Editing New Jersey (album) (section)

==Background==
The album was recorded very shortly after the [[Slippery When Wet Tour]], because the band wanted to prove that they were not just going to be a one hit wonder.<ref name="loudersound">{{Cite web|last=Llewellyn|first=Sian|date=September 19, 2021|title=Bon Jovi: How the New Jersey album nearly killed the band|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/bon-jovi-new-jersey|access-date=November 14, 2021|website=[[Louder Sound]]|language=en}}</ref> The album was initially planned to be a double album; however, this idea was rejected by the record label because they were skeptical about the higher price point and decided they would only release a single album.<ref name="loudersound"/> One working title for the album was ''Sons of Beaches'', which alluded to the title of ''Slippery When Wet''.<ref name="ucr31"/>