Editing 7800° Fahrenheit

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{{Infobox album
| name       = {{proper name|7800° Fahrenheit}}
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Bon Jovi]]
| cover      = Bon Jovi 7800 Fahrenheit.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = March 27, 1985
| recorded   = January–March 1985
| studio     = The Warehouse ([[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]])
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Hard rock]]<ref name="am"/>|[[pop metal]]<ref name="am"/>}}
| length     = 47:10
| label      = {{hlist|[[Mercury Records|Mercury]] (US)|[[Vertigo Records|Vertigo]] (EU)}}
| producer   = Lance Quinn
| prev_title = [[Bon Jovi (album)|Bon Jovi]]
| prev_year  = 1984
| next_title = [[Slippery When Wet]]
| next_year  = 1986
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = {{proper name|7800° Fahrenheit}}
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Only Lonely]]
 | single1date = April 1985
 | single2     = [[In and Out of Love (Bon Jovi song)|In and Out of Love]]
 | single2date = July 1985
 | single3     = [[The Hardest Part Is the Night]]
 | single3date = August 21, 1985 (Europe only)
 | single4     = [[Silent Night (Bon Jovi song)|Silent Night]]
 | single4date = October 22, 1985
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/7800%C2%B0-fahrenheit-mw0000189199|title={{proper name|7800° Fahrenheit}}|work=AllMusic}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/bon-jovi/albumguide |title=Bon Jovi: Album Guide |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=2012-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628221528/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/bon-jovi/albumguide |archive-date=June 28, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}

'''''{{proper name|7800° Fahrenheit}}''''' is the second studio album by American [[rock music|rock]] band [[Bon Jovi]]. 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&nbsp;°C. In the United States, the [[Fahrenheit|Fahrenheit scale]] is in general use, suggesting the album consists of "American hot rock".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hotmetalonline.com/2016/09/01/bon-jovi-records-and-retrospection-1989/ |title=Bon Jovi: Records and retrospection |publisher=Hot Metal Online |access-date=2017-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106225657/http://www.hotmetalonline.com/2016/09/01/bon-jovi-records-and-retrospection-1989/ |archive-date=January 6, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The album's artwork introduced the classic 1980s Bon Jovi logo that would later be used on ''[[Slippery When Wet]]'' and ''[[New Jersey (album)|New Jersey]]''. ''{{proper name|7800° Fahrenheit}}'' spent 104 weeks on the [[Billboard 200|''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 (Bon Jovi song)|In and Out of Love]]" both charted on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''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 (album)|New Jersey]]''. It is the least represented album in their set lists over the course of the career: nothing from ''{{proper name|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bjtours.jimdo.com/the-albums/1985-7800-fahrenheit/|title = 1985 - {{proper name|7800° Fahrenheit}}|website=Bjtours.jimdo.com}}</ref>

"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 [[Talking Heads: 77|records]] with [[Talking Heads]], so you listened."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Mark|last=Blake|author-link=Mark Blake (writer)|title=My brilliant career: Jon Bon Jovi|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] #253|date=August 2007|page=68}}</ref>

"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."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Malcolm|last=Dome|author-link=Malcolm Dome|title=We'll make it, I swear...|magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] #94|date=July 2006|page=43}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline      = Side one
| title1        = [[In and Out of Love (Bon Jovi song)|In and Out of Love]]
| writer1       = [[Jon Bon Jovi]]
| length1       = 4:25
| title2        = The Price of Love
| writer2       = Bon Jovi
| length2       = 4:14
| title3        = [[Only Lonely]]
| writer3       = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|[[David Bryan]]}}
| length3       = 4:58
| title4        = King of the Mountain
| writer4       = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|[[Richie Sambora]]}}
| length4       = 3:54
| title5        = [[Silent Night (Bon Jovi song)|Silent Night]]
| writer5       = Bon Jovi
| length5       = 5:07
}}
{{Track listing
| headline      = Side two
| title6        = Tokyo Road
| writer6       = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|Sambora}}
| length6       = 5:40
| title7        = [[The Hardest Part Is the Night]]
| writer7       = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|Sambora|Bryan}}
| length7       = 4:25
| title8        = Always Run to You
| writer8       = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|Sambora}}
| length8       = 5:00
| title9        = To the Fire
| writer9       = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|Sambora|Bryan}}
| length9       = 4:27
| title10       = Secret Dreams
| writer10      = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|Sambora|[[Tico Torres]]|Bill Grabowski}}
| length10      = 4:56
}}

*"Tokyo Road" begins with the traditional Japanese folk song "[[Sakura Sakura]]"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bordercityrocktalk.ca/2021/08/14/tokyo-road-bon-jovi/ |title=Tokyo Road... Bon Jovi |website=Border City Rock Talk |date=August 24, 2021 |access-date=January 19, 2025}}</ref>
*Some editions of the album list "To the Fire" as "(I Don't Wanna Fall) to the Fire"

{{Track listing
| headline      = 1998 special edition bonus CD PHCR-90013/4
| title1        = Tokyo Road
| note1         = live in Japan, 1985
| writer1       = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|Sambora}}
| length1       = 7:02
| title2        = In and Out of Love
| note2         = live in Japan, 1985
| writer2       = Bon Jovi
| length2       = 10:07
| title3        = The Hardest Part Is the Night
| note3         = live in Japan, 1985
| writer3       = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|Sambora|Bryan}}
| length3       = 5:23
| title4        = Silent Night
| note4         = live in Japan, 1985
| writer4       = Bon Jovi
| length4       = 7:45
| title5        = Only Lonely
| note5         = live in Japan, 1985
| writer5       = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|Bryan}}
| length5       = 6:12
| title6        = Tokyo Road
| note6         = live in Rio de Janeiro, 1990
| writer6       = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|Sambora}}
| length6       = 5:59
}}

{{Track listing
| headline      = 2010 special edition bonus tracks
| title11       = In and Out of Love
| note11        = live in Japan, 1985
| writer11      = Bon Jovi
| length11      = 12:17
| title12       = Only Lonely
| note12        = live in Japan, 1985
| writer12      = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|Bryan}}
| length12      = 6:37
| title13       = Tokyo Road
| note13        = live in Japan, 1985
| writer13      = {{hlist|Bon Jovi|Sambora}}
| length13      = 7:09
| total_length  = 73:27
}}

==Personnel==
Credits partly sourced from AllMusic.<ref name="am">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/7800%C2%B0-fahrenheit-mw0000189199/credits|title = {{proper name|7800° Fahrenheit}} - Bon Jovi {{pipe}} Credits {{pipe}} AllMusic|website = [[AllMusic]]}}</ref>

'''Bon Jovi'''
*[[Jon Bon Jovi]] – lead and backing vocals, additional rhythm guitar, occasional "noise guitars"
*[[Richie Sambora]] – backing vocals; electric, acoustic, and 12-string lead and rhythm guitars
*[[Alec John Such]] – backing vocals, bass
*[[Tico Torres]] – drums, percussion, backing vocals
*[[David Bryan]] – backing vocals, keyboards
'''Additional musicians'''
*Rick Valenti – backing vocals
*Phil Hoffer – backing vocals
*Carol Brooks – backing vocals
*Jeannie Brooks – backing vocals
*Randy Cantor – [[programming (music)|programming]], [[synthesizer]]
*[[Tommy Mandel|Tom Mandel]] – synthesizer
*Jim Salamone – programming, synthesizer
'''Production staff'''
*Lance Quinn – producer
*Larry Alexander – engineering
*Obie O'Brien – engineering
*Bill Scheniman – engineering
*[[Greg Calbi]] – mastering
*Chris Callis – photography
*John Cianci – assistant
*Fernando Cral – mixing assistant
*Stanley Jordan – cover art concept
*Bill Levy – art direction, artwork
*George Marino – digital remastering, remastering
*Vigon Seireeni – art direction, artwork, design
*David Thoener – mixing

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart performance for ''{{proper name|7800° Fahrenheit}}''
! scope="col"| Chart (1985-1987)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
| 30
|-
! scope="row"| Finnish Albums ([[The Official Finnish Charts]])<ref name=FINI>{{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5 | page= 166 | language= fi}}</ref>
| 6
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|40|artist=Bon Jovi|album={{proper name|7800° Fahrenheit}}|id=258|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"!|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name="JPN">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=[[Oricon|Oricon Entertainment]]|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref>
| 5
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|48|artist=Bon Jovi|album={{proper name|7800° Fahrenheit}}|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|10|artist=Bon Jovi|album={{proper name|7800° Fahrenheit}}|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
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{{album chart|Switzerland|11|artist=Bon Jovi|album={{proper name|7800° Fahrenheit}}|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|28|date=19850505|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
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{{album chart|Billboard200|37|artist=Bon Jovi|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2024}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+Year-end chart performance for ''{{proper name|7800° Fahrenheit}}''
!scope="col"|Chart (1987)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard Year-End|''Billboard'' 200]]
|72
|}
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==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|award=Platinum|title={{proper name|7800° Fahrenheit}}|artist=Bon Jovi|access-date=July 3, 2012|certyear=1987|relyear=1985|type=album}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Japan|relyear=1985|certyear=1985|award=Gold|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://backstage.bonjovi.com/artifact/0000159|title=7800° Fahrenheit Gold Disk Award|date =May 15, 2024}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|title={{proper name|7800° Fahrenheit}}|artist=Bon Jovi|access-date=September 4, 2012|relyear=1985|type=album|id=10266-2213-2}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Platinum|title=7800 Degree Fahrenheit|artist=Bon Jovi|access-date=July 3, 2012|relyear=1985|type=album}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}

==References==
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