Fahrenheit (Toto album) explained

Fahrenheit
Type:	Album
Artist:	Toto
Cover:	Toto-Fahrenheit.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	August 22, 1986
Recorded:	1986
Genre:	Pop rock, funk rock, R&B
Length:	44:07
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Toto
Prev Title:	Isolation
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	The Seventh One
Next Year:	1988

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.^[1] 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,^[2] 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."^[3] The final song "Don't Stop Me Now" features Miles Davis on trumpet.

Personnel

Toto

• Joseph Williams – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Steve Lukather – guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals
• David Paich – keyboards, backing vocals
• Steve Porcaro – synthesizers
• Mike Porcaro – bass guitar
• Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Amin Bhatia – synthesizer intro
• Lenny Castro – percussion
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• "Sidney" – percussion
• Joe Porcaro – percussion
• Steve Jordan – percussion
• Jim Keltner – percussion
• Tom Scott – saxophones
• Larry Williams – saxophones
• David Sanborn – saxophone
• Charles Loper – trombone
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
• Chuck Findley – trumpet
• Gary Grant – trumpet
• Jerry Hey – trumpet, additional horn arrangements
• Miles Davis – trumpet
• Michael Sherwood – backing vocals
• Paulette Brown – backing vocals
• Tony Walthes – backing vocals
• Michael McDonald – backing vocals
• Fergie Frederiksen – backing vocals
• Don Henley – backing vocals

Production

• Arranged and 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 and Tom Knox
• Mastered by 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

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report^[4]	--	access-date=May 20, 2011-->	98
Canadian RPM Albums Chart^[5]	44
Dutch Mega Albums Chart^[6]	27
Finnish Albums Chart^[7]	7
Japanese Oricon LP Chart^[8]	--	access-date=August 3, 2012-->	3
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart^[9]	8
Swedish Albums Chart^[10]	6
Swiss Albums Chart^[11]	24
UK Albums Chart^[12]	99
U.S. Billboard 200^[13]	40
West German Media Control Albums Chart^[14]	24

Certifications

Notes and References

1. (2004). Steve Lukather: The hardest working guitarist in the business, Melodicrock.com.
2. Web site: RIAA.
3. (April 20, 2007). "Paula Abdul", The Official Toto Website.
4. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. Kent Music Report. <
5. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0861&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 Library and Archives Canada.
6. Web site: dutchcharts.nl Toto – Fahrenheit . . Hung Medien . nl . ASP . August 1, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121019031310/http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Toto&titel=Fahrenheit&cat=a . October 19, 2012 .
7. Book: Pennanen, Timo . 2006 . Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 . 1st . Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava . Helsinki . 978-951-1-21053-5 . 285.
8. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. <
9. Web site: norwegiancharts.com Toto – Fahrenheit . Hung Medien . VG-lista . ASP . August 3, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121112074104/http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Toto&titel=Fahrenheit&cat=a . November 12, 2012 .
10. Web site: swedishcharts.com Toto – Fahrenheit. ASP. sv. August 3, 2012.
11. Web site: Toto - Fahrenheit - hitparade.ch . de . August 3, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111026050251/http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Toto&titel=Fahrenheit&cat=a . October 26, 2011 .
12. Web site: The Official Charts Company - Toto – Fahrenheit . . PHP . August 3, 2012 .
13. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r20314/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} allmusic (((Fahrenheit > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums)))]. allmusic.com. August 3, 2012.
14. Web site: Album Search: Toto – Fahrenheit. https://web.archive.org/web/20150405094305/http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Toto&title=Fahrenheit&cat=a&country=de. dead. April 5, 2015. de. Media Control. August 3, 2012.