[Savvi]

Sorry for the delay guys. Had a busy day yesterday!

From country influenced to pure hard rock, we are going back to where it all began with the debut. It's the shortest album in the Jovi catalogue with just 9 songs, and features the only song on a studio album not written by any band members.

It finished 10th (second last) in the album rankings, and here is how we ranked it back in 2008;

01. Runaway [131]
02. Shot Through The Heart [108]
03. Roulette [91]
04. She Don’t Know Me [80]
05. Breakout [67]
06. Love Lies [64]
07. Burning For Love [63]
08. Get Ready [50]
09. Come Back [45]

Just a few reminders... if you are going to give a song 0, make sure you still list it. Otherwise I wont know if you purposely left it off or just forgot to.

Also, double check you have listed all songs, especially if you are copying and pasting the list from someone else's post in the thread.

The maximum score this round is 9.

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2012 Rankings

• Albums
• 7800° Fahrenheit
• Crush
• Lost Highway

[Savvi]

9pt] Roulette
8pt] Love Lies
7pt] Get Ready
6pt] She Don't Know Me
5pt] Burning For Love
4pt] Shot Through The Heart
3pt] Runaway
2pt] Breakout
1pt] Come Back

Unfortunately this is my least favourite album by the band.

Having said that, I enjoy the top four songs Ive listed. The next 3 are ok, and the bottom 2 I rarely listen to.

I know the term 'over rated' has been used to death so far during track rankings, but I have to give my vote to Runaway as one of the more over rated songs by fans. I dont know if Im just sick of it or if I simply just dislike it, but I find myself rarely listening to it. I do love the intro keyboard riff (who doesnt!).

Roulette is and forever will be the greatest song on the album. Love Lies is also wonderful, and Get Ready is one of the first party/fun songs by the band - and I quite like it.

[bonjovi90]

09) Shot Through The Heart (killer track live back then! -

Bon Jovi - Shot Through The Heart (Tilburg 1985)...

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0 Love Lies
07) Runaway
06) Roulette
05) Burning For Love
04) Breakout
03) Come Back
02) She Don't Know Me
01) Get Ready

An album I totally loved when I first listened to it, then it fell flat on me for a while. I recently picked it up again and really enjoyed some tracks, others I couldn't relate to at all anymore. Get Ready is the song I always skip here, I can enjoy it live, but it just sounds so horrible in the album version to me.
The top 4 songs I really enjoy listening to (though I might be one of a very few who prefer the piano driven Runaway-2000 version over the original most of time), the next 2 tracks are ok, the last 3 I usually don't pay much attention to. Overall a good album and I still like the production sound on it, unlike on 7800° Fahrenheit.

[danfan]

9pts - Runaway
8pts - Shot Through The Heart
7pts - She Don't Know Me
6pts - Love Lies
5pts - Roulette
4pts - Come Back
3pts - Breakout
2pts - Get Ready
1pt - Burning For Love

[steel_horse75]

9 Runaway
8 Shot Through The Heart
7 Come Back
6 Burning For Love
5 Breakout
4 She Don’t Know Me
3 Roulette
2 Get Ready
1 Love Lies


Gem of an album. Overlooked by new-era fans who think that WSYCGH, TYFLM and TWASA are acceptable songs released by the same band who released the above!!!

[samboraisgodUK]

Originally Posted by steel_horse75

9 Runaway
8 Shot Through The Heart
7 Come Back
6 Burning For Love
5 Breakout
4 She Don’t Know Me
3 Roulette
2 Get Ready
1 Love Lies


Gem of an album. Overlooked by new-era fans who think that WSYCGH, TYFLM and TWASA are acceptable songs released by the same band who released the above!!!

Because those three songs are better than every song above apart from Runaway.

[steel_horse75]

Originally Posted by samboraisgodUK

Because those three songs are better than every song above apart from Runaway.

Yes weve seen your musical tastes. You really missed the pinnacle of Jovi which is shame. You really think the 3 songs I listed are better than anything on the debut? No wonder Jovi are so average these days (no pun intended)

[Savvi]

Originally Posted by steel_horse75

Yes weve seen your musical tastes. You really missed the pinnacle of Jovi which is shame. You really think the 3 songs I listed are better than anything on the debut? No wonder Jovi are so average these days (no pun intended)

The debut album is far from the pinnacle of Jovi. Id take post 2000 Jovi over Pre 1986 Jovi any day.

[Walleris]

Originally Posted by Savvi

The debut album is far from the pinnacle of Jovi. Id take post 2000 Jovi over Pre 1986 Jovi any day.

This.
I'm sure my age is an aspect that some of the 80s fanboys will be picking at, but who cares.

[Budge]

Not an album I listen to very often, although Runaway is on any BJ playlist I ever listen to. A little hard to rate these tracks so I have had to listen to the album a few times to judge. I normally only hear most of these as a random shuffle on my iplayer while out running.

9 - Runaway
8 - Roulette
7 - Love Lies
6 - Shot Through The Heart
5 - She Don't Know Me
4 - Come Back
3 - Get Ready
2 - Breakout
1 - Burning For Love


The outstanding track for me being "Runaway" this was the first BJ song that got me interested way back in 84. I was a young teenager just started high school and this album was the only tape I had for my walkman(c). I think I wore the tape out just constantly rewinding and playing the one song.
As for the rest there is nothing that stands out for me. If I'm honest it's a pretty poor album. Good songs to listen to now and then with just a hint of what was to come in the future.