Fahrenheit (Toto album)

Fahrenheit

Studio album by Toto

Released

August 1986

Recorded

1986

Studio

Record One, Manor Studio & The Complex (Los Angeles, CA); Bill Schnee Studios & The Villa (North Hollywood, CA).

Genre

Pop rock, funk rock, rhythm & blues

Length

44:07

Toto chronology

Isolation
(1984)

Fahrenheit
(1986)

The Seventh One
(1988)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Kerrang!	^[2]

Fahrenheit is the sixth studio album by Toto, released in 1986. It was their first album to feature Joseph Williams on lead vocals. Former lead singer Fergie Frederiksen was fired due to problems with his ability in the studio.^[3] However, he sings backing vocals on the song "Could This Be Love". It was also the last Toto album until Toto XIV in 2015 to feature keyboardist Steve Porcaro as a permanent member, as he left after the Fahrenheit tour. The album failed to go gold until 1994,^[4] but featured two top forty singles in "I'll Be Over You" (#11) and "Without Your Love" (#38). Singer/dancer Paula Abdul appears in the video for the third single, "Till The End."^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Till the End"	David Paich, Joseph Williams	5:17
2.	"We Can Make It Tonight"	Barry Bregman, Jeff Porcaro, Williams	4:16
3.	"Without Your Love"	Paich	4:33
4.	"Can't Stand It Any Longer"	Steve Lukather, Paich, Williams	4:40
5.	"I'll Be Over You"	Randy Goodrum, Lukather	3:50
6.	"Fahrenheit"	Paich, J. Porcaro, Williams	4:39
7.	"Somewhere Tonight"	Lukather, Paich, J. Porcaro	3:46
8.	"Could This Be Love"	Paich, Williams, Fergie Frederiksen	5:14
9.	"Lea"	Steve Porcaro	4:29
10.	"Don't Stop Me Now"	Lukather, Paich	3:05

Personnel

Toto

Joseph Williams – lead vocals (except on "Without Your Love", "I'll Be Over You"), backing vocals
Steve Lukather – guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Without Your Love" and "I'll Be Over You"
David Paich – keyboards, backing vocals
Steve Porcaro – synthesizers
Mike Porcaro – bass guitar
Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

David Sanborn - saxophone on "Fahrenheit", "Lea" & "Don't Stop Me Now"
Miles Davis - trumpet on "Don't Stop Me Now"
Amin Bhatia - synthesizer intro on "Fahrenheit"
Lenny Castro (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9), Paulinho da Costa (1, 5, 7), Steve Jordan (9), Jim Keltner (9), Joe Porcaro (7, 10), "Sidney" (3, 6) - percussion
Paulette Brown (3), Michael Sherwood (1, 9), Tony Walters (3), Fergie Frederiksen (8), Don Henley (9), Michael McDonald (5) - backing vocals
Jerry Hey - additional horn arrangements on "Till The End" & "Fahrenheit"
Chuck Findley (1, 6), Gary Grant (1, 6), Jerry Hey (1, 6), Charles Loper (1), Bill Reichenbach Jr. (1), Tom Scott (6), Larry Williams (6) - horns

Production

Arranged & Produced by Toto
Engineers: Tom Knox and Shep Lonsdale
Additional Engineering: Dan Garcia, Murray Dvorkin, John Jessel, Julie Last, Doug Linnell, Teruo "Mu" Murakami, Jack Joseph Puig, Mike Ross and Duane Seykora.
Technicians: Keith Albright, Brent Averill, Bob Bradshaw, Paul Jamieson, John Jessel, Art Kelm, Roger Linn, Roger Nichols and Eli Slawson.
Mixing: Greg Ladanyi (Tracks #1-9) and Tom Knox (Track #10).
Mastering: Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk (New York City, NY).
Production Coordination: Chris Littleton
Art Direction: Tony Lane and Nancy Donald
Photography: Michael Going
Sleeve Photography: Jim Shea
Management: Larry Fitzgerald and Mark Hartley at Fitzgerald Hartley Co.

Additional notes

Catalogue: (CD) Columbia CK-40273

Singles

"I'll Be Over You" / "In a Word"
"I'll Be Over You" / "In a Word" / "Africa" / "99" [12" UK / Europe]
"Without Your Love" / "Can't Stand It Any Longer"
"Till the End" / "Don't Stop Me Now" [US / Japan]
"Lea" / "Don't Stop Me Now" (released in the Netherlands and Philippines)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report^[6]	98
Canadian RPM Albums Chart^[7]	44
Dutch Mega Albums Chart^[8]	27
Finnish Albums Chart^[9]	7
Italian Albums Chart^[10]	21
Japanese Oricon LP Chart^[11]	3
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart^[12]	8
Swedish Albums Chart^[13]	6
Swiss Albums Chart^[14]	24
UK Albums Chart^[15]	99
U.S. Billboard 200 ^[16]	40
West German Media Control Albums Chart^[17]	24

Year-end charts

Chart (1986)	Position
Italian Albums Chart^[10]	99

Certifications


Region	Certification
United States (RIAA)^[18]	Gold

References

↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Toto Fahrenheit review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
↑ Oliver, Derek (30 October 1986). "Toto 'Fahrenheit'". Kerrang!. 132. London, UK: United Magazines ltd. p. 27. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ (2004). Steve Lukather: The hardest working guitarist in the business, Melodicrock.com.
↑ Fahrenheit was certified gold on 10/03/1994, according to www.riaa.com
↑ (April 20, 2007). "Paula Abdul", The Official Toto Website.
↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
↑ Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 3, 2012
↑ "dutchcharts.nl Toto – Fahrenheit". Hung Medien (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Archived from the original (ASP) on October 19, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 285. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
1 2 "Hit Parade Italia - Gli album più venduti del 1986" (in Italian). hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
↑ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
↑ "norwegiancharts.com Toto – Fahrenheit". Hung Medien. VG-lista. Archived from the original (ASP) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
↑ "swedishcharts.com Toto – Fahrenheit" (ASP) (in Swedish). Retrieved August 3, 2012.
↑ "Toto - Fahrenheit - hitparade.ch" (in German). Archived from the original on October 26, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
↑ "Chart Stats - Toto – Fahrenheit". UK Albums Chart. Archived from the original (PHP) on January 19, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
↑ "allmusic ((( Fahrenheit > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
↑ "Album Search: Toto – Fahrenheit" (in German). Media Control. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
↑ "American album certifications – Toto – Fahrenheit". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 3, 2012. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

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