Livefields
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Livefields is a live album
by the band Toto
. It was recorded during the reunion tour after the release of the album Mindfields
, and released in late 1999. Outside the US
, the album contained a second CD with extra "unplugged" tracks, recorded during several reunion concerts in France
, as well as two video clips for "Melanie" and "Cruel."
Note: Tracks 9-12 are part of a special acoustic set.
Note: The song Child's Anthem was only available as a Japanese bonus track.
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
by the band 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...
. It was recorded during the reunion tour after the release of the album Mindfields
Mindfields
Mindfields is the 10th studio album by the American rock band Toto. It was released on November 16, 1999. Mindfields saw the return of vocalist Bobby Kimball, who departed the band following the 1982 album Toto IV.-Reception:...
, and released in late 1999. Outside the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, the album contained a second CD with extra "unplugged" tracks, recorded during several reunion concerts in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, as well as two video clips for "Melanie" and "Cruel."
Regular album
- "Caught In The Balance" (Lukather/Paich/Phillips/Porcaro/LynchStan LynchStanley 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 :...
/Kimball) - "Tale Of A Man" (Paich)
- "RosannaRosanna (song)"Rosanna" is a song by the American rock band Toto, the opening track from their 1982 album Toto IV. This song won the Record of the Year Grammy Award in the 1983 presentations. Rosanna was also nominated for the Song of the Year award...
" (Paich) - "[Luke Solo]" (Lukather)
- "Million Miles Away" (Paich)
- "Jake To The Bone" (Paich/PorcaroJeff PorcaroJeffrey 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...
/Porcaro/Lukather) - "[Simon Solo]" (Phillips)
- "Dave's Gone Skiing" (Lukather/Porcaro/Phillips)
- "Out Of Love" (Lukather/ByronJean-Michel ByronJean-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...
) - "Mama" (Paich/Kimball)
- "You Are The Flower" (Kimball)
- "The Road Goes On" (Lukather/Paich/BallardGlen BallardGlen Ballard is an American songwriter and record producer, best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill , which won Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album", and "Album of the Year" amongst others, and is ranked by the Rolling Stone amongst The 500 Greatest Albums of...
) - "Better World" (Lukather/Paich/Phillips)
- "Girl Goodbye" (Paich)
- "[Dave Solo]" (Paich)
- "White Sister" (Paich/Kimball)
Note: Tracks 9-12 are part of a special acoustic set.
Bonus disc
- "I Will Remember" (Lukather/Lynch)
- "Hold The LineHold the LineHold the Line is a song written by David Paich and recorded by the American rock group Toto. The song was the band's first single, and was featured on their debut eponymous album...
" (Paich) - "I Won't Hold You BackI Won't Hold You Back"I Won't Hold You Back" is a ballad by American rock band Toto, written and sung by Steve Lukather for their fourth album, Toto IV, released in 1982 . The song reached the top ten, peaking at number ten in the U.S...
" (Lukather) - "Child's Anthem" (Paich)
- "Melanie" (music video)
- "Cruel" (live video)
Note: The song Child's Anthem was only available as a Japanese bonus track.
Personnel
- Steve LukatherSteve LukatherSteve "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...
- Guitars, vocals - David PaichDavid PaichDavid 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...
- Keyboards, vocals - Mike PorcaroMike PorcaroMike 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 - Simon PhillipsSimon PhillipsSimon 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...
- Drums - Bobby KimballBobby KimballRobert Troy "Bobby" Kimball is an American singer, best known as the longtime frontman of the rock band Toto.- Early life:...
- Vocals
- Tony SpinnerTony SpinnerTony Spinner , is an American rock and blues singer and guitarist who toured with Toto from 1999 until their break-up in 2008. Spinner was personally selected by David Paich as a backup guitarist and backing vocalist and would perform lead vocals on the song "Stop Loving You," originally performed...
- Backing vocals, guitar - Buddy Hyatt - Backing vocals, percussion
- John Jessel - Backing vocals