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September 21, 2023
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December 20, 2022
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Condition: Brand New Sealed Album with a very small ding on the right front corner of the cover.
Anyone who gives
the dull name "Four" to their rock album must either be very sure
of success or already have resigned. The group Toto may well have experienced
such extremes as there was an enormous cleft between their amazing financial
success and the crushing negative opinions voiced by the critics. Billboard
criticised the superficial lyrics as being void of any sort of emotional
weight while the Los Angeles Times aimed their fire at the musicians
themselves, slamming them as dubious artists with a commercialised
mentality. To this Toto struck back with their fourth album, which was an unparalleled
success and brought them six Grammy awards. For a whole ten months
"Africa" reigned at Number 1 on the charts and together with the
super-hit "Rosanna" the two smash hits were a constant presence,
backed up by a collection of impressive rock classics. A trip to the record
shop is all that is needed to prove that this is unlikely to change in the
near future. The bright red cover with its depiction of a sword will catch
your eye, as though saying: It's got to be the Fourth!." Recording: 1982
at Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, by David Leonard, Peggy McCreary & Terry
Christian and Record One, Los Angeles, by Jamie Ledner, Niko Bolas & Lon
LeMaster Production: Toto." "Toto IV" - Steve Porcaro, David Paich
(keyb, voc); Steve Lukather (g, voc); Bobby Kimball (voc); David Hungate (b);
Jeff Porcaro (dr, perc), a.o.." standard sleeve, lyrics