Toto IV
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| Toto IV | ||
| Studio album by Toto | ||
| Released | April 8, 1982 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Pop rock | |
| Length | 41:59 | |
| Label | Columbia | |
| Producer(s) | Toto | |
| Professional reviews | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 #4 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart shortly after its release in 1982, and started to drop down the chart. The single "Rosanna" (inspired by the relationship between Steve Porcaro and actress Rosanna Arquette) hit #2. The song "Africa" was released as the third single and it became the group's only No. 1 hit. "I Won't Hold You Back" came next and hit the top 10. With the success of "Africa", the album climbed back to the top 10 in early 1983. The other singles were "Make Believe" and "Waiting for Your Love".
- "Rosanna" (Paich) – 5:31
- "Make Believe" (Kimball/Lukather/Paich) – 3:45
- "I Won't Hold You Back" (Lukather) – 4:56
- "Good for You" (Kimball/Lukather/Porcaro) – 3:20
- "It's a Feeling" (Porcaro) – 3:08
- "Afraid of Love" (Lukather/Paich/Porcaro) – 3:51
- "Lovers in the Night" (Paich) – 4:26
- "We Made It" (Paich/Porcaro) – 3:58
- "Waiting for Your Love" (Kimball/Paich) – 4:13
- "Africa" (Paich/Porcaro) – 4:57
- 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
- Rosanna / It's A Feeling
- Africa / We Made It
- Africa / Good for You
- Make Believe / Lovers In the Night
- I Won't Hold You Back / Waiting For Your Love
- I Won't Hold You Back / Afraid of Love
- I Won't Hold You Back / Hold the Line / 99 / Goodbye Elenore
| Toto |
| Steve Lukather | Bobby Kimball | Mike Porcaro | Simon Phillips | David Paich | Greg Phillinganes |
| David Hungate | Jeff Porcaro | Steve Porcaro | Dennis "Fergie" Frederiksen | Joseph Williams | Jean-Michel Byron |
| Discography |
|---|
| Studio Albums: Toto | Hydra | Turn Back | Toto IV | Isolation | Fahrenheit | The Seventh One | Kingdom of Desire | Tambu | Mindfields | Through the Looking Glass | Falling In Between |
| Compilations, live albums, & soundtracks: Dune | Past to Present 1977-1990 | Absolutely Live | Toto XX | Livefields | Live in Amsterdam | The Essential Toto |
| Famous singles: Hold the Line | Rosanna | Africa | I'll Be Over You | Mushanga | Bottom of Your Soul |