# Gorky Park (album)

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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)
* "Bang" – 4:47
* "Try to Find Me" – 5:08
* "Hit Me with the News" – 3:52
* "Sometimes at Night" – 5:08
* "Peace in Our Time" (Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora) – 5:56
* "My Generation" (Pete Townshend, includes Prokofiev's "Alexander Nevsky") – 4:44
* "Within Your Eyes" – 4:55
* "Child of the Wind" – 5:22
* "Fortress" – 4:04
* "Danger" – 3:30
* "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) | 80 |
| 1989 | Norwegian Albums Charts | 9 |

### Singles

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

## Clips

* "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.
* "Bang" (1989) - staging clip, place of conduct surveys - New York.
* "My Generation" (1989) - clip combining staged scene, concert records and documentary historical Chronicles.
* "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:
* 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.