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Template:Proper name is the second studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on March 27, 1985, through Mercury Records. The album's title references the supposed melting point of rock, as the Fahrenheit scale is generally used in the United States, suggesting the album consists of "American hot rock".[1] The artwork introduced the classic 1980s Bon Jovi logo that would later be used on Slippery When Wet and New Jersey. Template:Proper name spent 104 weeks on the 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" both charted on the 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. It is the least represented album in their set lists over the course of the career: nothing from Template:Proper name 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.[2]
"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 records with Talking Heads, so you listened."[3]
"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."[4]
Track listing
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- "Tokyo Road" begins with the traditional Japanese folk song "Sakura Sakura"[5]
- Some editions of the album list "To the Fire" as "(I Don't Wanna Fall) to the Fire"
Personnel
Credits taken from Template:Proper name liner notes.[6]
Bon Jovi
- Jon Bon Jovi – lead & backing vocals, occasional "noise guitars"
- Richie Sambora – electric guitars, acoustic 6 & 12-string guitars, backing vocals
- David Bryan – keyboards, backing vocals
- Alec John Such – bass, backing vocals
- Tico "The Hit Man" Torres – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Rick Valenti, Phil Hoffer, Carol and Jeannie Brooks – backing vocals
- Randy Cantor, Jim Salamone – synthesizer programming
- Tom Mandel – synthesizer
Production
- Lance Quinn – production
- David Thoener – mixing
- Fernando Kral – mixing assistance
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Larry Alexander, Obie O'Brien, Mal, Bill Scheniman – engineers
- John Cianci and "Big" Al Greaves – assistants
- Digitally remastered by George Marino
Artwork
- Chris Callis – photography
- Stanley Jordan – cover art concept
- Bill Levy – art direction, artwork
- Vigon Seireeni – art direction, artwork, design
Charts
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Certifications
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References
- ↑ "Bon Jovi: Records and retrospection". Hot Metal Online. Archived from the original on January 6, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ↑ "1985 - [[:Template:Proper name]]". Bjtours.jimdo.com. URL–wikilink conflict (help)
- ↑ Blake, Mark (August 2007). "My brilliant career: Jon Bon Jovi". Q #253. p. 68.
- ↑ Dome, Malcolm (July 2006). "We'll make it, I swear...". Classic Rock. No. 94. p. 43.
- ↑ "Tokyo Road... Bon Jovi". Border City Rock Talk. August 24, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
- ↑ Template:Cite AV media notes
- ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 166. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- ↑ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.