Blaze of Glory

Infobox Album
Name = Blaze of Glory
Type = Soundtrack
Artist = Jon Bon Jovi


Released = July 1990
Recorded = 1990
Genre = Rock
Length = 48:43
Label = Mercury Records
Producer = Jon Bon Jovi
Reviews = *"Allmusic" rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kzfwxqqgld6e link]
Last album =
This album = "Blaze of Glory"
(1990)
Next album = "Destination Anywhere"
(1997)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Japanese Limited Edition Cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = UICY-6469

"Blaze of Glory" is Jon Bon Jovi's first solo album, released in 1990. It includes songs from and inspired by the movie "Young Guns II". Songs from "Young Guns II" include #1 hit single "Blaze of Glory" and #12 "Miracle". Album certified double platinum in the United States and has sold 5 milion coppies world wide.

Track listing

#"Billy Get Your Guns" – 4:49
#"Miracle" – 5:09
#"Blaze of Glory" – 5:40
#"Blood Money" – 2:34
#"Santa Fe" – 5:41
#"Justice in the Barrel" – 6:49
#"Never Say Die" – 4:54
#"You Really Got Me Now" – 2:24
#"Bang a Drum" – 4:36
#"Dyin' Ain't Much of a Livin"' – 4:46
#"Guano City" – 1:15

=Themes=The album mainly focuses on the theme of redemption and whether an individual's past wrongs will catch up with them. Another theme on the album is about making a stand and making yourself heard in the world. Jon Bon Jovi said on the DVD from 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong that he originally thought the album's aggression and themes dealt with Billy The Kid and Patrick Garrett from Young Guns but has come to realise that they reflect the bad place he was in at the time.

Trivia

* Jon Bon Jovi's lyrics from the song "Santa Fe" are quoted in the 1998 book, About a Boy. Although the author, Nick Hornby, would have been light-heartedly referring to John Donne's No Man is an Island.