Artist: Toto

Title: The Essential

Year Of Release: 2004

Label: Columbia

Genre: Rock

Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log)

Total Time: 02:29:44

Total Size: 1.01 GB



Wikipedia:



Toto, stylized as TOTO, is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1977. Toto combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, hard rock, R&B, blues, and jazz. Having released 14 studio albums and sold over 40 million records worldwide, the group has received several Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009.



David Paich (keyboards, vocals) and Jeff Porcaro (drums) had played together as session musicians on several albums and formed the band; David Hungate (bass), Steve Lukather (guitar, vocals), Steve Porcaro (keyboards, vocals), and Bobby Kimball (vocals) were recruited before the release of the band's eponymous debut album in 1978. Led by the Top 5 single "Hold the Line", the album brought the band to mainstream attention, though it was their fourth album Toto IV (1982) which brought them global attention. "Africa" topped the Billboard Hot 100, while "Rosanna" reached number 2, helping Toto become one of the best-selling music groups of their era.



Following Toto IV, two of the original members, Hungate and Kimball, departed the band. Hungate was replaced on bass by Mike Porcaro, while Kimball was replaced by a number of different short-term vocalists, the longest serving of which was Joseph Williams. After Jeff Porcaro's death in 1992, he was replaced by Simon Phillips. While the band has not repeated the U.S. radio successes of their heyday in the late 1970s and early 1980s, they have continued to produce albums and tour more-or-less continuously to the current day, minus a few hiatuses, and have had many more top-ten albums and singles in places like Japan and Scandinavia. Steve Lukather remains the only original member who still records and tours with the band. Paich remains an official member of the band, though he has mostly retired from touring. Since the 2010s, the band has increasingly relied on contracted touring musicians to continue to perform. As of 2023, they have released fourteen studio albums, eight live albums, one movie soundtrack, 1984's Dune, and a number of compilation albums. Their final release was 2018's Old Is New before the band decided against recording any further studio albums. In 2024, Toto launched its "Dogz of Oz" Tour with its first date in Red Bank, New Jersey.



Tracklist:



CD 1



01. Rosanna

02. Stop Loving You

03. Hold The Line

04. Caught In The Balance

05. 99

06. The Other Side

07. I Won't Hold You Back

08. Africa

09. Don't Chain My Heart

10. 2 Hearts

11. Waiting For Your Love

12. Make Believe

13. Goodbye Elenore

14. Home Of The Brave

15. How Does It Feel

16. The Road Goes On



CD 2



01. I Will Remember

02. Georgy Porgy

03. Just Can` t Get To You

04. Pamela

05. Baby He`s Your Man

06. I`ll Supply The Love

07. Holyanna

08. The Turning Point

09. If You Belong To Me

10. Can You Hear What I` m Saying

11. Slipped Away

12. Dave` s Gone Skiing

13. Without Your Love

14. Stranger In Town

15. Til The End

16. I`ll Be Over You





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