Mindfields
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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 in Europe and Japan in March 1999, followed by a US release on November 16, 1999. Mindfields saw the return of vocalist Bobby Kimball, who had departed the band in 1984 during recording sessions for the Isolation album.
Reception
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
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1999 Bonus Tracks
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1 On some copies of the album, a longer version of "High Price of Hate" was used with a length of 9:49.
2018 All In Remaster
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3 Track 1 ("Cruel") and 12 ("After You've Gone") switched places
4 Track 13 ("Better World") was originally titled "Better World (Parts I, II and III)"
5 Track 14 ("Spanish Steps") was originally titled "Spanish Steps of Rome"
Personnel
Adapted from album's liner notes.[2]
Toto
- Steve Lukather – guitars, lead vocals (tracks 1, 2, 6, 8, 11, 13)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., backing vocals (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 10–14)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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- Mike Porcaro – bass guitar, cello (track 1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Simon Phillips – drums, tabla (track 1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., percussion (tracks 5, 6, 8, 10, 13)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., loops (track 11)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., backing vocals (track 13)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bobby Kimball – lead vocals (tracks 2–5, 7, 9, 10, 12)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". backing vocals (tracks 3, 4, 8–10, 12, 13)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Guest musicians
- Steve Porcaro – keyboards (tracks 7, 11)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Clint Black – harmonica and backing vocals (track 6)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Lenny Castro – percussion (tracks 1–3, 9, 11, 13–14)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Jim Horn – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Tom Scott – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., horn arrangements (track 12)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Chuck Findley – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Gary Grant – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Mark Hudson – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5, 11)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Phil Soussan – backing vocals (track 1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Richard Page – backing vocals (tracks 3, 7, 9, 12)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Chris Thompson – backing vocals (tracks 6, 8, 10, 11, 13)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Maria Vidal – backing vocals (track 14)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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
References
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