Editing New Jersey (album) (section)

==Release and reception==
{{Album reviews
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2252|tab=review|pure_url=yes}} | title = Bon Jovi New Jersey review | access-date = 2011-10-04 | last = Ruhlmann | first = William | work = [[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Kerrang!]]''
| rev2score = 3.75/5<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Henderson | first1 = Paul | title = [[Kerrang!]] | chapter = Bon Jovi 'New Jersey' | volume = 206 | publisher = Spotlight Publications ltd. | date = 24 September 1988 | location = London, UK | pages = 26–27 }}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Number One (magazine)|Number One]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref name="NumberOneReview">{{cite magazine|last=|first=|url=https://api.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/50342418376/in/album-72157715970149126|title=Review: Bon Jovi — ''New Jersey'' (Phonogram)|magazine=[[Number One (magazine)|Number One]]|date=14 December 1988|page=37|issue=287|location=London|publisher=IPC Magazines Ltd.|issn=}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/new-jersey-19921104 | title = New Jersey | access-date = 2012-06-26 | last = Azerrad | first = Michael | magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] | date = 4 November 1992}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/bon-jovi/albumguide | title = Bon Jovi: Album Guide | access-date = 2011-10-04 | magazine = Rolling Stone | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110628221528/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/bon-jovi/albumguide | archive-date = 2011-06-28 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev6score = C+<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1188-88.php| title = Consumer Guide Reviews: New Jersey | access-date = 2011-10-04 | last = Christgau | first = Robert | publisher = [[Robert Christgau]]}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}

''New Jersey'' debuted at No. 8 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, but climbed to No. 1 the following week and spent four weeks at the top spot. It eventually sold 7 million copies in the United States. The album debuted at No. 1 in Canada, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Sweden, New Zealand and Australia. "[[Bad Medicine (song)|Bad Medicine]]" and the ballad "[[I'll Be There for You (Bon Jovi song)|I'll Be There for You]]" both hit No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "[[Born to Be My Baby]]", "[[Lay Your Hands on Me (Bon Jovi song)|Lay Your Hands on Me]]", and "[[Living in Sin (song)|Living in Sin]]" reached the Top 10.

''New Jersey'' was released on July 1, 2014, as a 2CD "Deluxe Edition", which included the original album remastered along with B-sides and previously unreleased demos from the ''New Jersey/Sons of Beaches'' sessions. The "Super Deluxe Edition" includes both discs plus a DVD containing the documentary ''[[Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey]]'' and ''[[New Jersey: The Videos]]''. Both titles were previously available on [[VHS]].