Kingdom of Desire
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Kingdom of Desire is the eighth studio album by Toto
Toto (band)
Toto is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The group currently consists of Joseph Williams , David Paich , Steve Porcaro , Steve Lukather , Mike Porcaro , and Simon Phillips . Toto is known for a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard...

, released in 1992. Guitarist Steve Lukather assumed sole lead vocal duties, as their previous lead singer, Jean-Michel Byron
Jean-Michel Byron
Jean-Michel Byron is a South African born rock vocalist and lyricist, perhaps best known internationally as the lead vocalist for Los Angeles rock band Toto for their first Greatest Hits album, Past to Present, as well as the band's Greatest Hits Live...and More project...

, was sacked following the Past To Present tour. Drummer Jeff Porcaro died shortly after the making of the album; he was replaced by British drummer Simon Phillips
Simon Phillips
Simon Phillips is an English jazz, pop and rock drummer.-Career:Phillips began to play professionally at the age of twelve in his father's Dixieland band for four years. He was then offered the chance to play in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar...

, who remained part of the band until its breakup in 2008. The album was mixed by Bob Clearmountain
Bob Clearmountain
Bob Clearmountain is an award-winning American music engineer, mixer and producer. He has worked with many prominent names in music including Bruce Springsteen , The Rolling Stones , Bryan Adams , Robbie Williams Bob Clearmountain is an award-winning American music engineer, mixer and producer. He...

.

Track listing

All songs written by Toto
Toto (band)
Toto is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The group currently consists of Joseph Williams , David Paich , Steve Porcaro , Steve Lukather , Mike Porcaro , and Simon Phillips . Toto is known for a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard...

 except where noted.
  1. "Gypsy Train" – 6:45
  2. "Don't Chain My Heart" – 4:46
  3. "Never Enough" (Toto, Fee Waybill
    Fee Waybill
    John Waldo Waybill , known as Fee Waybill, is the lead singer and songwriter of the band the Tubes...

    ) – 5:45
  4. "How Many Times" – 5:42
  5. "2 Hearts
    2 Hearts (Toto song)
    "2 Hearts" is a song by Toto. The single was released in 1992 from the album, Kingdom of Desire, and reached #15 in ARIA Charts.-Track listing:Standard version# "2 Hearts"# "How Many Times"Extended version# "2 Hearts"# "How Many Times"...

    " – 5:13
  6. "Wings of Time" – 7:27
  7. "She Knows the Devil" – 5:25
  8. "The Other Side" (David Paich, R. Kaplan, Billy Sherwood
    Billy Sherwood
    William "Billy" Wyman Sherwood is a musician, record producer, and engineer.-Family:Sherwood comes from a musical family which includes his father Bobby Sherwood, who was an actor, musician, and big band leader, his mother Phyllis, a singer and drummer, and brother Michael, a keyboardist and...

    ) – 4:41
  9. "Only You" – 4:28
  10. "Kick Down the Walls" (Danny Kortchmar
    Danny Kortchmar
    Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar is a guitarist, session musician, and songwriter. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as David Crosby, Carole King, Graham Nash, Carly Simon and James Taylor helped define the signature sound of the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s...

    , Stan Lynch
    Stan Lynch
    Stanley Joseph "Stan" Lynch is an American songwriter and record producer. He was the original drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for 18 years until his departure in 1994.- Early years :...

    ) – 4:55
  11. "Kingdom of Desire" (Kortchmar) – 7:16
  12. "Jake to the Bone" – 7:05
  13. "Little Wing
    Little Wing
    "Little Wing" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix. It was first recorded by The Jimi Hendrix Experience on their 1967 album Axis: Bold as Love...

    " [Live] (Bonus Track) - 4:15

Toto

  • Steve Lukather
    Steve Lukather
    Steve "Luke" Lukather is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer best known for his work with the rock band Toto. Lukather has played with many artists, released several solo albums, and worked as a composer, arranger, and session guitarist on more than 1,500 albums...

     - guitar, lead vocals
  • David Paich
    David Paich
    David Frank Paich is a session musician, keyboard player, recording producer, arranger, vocalist and main composer of the Los Angeles-based rock/pop band Toto. David is the son of the late jazz composer, musician, and arranger Marty Paich...

     - piano, organ, synthesizer
  • Mike Porcaro
    Mike Porcaro
    Mike Porcaro is best noted as the bass player in the Grammy Award winning band, Toto.He is the middle brother of Toto members Jeff Porcaro and Steve Porcaro...

     - bass guitar
  • Jeff Porcaro
    Jeff Porcaro
    Jeffrey Thomas "Jeff" Porcaro was an American session drummer and a founding member of the Grammy Award winning band Toto. Porcaro was one of the most recorded drummers in history, working on hundreds of albums and thousands of sessions...

     - drums, percussion

Additional musicians

  • Steve Porcaro
    Steve Porcaro
    Steven Maxwell "Steve" Porcaro is an American keyboardist and composer, who was an original member of the rock/pop band Toto....

     - additional synthesizers
  • John Jessel - additional synthesizer programming
  • Lenny Castro
    Lenny Castro
    Lenny Castro is an American freelancing percussionist in the studio recording industry in the Los Angeles area.-Early life:Castro is a percussionist of Puerto Rican descent and was born and raised in New York City. His father, Hector Castro, played the keyboard in a Latin style and gave his son...

      - additional percussion on "Never Enough" and "She Knows the Devil"
  • Joe Porcaro
    Joe Porcaro
    Joseph Porcaro is an American jazz drummer, percussionist and educator....

     - additional percussion on "Only You"
  • Don Menza
    Don Menza
    Don Menza is an American saxophonist, arranger, composer, session musician, and jazz educator noted for his many contributions to American jazz and big band music. -Early years:...

      - saxophone on "Never Enough"
  • Gary Herbig  - saxophone on "Never Enough"
  • Chuck Findley
    Chuck Findley
    Chuck Findley is an American session musician. Most widely-known as a trumpet player, he also plays other brass instruments such as flugelhorn and trombone...

      - trumpet on "Never Enough"
  • Jim Keltner
    Jim Keltner
    James Lee "Jim" Keltner is an American drummer known primarily for his session work. He has contributed to the work of many well-known artists...

      - percussion on "The Other Side"
  • Chris Trujillo  - percussion on "The Other Side"
  • John Elefante
    John Elefante
    John Elefante is an American singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer.-Early years:Born in Levittown, New York, his family soon moved to Long Beach, California. Growing up, he sang and performed drums for his family band, the Brotherhood...

     - backing vocal on "Gypsy Train"
  • Phillip Ingram
    Phillip Ingram
    Phillip Ingram was raised in Akron, Ohio. He came from a musical family with six brothers and sisters who all sang and played instruments but only Phillip and his brother, James Ingram, pursued a musical career....

    , Fred White, Alex Brown, Angel Rogers - backing vocals on "Don't Chain My Heart"
  • Richard Page (musician)
    Richard Page (musician)
    Richard Page , is an American musician who is the lead singer and bassist of 1980's US band Mr. Mister and is now a songwriter and solo artist.-Early life:...

      - backing vocals on "How Many Times", "2 Hearts", and "Wings of Time"
  • Steven George - backing vocal on "How Many Times"
  • Bobby Womack
    Bobby Womack
    Robert Dwayne "Bobby" Womack is an American singer-songwriter and musician. An active recording artist since the early 1960s where he started his career as the lead singer of his family musical group The Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career has spanned more than 40...

    - backing vocal on "She Knows the Devil"

Singles

  • Don't Chain My Heart / Jake To the Bone
  • Don't Chain My Heart / Jake To the Bone / I'll be over you (live) (CD)

  • Only You / Gypsy Train
  • Only You / Gypsy Train / The Seventh One (CD)

  • 2 Hearts / How Many Times
  • 2 Hearts / How Many Times / Never Enough (CD/12")

  • The Other Side / How many times
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