Mindfields
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Released | March 16, 1999 November 16, 1999 (US) | (Europe)|||
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Genre | Arena rock, pop rock, progressive rock | |||
Length | 78:50 | |||
Label | Legacy | |||
Producer | Toto, Elliot Scheiner | |||
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Mindfields is the tenth studio album (though counted as the 11th album overall — see Toto XIV) by the American rock band Toto. It was released on November 16, 1999. Mindfields saw the return of vocalist Bobby Kimball, who had departed the band following the 1982 album Toto IV.
Reception
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The album received mixed reviews from critics. Michael Gallucci of AllMusic wrote: "Overlong, overwrought, and devoid of personality, this incredibly dull world-view update of Toto's crassly professional sound manages to pillage several cultures at once without contributing a single song worth remembering. The playing is tight -- as you would expect from a bunch of studio session musicians -- but all the skills in the world can't liven these 14 plodding tracks."[1]
Track listing
1999 Release
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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1. | "After You've Gone" | Steve Lukather, Phil Soussan | Steve Lukather | 6:37 |
2. | "Mysterious Ways" | Dean Grakal, Mark Hudson, Lukather, David Paich | Bobby Kimball and Lukather | 3:42 |
3. | "Mindfields" | Bobby Kimball, Lukather, Paich, Simon Phillips, Mike Porcaro | Kimball | 6:04 |
4. | "High Price of Hate1" | Lukather, Stan Lynch, Paich, Phillips, Porcaro | Kimball | 9:22 |
5. | "Selfish" | Lukather, Lynch, Paich | Kimball | 5:30 |
6. | "No Love" | Randy Goodrum, Paich, Lukather | Lukather | 4:34 |
7. | "Caught in the Balance" | Kimball, Lukather, Lynch, Paich, Phillips, Porcaro | Kimball | 6:21 |
8. | "Last Love" | Lukather, Paich | Lukather | 4:58 |
9. | "Mad About You" | Paich, Joseph Williams | Kimball | 4:24 |
10. | "One Road" | Goodrum, Lukather, Paich | Kimball | 3:45 |
11. | "Melanie" | Goodrum, Lukather, Paich | Lukather | 5:19 |
12. | "Cruel" | Kimball, Jed Leiber, Lukather, Phillips | Kimball | 5:57 |
13. | "Better World (Parts I, II & III)" | Lukather, Paich, Phillips | Lukather | 7:50 |
14. | "Spanish Steps Of Rome2" | Lukather, Paich | David Paich | 4:27 |
1 On some copies of the album, a longer version of "High Price of Hate" was used clocking in at 9:49.
2 Bonus track on North American and Japanese versions of the album.
2018 All In Remaster
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead Vocals | Length |
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1. | "Cruel" | Bobby Kimball, Jed Lieber, Steve Lukather, Simon Phillips | Bobby Kimball | 5:55 |
2. | "Mysterious Ways" | Dean Grakal, Mark Hudson, Lukather, David Paich | Kimball, Steve Lukather | 3:40 |
3. | "Mindfields" | Kimball, Lukather, Paich, Phillips, Mike Porcaro | Kimball | 6:03 |
4. | "High Price of Hate" | Lukather, Stan Lynch, Paich, Phillips, Porcaro | Kimball | 9:49 |
5. | "Selfish" | Lukather, Lynch, Paich | Kimball | 5:31 |
6. | "No Love" | Randy Goodrum, Paich, Lukather | Lukather | 4:36 |
7. | "Caught In The Balance" | Kimball, Lukather, Lynch, Paich, Phillips, Porcaro | Kimball | 6:21 |
8. | "Last Love" | Lukather, Paich | Lukather | 5:00 |
9. | "Mad About You" | Paich, Joseph Williams | Kimball | 4:26 |
10. | "One Road" | Goodrum, Lukather, Paich | Kimball | 3:48 |
11. | "Melanie" | Goodrum, Lukather, Paich | Lukather | 5:21 |
12. | "After You've Gone" | Lukather, Phil Soussan | Lukather | 6:38 |
13. | "Better World" | Lukather, Paich, Phillips | Lukather | 7:41 |
14. | "Spanish Steps" | Lukather, Paich | David Paich | 4:27 |
Total length: | 79:36 |
Personnel
Adapted from album's liner notes.[3]
Toto
- Steve Lukather – guitars, lead vocals (tracks 1, 2, 6, 8, 11, 13), backing vocals (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 10–14)
- David Paich – keyboards, horn arrangements (tracks 2, 5), backing vocals (tracks 3, 8), slide guitar solo (track 5), lead vocals (track 14)
- Mike Porcaro – bass guitar, cello (track 1)
- Simon Phillips – drums, tabla (track 1), percussion (tracks 5, 6, 8, 10, 13), loops (track 11), backing vocals (track 13)
- Bobby Kimball – lead vocals (tracks 2–5, 7, 9, 10, 12), backing vocals (tracks 3, 4, 8–10, 12, 13)
Guest musicians
- Steve Porcaro – keyboards (tracks 7, 11)
- Clint Black – harmonica and backing vocals (track 6)
- Lenny Castro – percussion (tracks 1–3, 9, 11, 13, 14)
- Jim Horn – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)
- Tom Scott – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12), horn arrangements (track 12)
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)
- Chuck Findley – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)
- Gary Grant – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)
- Mark Hudson – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5)
- Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5, 11)
- Phil Soussan – backing vocals (track 1)
- Richard Page – backing vocals (tracks 3, 7, 9, 12)
- Chris Thompson – backing vocals (tracks 6, 8, 10, 11, 13)
- Maria Vidal – backing vocals (track 14)
Production
- Producers – Toto and Elliot Scheiner
- Recorded by Eric Cowden, Steve Genewick, Steve MacMillan, Charles Paakari, Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt, Jess Sutcliffe and Jeff Thomas.
- Mixed by Elliot Scheiner at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA).
- Mastered and Sequenced by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
- Editing by Steve MacMillan
- Production Coordination – Shari Sutcliffe
- Copyist – Dan Ferguson
- Creative Director – Doug Brown
Singles
- Melanie / Spanish Steps Of Rome
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