Gorky Park (album) explained

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

Year	Chart	Position
1989	Billboard 200 (North America)[1]	80
Norwegian Albums Charts	9[2]

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1989	"Bang"	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[3]	41
		Norwegian Albums Charts	5
1990	"Try to Find Me"	Billboard Hot 100	81

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

Region	Date
United States	1989
United Kingdom	1989
Japan	1989
South Korea	1989
South Africa	1989
Mexico	1989
Netherlands	1989
West Germany	1989
SFR Yugoslavia	1990
The Soviet Union	1990

European copies of the album were also imported to Australia.

Production

Source:^[4]

• 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.

Notes and References

1. The group on the site Billboard.com
2. Web site: Gorky Park - Gorky Park (album). NorwegianCharts.com. August 24, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120609045735/http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gorky+Park&titel=Gorky+Park&cat=a. June 9, 2012. dead.
3. Web site: Gorky Park - Bang. Music VF, US & UK hits charts.
4. http://www.discogs.com/Gorky-Park-Gorky-Park-%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA-%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE/release/1856244 Production information at discogs