Toto IV

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Toto IV
Studio album by Toto
Released April 8, 1982
Recorded 1981-82
Genre Rock, rhythm & blues, pop rock, funk
Length 41:59
Label Columbia
Producer Toto
Toto chronology
Turn Back
(1981)		 Toto IV
(1982)		 Isolation
(1984)

Toto IV is the fourth studio album by American band Toto released in 1982 (see 1982 in music).

The album received six Grammy Awards including Record of the Year for "Rosanna", Album of the Year and Producer of the Year for the band. It reached number four on the Billboard Pop Albums chart shortly after its release in 1982. The single "Rosanna" reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, while the album's third single, "Africa", became the group's only Hot 100 #1 hit.[1] Both songs were smash hits in the UK as well, reaching no. 12 and no. 3 respectively.[2] "I Won't Hold You Back" came next and reached the top 10 in the USA[1] and the top 40 in the UK.[2] With the success of "Africa", the album climbed back into the top 10 in early 1983.

The album featured a stronger dose of the pop/hard rock/R&B-fusion that had characterized their self-titled first album than had been heard on their previous two albums.

Contents

[edit] Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[3]
Robert Christgau B−[4]
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars[5]

[edit] Track listing

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "Rosanna"   David Paich Lukather and Kimball 5:31
2. "Make Believe"   Paich Kimball 3:45
3. "I Won't Hold You Back"   Steve Lukather Lukather 4:56
4. "Good For You"   Bobby Kimball, Lukather Kimball 3:20
5. "It's a Feeling"   Steve Porcaro Porcaro 3:08
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "Afraid of Love"   Lukather, Paich, Jeff Porcaro Lukather 3:51
2. "Lovers in the Night"   Paich Paich 4:26
3. "We Made It"   Paich, J. Porcaro Kimball 3:58
4. "Waiting for Your Love"   Kimball, Paich Kimball 4:13
5. "Africa"   Paich, J. Porcaro Paich 4:57

[edit] Chart positions, shipments and sales

Chart (1982–1983) Position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart 1
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart 2[6]
Japanese Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart 3
U.S. Billboard 200 4
UK Albums Chart 4
Swedish Albums Chart 17[6]
Country Organization Level Shipments
Finland IFPI Gold[7] 34,179
United States RIAA 3x Platinum[8] 3,000,000+
United Kingdom BPI Gold[9] 100,000+
Country Provider Sales
Japan Original Confidence 250,000+(Vinyl)[10]
77,000+(Audio cassette)

[edit] Personnel

with

  • James Newton Howard - strings, arranger, conductor, orchestral arrangements
  • Tom Scott - saxophone on "Rosanna" and "Lovers in the Night"
  • Lenny Castro - percussion, conga
  • Ralph Dyck - synthesizer on "Lovers in the Night" and synthesizer programming
  • Martyn Ford - strings
  • Gary Grant - trumpet on "Rosanna"
  • Jerry Hey - trumpet and horn arrangements on "Rosanna"
  • Jim Horn - saxophone on "Rosanna" and "Lovers in the Night", recorders on "Africa"
  • Tom Kelly - backing vocals on "Rosanna" and "Make Believe"
  • Roger Linn - synthesizer programming on "Good For You"
  • Marty Paich - orchestral arrangements on "I Won't Hold You Back"
  • James Pankow - trombone[11]
  • Mike Porcaro - cello on "Good For You"
  • Joe Porcaro - percussion
  • Timothy B. Schmit - backing vocals on "I Won't Hold You Back", "Good For You", and "Africa"
  • Al Schmitt - engineer

[edit] Singles

  • "Rosanna" / "It's a Feeling"
  • "Africa" / "We Made It" (released in Europe)
  • "Africa" / "Good for You" (released outside Europe)
  • "Make Believe" / "We Made It"
  • "Make Believe" / "Lovers in the Night" (released in Holland)
  • "I Won't Hold You Back" / "Afraid of Love"
  • "I Won't Hold You Back" / "Waiting for Your Love" (released in Holland and Japan)
  • "I Won't Hold You Back" / "Hold the Line" / "99" / "Goodbye Elenore" (12" UK release)
  • "Waiting for Your Love" / "Lovers in the Night"
  • "Afraid of Love" / "We Made It" (released in Japan)

[edit] Later samples

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Toto USA chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Toto UK chart history, The Official Charts. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ Robert Christgau review
  5. ^ Rolling Stone review
  6. ^ a b "norwegiancharts.com Toto - IV". vg-lista. http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Toto&titel=IV&cat=a. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 
  7. ^ Kulta- ja platinalevyt - ifpi.fi
  8. ^ "RIAA — Gold & Platinum — Searchable Database". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&title=Toto%20IV&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 
  9. ^ "Platinum Awards Content - TOTO - TOTO IV". http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=25501. Retrieved 2009-03-25. [dead link]
  10. ^ "The 1982 Oricon Year-End LP Albums Chart". http://www.geocities.jp/entamedata/music/music_a1982.html. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 
  11. ^ "Darrin Matteson - In terms of two, The amazing similarities between Chicago and Toto". http://www.stevelukather.net/Article.aspx?id=4. Retrieved 2011-12-01. 
Preceded by
25 Years of Gold by Cliff Richard		 Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
April 4–10, 1983		 Succeeded by
Go for It by Various artists
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