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Jon Bongiovi: The Power Station Years 1980-1983 | 
| Artist: John Bongiovi
Creator: Jon Bon Jovi
Label: Empire Music Group
Category: Music
Buy New: $24.89
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 345700
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5033809101123
ASIN: B000007XLW
Release Date: September 25, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Who Said It Would Last Forever | | • | Open Your Heart | | • | Stringin' a Line | | • | Don't Leave Me Tonight | | • | More Than We Bargained For | | • | For You | | • | Hollywood Dreams | | • | All Talk, No Action | | • | Don't Keep Me Wondering | | • | Head Over Heels | | • | No One Does It Like You | | • | What You Want | | • | Don't You Believe Him | | • | Talkin' in Your Sleep |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Bon Jovi pre-history May 7, 2007
Justin Gaines (Atlanta, GA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Before becoming a platinum-selling megastar, Jon Bon Jovi was just plain old John Bongiovi, a janitor at his uncle's recording studio The Power Station. While working at the studio (and before forming the band Bon Jovi), he recorded several songs that have been collected on this album.
There are at least half a dozen different versions of this material, released by as many different (but always small) record labels. I have to assume that the songs were never intended for release, otherwise Jon Bon Jovi himself would have issued the album, and you know that would have been a decent seller for a major label. The various releases contain anywhere from 10 to 20 songs. If you're going to track this album down, you might as well try for the one with the most songs.
As to the actual music collected here, it's not bad at all, though it falls well short of what we heard on the debut Bon Jovi album. These songs take a more straightforward pop approach than the (relatively) hard rocking Bon Jovi material. It's almost like Bon Jovi was doing his best Springsteen impression, which oddly enough is pretty close to Bon Jovi's current sound. It makes you wonder just how much of Bon Jovi's early (and massively successful) hard rock sound came from people like Richie Sambora, Aldo Nova, and Desmond Child.
The Power Station Years (or the Best of John Bongiovi, or whatever it may be called) is an interesting bit of Bon Jovi history, and one that all serious Bon Jovi fans should check out. You probably won't find yourself reaching for this disc very often, but it's always interesting to see an artist's humble beginnings, and even more so for a star of Jon Bon Jovi's status.
 jon just rules! September 14, 1999
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
i,just think jon is very awesome
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