Mindfields

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. And this was also the last Toto album to feature keyboardist/vocalist David Paich before his semi-retirement in 2005 until his return to the band in 2010.

This article is about the Toto album. For the Morandi album, see Mindfields (Morandi album). For The Prodigy song, see Mindfields (song). For the book, see Mind Fields. For other uses, see Mindfield (disambiguation).
Mindfields
Studio album by
Toto
ReleasedMarch 16, 1999 (1999-03-16) (Europe)
November 16, 1999 (1999-11-16) (US)
Studio
  • Royaltone Studios
  • ATS Studios
  • Hollywood Sound Recorders
GenreArena rock, pop rock
Length78:50
LabelLegacy
ProducerToto, Elliot Scheiner
Toto chronology
Toto XX
(1998)		 Mindfields
(1999)		 Livefields
(1999)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Q[2]

The Allmusic review currently states : "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
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."After You've Gone"Steve Lukather, Phil SoussanSteve Lukather6:37
2."Mysterious Ways"Mark Hudson, Lukather, David Paich, Dean GrakalBobby Kimball and Lukather3:42
3."Mindfields"Bobby Kimball, Lukather, Paich, Simon Phillips, Mike PorcaroKimball6:04
4."High Price of Hate1"Lukather, Stan Lynch, Paich, Phillips, PorcaroKimball9:22
5."Selfish"Lukather, Lynch, PaichKimball5:30
6."No Love"Paich, Lukather, Randy GoodrumLukather4:34
7."Caught in the Balance"Lukather, Paich, Phillips, Porcaro, Lynch, KimballKimball6:21
8."Last Love"Lukather, PaichLukather4:58
9."Mad About You"Paich, Joseph WilliamsKimball4:24
10."One Road"Lukather, Paich, GoodrumKimball3:45
11."Melanie"Lukather, Paich, GoodrumLukather5:19
12."Cruel"Jed Leiber, Phillips, Kimball, LukatherKimball5:57
13."Better World (Parts I, II & III)"Lukather, Paich, PhillipsLukather7:50
14."Spanish Steps Of Rome2"Lukather, PaichDavid Paich4:27

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.

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, lead vocals (track 14), backing vocals (tracks 3, 8), slide solo (track 5), horn arrangements (tracks 2, 5)
  • Mike Porcaro – bass guitar, cello (track 1)
  • Simon Phillips – drums, percussion (tracks 5, 6, 8, 10, 13), tabla (track 1), 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

  • Clint Black – harmonica and backing vocals (track 6)
  • Lenny Castro – percussion (tracks 1-3, 9, 11, 13, 14)
  • Chuck Findley – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)
  • Gary Grant – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)
  • Mark Hudson – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5)
  • Jim Horn – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)
  • Richard Page - backing vocals (tracks 3, 7, 9, 12)
  • Steve Porcaro – keyboards (tracks 7, 11)
  • Bill Reichenbach Jr. – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)
  • Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5, 11)
  • Tom Scott – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12), horn arrangements (track 12)
  • Phil Soussan – backing vocals (track 1)
  • Chris Thompson – backing vocals on (tracks 6, 8, 10, 11, 13)
  • Maria Vidal – backing vocals (track 14)

Production

  • Producers – Toto and Elliot Scheiner
  • Recorded by Eric Cowden, Stephen 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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References
  1. AllMusic review
  2. Johnson, Howard. "Review: Toto - Mind Fields (sic)". Q. EMAP Metro Ltd (July 1999): 125.
  3. Mindfields (booklet). Legacy. 1999.


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