Toto (album)
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Studio album by Toto | |||||||
Publication |
October 15, 1978 |
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admission |
May – September 1978 |
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Label (s) | Columbia Records | ||||||
Format (s) |
LP, MC, 8-track |
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
40:46 |
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occupation |
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Studio (s) |
Studio 55, Hollywood |
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Toto is the debut album by the US band Toto . It was released on October 15, 1978 on Columbia Records .
Creation and publication
Soon after the band was founded, the first album was recorded in Hollywood , David Paich was the main songwriter. Guest musicians included Lenny Castro (percussion), Jim Horn , Chuck Findley (both wind instruments), Marty Paich , Sid Sharp (both string instruments), Roger Linn (keyboard) and Cheryl Lynn (vocals). Toto was recorded by Dan Latham and Gabe Veltri, mixed by Tom Knox and mastered by Mike Reese and Ron Hitchcock at the Mastering Lab in Los Angeles . The album was initially released on LP, MC and 8-track cassette , the first CD version came on the market in 1990.
Track list
# | title | length |
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1. | Child's Anthem | 2:46 |
2. | I'll Supply The Love | 3:44 |
3. | Georgy Porgy | 4:07 |
4th | Manuela Run | 3:55 |
5. | You are the flower | 4:10 |
6th | Girl goodbye | 6:13 |
7th | Takin 'It Back | 3:45 |
8th. | Rockmaker | 3:19 |
9. | Hold the line | 3:55 |
10. | Angela | 4:45 |
Music genre
The experienced studio musicians play commercially oriented, catchy and professionally produced adult oriented rock with influences from pop music , funk , rhythm and blues , hard rock and progressive rock on Totos' debut album .
reception
The album and its single releases were radio and chart successes, but the music press complained that Toto's music was purely handcrafted and lacked inspiration. In Rolling Stone , for example, David Paich's songwriting and Bobby Kimball's singing were criticized.
Awards for music sales
Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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Australia (ARIA) | platinum | 70,000 |
Germany (BVMI) | gold | 250,000 |
Canada (MC) | 2 × platinum | 200,000 |
United States (RIAA) | 2 × platinum | 2,000,000 |
All in all |
1 × gold 5 × platinum |
2,520,000 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b William Ruhlmann: Toto at Allmusic (English), accessed on June 22, 2013.
- ↑ Don Shewey: Toto: Toto ( Memento of December 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Rolling Stone No. 283, archive version of December 23, 2007.
- ↑ Award in Australia
- ↑ Award in Germany
- ↑ Award in Canada
- ↑ Distinction in the United States