Gorky Park is the debut album from Russian

Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

 rock band Gorky Park

Gorky Park (band)

Gorky Park or Парк Горького was a Soviet Glam Metal band, that gained mainstream popularity in USA during Perestroika. Gorky Park is famous for its kitsch use of western stereotypes of Russians, such as pseudo-traditional clothing, balalaika-like guitar design and Hammer and sickle as their logo...

. It was released in 1989 on Mercury Records, after Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald...

 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

MTV

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Track listing

• All Songs Written By Gorky Park, except where noted.

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 (J. Bon Jovi, Sambora) 5:56
6. My Generation (Pete Townshend
   Pete Townshend
   Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...
   
   ) 4:44
7. Within Your Eyes (Judith Mazzeo Zocchi) 4:55
8. Child Of The Wind 5:22
9. Fortress 4:04
10. Danger (Judith Mazzeo Zocchi) 3:30
11. Action (bonus track) 3:55

Gorky Park

• Nikolai Noskov
  Nikolai Noskov
  Nikolai Ivanovich Noskov is a Russian singer and former vocalist of the hard rock band Gorky Park.-Early years:Born on January 12, 1956, in Gzhatsk, now renamed Gagarin, Nikolai Noskov comes from a "simple working" family, to invoke an old Soviet cliché...
  
  : Vocals
• Alexey Belov: Guitars, Balalaika
  Balalaika
  The balalaika is a stringed musical instrument popular in Russia, with a characteristic triangular body and three strings.The balalaika family of instruments includes instruments of various sizes, from the highest-pitched to the lowest, the prima balalaika, secunda balalaika, alto balalaika, bass...
  
  , Keyboards
• Yan Yanenkov: Guitars
• Alexander Minkov: Bass
• Alexander Lvov: Drums, Percussion

Additional personnel

• Annette Hardeman, Gabriel Hardeman, Charlene Holloway, Paula Holloway: Choir

Production

• Produced By Bruce Fairbairn
  Bruce Fairbairn
  Bruce Earl Fairbairn was a Canadian musician and international record producer from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was active as a producer from 1976 to 1999 and is considered one of the best of his era...
  
  , Mitch Goldfarb, Gorky Park, Jon Bon Jovi
  Jon Bon Jovi
  Jon Bon Jovi is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder, occasional rhythm guitarist, and lead singer of rock band Bon Jovi, which was named after him...
  
   & Richie Sambora
  Richie Sambora
  Richard Stephen "Richie" Sambora is an American rock guitarist, producer, musician, singer, and songwriter who is the longtime lead guitarist of the rock band, Bon Jovi. He and frontman Jon Bon Jovi form the primary songwriting unit of the band...
  
  
• Engineers: Mike Fraser, Mitch Goldfarb, Gorky Park, Obie O'Brien
• Assistant Engineers: Nick DiDia (also mix assistant), Brooke Hendricks (also mix assistant), Ken Lomas, John Moyer, Brian Stover (also mix assistant)
• Mixing: Bruce Fairbairn, Mike Fraser, Gorky Park, Obie O'Brien