7800° Fahrenheit by Bon Jovi

7800° Fahrenheit, Bon Jovi's second album, came out on Mercury on March 27, 1985, and the title says it all: the supposed melting point of rock, measured on the American scale, because this was meant to be American hot rock. The Sayreville, New Jersey band was the one that would soon rule the world, Jon Bon Jovi singing, Richie Sambora on guitar, Alec John Such on bass, David Bryan on keyboards and Tico Torres on drums, and here they're still sharpening the hooks, piling glossy keyboards and big-haired guitars onto every chorus.

"Only Lonely" and "In and Out of Love" both made the Hot 100, and the sleeve introduced the band logo that would soon be splashed across Slippery When Wet and New Jersey. It had staying power, too, hanging around for 104 weeks on the Billboard 200 and went platinum in 1987.

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