Toto IV
by Toto
- Type: Album
- Released: 8 April 1982
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 41:51
- Community rating: 4.05/5 from 1 rating
Artists on this release: Doug Sax, Jim Hagopian, The Martyn Ford Orchestra, Jon Smith, Bobby Kimball, David Hungate, Tom Kelly, Sam Emerson, Glen Christensen, Joe Spencer, James Pankow, Tom Scott, Mike Porcaro, Lenny Castro, Joe Porcaro, Steve Lukather, Timothy B. Schmit, Jim Horn, Chet Bennett, Ralph Dyck, Greg Ladanyi, Gary Grant
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Recorded at Sunset Sound and Record One in Los Angeles with additional recording at Abbey Road in London and produced by the band itself, 'Toto IV' is a polished melodic rock and soft rock record built on sophisticated, accessible songcraft. It contains the singles 'Rosanna' and 'Africa' and won six Grammy Awards in 1983, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for 'Rosanna'.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, accessible, infectious, sophisticated, male-vocals
Tracklist
- Rosanna (5:30)
- Make Believe (3:43)
- I Won't Hold You Back (4:53)
- Good for You (3:17)
- It's a Feeling (3:05)
- Afraid of Love (3:51)
- Lovers in the Night (4:25)
- We Made It (3:55)
- Waiting for Your Love (4:12)
- Africa (4:55)
Credits
- Steve Lukather - guitar, vocals, lead vocals, backing vocals, written-by, piano
- Chet Bennett - lacquer cut by
- Bobby Kimball - vocals, backing vocals, lead vocals, written-by
- Jerry Hey - arranged by [horns], trumpet
- Lenny Castro - congas, percussion
- Roger Linn - programmed by [synthesizer]
- Joe Porcaro - xylophone, timpani, marimba, percussion
- Tom Knox - engineer, recorded by [tracks]
- Greg Ladanyi - engineer, mixed by, recorded by [tracks]
- Al Schmitt - engineer, recorded by [tracks]
- Bruce Heigh - engineer [additional engineering at hogg manor]
- Dick Gall - engineer [additional engineering at hogg manor]
- Joe Spencer - illustration
- Fitzgerald Hartley - management [direction]
- Doug Sax - mastered by
- Glen Christensen - photography by
- Jim Hagopian - photography by
- Sam Emerson - photography by
- Jamie Ledner - recorded by [at record one]
- Lon LeMaster - recorded by [at record one]
- Niko Bolas - recorded by [at record one]
- David Leonard - recorded by [at sunset sound]
- Peggy McCreary - recorded by [at sunset sound]
- Terry Christian - recorded by [at sunset sound]
- Marty Paich - arranged by [orchestral arrangements]
- John Kurlander - recorded by [strings]