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Toto IV

Their fourth album, US 4, four times platinum.
Toto, 1982

Up to three synchronized 24-track recorders were linked by SMPTE timecode, and strings were added at Abbey Road, with James Newton Howard handling orchestral arrangements. Lukather described aiming for the biggest, most obnoxiously overproduced record of all time. Hungate left during recording after moving to Nashville, and Mike Porcaro replaced him. Al Schmitt, Tom Knox and Greg Ladanyi engineered, and George Marino mastered. The cover emblem is Philip Garris's sword, with four rings, one per album. Singles were "Rosanna" (US 2), "Africa" (US 1 in February 1983, UK 3), "Make Believe", "I Won't Hold You Back" (US 10) and "Waiting for Your Love". The album reached 4 in the US and UK and 1 in Australia, Canada and the Netherlands, and Ultimate Classic Rock reports more than 12 million copies sold.

AllMusic gave about 4.5 stars, Rolling Stone 2 of 5 and Christgau a B-minus.

Track listing

  1. Rosanna5:32
  2. Make Believe3:43
  3. I Won't Hold You Back4:56
  4. Good for You3:18
  5. It's a Feeling3:06
  6. Afraid of Love3:52
  7. Lovers in the Night4:27
  8. We Made It3:56
  9. Waiting for Your Love4:13
  10. Africa4:55

More from Toto

Toto (1978), Hydra (1979), Turn Back (1981), L.A. The Forum May 1982 (1982), Spotlight Specials (1983), Dune (Original Soundtrack Recording) (1984), Isolation (1984), Fahrenheit (1986), The Seventh One (1988), Kingdom Of Desire (1992), Tambu (1995), Toto XX (1977 - 1997) (1998), Mindfields (1999), Through The Looking Glass (2002), Africa (2006), Falling In Between (2006), Danish Kingdom (2007), Carmen Comes Naniwa (2009), 929 (2011), Toto XIV (2015), 40 Tours Around The Sun (2019), Old Is New (2020), With A Little Help From My Friends (2021)

Sources

  1. Toto IV, Wikipedia
  2. Toto IV, Ultimate Classic Rock
  3. Classic Tracks: Toto's Africa, Mix