Through the Looking Glass (Toto album)

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Recorded 2001–2002 Artist Toto Label CMC		Producer Toto Release date 21 October 2002

Released October 21, 2002 (UK) November 5, 2002 (US) Studio Coy Sound Studios (Hollywood Hills, CA) Through the Looking Glass (2002) 25th Anniversary Live in Amsterdam (2003) Genres Rock music, Jazz, Blues rock Similar Toto albums, Rock music albums

Toto while my guitar gently weeps

Through the Looking Glass is the 11th studio album (though counted as the 12th album overall - see Toto XIV) by the American band Toto. It was released in 2002, three years after their last studio release, Mindfields. The album consists of covers versions of songs that have inspired the band.

Reception

Allmusic noted that Toto made no attempt to rework the songs they covered for the album, and concluded that "while it's nice to know that the band has good taste in other people's music, that doesn't explain why anyone needs to hear them copy that music when the originals are so readily available."

Personnel

Toto

Bobby Kimball: lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 7), loops (11)

Steve Lukather: guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8), keyboards (8), dobro (11), loops (11)

David Paich: keyboards (1-10), lead vocals, backing vocals (3, 4), piano (5, 6, 11), Moog bass (5), Wurlitzer (11), loops (11)

Mike Porcaro: bass guitar, backing vocals (4), loops (11)

Simon Phillips: drums, loops (1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11), tambourine (4), backing vocals (4), keyboards (6)

Additional Musicians

Lenny Castro: timbales (1, 10), percussion (3, 6, 10), congas (6, 7), tambourine (7)

Brandon Fields: tenor sax (4); alto, soprano and tenor saxophones (6)

Walt Fowler: trumpet (4, 6), flugelhorn (6)

Ellis Hall: vocals (5)

James Ingram: backing vocals and ad-libs (1, 2)

Tippa Irie: DJ (1)

Davey Johnstone: backing vocals (7)

Monet: backing vocals (8, 9, 11), ad-libs (11)

Nigel Olsson: backing vocals (7)

Steve Porcaro: synthesizer programming (2, 7), synthesizer and sound effects (5)

Production

Arranged and Produced by Toto

Engineered by Simon Phillips

Assistant Engineer: John Jessel

Tracks #1-5, 7-11 mixed by Steve MacMillan

Track #6 mixed by Simon Phillips

Digital Editing by Louie Teran

Mastered by Stephen Marcussen

Edited and Mastered at Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, CA).

Project Coordination: Anita Heilig

Art Direction and Design: Brian Peterson

Creative Director: Doug Brown

Photography: Resig & Taylor

Management: The Fitzgerald Hartley Co.

Singles

Could you be loved / House of the rising sun

Songs

1Could You Be Loved3:47
2Bodhisattva4:52
3While My Guitar Gently Weeps5:15

References

Through the Looking Glass (Toto album) Wikipedia

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