Artist: TOTO
Album: FAHRENHEIT (CD)

Release date: 1986
EAN/UPS: 5099746308728
Media type: CD

At the close of the Isolation tour, Fergie Frederiksen left the band due to being very nervous in the studio and having a hard time singing. Fergie was replaced by Joseph Williams, son of famous film composer John Williams. Williams wrote and recorded Fahrenheit, released in October 1986. Fahrenheit was a much softer release for Toto. It featured the hit "I'll Be Over You". It also featured an instrumental piece performed with Miles Davis, and a then-unknown Paula Abdul appeared as a dancer in the "Till the End" music video. In addition, one of the singers heard in the song "I'll Be Over You" is Michael McDonald. The album had poor sales and failed to go gold. After its release, the band embarked on another world tour. After the tour ended in 1987, Steve Porcaro left the band to pursue a career in film and television scoring and to make his own music.

Steve Porcaro was never replaced and Toto now consisted of five members, with David Paich doing all of the keyboard work. In 1988, they released their next album The Seventh One. It featured two main singles; "Pamela", and "Stop Loving You", and arguably became the band's most popular release since Toto IV. "Stop Loving You" featured Jon Anderson of Yes as one of the singers. According to David Paich in an interview in August 2006, the record had strong sales and was supposed to be their comeback record, but their record label got a new president and all promotion was cut very suddenly. Even still, the tour for The Seventh One was successful and included many international concerts.

TRACKLIST:

"Till the End" (Paich/Williams) – 5:17
"We Can Make It Tonight" (Williams/J.Porcaro/Bregman) – 4:16
"Without Your Love" (Paich) – 4:33
"Can't Stand It Any Longer" (Paich/Lukather/Williams) – 4:18
"I'll Be Over You" (Lukather/Goodrum) – 3:50
"Fahrenheit" (Paich/J.Porcaro/Williams) – 4:39
"Somewhere Tonight" (J.Porcaro/Paich/Lukather) – 3:46
"Could This Be Love" (Paich/Williams) – 5:14
"Lea" (S.Porcaro) – 4:29
"Don't Stop Me Now" (Lukather/Paich) – 3:05

LINE-UP:

Joseph Williams – Vocals
Steve Lukather – Guitar, vocals
David Paich – Keyboards, vocals
Steve Porcaro – Keyboards, electronics
Mike Porcaro – Bass guitar
Jeff Porcaro – Drums, percussion

Additional features by:

Don Henley, Michael McDonald, David Sanborn, Miles Davis