TOTO Self-Titled Promo LP w/ Press Kit Bio & 8" x 10" Glossy Photo - 1978 Debut
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Toto is the debut studio album by the American band Toto. It was released in 1978 and includes the hit singles "Hold the Line", "I'll Supply the Love" and "Georgy Porgy", all three of which made it into the Top 50 in the USA.[5] "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.
Cover art
Philip Garris, well known for painting many Grateful Dead album covers, created the album's emblem after listening to a lyric from the song "Manuela Run" ("You better watch that sword that's hanging over you") which referred to the Sword of Damocles. The sword also represented the band's powerful, hard-edge sound, and, due to their ability to play many types of music, Garris made the sword double-edged to show their versatility. The iron ring represented a piece of work being constructed (the record itself), and the ribbons represented the Year of the Child.
Track listing
All tracks are written by David Paich, except where noted.
Side one No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length 1. "Child's Anthem" instrumental 2:46 2. "I'll Supply the Love" Bobby Kimball 3:46 3. "Georgy Porgy" Steve Lukather 4:09 4. "Manuela Run" David Paich 3:54 5. "You Are the Flower" Bobby Kimball Kimball 4:11 Side two No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length 6. "Girl Goodbye" Kimball 6:13 7. "Takin' It Back" Steve Porcaro S. Porcaro 3:47 8. "Rockmaker" Paich 3:19 9. "Hold the Line" Kimball 3:56 10. "Angela" Lukather with Paich 5:31Singles
- "Hold the Line" / "Takin' It Back"
- "I'll Supply the Love" / "You Are the Flower"
- "Georgy Porgy" / "Child's Anthem"
- "Rockmaker" / "Child's Anthem" (released in the Netherlands)
Personnel
Toto
- Bobby Kimball: lead & backing vocals
- Steve Lukather: guitars, lead & backing vocals
- David Paich: keyboards, synthesizers, piano, backing & lead vocals
- Steve Porcaro: keyboards, synthesizers, lead vocals on "Takin' It Back"
- David Hungate: bass guitar
- Jeff Porcaro: drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Lenny Castro: percussion
- Jim Horn: saxophone, wind instruments
- Chuck Findley: horns
- Roger Linn: synthesizers
- Marty Paich: string arrangements
- Sid Sharp: string arrangements
- Cheryl Lynn: backing vocals on "Georgy Porgy"
Production
- Arranged and Produced by Toto
- Engineered and Mixed by Tom Knox
- Assistant Engineers: Dana Latham and Gabe Veltri
- Recorded at Sunset Sound (Los Angeles, CA), Studio 55 (Los Angeles, CA) and Davlen Sound Studios (North Hollywood, CA).
- Mastered by Ron Hitchcock and Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
- Cover Art: Philip Garris
- Design and Photography by Ed Careaff Studio.
- Management: The Fitzgerald Hartley Co.
Studio 55 (Los Angeles, CA)
Davlen Sound Studios (North Hollywood, CA) Genre
- Progressive rock
- jazz rock
- R&B
- hard rock
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