Fahrenheit (Toto album)

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Fahrenheit
Toto-Fahrenheit.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 22, 1986
Recorded1986
Studio
  • Record One (Los Angeles)
  • The Manor (Los Angeles)
  • The Complex (Los Angeles)
  • Bill Schnee (Hollywood)
  • The Villa (Hollywood)
Genre
Length44:07
Label Columbia
Producer Toto
Toto chronology
Isolation
(1984)
Fahrenheit
(1986)
The Seventh One
(1988)
Singles from Fahrenheit
  1. "I'll Be Over You"
    Released: August 1986 [1]
  2. "Till the End"
    Released: November 1986 (Japan) [2] [lower-alpha 1]
  3. "Without Your Love"
    Released: December 1986 [1]
  4. "Lea"
    Released: 1987 (NL) [3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]

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. [6] 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, [7] but featured two top forty singles in "I'll Be Over You" (#11, #13 Can.) and "Without Your Love" (#38, #77 Can.). "I'll Be Over You" featured Michael McDonald on backing vocals, who also made an appearance in the song's music video. Singer/dancer Paula Abdul appears in the video for the third single, "Till The End." [8] The final song "Don't Stop Me Now" features Miles Davis on trumpet.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Till the End" David Paich, Joseph Williams 5:17
2."We Can Make It Tonight"Barry Bregman, Jeff Porcaro, Williams4:16
3."Without Your Love"Paich4:33
4."Can't Stand It Any Longer" Steve Lukather, Paich, Williams4:40
5."I'll Be Over You" Randy Goodrum, Lukather3:50
6."Fahrenheit"Paich, J. Porcaro, Williams4:39
7."Somewhere Tonight"Lukather, Paich, J. Porcaro3:46
8."Could This Be Love"Paich, Williams5:14
9."Lea" Steve Porcaro 4:29
10."Don't Stop Me Now"Lukather, Paich3:05

Personnel

Toto

Additional musicians

Production

Additional notes

Charts

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