Toto IV
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| Toto IV | ||
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| Missing image Toto_Toto_IV.jpg Toto IV | ||
| Album by Toto | ||
| Released | April 8, 1982 | |
| Recorded | 1982 (?) | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 41 min 59 sec | |
| Record label | Columbia | |
| Producer | Toto | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Rolling Stone review | 2/5 | link (http://rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=67575) |
| Allmusic.com review | 4.5/5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Alr7ibkg96akx) |
| Toto Chronology | ||
| Turn Back (1981) | Toto IV (1982) | Isolation (1984) |
Toto IV was the fourth album by American pop-rock band Toto, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music).
The album won Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Engineered Recording. The album reached #2 on Billboard's 1982 Pop Albums chart and #174 in 1983 on Billboards Top 200 chart. The singles "Africa" and "I Won't Hold You Back" reached #1 on the pop and adult contemporary charts while "Rosanna" (inspired by the relationship between Steve Porcaro and actress Rosanna Arquette) hit #2.
Track listing
- "Rosanna" (Paich) - 5:31
- "Make Believe" (Kimball/Lukather/Paich) - 3:45
- "I Won't Hold You Back" (Lukather) - 4:56
- "Good For You" (Kimball/Lakather/Porcaro) - 3:20
- "It's A Feeling" (Porcaro) - 4:57
- "Afraid Of Love" (Lukather/Paich/Porcaro) - 3:05
- "Lovers In The Night" (Paich) - 3:51
- "We Made It" (Paich/Porcaro) - 4:25
- "Waiting For Your Love" (Kimball/Paich) - 3:56
- "Africa" (Paich/Porcaro) - 4:13
Personnel
- David Paich - Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Horn Arrangements, Orchestral Arrangements
- Steve Lukather- Guitar, Piano, Vocals
- Bobby Kimball - Lead Vocals
- Jeff Porcaro - Drums, Percussion, Xylophone, Tympani
- Steve Porcaro - Keyboards, Vocals
- David Hungate - Bass, Guitar
- James Newton-Howard - Strings, Arranger, Conductor, Orchestral Arrangements
- Tom Scott - Saxophone
- Lenny Castro - Percussion, Conga
- Ralph Dyck - Synthesizer
- Martyn Ford - Strings
- Gary Grant - Trumpet
- Jerry Hey - Trumpet, Horn Arrangements
- Jim Horn - Saxophone, Wind, Engineer
- Tom Kelly - Vocals, background Vocals
- Roger Linn - Synthesizer, Synthesizer Programming
- Marty Paich - Strings, Orchestral Arrangements
- James Pankow - Trombone
- Mike Porcaro - Cello
- Joe Porcaro - Percussion, Marimba, Xylophone, Tympani
- Timothy B. Schmit - Vocals