The Essential

Tracklist

• Digital Media 1
• 1
  Child’s Anthem
  2:45
  3.0 ★
• 2
  I’ll Supply the Love
  3:44
  3.4 ★
• 3
  Georgy Porgy
  4:07
  3.5 ★
• 4
  Hold the Line
  3:56
  4.2 ★
• 5
  99
  5:12
  3.9 ★
• 6
  Mama
  5:12
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Gift With a Golden Gun
  4:00
  4.0 ★
• 8
  English Eyes
  6:05
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Goodbye Elenore
  4:53
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Rosanna
  5:31
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Make Believe
  3:43
  4.2 ★
• 12
  I Won’t Hold You Back
  4:53
  3.7 ★
• 13
  Afraid of Love
  3:51
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Africa
  4:56
  4.1 ★
• 15
  Carmen
  3:24
  4.0 ★
• 16
  Angel Don’t Cry
  4:23
  4.0 ★
• 17
  Stranger in Town
  4:48
  3.6 ★
• 18
  Isolation
  4:06
  4.0 ★
• Digital Media 2
• 1
  Till the End
  5:26
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Without Your Love
  4:32
  4.0 ★
• 3
  I’ll Be Over You
  3:49
  3.5 ★
• 4
  Pamela (single version)
  4:30
• 5
  Mushanga (single version)
  4:50
• 6
  Stop Loving You
  4:30
  3.4 ★
• 7
  Home of the Brave
  6:48
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Goin’ Home (single version)
  4:07
• 9
  Don’t Chain My Heart
  4:46
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Jake to the Bone
  7:02
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Hydra (live)
  7:48
• 12
  I Will Remember (single version)
  4:22
• 13
  The Turning Point (single version)
  4:03
• 14
  Caught in the Balance
  6:20
  3.0 ★
• 15
  White Sister (live)
  5:41

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Release credits

• Al Schmitt
  engineer [10-14], recording [10, 12, 14]
• Alex Brown
  background vocals [9]
• Angel Rogers
  background vocals [9]
• Ann Calnan
  assistant [15-18], task [15-18]
• Bart Stevens
  recording [9-10]
• Bill Jackson
  assistant [15-18], task [15-18]
• Bill Payne
  keyboard [6], producer [4, 6-7], recording [4, 6-7], synthesizer [6]
• Bill Reichenbach
  horn [1]
• Bill Reichenbach, Jr.
  brass [1]
• Bob Clearmountain
  mix [9-10]
• Bob Edwards
  recording [9-10]
• Bobby Kimball
  additional [15-18], background vocals [2, 4-5, 10-11, 13-15, 15-16, 16-17, 17-18, 18], lead vocals [2, 4, 10-14], vocal [1-14]
• Brian Malouf
  assistant [15-18], task [15-18]
• Bruce Dickinson
  producer [1.3-5, 1.10, 1.14, 1.18, 2.2-3]
• Bruce Heigh
  additional [10-14], engineer [10-14], task [10-14]
• Charles Loper
  brass [1], horn [1]
• Cheryl Lynn
  background vocals [3], lead vocals [3], vocal [3]
• Chris Trujillo
  percussion [10]
• Chuck Findley
  brass [1, 6], horn [1, 6-7], trumpet [15-18]
• Dan Garcia
  additional [1-3], task [1-3]
• Dana Latham
  assistant [1-4], engineer [5-6], mix [5-6], recording [1-4], task [1-4]
• Darian Sahanaja
  recording [9-10]
• David Hungate
  bass [1-14], bass guitar [1-4, 10-14], guitar [5-6]
• David Leonard
  recording [10-14]
• David Paich
  Hammond organ [10], Rhodes piano [3], additional [10-14], arranger [2.7, 1.10, 1.12-13], background vocals [1.2, 1.4-5, 1.10-11, 1.13-14, 1.17, 2.6], brass [10], engineer [10-14], keyboard [1.1-14, 1.14-18, 2.1-4, 2.6-9, 2.12-13], lead vocals [2.7, 1.14-15, 1.17], orchestrator [12-13], piano [2-5, 10, 12, 14], synthesizer [1.7-10, 1.17, 2.3, 2.6], task [10-14], vocal [2.1-4, 2.6-9, 2.12-13, 1.1-18]
• David Schober
  assistant [15-18], task [15-18]
• Dick Gall
  additional [10-14], engineer [10-14], task [10-14]
• Dick Kaneshiro
  recording [9-10]
• Doug Linnell
  additional [1-3], task [1-3]
• Duane Seykora
  additional [1-3], assistant [1.15-18, 2.6-7], task [2.1-3, 2.6-7, 1.15-18]
• Ed Korengo
  recording [9-10]
• Elliot Scheiner
  producer [12-14], task [10-14]
• Fergie Frederiksen
  background vocals [17], lead vocals [15-16], vocal [15-18]
• Franz Pusch
  assistant [15-18], task [15-18]
• Fred Kelly
  recording [9-10]
• Fred White
  background vocals [9]
• Gabe Veltri
  assistant [1-4], recording [1-4], task [1-4]
• Gary Grant
  brass [1, 6], horn [1, 6-7], trumpet [10]
• Gary Herbig
  brass [6], horn [6-7]
• Gene Morford
  bass vocals [17]
• Geoff Workman
  engineer [7-9], mix [7-9], producer [7-9]
• George Massenburg
  mix [6], producer [4, 6-7], recording [4, 6-7]
• Greg Dennen
  assistant [6-7], task [6-7]
• Greg Ladanyi
  engineer [10-18], mix [1.10-18, 2.1-3], recording [10, 12-14], task [9-10]
• Guthrie Thomas
  arranger [7]
• Ivy Skoff
  producer [6-7]
• Jack Joseph‐Puig
  additional [1-3], task [1-3]
• James Guthrie
  producer [5]
• James Ledner
  recording [10-14]
• James Newton Howard
  arranger [12-13], conductor [12-13], orchestrator [12-13]
• James Pankow
  brass [6], horn [6-7], trombone [10]
• Jean-Michel Byron
  lead vocals [1.3-5, 1.10, 1.12, 1.14, 2.3, 2.6]
• Jeff Graham
  recording [9-10]
• Jeff Lorenzen
  recording [9-10]
• Jeff Porcaro
  drums (drum set) [1.1-18, 2.1-4, 2.6-9], gong [14], percussion [1.1-18, 2.1-4, 2.6-9]
• Jerry Hey
  additional [1], arranger [10], brass [1.10, 2.1, 2.6], horn [1, 6-7], trumpet [10, 15-18]
• Jess Sutcliffe
  task [9-10]
• Jim Horn
  horn [6-7], recorder [14], recording [14], saxophone [10]
• Joe Porcaro
  marimba [14], percussion [2.10, 1.14-18], xylophone [13]
• John Kurlander
  recording [12-13], strings [12-13], task [15-18]
• John Weaver
  recording [7-9]
• John “JJ” Jessel
  additional [1-3, 6-7, 9-10], synthesizer [9-10], task [1-3, 6-7, 9-10]
• Jon Anderson
  additional [6], background vocals [6], vocal [6]
• Jon Smith
  saxophone [11-12]
• Joseph Williams
  background vocals [3, 6], lead vocals [6-7], vocal [1-4, 6-7]
• Julie Last
  additional [1-3], task [1-3]
• Ken Deranteriasian
  recording [9-10]
• Ken Fowler
  assistant [6-7], task [6-7]
• Kyle Bess
  recording [9-10]
• Lenny Castro
  congas [10, 14], instrument [10, 14-18], percussion [1.3-4, 1.10, 1.14-18, 2.1, 2.3]
• Lon LeMaster
  recording [10-14]
• Mark McKenna
  assistant [6-7], task [6-7]
• Marty Paich
  arranger [12], conductor [7], orchestrator [12], strings [3]
• Michael Annas Allaf
  recording [9-10]
• Michael C. Ross
  additional [1-3], task [1-3]
• Michael Cotten
  synthesizer [17]
• Michael Fisher
  percussion [6]
• Michael McDonald
  background vocals [3], performer [3], vocal [3]
• Michael Sherwood
  background vocals [1]
• Michael Stern
  recording [9-10]
• Mike Aarvold
  recording [9-10]
• Mike Cotten
  synthesizer [17]
• Mike Porcaro
  bass [1.3-5, 1.10, 1.12, 1.14-18, 2.1-4, 2.6-9, 2.12-13], bass guitar [1-3, 6]
• Murray Dvorkin
  additional [1-3], task [1-3]
• Niko Bolas
  engineer [15-18], recording [10-14], task [9-10]
• Paul Dieter
  assistant [6-7], task [6-7]
• Paulette Brown
  background vocals [2]
• Paulinho da Costa
  percussion [1, 3]
• Peggy McCreary
  assistant [15-18], recording [10-14], task [15-18]
• Phillip Ingram
  background vocals [9]
• Rail Jon Rogut
  recording [9-10]
• Randy Long
  recording [9-10]
• Randy Wine
  recording [9-10]
• Richard Bosworth
  assistant [15-18], task [15-18]
• Rick Plant
  recording [9-10]
• Robert “RJ” Jaczko
  recording [9-10]
• Scott Symington
  assistant [6-7], task [6-7]
• Sharon Rice
  additional [6-7], task [6-7]
• Shawn Berman
  recording [9-10]
• Shep Lonsdale
  engineer [2.1-3, 1.15-18], recording [3]
• Sid Sharp
  strings [3]
• Sidney
  percussion [2]
• Simon Phillips
  drums (drum set) [12-13], percussion [12-13]
• Stephen McManus
  assistant [5-6], task [5-6]
• Steve Lukather
  background vocals [1.2, 1.4-5, 1.10-14, 1.17, 2.3, 2.6], electric guitar [4, 14], guitar [2.1-4, 2.6-9, 2.12-13, 1.1-18], lead vocals [1.3, 1.5, 1.10, 1.12-13, 2.3], vocal [1.1-18, 2.1-4, 2.6-9, 2.12-13]
• Steve Porcaro
  Hammond organ [10], additional [2.6-7, 1.10-14], engineer [10-14], instrument [2.1-3, 1.5-9], keyboard [1.1-18, 2.1-4, 2.6], programming [1-3, 6-7], synthesizer [1.10, 1.12, 1.14, 1.17, 2.3, 2.6-7, 2.9-10], task [2.6-7, 1.10-14], vocal [2.2-4, 2.6, 1.1-4, 1.10-14, 1.17]
• Stuart Furusho
  assistant [15-18], task [15-18]
• Terry Christian
  assistant [15-18], recording [10-14], task [15-18]
• The Martyn Ford Orchestra
  instrument [12-13], performing orchestra [12-13], strings [12-13]
• Thom Russo
  recording [9-10]
• Timothy B. Schmit
  acoustic guitar [14], background vocals [12, 14]
• Tom Fletcher
  assistant [15-18], task [15-18]
• Tom Kelly
  background vocals [10-11]
• Tom Knox
  additional [3, 5-6], engineer [1.1-6, 1.10-18, 2.1-3], mix [1-6], producer [5-6], recording [2.3, 1.3-5, 1.10-12, 1.14]
• Tom Scott
  arranger [6], brass [6], horn [6-7], saxophone [2.6, 1.10, 1.15-18]
• Tony Walthes
  background vocals [2]
• Toto
  additional [5-6], arranger [1-3, 6-7], mix [15-18], producer [1.1-18, 2.1-4, 2.6-7, 2.9-10, 2.12-14], recording [4, 6-7]
• 村上輝生
  additional [1-3], task [1-3]
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Issues

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  The Essential Toto

  CD
  30 September 2003
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  The Essential

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  4 October 2004
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  The Essential

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  6 October 2004
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  The Essential

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  26 August 2011
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  The Essential Toto

  2x Digital Media
  20 June 2014