Toto XIV
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| Studio album by Toto | ||||
| Released | March 20, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | December 2013–December 2014 | |||
| Studio | The Treehouse, North Hollywood, California Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California ATS Studios, Calabasas, California Porcara Musica, Valley Village, California Digby Road Studios, Thousand Oaks, California |
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| Genre | Hard rock, pop rock, jazz rock, blues rock, progressive rock | |||
| Length | 55:59 | |||
| Label | Frontiers | |||
| Producer | C. J. Vanston, Steve Lukather, David Paich, Steve Porcaro, Joseph Williams | |||
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Toto XIV is the 13th studio album (though counted as the 14th album overall) by the American rock band Toto, released on March 20, 2015.
The album marks the return of Joseph Williams on lead vocals, Steve Porcaro on keyboards, and David Hungate on bass. Toto XIV is the first and only album with Keith Carlock on drums, replacing Simon Phillips, the longstanding successor to original drummer Jeff Porcaro who died in 1992. It is also the first studio album since 1982's Toto IV not to feature longtime bassist Mike Porcaro, who died 5 days before the release of the album due to complications from ALS. He had been inactive since 2007.
The name was explained by band member Steve Lukather in December 2014: The band counted all the albums with new released music. Because of this, the album Toto XX from 1998, although not a studio album, but a collection of older unreleased songs, was counted as well, making Toto XIV the 14th album.
Allmusic's review described XIV, saying it "doesn't share much with that Yacht Rock classic. Despite the McCartney-esque shimmer of "The Little Things" (not to mention the passing allusions to "99" on "Chinatown"), tunes take a backseat to bombast on Toto XIV, with this Steve Lukather-led incarnation accentuating intricate instrumental interplay." The review also described a "furious first half, containing such plainly evident socio-political protests as "Holy War," "Running Out of Time," "Unknown Soldier," and "21st Century Blues"". It concludes that the band is "not living in the past, nor are they denying it: they're accepting all their indulgences, all the intricacies that come with their virtuosity, and making a record that reflects what these veteran rockers have seen and learned in their 40 years in the business."
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