7800° Fahrenheit
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| Studio album by Bon Jovi | ||
| Released | April, 1985 | |
| Recorded | The Warehouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Genre | Hard rock AOR Glam Metal |
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| Length | 47:12 | |
| Label | Polygram Records | |
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| Bon Jovi chronology | ||
| Bon Jovi (1984) |
7800° Fahrenheit (1985) |
Slippery When Wet (1986) |
7800° Fahrenheit is Bon Jovi's second album, and was released in April of 1985.
Lead singer Jon Bon Jovi explained that the title referred to the temperature at which stone liquefied; as the Fahrenheit scale is primarily used only in the United States, "7800° Fahrenheit" thus suggested "American hot rock."
Approximate sales were in excess of one million copies. The singles "In and Out of Love" and "Only Lonely" both charted in the Billboard Hot 100 (although both failed to reach the top 40 status of "Runaway" from the previous album), and still get occasional airplay on US AOR and hard rock format radio stations.
It is generally considered to be one of Bon Jovi's lesser efforts. Jon Bon Jovi had said that "it could have and should have been a better disk."
The album has generated some sort of a cult following among some fans, as the band never plays songs from this album anymore, and is not held in high regards by most fans or the band.
[edit] Track listing
- "In and Out of Love" – (Jon Bon Jovi) 4:26
- "The Price of Love" – (Bon Jovi) 4:14
- "Only Lonely" – (Bon Jovi, David Bryan) 5:02
- "King of the Mountain" – (Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora) 3:54
- "Silent Night" – (Bon Jovi) 5:07
- "Tokyo Road" – (Bon Jovi, Sambora) 5:42
- "The Hardest Part is the Night" – (Bon Jovi, Bryan, Sambora) 4:25
- "Always Run to You" – (Bon Jovi, Sambora) 5:00
- "(I Don't Wanna Fall) To the Fire" – (Bon Jovi, Bryan, Sambora) 4:28
- "Secret Dreams" – (Bon Jovi, Sambora, Tico Torres, Bill Grabowski) 4:54
[edit] Personnel
- Jon Bon Jovi - vocals, guitar
- David Bryan - keyboards, background vocals
- Richie Sambora - guitars, background vocals
- Alec John Such - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Tico Torres - drums, percussion, background vocals
- Larry Alexander - engineer
- Phil Hoffer - background vocals
- Tom Mandel - synthesizer
- Obie O'Brien - engineer
- Jim Salamone - programming
- Bill Scheniman - engineer
