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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = Toto XX: 1977–1997
| name = Toto XX: 1977–1997
| type = compilation
| type = compilation
| artist = [[Toto (band)|Toto]]
| longtype = / [[studio album]]
| cover = Toto_XX.jpg
| artist = [[Toto (band)|Toto]]
| alt =
| cover = Toto_XX.jpg
| released = 25 May 1998
| alt =
| recorded =
| released = May 25, 1998
| venue =
| recorded =
| studio = {{flatlist|
| venue =
| studio = {{flatlist|
*The Complex Studios
*The Complex
*[[Sunset Sound Recorders]]
*[[Sunset Sound Recorders]]
*The Villa
*The Villa
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*Davlen Studios
*Davlen Studios
}}
}}
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| length = 69:15 <ref>https://www.amazon.com/Xx-Toto/dp/B00138H95W/ref=tmm_msc_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-1&qid=1423517874</ref>
| length = 69:15 <ref>https://www.amazon.com/Xx-Toto/dp/B00138H95W/ref=tmm_msc_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-1&qid=1423517874 {{Dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref>
| label = Sony Legacy
| label = Sony Legacy
| producer = [[Toto (band)|Toto]]
| producer = [[Toto (band)|Toto]]
| prev_title = [[Tambu (album)|Tambu]]
| prev_title = [[Tambu (album)|Tambu]]
| prev_year = 1995
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = [[Mindfields]]
| next_title = [[Mindfields]]
| next_year = 1999
| next_year = 1999
}}
}}


'''''Toto XX: 1977-1997''''' is a compilation album by [[Toto (band)|Toto]] to celebrate their 20th anniversary. The album features rare original demos, outtakes, previously unreleased recordings and live tracks from the band's 20-year career.
'''''Toto XX: 1977–1997''''' is a compilation album by [[Toto (band)|Toto]] to celebrate their 20th anniversary. The album features rare original demos, outtakes, previously unreleased recordings and live tracks from the band's 20-year career. Despite its being labeled as a compilation album, Steve Lukather in 2014 defined the album as the tenth studio album overall (''see [[Toto XIV]])''.


The first single released, "Goin' Home" was recorded during [[Bobby Kimball]]'s brief first reunion with the band in 1989, prior to the record company's decision to replace him with new lead singer [[Jean-Michel Byron]]. The song had later been recorded by the band's then former singer [[Joseph Williams (musician)|Joseph Williams]] and released on his 1997 album ''3''.
The first single released, "Goin' Home" was recorded during [[Bobby Kimball]]'s brief first reunion with the band in 1989, prior to the record company's decision to replace him with new lead singer [[Jean-Michel Byron]]. The song had later been recorded by the band's then former singer [[Joseph Williams (musician)|Joseph Williams]] and released on his 1997 album ''3''.


==Reception==
==Reception==

{{Album ratings
[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] originally commented on [[AllMusic]] that "Essentially, this is a Toto reunion album, featuring nine new studio cuts and four live tracks" and said that the material was more similar to that on ''[[Tambu (album)|Tambu]]'' than the band's most recent studio album. Erlewine praised the performances but concluded the release to be "not particularly interesting to anyone except hardcore fans".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/toto-xx-1977-1997-mw0000047001|author=[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]]|title=Toto XX: 1977-1997|work=[[AllMusic]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105095232/https://www.allmusic.com/album/toto-xx-1977-1997-mw0000047001 |archive-date=2012-11-05 }}</ref> A later AllMusic review was more positive, commenting on "soaring vocals" and "stunning instrumental", and acclaiming that the "powerful musical talent that makes up this group has always been in high gear".<ref name="allmusic">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r383969}}</ref>
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[[AllMusic]], not realizing that the album's nine studio tracks were all recorded nine years or more before its release, commented that "Essentially, this is a Toto reunion album, featuring nine new studio cuts and four live tracks[...]" and said that the material was more similar to that on ''[[Tambu (album)|Tambu]]'' than the band's most recent studio album. They praised the performances but concluded the release to be "not particularly interesting to anyone except hardcore fans".<ref name="allmusic"/>{{not in citation|date=March 2022}} Vocalist [[Fergie Frederiksen]] is the only former member of the band that doesn't appear on the booklet photo sleeve.{{cn}} He is not featured on any song either.{{cn}}


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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| length3 = 5:34
| length3 = 5:34
| note3 = ''Recorded in 1987''
| note3 = ''Recorded in 1987''
| title4 = In a Word
| title4 = [[I%27ll_Be_Over_You|In a Word]]
| writer4 = [[Steve Lukather]], [[Steve Porcaro]], [[Mike Porcaro]], [[Jeff Porcaro]]
| writer4 = [[Steve Lukather]], [[Steve Porcaro]], [[Mike Porcaro]], [[Jeff Porcaro]]
| length4 = 3:56
| length4 = 3:56
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| length10 = 7:01
| length10 = 7:01
| note10 = ''Recorded at the [[Montreux Jazz Festival]] '91''
| note10 = ''Recorded at the [[Montreux Jazz Festival]] '91''
| title11 = Dave's Gone Skiing (Instrumental)
| title11 = [[Tambu_(album)|Dave's Gone Skiing]] (Instrumental)
| writer11 = M. Porcaro, [[Simon Phillips (drummer)|Simon Phillips]], Lukather
| writer11 = M. Porcaro, [[Simon Phillips (drummer)|Simon Phillips]], Lukather
| length11 = 5:04
| length11 = 5:04
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==


* [[Steve Lukather]], [[David Paich]] – [[Executive producer|executive producers]]
* [[Steve Lukather]], [[David Paich]] – [[executive producer]]s


"Goin' Home"
"Goin' Home"
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*[[Jerry Hey]] – horn arrangements, trumpet
*[[Jerry Hey]] – horn arrangements, trumpet
*[[Gary Grant (musician)|Gary Grant]] – trumpet
*[[Gary Grant (musician)|Gary Grant]] – trumpet
*Jim Horn, [[Tom Scott (musician)|Tom Scott]] – saxophone
*Jim Horn, [[Tom Scott (saxophonist)|Tom Scott]] – saxophone
*[[James Pankow]] – trombone
*[[James Pankow]] – trombone
*[[George Massenburg]] – recording
*[[George Massenburg]] – recording

Revision as of 22:03, 18 July 2024

Toto XX: 1977–1997
Compilation album / studio album by
Toto
ReleasedMay 25, 1998
Studio
GenreRock
Length69:15 [1]
LabelSony Legacy
ProducerToto
Toto chronology
Tambu
(1995) 		Toto XX: 1977–1997
(1998) 		Mindfields
(1999)

Toto XX: 1977–1997 is a compilation album by Toto to celebrate their 20th anniversary. The album features rare original demos, outtakes, previously unreleased recordings and live tracks from the band's 20-year career. Despite its being labeled as a compilation album, Steve Lukather in 2014 defined the album as the tenth studio album overall (see Toto XIV).

The first single released, "Goin' Home" was recorded during Bobby Kimball's brief first reunion with the band in 1989, prior to the record company's decision to replace him with new lead singer Jean-Michel Byron. The song had later been recorded by the band's then former singer Joseph Williams and released on his 1997 album 3.

Reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine originally commented on AllMusic that "Essentially, this is a Toto reunion album, featuring nine new studio cuts and four live tracks" and said that the material was more similar to that on Tambu than the band's most recent studio album. Erlewine praised the performances but concluded the release to be "not particularly interesting to anyone except hardcore fans".[2] A later AllMusic review was more positive, commenting on "soaring vocals" and "stunning instrumental", and acclaiming that the "powerful musical talent that makes up this group has always been in high gear".[3]

Track listing

No.TitelWriter(s)Length
1."Goin' Home" (Recorded in 1989)David Paich, Joseph Williams5:17
2."Tale of a Man" (Recorded in 1979)Paich5:29
3."Last Night" (Recorded in 1987)Paich, Williams5:34
4."In a Word" (Recorded in 1986)Steve Lukather, Steve Porcaro, Mike Porcaro, Jeff Porcaro3:56
5."Modern Eyes" (Recorded in 1986)Paich4:24
6."Right Part of Me" (Recorded in 1984)Paich, Bobby Kimball5:44
7."Mrs. Johnson" (Recorded in 1977)Paich, Lukather3:48
8."Miss Sun" (Recorded in 1977)Paich5:04
9."Love is a Man's World" (Recorded in 1977)Paich6:16
10."On the Run" (Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival '91)Paich, Lukather, Fee Waybill7:01
11."Dave's Gone Skiing (Instrumental)" (Recorded at the Standard Bank Arena, Johannesburg, South Africa in 1997)M. Porcaro, Simon Phillips, Lukather5:04
12."Baba Mnumzane" (Recorded at the Standard Bank Arena, Johannesburg, South Africa in 1997)traditional; arr. L. Mkhize, M. Namba1:46
13."Africa" (Recorded at the Standard Bank Arena, Johannesburg, South Africa in 1997)Paich, J. Porcaro9:51

"On the Run" (Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival '91) and "Dave's Gone Skiing (Instrumental)" (Recorded at the Standard Bank Arena, Johannesburg, South Africa in 1997) were omitted from the All In 1978–2018 release of this album.

Singles

  • Goin' Home / Tale of a Man

Personnel

"Goin' Home"

"Tale of a Man"

  • Steve Lukather – guitars, backing vocals
  • David Paich – piano, backing vocals
  • Steve Porcaro – synthesizer
  • David Hungate – bass
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums
  • Bobby Kimball – lead vocals
  • Tom Knox – recording
  • Elliot Scheiner – mixing

"Last Night"

  • Steve Lukather – guitars
  • David Paich – keyboards
  • Mike Porcaro – bass
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion
  • Joseph Williams – lead vocals
  • Chris Thompson – backing vocals
  • Jerry Hey – horn arrangements, trumpet
  • Gary Grant – trumpet
  • Jim Horn, Tom Scott – saxophone
  • James Pankow – trombone
  • George Massenburg – recording
  • Elliot Scheiner – mixing

"In a Word"

  • Steve Lukather – guitars
  • David Paich – keyboards
  • Steve Porcaro – synthesizer
  • Mike Porcaro – bass
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion
  • Joseph Williams – lead vocals
  • Shep Lonsdale – recording
  • Greg Ladanyi – mixing

"Modern Eyes"

  • Steve Lukather – guitars, backing vocals
  • David Paich – keyboards, lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Steve Porcaro – synthesizer programming
  • Mike Porcaro – bass
  • Jeff Porcaro – synclavier drums, timbales
  • David Sanborn – saxophones
  • Jack Joseph – drums recording
  • Shep Lonsdale – music recording
  • Elliot Scheiner – mixing

"Right Part of Me"

  • Steve Lukather – guitars, backing vocals
  • David Paich – piano, backing vocals
  • Mike Porcaro – bass
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums
  • Bobby Kimball – lead vocals
  • David Paich, James Newton Howard, Marty Paich – string arrangements
  • Marty Paich – conductor
  • London Symphony Orchestra – strings
  • Greg Ladanyi – recording
  • John Kurlander – strings recording
  • Elliot Scheiner – mixing

"Mrs. Johnson"

  • Steve Lukather – guitars
  • David Paich – keyboards
  • Steve Porcaro – synthesizer
  • David Hungate – bass
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums
  • Bobby Kimball – lead vocals
  • Tom Knox – recording
  • Elliot Scheiner – mixing

"Miss Sun"

  • David Paich – moog bass, keyboards, lead vocals
  • Steve Lukather – guitars
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums
  • David Hungate – overdub bass fills
  • Lisa Dal Bello – lead harmonies
  • Tom Knox – recording, mixing

"Love Is a Man's World"

  • Steve Lukather – guitars
  • David Paich – moog bass, piano, synthesizer, lead vocals
  • Steve Porcaro – sequencer, programming
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion
  • Bobby Kimball – disco backing vocals
  • Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming
  • Tom Knox – recording, mixing

"On the Run"

  • Steve Lukather – guitars, lead vocals
  • David Paich – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Mike Porcaro – bass
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums
  • Chris Trujillo – percussion
  • Fred White, Jacki Magee, Jenny Douglas-McRae - backing vocals
  • Dirk Schubert – recording, mixing

"Dave's Gone Skiing"

  • Steve Lukather – guitars
  • David Paich – keyboards
  • Mike Porcaro – bass
  • Simon Phillips – drums, percussion
  • Bop Studios – live recording
  • Richard Mitchell – engineering
  • David Segal, Kentse Mpahlwa – engineering assistants
  • Elliot Scheiner – mixing
  • Colin Finnie – technical

"Baba Mnumzane"

  • Jenny Douglas-McRae, John James – vocals
  • Family Factory (Margaret Motsage, Gift Villakazi, Victory Villakazi, Nomhlahla Radebe, Nokhanya Dlamini, Sibongile Maktathe) – vocals, percussion
  • Bop Studios – live recording
  • Richard Mitchell – engineering
  • David Segal, Kentse Mpahlwa – engineering assistants
  • Elliot Scheiner – mixing
  • Colin Finnie – technical

"Africa"

  • Steve Lukather – guitars
  • David Paich – keyboards, lead vocals
  • Mike Porcaro – bass
  • Simon Phillips – drums, percussion
  • Jenny Douglas-McRae, John James – backing vocals
  • Family Factory (Margaret Motsage, Gift Villakazi, Victory Villakazi, Nomhlahla Radebe, Nokhanya Dlamini, Sibongile Maktathe) – backing vocals, percussion
  • Bop Studios – live recording
  • Richard Mitchell – engineering
  • David Segal, Kentse Mpahlwa – engineering assistants
  • Elliot Scheiner – mixing
  • Colin Finnie – technical

References

  1. ^ https://www.amazon.com/Xx-Toto/dp/B00138H95W/ref=tmm_msc_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-1&qid=1423517874 [dead link]
  2. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Toto XX: 1977-1997". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05.
  3. ^ Toto XX at AllMusic
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