovi made with his band: heavier sounds with catchy melodies. However, the music has a strong Western influence. In terms of content, it is more aggressive than the usual band sound and deals with the lives of cowboys , outlaws and, last but not least, with killing and being killed. On the DVD of the box set 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong , Jon Bon Jovi says that for a long time he related the album's aggressiveness to the Billy the Kids story , which the film is about, but then admitted that it came more from his own emotional world.

The reviews of the album have been mixed to negative. However, the soundtrack was nominated for an Oscar and a Grammy . The theme song won a Golden Globe .

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Blaze of Glory   US 3 09/08/1990 (41 weeks)   UK 2 08/25/1990 (23 weeks)   CH 4th 08/26/1990 (31 weeks)   AT 1 09/19/1990 (22 weeks)   DE 4th 09/03/1990 (33 weeks)

Singles

Blaze of Glory   US 1 09/08/1990 (21 weeks)   UK 13 08/04/1990 (8 weeks)   CH 5 08/05/1990 (23 weeks)   AT 2 09/16/1990 (18 weeks)   DE 16 08/13/1990 (19 weeks) Miracle   US 12 12/22/1990 (16 weeks)   UK 29 11/10/1990 (5 weeks)   CH 20th December 16, 1990 (7 weeks)   DE 47 November 19, 1990 (14 weeks)

All songs except the last track, which was composed and produced by Alan Silvestri, are written by Jon Bon Jovi.

1. Billy Get Your Guns - 4:48
2. Miracle - 5:08
3. Blaze of Glory - 5:44
4. Blood Money - 2:34
5. Santa Fe - 5:40
6. Justice in the Barrel - 6:47
7. Never Say Die - 4:53
8. You Really Got Me Now - 2:23
9. Bang a Drum - 4:36
10. Dyin 'Ain't Much of a Livin' - 4:39
11. Guano City - 1:00 am

Song information

The song Blaze of Glory reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as number 1 on the mainstream rock charts and went platinum. He is also on the best-of album Cross Road by his band Bon Jovi , whereas no songs from the solo careers of the other band members made it on this best-of album.

Both Blaze of Glory and Blood Money are still often played live by the band today.

Blood Money was written for Bob Dylan and Bang a Drum for Steven Van Zandt .

Jon Bon Jovi re-recorded the song Bang a Drum in 1998 with Chris LeDoux for his album One Road Man . However, the track only charted as a single in the American country charts, reaching number 68.

Charts

In the Austrian charts , the album stayed at number 1 for 4 weeks and 22 weeks in the charts and was awarded platinum.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ riaa.com
2. ↑ CA
3. ↑ bpi (English)
4. ↑ Entry in the All Music Guide
5. ^ Review ( memento of March 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) in Rolling Stone
6. ↑ mtv.de ( Memento from July 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ goldenglobes.org ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
9. ↑ riaa.com
10. ↑ Blaze of Glory on Allmusic (English)