Year : 1982 (Rock Candy Remastered 2015)
Style : Pop Rock , Melodic Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans + Videos
Size : 146 mb
Bio:
Toto is an American rock band formed in 1977 in Los Angeles, California. The band's current lineup consists of Joseph Williams (lead vocals), David Paich (keyboards, vocals), Steve Porcaro (keyboards), Steve Lukather (guitars, vocals), and Keith Carlock (drums). Bass player Nathan East is currently touring with Toto as a guest musician, as Mike Porcaro is too ill to tour. Toto is known for a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard rock, R&B and jazz.David Paich and Jeff Porcaro had played together as session musicians on several albums and decided to form a band. David Hungate, Steve Lukather, Steve Porcaro and Bobby Kimball were recruited before their first album release. The band enjoyed great commercial success in the late 1970s and 1980s, beginning with the band's eponymous debut released in 1978. With the release of the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Toto IV (1982), Toto became one of the best-selling music groups of their era. They are best known for the Top 5 hits "Hold the Line", "Rosanna", and "Africa". Several changes to the lineup have been made over the years. In 2008, Lukather announced his departure from the band, and the remaining band members later went their separate ways. In the summer of 2010, Toto reformed and went on a short European tour, with a new lineup, to benefit Mike Porcaro, who had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and is no longer an active member of the band.The band has released a total of 17 albums, and have sold over 35 million albums to date. The group was honored with several Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009.
Album:
Rock Candy specialists have 'Remastered & Reloaded' TOTO's most celebrated '80s albums few weeks ago. Let's go now with their triple platinum-certified "TOTO IV".There comes tipping point in every artist’s career; a moment where decisions have to be made and a course of action needs to be taken. By the time Toto had reached this, their fourth album, matters were building to a head.Their previous two albums had commercially under-achieved and the label was getting itchy feet about their future prospects. So, it was with the greatest deliberation that the band embarked on the road to "Toto IV", vowing to throw everything and the kitchen sink into its creation.History shows that this album was a triumphant success, but the road to redemption was not without sacrifice, hard work and dedication.It is clear that a huge amount of creativity and talent formed the backbone of "Toto IV", songs crafted to utter perfection and all wrapped up in pin-point production.The recording took many months and the band was allowed a much larger than average recording budget. At a time when most bands were using a single 24-track recorder Toto used as many as 3 separate 24-track recorders at the same time.The 24-track recorders were linked with a computerized SMPTE timecode system that allowed for up to 69 individual tracks of sound simultaneously.The result was HUGE.Musicianship is also impeccable showcasing talent beyond belief, of an apparently altogether otherworldly nature. Achieving sales in excess of triple platinum (only in the USA) and notching up an eye-popping six Grammy awards, it also spawned three huge global hit singles, namely ‘Africa’, ‘Rosanna’ and ‘I Won’t Hold You Back’, songs that epitomise the band’s first rate AOR pedigree.‘I Won’t Hold You Back’ is one of my favorite Toto songs ever. Written and sung by Steve Lukather, this tune shot up the charts in 1983 after Toto won the Grammys including best record, album and producer of the year. Timothy B. Schmit, the sweet-voiced member of Poco and The Eagles, is featured on its soaring chorus.Perhaps eclipsed by the major hits, 'Good For You' deserves mention as one of this project’s drum-tight, lesser-known gems. It’s a terrific example of how Toto, at the height of its powers, mixed and matched so many styles with class.Co-written by Lukather and erstwhile frontman Bobby Kimball, the song finds Kimball in all of his full-throated glory — matching the lyric’s unvarnished, carnal desire.He performed, then as now, with a reckless, edgy abandon, something that probably contributed to the reedy texture of his voice sometimes these days. The arrangements and instrumentation behind him did the rest.Also 'Make Believe' is a little diamond. This David Paich-written, Bobby Kimball-sung rocker wasn’t a huge hit, but it illustrated something — with every tough Steve Lukather riff — that’s often lost in the ballad-driven public persona of Toto; they could (and can) Rock.Other favorites are the highly underrated 'It's A Feeling' and 'Lovers In The Night' all of which are a display of a band at the absolute height of its musical creativity."TOTO IV" was a triumph of incredible proportions for a group that had been written off by so many and, with bitchy cruelty, labelled as a faceless bunch of skilled session musicians. It is without doubt one of the most important AOR albums of all time.Great, crystal clear remaster by Rock Candy Records.
Line Up:
Bobby Kimball - lead and backing vocals
David Paich - keyboards, lead and backing vocals
Steve Lukather - guitar, lead and backing vocals, piano
Jeff Porcaro - drums, percussion, xylophone, tympani
Steve Porcaro - keyboards, lead vocals on "It's a Feeling"
David Hungate – bass guitar
additional personnel:
James Newton Howard - strings, orchestral arrangements
Lenny Castro, Joe Porcaro - percussion
Ralph Dyck - synthesizer
Martyn Ford - strings
Tom Scott, Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, James Pankow - horns
Tom Kelly - backing vocals
Mike Porcaro - cello on "Good For You"
Timothy B. Schmit - harmony, backing vocals
Tracklist:
01 - Rosanna
02 - Make Believe
03 - I Won't Hold You Back
04 - Good For You
05 - It's A Feeling
06 - Afraid Of Love
07 - Lovers In The Night
08 - We Made It
09 - Waiting For Your Love
10 - Africa
+ Video "Africa" (Official Video)
+ Video "Rosanna" (Official Video)
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