Toto IV

Infobox Album |
Name = Toto IV
Type = Album
Artist = Toto


Released = April 8, 1982
Recorded = 1982
Genre = Pop rock
Soft rock
Length = 41:59
Label = Columbia
Producer = Toto
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Alr7ibkg96akx link]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|2|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/106322/review/6067396?utm_source=Rhapsody&utm_medium=CDreview link] |
Last album = "Turn Back" (1981)
This album = "Toto IV" (1982)
Next album = "Isolation" (1984)

"Toto IV" is the fourth studio album by American pop rock band Toto. It was released in 1982 (see 1982 in music).

The album was awarded with 6 Grammy Awards, including "Record of the Year" for "Rosanna", "Album of the Year" for "Toto IV", and "Producer of the Year" for the band. It reached #4 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart shortly after its release in 1982, and started to drop down the chart. The single "Rosanna" hit #2. The song "Africa" was released as the third single and it became the group's only No. 1 hit. "I Won't Hold You Back" came next and hit the top 10. With the success of "Africa", the album climbed back to the top 10 in early 1983. The other singles were "Make Believe" and "Waiting for Your Love".

Track listing

# "Rosanna" (Paich) – 5:31
# "Make Believe" (Paich) – 3:45
# "I Won't Hold You Back" (Lukather) – 4:56
# "Good for You" (Kimball/Lukather) – 3:20
# "It's a Feeling" (S. Porcaro) – 3:08
# "Afraid of Love" (Lukather/Paich/J. Porcaro) – 3:51
# "Lovers in the Night" (Paich) – 4:26
# "We Made It" (Paich/J. Porcaro) – 3:58
# "Waiting for Your Love" (Kimball/Paich) – 4:13
# "Africa" (Paich/J. Porcaro) – 4:57

Chart positions

Personnel

* David Paich - Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Horn Arrangements, Orchestral Arrangements
* Steve Lukather- Guitar, Piano, Vocals
* Bobby Kimball - Lead Vocals
* Jeff Porcaro - Drums, Percussion, Xylophone, Tympani
* Steve Porcaro - Keyboards, Vocals
* David Hungate - Bass, Guitar

* James Newton Howard - Strings, Arranger, Conductor, Orchestral Arrangements
* Tom Scott - Saxophone
* Lenny Castro - Percussion, Conga
* Ralph Dyck - Synthesizer
* Martyn Ford - Strings
* Gary Grant - Trumpet
* Jerry Hey - Trumpet, Horn Arrangements
* Jim Horn - Saxophone, Wind, Engineer
* Tom Kelly - Vocals, background Vocals
* Roger Linn - Synthesizer, Synthesizer Programming
* Marty Paich - Strings, Orchestral Arrangements
* James Pankow - Trombone
* Mike Porcaro - Cello
* Joe Porcaro - Percussion, Marimba, Xylophone, Tympani
* Timothy B. Schmit - Vocals
*Al Schmitt - Engineer

ingles

* "Rosanna" / "It's a Feeling"
* "Africa" / "We Made It"
* "Africa" / "Good for You"
* "Make Believe" / "Lovers in the Night"
* "I Won't Hold You Back" / "Waiting for Your Love"
* "I Won't Hold You Back" / "Afraid of Love"
* "I Won't Hold You Back" / "Hold the Line" / "99" / "Goodbye Elenore"
* "Waiting for Your Love"

Later Samples

*"Africa"
**"New World" by Nas from the album "Nastradamus"

succession box
before = "25 Years of Gold" by Cliff Richard
title = Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
years = April 4 - April 10 1983
after = "Go for It" by Various artists