Bon Jovi : 7800° Fahrenheit (Expanded Edition)
RUNNING WILD
WHEN ME AND THE BOYS
HIT THE STREETS
7800° Fahrenheit
is the second
studio album
by American
Rock Band
It was released on
March 27, 1985,
through
Mercury Records.
The album's title
is a reference to
the supposed
melting point of rock,
which is
equivalent to
4315.5 °C.
In the United States,
the Fahrenheit scale
is in general use,
suggesting the album
consists of
"American hot rock".
The album's artwork
introduced the classic
1980s Bon Jovi logo
that would later
be used on
Slippery When Wet
and
New Jersey.
7800° Fahrenheit
spent
104 weeks on
the Billboard
200 albums chart
and was
certified platinum
by the Recording
Industry Association of America
(RIAA)
on
February 19, 1987.
The singles
"Only Lonely"
and
"In and Out of Love"
both charted on
the Billboard Hot 100.
Background
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 the only
Bon Jovi album
to feature songwriting
by four of
the band members;
"Secret Dreams"
is the only
Bon Jovi song
to date for
which drummer
Tico Torres
receives a
writing credit.
While the album
has proved a fan favorite,
the band was
unsatisfied with its sound
and essentially disowned it
once they had solidified
their status as
worldwide superstars
with
Slippery When Wet
and
New Jersey.
It is the least
represented album
in their set lists
over the course
of the career:
nothing from
7800° Fahrenheit
was performed after
the
New Jersey Syndicate Tour,
but a few performances of
"Tokyo Road"
in Japan
and Brazil
during the 1990s,
a few performances of
"Only Lonely"
during
The Circle Tour in 2010,
and
one performance of
"Tokyo Road"
in Hawaii,
also during
The Circle Tour.
"I always overlook the second album,"
noted
Jon Bon Jovi
in 2007.
"Always have,
always will.
We had no time
to make it
and we didn't
know who we were...
We did whatever
producer
Lance Quinn said.
He was a
brilliant guitarist
and had made
records with
Talking Heads,
so you listened."
"All of us were
going through
tough times on
a personal level,"
he explained at the time of
Slippery When Wet's
release.
"And the strain told on
the music we produced.
It wasn't a
pleasant experience...
Lance Quinn
wasn't the man for us,
and that added to
the feeling that we
were going
about it badly.
None of us want
to live in that
mental state
ever again.
We've put the record
behind us,
and moved on."
TRACKLIST
In and Out of Love
The Price of Love
Only Lonely
King of the Mountain
Silent Night
Tokyo Road
The Hardest Part Is the Night
Always Run to You
To the Fire
Secret Dreams
Edge Of A Broken Heart [*]
Maybe Someday [*]
Here Comes The Sun
(Live) [*]
The Boys Are Back In Town [*]
Levon [*]
I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas [*]
Let It Be
(Live) [*]
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