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Length
  
78:50

Artist
  
Toto

Producer
  
Elliot Scheiner

Mindfields (1999)
  
Livefields (1999)

Release date
  
16 November 1999

Label
  
Music on Vinyl

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Released
  
March 16, 1999 (1999-03-16) (Europe) November 16, 1999 (1999-11-16) (US)

Studio
  
Royaltone Studios ATS Studios Hollywood Sound Recorders

Genres
  
Rock music, Pop rock, Arena rock, Neo-progressive rock

Similar
  
Toto albums, Rock music albums

Toto mindfields


Mindfields is the 10th 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.

Contents

Toto after you re gone


Reception

The Allmusic review currently summarises the album: "Accessible arrangements, a tight horn section, and polished harmonies are all part of the Toto sound, which MINDFIELDS improves and expands to great measure."

Track listing

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.

Toto

  • Bobby Kimball - lead and backing vocals
  • Steve Lukather - guitars, lead and backing vocals
  • David Paich - keyboards, lead and backing vocals, slide guitar solo on "Selfish", horn arrangements on "Mysterious Ways" and "Selfish"
  • Mike Porcaro - bass, cello on "After You've Gone"
  • Simon Phillips - drums; percussion on "Selfish", "No Love", "Last Love", "Mad About You", "One Road" and "Better World"; tabla on "After You've Gone", loops on "Melanie", backing vocals on "Better World"

    • Guest musicians

  • Lenny Castro - percussion on "After You've Gone", "Mysterious Ways", "Mindfields", "Mad About You", "Melanie" and "Better World"
  • Clint Black - harmonica and backing vocals on "No Love"
  • Timothy B. Schmit - backing vocals "After You've Gone", "Mysterious Ways", "Selfish" and "Melanie"
  • Phil Soussan - backing vocals on "After You've Gone"
  • Mark Hudson - backing vocals on "After You've Gone", "Mysterious Ways" and "Selfish"
  • Richard Page - backing vocals on "Cruel", "Caught In The Balance", "Mindfields" and "Mad About You"
  • Chris Thompson - backing vocals on "No Love", "Last Love", "One Road", "Melanie" and "Better World"
  • Maria Vidal - backing vocals on "Spanish Steps of Rome"
  • Steve Porcaro - keyboards on "Caught In The Balance"
  • Tom Scott - horn arrangements on "Cruel"
  • Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Jim Horn, Tom Scott and Bill Reichenbach, Jr. - horns on "Mysterious Ways", "Selfish" and "Cruel"

    • 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
  • Melanie / Spanish steps of Rome / White Sister / Girl Goodbye

    • Songs

    1After You've Gone6:38
    2Mysterious Ways3:41
    3Mindfields6:04

    References

    Mindfields Wikipedia
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