7800° Fahrenheit is the second studio album by Americanrock bandBon Jovi. It was released on March 27, 1985, throughMercury Records. The album's title is a reference to the supposed melting point of rock, which is equivalent to 4315.6 °C. In the United States, theFahrenheit scale is in general use, suggesting the album consists of "American hot rock".[5] The album's artwork introduced the classic 1980s Bon Jovi logo that would later be used onSlippery When Wet andNew Jersey.7800° Fahrenheit spent 104 weeks on theBillboard 200 albums chart and was certified platinum by theRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 19, 1987. The singles "Only Lonely" and "In and Out of Love" both charted on theBillboard Hot 100.
Recorded in six weeks between January and March 1985, at the Warehouse Studios inPhiladelphia,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 drummerTico 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 withSlippery When Wet andNew Jersey. It is the least represented album in their set lists over the course of the career: nothing from7800° Fahrenheit was performed after theNew Jersey Syndicate Tour, but a few performances of "Tokyo Road" in Japan and Brazil during the 1990s, a few performances of "Only Lonely" duringThe Circle Tour in 2010, and one performance of "Tokyo Road" inHawaii, also during The Circle Tour.[6]
"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 maderecords withTalking Heads, so you listened."[7]
"All of us were going through tough times on a personal level," he explained at the time ofSlippery 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."[8]
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