Fahrenheit (Toto album)

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. 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, 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." The final song "Don't Stop Me Now" features Miles Davis on trumpet.

Toto

 * Joseph Williams – lead vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-9), backing vocals
 * Steve Lukather – guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals (tracks 3, 5)
 * David Paich – keyboards, backing vocals
 * Steve Porcaro – synthesizers
 * Mike Porcaro – bass guitar
 * Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

 * Amin Bhatia – synthesizer intro (track 6)
 * Lenny Castro – percussion (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7-9)
 * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (tracks 1, 5, 7)
 * "Sidney" – percussion (tracks 3, 6)
 * Joe Porcaro – percussion (tracks 7, 10)
 * Steve Jordan – percussion (track 9)
 * Jim Keltner – percussion (track 9)
 * Tom Scott – saxophones (track 6)
 * Larry Williams – saxophones (track 6)
 * David Sanborn – saxophone (tracks 6, 9, 10)
 * Charles Loper – trombone (track 1)
 * Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (track 1)
 * Chuck Findley – trumpet (tracks 1, 6)
 * Gary Grant – trumpet (track 1, 6)
 * Jerry Hey – trumpet (tracks 1, 6), additional horn arrangements (tracks 1, 6)
 * Miles Davis – trumpet (track 10)
 * Michael Sherwood – backing vocals (tracks 1, 9)
 * Paulette Brown – backing vocals (track 3)
 * Tony Walthes – backing vocals (track 3)
 * Michael McDonald – backing vocals (track 5)
 * Fergie Frederiksen – backing vocals (track 8)
 * Don Henley – backing vocals (track 9)

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 (tracks 1-9) and Tom Knox (track 10)
 * 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