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7800° Fahrenheit (1985)

Where the lyrics of 7800° Fahrenheit take you, and where it was really made.

The title borrows the supposed melting point of rock, yet the band later disowned the album once they became world-famous.

Key places

Where the album was recorded (1985)

Recording site Scottish Rite Temple — The album was recorded over six weeks between January and March 1985 at Warehouse Studios in Philadelphia. The point marks the city, not the exact studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• 7800° Fahrenheit: second studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi
• Released March 27, 1985 through Mercury Records
• Title references the supposed melting point of rock, using the Fahrenheit scale generally used in the United States
• The title suggests the album consists of American hot rock
• Artwork introduced the classic 1980s Bon Jovi logo, later used on Slippery When Wet and New Jersey

Background

• Fans regard the album as a favorite, but the band was unsatisfied with its sound
• After becoming worldwide superstars with Slippery When Wet and New Jersey, the band essentially disowned it
• It is the least represented album in their set lists
• Nothing from the album was performed after the New Jersey Syndicate Tour
• Some performances of Tokyo Road came in Japan and Brazil during the 1990s
• Only Lonely was performed during The Circle Tour in 2010, and Tokyo Road in Hawaii on the same tour
• In 2007 Jon Bon Jovi said he always overlooks the second album

Recording

• Recorded in six weeks between January and March 1985 at Warehouse Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Marked the final collaboration between Bon Jovi and producer Lance Quinn
• Only Bon Jovi album with songwriting by four of the band members
• Mixing by David Thoener, mastering by Greg Calbi

Cover

• Photography by Chris Callis, cover art concept by Stanley Jordan
• Art direction and artwork by Bill Levy and Vigon Seireeni

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in Sayreville, New Jersey in 1983.
• Jon Bon Jovi began performing live in 1975 at age 13 with his first band, Raze.
• The band was named Bon Jovi on the suggestion of Pamela Maher, following the model of two-word bands such as Van Halen.
• Its debut album Bon Jovi was released on January 21, 1984, with the single "Runaway" reaching the Billboard Hot 100 top forty.

Members

• The current lineup is Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, Tico Torres, John Shanks, Phil X, Everett Bradley, and Hugh McDonald.
• Original bassist Alec John Such left in 1994; he died in 2022.
• Guitarist and co-songwriter Richie Sambora left in 2013.

Career

• Slippery When Wet (1986) brought global success, with "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer" reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• New Jersey (1988) produced five Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles, a record for a hard rock album.
• Keep the Faith (1992) marked a shift to a more mature sound.
• "Always" (1994) became the band's biggest-selling and longest-charting single.
• Crush (2000) and "It's My Life" introduced the band to a younger audience.
• "Who Says You Can't Go Home" (2006) won a Grammy and became the first rock band single to top the Billboard country chart.
• The band has sold more than 130 million records worldwide and was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Platinum certification by the RIAA came on February 19, 1987
• Both Only Lonely and In and Out of Love charted on the Billboard Hot 100

Reappraisal

• The album has proved a fan favorite, even though the band was unsatisfied with its sound
• The band essentially disowned it after reaching worldwide stardom with Slippery When Wet and New Jersey
• Jon Bon Jovi said in 2007 that he always overlooks the second album

Records

• 104 weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart
• Certified platinum by the RIAA on February 19, 1987
• Only Lonely and In and Out of Love both charted on the Billboard Hot 100

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Recorded in six weeks at Warehouse Studios in Philadelphia, the album was the last one made with producer Lance Quinn.
• Secret Dreams is the only Bon Jovi song to date that gives drummer Tico Torres a writing credit.
• Some editions list To the Fire as (I Don't Wanna Fall) to the Fire.
• Nothing from the album has been performed since the New Jersey Syndicate Tour, making it the least represented album in the band's set lists.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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