Gorky Park (album)

Gorky Park is the debut album by Russian hard rock band Gorky Park, released in 1989 by Mercury Records, after Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi expressed interest in the band (and co-produced the album) and got them signed to Mercury, Bon Jovi's label. It features the band's first hit single, "Bang", that has a mix of Russian and English lyrics and was put into rotation on MTV.

Track listing

• All music composed by Gorky Park, except where noted.
• Lyrics by Michael Berardi & Gregory Schwartz (1, 3, 8, 11), A.Grigoriev (2, 4), Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora (5), Pete Townshend (6), J. Zocchi (7, 10), Karen Kavaleryan & Irina Antonian (9)

1. "Bang" – 4:47
2. "Try to Find Me" – 5:08
3. "Hit Me with the News" – 3:52
4. "Sometimes at Night" – 5:08
5. "Peace in Our Time" (Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora) – 5:56
6. "My Generation" (Pete Townshend, includes Prokofiev's "Alexander Nevsky") – 4:44
7. "Within Your Eyes" – 4:55
8. "Child of the Wind" – 5:22
9. "Fortress" – 4:04
10. "Danger" – 3:30
11. "Action" – 3:55 (Bonus track on the CD and Cassette)

Personnel

Band members

• Alexei Belov: lead guitar, balalaika, all keyboards, background vocals
• Nikolai Noskov: lead vocals, background vocals
• Alexander Minkov: bass, background vocals
• Yan Yanenkov: lead guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Alexander Lvov: drums, percussion, background vocals

Additional musicians

• Annette Hardeman, Gabriel Hardeman, Charlene Holloway, Paula Holloway: choir on "Try to Find Me"
• Jon Bon Jovi: vocals on "Peace in Our Time"
• Richie Sambora: electric guitar and background vocals on "Peace in Our Time"
• Tico Torres: drums on "Peace in Our Time"

Charts

Album

Singles

Clips

1. "Fortress" - the first video of the group, shot in Moscow in the autumn of 1988, the video combines staged scenes footage from the recording Studio and documentary Chronicles.
2. "Bang" (1989) - staging clip, place of conduct surveys - New York.
3. "My Generation" (1989) - clip combining staged scene, concert records and documentary historical Chronicles.
4. "Peace In Our Time" (1990) - concert video.

Release history

European copies of the album were also imported to Australia.

Production

Source:

• All songs arranged by Gorky Park.
• Tracks 4, 6, 7, & 10 produced by Bruce Fairbairn. Recorded & Mixed by Bruce Fairbairn & Mike Fraser, with recording assistance by Ken Lomas.
• Track 5 produced by Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora. Recorded & Mixed by Obie O'Brien, with recording assistance by John "Joy Boy" Moyer & Nick "The Pig" DiDia.
• All other tracks produced, recorded & mixed by Mitch Goldfarb & Gorky Park, with recording assistance by Brian Stover, Brooke Hendricks, and Mike Cohn.

References