IT'S NOT IN THE WAY
YOU LOOK
OR THE THINGS
THAT YOU
SAY THAT YOU'LL DO

Toto
is the
debut
studio album
by American
Rock Band
released in
October 1978
by Columbia Records.
It includes the hit singles
"Hold the Line",
"I'll Supply the Love"
and
and
"Georgy Porgy",
all three
of which made it into
the top 50
in the US.
"Hold the Line"
spent six weeks
in the top 10,
and reached number 14
in the UK as well.
Although not initially
very well received by critics,
the band quickly gained
a following,
and the album
gained a reputation
for its
characteristic sound,
mixing soft pop
with both synth
and hard-rock elements.
The band
would venture deeper
into hard rock territory
on their next album.
Background and Composition
During the first half of the 1970's,
the future members of Toto
worked as session musicians
in Los Angeles, California,
for artists such as
The Pointer Sisters,
Foreigner,
Boz Scaggs,
Barbra Streisand,
Leo Sayer,
Alice Cooper,
Steely Dan,
among others.
In 1976,
high school friends
David Paich
(keyboardist, songwriter, and vocalist),
David Hungate
(bassist)
and
Jeff Porcaro
(drummer),
played and worked on
Boz Scaggs's album
Silk Degrees.
The trio were joined by
other longtime friends,
guitarist
Steve Lukather
and keyboardist
Steve Porcaro
(Jeff's younger brother),
on Scaggs's
touring band.
In 1977,
the group auditioned
vocalist
Bobby Kimball
(formerly of S.S. Fools)
and officially formed
Toto
under the direction of
Paich and Jeff Porcaro.
Through different family
and business connections,
the band secured a
recording with
Columbia Records,
and started work
on their debut album.
The band spent
nine months
in the recording studio.
Aside from
"You Are the Flower",
written by
Bobby Kimball
about his 9-month daughter,
and
"Takin' It Back",
written by
Steve Porcaro,
all the songs on
Toto
were written by
David Paich.
He composed the album's
opening instrumental track,
"Child's Anthem",
while studying
classical music
at the University of
Southern California
The track
"Manuela Run"
served as inspiration
for both the
album's cover art
and the band's logo.
Though the band's sound
was rooted in heavy
and progressive rock,
the album's tracks
span a variety of genres
that would later define
Toto's style,
including rock,
pop,
jazz,
progressive rock,
R&B,
and soul.
Paich would later say
that the band did not
"want to be the Eagles,"
but
"loved The Classic's Like
Queen,
Zeppelin,
Yes,
ELP."
The album also showcased
vocal performances
from four
of the
six members
of Toto,
including
Bobby Kimball,
who served as
the band’s frontman
TRACKLIST

Child's Anthem
I'll Supply The Love
Georgy Porgy
Manuela Run
You are the Flower
Girl Goodbye
Takin' it Back
Rockmaker
Hold the Line
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* Hold The Line
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