7800° Fahrenheit

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7800° Fahrenheit
Bon Jovi 7800 Fahrenheit.jpg
Studio album by Bon Jovi
Released March 27, 1985 (US)
April 29, 1985 (UK)
Recorded January–March 1985 at The Warehouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre Hard rock, glam metal[1]
Length 47:10
Label Mercury Records (US)
Vertigo Records (Europe)
Producer Lance Quinn
Bon Jovi chronology
Bon Jovi
(1984)Bon Jovi1984		 7800° Fahrenheit
(1985)		 Slippery When Wet
(1986)Slippery When Wet1986
Singles from 7800° Fahrenheit
  1. "Only Lonely"
    Released: April 1985
  2. "In and Out of Love"
    Released: July 1985
  3. "The Price of Love (Japan)"
    Released: May 25, 1985
  4. "The Hardest Part Is the Night (UK)"
    Released: August 21, 1985
  5. "Silent Night"
    Released: October 22, 1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 1.5/5 stars [3]

7800° Fahrenheit is the second studio album by American hard rock band Bon Jovi, released on March 27, 1985 through Mercury Records. The album's title was a reference to the supposed melting point of rock. The album introduced the classic 1980s Bon Jovi logo that would later on be used in Slippery When Wet and New Jersey.

Background

The album recorded in six weeks between January and March 1985 at the Warehouse Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The album marked the final collaboration between Bon Jovi and producer Lance Quinn. It is also the only Bon Jovi album to feature songwriting contributions from four of the band members, with "Secret Dreams" being the only Bon Jovi song to-date for which drummer Tico Torres receives a songwriting credit.

Despite being a fan favorite, the band was unsatisfied with the sound of the album and essentially disowned it once they had solidified their status as major rock stars with the albums Slippery When Wet and New Jersey a few years later. It is the least represented album in their setlists over the course of the career and excluding extremely rare performances of the song 'Tokyo Road' in Japan once every few years and 'Only Lonely' a few times during The Circle Tour in 2010, nothing from this album has been performed live since the late 1980s.

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "In and Out of Love"   Jon Bon Jovi 4:25
2. "The Price of Love"   Bon Jovi 4:14
3. "Only Lonely"   Bon Jovi, David Bryan 5:02
4. "King of the Mountain"   Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora 3:54
5. "Silent Night"   Bon Jovi 5:07
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
6. "Tokyo Road"   Bon Jovi, Sambora 5:41
7. "The Hardest Part Is the Night"   Bon Jovi, Bryan, Sambora 4:25
8. "Always Run to You"   Bon Jovi, Sambora 5:00
9. "(I Don't Wanna Fall) To the Fire"   Bon Jovi, Bryan, Sambora 4:27
10. "Secret Dreams"   Bon Jovi, Sambora, Tico Torres, Bill Grabowski 4:56

Personnel

Bon Jovi
Additional credits
  • Larry Alexander – engineering
  • Phil Hoffer – background vocals
  • Tom Mandel – synthesizer
  • Obie O'Brien – engineering
  • Jim Salamone – programming
  • Bill Scheniman – engineering

Charts

7800° Fahrenheit reached #37 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and was the group's first record to be certified gold in the US. It remained charted for 85 weeks and was certified platinum on February 19, 1987.[4] The singles "In and Out of Love" and "Only Lonely" both charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/7800%C2%B0-fahrenheit-mw0000189199
  2. ↑ 7800° Fahrenheit. Bon Jovi. Allmusic.com. Johnny Loftus.
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