7800° Fahrenheit

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7800° Fahrenheit is Bon Jovi's second album, and was released in April 1985. It introduced the classic '80s Bon Jovi logo that would later on be used in Slippery When Wet and New Jersey.

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." (7800° Fahrenheit≈4313,3° Celsius)

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.

The band has essentially disowned this album in recent years because they believe the material presented on it does not match the standards set on their later releases. Aside from a few extremely rare performances of the song 'Tokyo Road' (all of which occurred in Japan), nothing from this album has been played live in over 20 years since the conclusion of the Slippery When Wet tour.

Track listing

1. "In and Out of Love" – (Jon Bon Jovi) - 4:26
2. "The Price of Love" – (Jon Bon Jovi) - 4:14
3. "Only Lonely" – (Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan) - 5:02
4. "King of the Mountain" – (Jon Bon Jovi, Sambora) - 3:54
5. "Silent Night" – (Jon Bon Jovi) - 5:08
6. "Tokyo Road" – (Bon Jovi, Sambora) - 5:42
7. "The Hardest Part Is the Night" – (Jon Bon Jovi, Bryan, Sambora) - 4:25
8. "Always Run to You" – (Bon Jovi, Sambora) - 5:00
9. "(I Don't Wanna Fall) To the Fire" – (Bon Jovi, Bryan, Sambora) - 4:28
10. "Secret Dreams" – (Bon Jovi, Sambora, Torres, Grabowski) - 4:54

Special Edition Bonus CD

Nippon Phonogram Japan PHCR-90013/4

1. Tokyo Road (Japan Tour 1985)
2. In And Out Of Love (Japan Tour 1985)
3. The Hardest part Is The Night (Japan Tour 1985)
4. Hardest Night (Japan Tour 1985)
5. Silent Night (Japan Tour 1985)
6. Only Lonely (Japan Tour 1985)
7. Tokyo Road (Live At Rio de Janeiro 1990)

Personnel

• Jon Bon Jovi - lead vocals
• Richie Sambora - guitar, background vocals
• Alec John Such - bass guitar, background vocals
• Tico Torres - drums, percussion
• David Bryan - keyboards, background vocals

• Larry Alexander - engineer
• Phil Hoffer - background vocals
• Tom Mandel - synthesizer
• Obie O'Brien - engineer
• Jim Salamone - programming
• Bill Scheniman - engineer