Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Toto : Toto (Expanded Edition)



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 

Toto 

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

Angela

* I'll Supply The Love

 (Remix)

* Georgy Porgy

 (Remix)

* Hold The Line 

(Remix)


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