The Essential

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Rosanna
  4:03
  3.8 ★
• 2
  Stop Loving You
  4:30
  3.4 ★
• 3
  Hold the Line
  3:33
  3.7 ★
• 4
  Caught in the Balance
  6:23
  3.0 ★
• 5
  99
  5:13
  3.9 ★
• 6
  The Other Side
  4:41
  4.0 ★
• 7
  I Won’t Hold You Back
  4:58
  3.7 ★
• 8
  Africa
  4:23
  5.0 ★
• 9
  Don’t Chain My Heart
  4:44
  4.0 ★
• 10
  2 Hearts
  5:08
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Waiting for Your Love
  4:14
  3.8 ★
• 12
  Make Believe
  3:45
  4.2 ★
• 13
  Goodbye Elenore
  4:55
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Home of the Brave
  6:47
  4.0 ★
• 15
  How Does It Feel
  3:52
  5.0 ★
• 16
  The Road Goes On
  4:24
• CD 2
• 1
  I Will Remember
  4:24
• 2
  Georgy Porgy
  4:10
  3.5 ★
• 3
  Just Can’t Get to You
  5:04
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Pamela
  4:32
• 5
  Baby He’s Your Man
  5:42
  3.0 ★
• 6
  I’ll Supply the Love
  3:47
  3.4 ★
• 7
  Holyanna
  4:17
  4.0 ★
• 8
  The Turning Point
  4:05
• 9
  If You Belong to Me
  4:00
• 10
  Can You Hear What I’m Saying
  5:00
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Slipped Away
  5:18
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Dave’s Gone Skiing
  5:01
  3.5 ★
• 13
  Without Your Love
  4:31
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Stranger in Town
  4:45
  3.6 ★
• 15
  Til the End
  5:29
  4.0 ★
• 16
  I’ll Be Over You
  3:48
  3.5 ★

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Release credits

• Al Schmitt
  engineer [7, 11-12], recording [2.3, 2.5, 2.11-12, 1.7-8]
• Alex Brown
  background vocals [9]
• Angel Rogers
  background vocals [9]
• Ann Calnan
  assistant [1.15, 2.7, 2.14], task [1.15, 2.7, 2.14]
• Arnold McCuller
  background vocals [6]
• Bart Stevens
  recording [6, 9-10]
• Bill Jackson
  assistant [1.15, 2.7, 2.14], task [2.7, 2.14, 1.15]
• Bill Payne
  keyboard [2], producer [1.2, 1.14, 2.4], recording [1.2, 1.14, 2.4], synthesizer [2]
• Bill Reichenbach
  horn [15]
• Bill Reichenbach, Jr.
  brass [15]
• Bill Smith
  recording [3, 5, 11-12]
• Billy Sherwood
  background vocals [6]
• Bob Clearmountain
  mix [6, 9-10]
• Bob Edwards
  recording [6, 9-10]
• Bobby Kimball
  additional [1.15, 2.7, 2.14], background vocals [2.6-7, 2.7, 2.14, 1.5, 1.11-12, 1.15], lead vocals [2.6, 1.7, 1.11-12], vocal [1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.7-8, 1.12-13, 2.2, 2.6]
• Brian Malouf
  assistant [1.15, 2.7, 2.14], task [1.15, 2.7, 2.14]
• Bruce Dickinson
  producer [1.5, 2.2, 2.13, 2.16]
• Bruce Heigh
  additional [7, 11-12], engineer [7, 11-12], task [7, 11-12]
• C.J. Vanston
  synthesizer [6]
• Charles Loper
  brass [15], horn [15]
• Cheryl Lynn
  background vocals [2], lead vocals [2], vocal [2]
• Chris Trujillo
  percussion [6]
• Chuck Findley
  brass [1.2, 2.15], horn [2.15, 1.2, 1.14], trumpet [2.7, 2.14, 1.15]
• Dan Garcia
  additional [13, 15-16], task [13, 15-16]
• Dana Latham
  assistant [2, 6], engineer [5], mix [5], recording [2, 6], task [2, 6]
• Darian Sahanaja
  recording [6, 9-10]
• David Coleman
  art direction, design
• David Hungate
  bass [2.2, 2.6, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.7-8, 1.11-13], bass guitar [1.7, 1.11-12, 2.2, 2.6], guitar [5]
• David Leonard
  recording [7, 11-12]
• David Paich
  Rhodes piano [16], additional [7, 11-12], arranger [2.3, 1.1, 1.7, 1.14-15], background vocals [2.5-6, 2.14, 1.2, 1.5, 1.11-12], conductor [3], electric piano [3], engineer [7, 11-12], keyboard [2.1-16, 1.1-3, 1.5-15], lead vocals [1.14, 2.7, 2.14], orchestrator [7], organ [3], piano [1.5, 1.7, 2.2, 2.6], synthesizer [2.14, 2.16, 1.2, 1.13], task [7, 11-12], vocal [1.1-3, 1.5-15, 2.1-16]
• David Schober
  assistant [1.15, 2.7, 2.14], task [2.7, 2.14, 1.15]
• Dennis Keeley
  photography
• Dick Gall
  additional [7, 11-12], engineer [7, 11-12], task [7, 11-12]
• Dick Kaneshiro
  recording [6, 9-10]
• Doug Linnell
  additional [13, 15-16], task [13, 15-16]
• Duane Seykora
  additional [13, 15-16], assistant [1.2, 1.14-15, 2.7, 2.14], task [1.2, 1.14-15, 2.7, 2.13-16]
• Ed Korengo
  recording [6, 9-10]
• Elliot Scheiner
  mix [3, 5, 11-12], producer [2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.8-9, 2.11-12, 1.4, 1.16], recording [3, 5, 11-12], task [7, 11-12]
• Fergie Frederiksen
  background vocals [14], vocal [2.7, 2.14, 1.15]
• Franz Pusch
  assistant [2.7, 2.14, 1.15], task [1.15, 2.7, 2.14]
• Fred Kelly
  recording [6, 9-10]
• Fred White
  background vocals [9]
• Gabe Veltri
  assistant [2, 6], recording [2, 6], task [2, 6]
• Gary Grant
  brass [2.15, 1.2], horn [2.15, 1.2, 1.14]
• Gary Herbig
  brass [2], horn [2, 14]
• Gene Morford
  bass vocals [14]
• Geoff Workman
  engineer [13], mix [13], producer [13]
• George Massenburg
  mix [2], producer [2.4, 1.2, 1.14], recording [2.4, 1.2, 1.14]
• Greg Dennen
  assistant [2, 14], task [2, 14]
• Greg Ladanyi
  engineer [2.7, 2.14, 1.7, 1.11-12, 1.15], mix [2.7, 2.13-16, 1.7-8, 1.11-12, 1.15], recording [7], task [6, 9-10]
• Guthrie Thomas
  arranger [14]
• Ivy Skoff
  producer [2, 14]
• Jaan Uhelszki
  liner notes
• Jack Joseph‐Puig
  additional [13, 15-16], task [13, 15-16]
• James Guthrie
  mix [10], producer [2.10, 1.5], recording [10]
• James Ledner
  recording [7, 11-12]
• James Newton Howard
  arranger [7, 15], conductor [7, 15], orchestrator [7]
• James Pankow
  brass [2], horn [2, 14]
• Jean-Michel Byron
  lead vocals [2.2, 2.10, 2.16, 1.2, 1.5, 1.7], vocal [10]
• Jeff Graham
  recording [6, 9-10]
• Jeff Lorenzen
  recording [6, 9-10]
• Jeff Porcaro
  drums (drum set) [2.2, 2.4, 2.6-7, 2.10, 2.13-16, 1.1-3, 1.5-15], percussion [2.2, 2.4, 2.6-7, 2.10, 2.13-16, 1.1-3, 1.5-15]
• Jenny Douglas-Foote
  background vocals [3, 5, 11], lead vocals [5]
• Jerry Hey
  additional [15], arranger [1], brass [2.15, 1.2], horn [2.15, 1.2, 1.14], trumpet [2.7, 2.14, 1.15]
• Jess Sutcliffe
  task [6, 9-10]
• Jim Giddens
  recording [3, 5, 11-12]
• Jim Horn
  horn [2, 14]
• Jim Keltner
  percussion [6]
• Jim Shea
  photography
• Joe Porcaro
  percussion [1.15, 2.7, 2.14]
• John James
  background vocals [5]
• John Kurlander
  recording [7], strings [7], task [1.15, 2.7, 2.14]
• John Weaver
  recording [13]
• John “JJ” Jessel
  additional [2.3, 2.5, 2.11-13, 2.15-16, 1.2, 1.6, 1.9-10, 1.14], programming [3, 5, 11-12], synthesizer [6, 9-10], task [1.2, 1.6, 1.9-10, 1.14, 2.13, 2.15-16]
• Jon Anderson
  additional [2], background vocals [2], vocal [2]
• Jon Smith
  saxophone [7, 12]
• Joseph Williams
  background vocals [1.2, 2.16], lead vocals [2, 14], vocal [2.4, 2.13, 2.15-16, 1.2, 1.14]
• Julie Last
  additional [13, 15-16], task [13, 15-16]
• Ken Allardyce
  assistant [10], task [10]
• Ken Deranteriasian
  recording [6, 9-10]
• Ken Fowler
  assistant [2, 14], task [2, 14]
• Kevin Dorsey
  background vocals [6]
• Kyle Bess
  recording [6, 9-10]
• Lenny Castro
  instrument [1.15, 2.7, 2.14], percussion [2.2, 2.7, 2.14-16, 1.15]
• Lon LeMaster
  recording [7, 11-12]
• London Symphony Orchestra
  performing orchestra [15]
• Luis Conte
  percussion [10]
• Mark McKenna
  assistant [2, 14], task [2, 14]
• Marty Paich
  arranger [7, 15], conductor [14-15], orchestrator [7], strings [2]
• Michael Annas Allaf
  recording [6, 9-10]
• Michael C. Ross
  additional [13, 15-16], task [13, 15-16]
• Michael Cotten
  synthesizer [14]
• Michael Fisher
  percussion [2]
• Michael McDonald
  background vocals [16], performer [16], vocal [16]
• Michael Reiter
  assistant [10], task [10]
• Michael Sherwood
  background vocals [15]
• Michael Stern
  recording [6, 9-10]
• Mike Aarvold
  recording [6, 9-10]
• Mike Cotten
  synthesizer [14]
• Mike Porcaro
  bass [1.2, 1.5-7, 1.9-10, 1.14-15, 2.1-5, 2.7-16], bass guitar [1.2, 2.13, 2.15-16]
• Murray Dvorkin
  additional [13, 15-16], task [13, 15-16]
• Niko Bolas
  engineer [1.15, 2.7, 2.14], recording [7, 11-12], task [6, 9-10]
• Paul Dieter
  assistant [2, 14], task [2, 14]
• Paulette Brown
  background vocals [13]
• Paulinho da Costa
  percussion [5, 15-16]
• Peggy McCreary
  assistant [2.7, 2.14, 1.15], recording [7, 11-12], task [1.15, 2.7, 2.14]
• Phillip Ingram
  background vocals [1.6, 1.9, 2.5]
• Rail Jon Rogut
  recording [6, 9-10]
• Randy Long
  recording [6, 9-10]
• Randy Wine
  recording [6, 9-10]
• Richard Bosworth
  assistant [2.7, 2.14, 1.15], task [2.7, 2.14, 1.15]
• Richard Page
  background vocals [10, 15]
• Rick Nelson
  background vocals [5]
• Rick Plant
  recording [6, 9-10]
• Robert “RJ” Jaczko
  recording [6, 9-10]
• Scott Symington
  assistant [2, 14], task [2, 14]
• Sean Schimmel
  recording [3, 5, 11-12]
• Sharon Rice
  additional [2, 14], task [2, 14]
• Shawn Berman
  recording [6, 9-10]
• Shep Lonsdale
  engineer [1.15, 2.7, 2.13-16], recording [16]
• Sid Sharp
  strings [2]
• Sidney
  percussion [13]
• Simon Phillips
  drums (drum set) [1, 3, 5, 8-9, 11-12], instrument [5], percussion [1, 8-9]
• Stephen McManus
  assistant [5], task [5]
• Steve Genewick
  recording [3, 5, 11-12]
• Steve Lukather
  background vocals [1.2, 1.5, 1.7, 1.11-12, 2.3, 2.5-6, 2.11, 2.14, 2.16], bass [5], guitar [1.1-3, 1.5-15, 2.1-16], lead vocals [2.2-3, 2.5, 2.11, 2.16, 1.5, 1.7, 1.15], piano [3], vocal [1.1-3, 1.5-15, 2.1-16]
• Steve Porcaro
  additional [2, 7, 11-12, 14], engineer [7, 11-12], instrument [1.5, 1.13, 2.5, 2.13, 2.15-16], keyboard [1.1-3, 1.5, 1.7-8, 1.11-13, 1.15, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6-7, 2.13-16], programming [2.13, 2.15-16, 1.2, 1.14], synthesizer [1.2, 1.6-7, 1.9-10, 1.14, 2.14, 2.16], task [2, 7, 11-12, 14], vocal [1.1-3, 1.7-8, 1.11-12, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6-7, 2.13-14, 2.16]
• Stuart Furusho
  assistant [2.7, 2.14, 1.15], task [2.7, 2.14, 1.15]
• Terry Christian
  assistant [1.15, 2.7, 2.14], recording [7, 11-12], task [1.15, 2.7, 2.14]
• The Martyn Ford Orchestra
  instrument [7], performing orchestra [7], strings [7]
• Thom Russo
  recording [6, 9-10]
• Timothy B. Schmit
  background vocals [7]
• Tom Fletcher
  assistant [2.7, 2.14, 1.15], task [1.15, 2.7, 2.14]
• Tom Kelly
  background vocals [12, 15]
• Tom Knox
  additional [2.2, 1.5], engineer [1.5, 1.7, 1.11-12, 1.15, 2.2, 2.6-7, 2.13-16], mix [1.5, 2.2, 2.6], producer [5], recording [1.5, 1.7, 1.11-12, 2.2, 2.16]
• Tom Scott
  arranger [2], brass [2], horn [2, 14], saxophone [1.2, 1.15, 2.7, 2.14]
• Tony Walthes
  background vocals [13]
• Toto
  additional [5], arranger [1.2, 1.14, 2.13, 2.15-16], mix [1.15, 2.7, 2.14], producer [1.1-16, 2.1-8, 2.10-16], recording [2.4, 1.2, 1.14]
• 村上輝生
  additional [13, 15-16], task [13, 15-16]
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Issues

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  The Essential Toto

  CD
  30 September 2003
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  The Essential

  2x CD
  4 October 2004
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  The Essential

  CD
  6 October 2004
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  The Essential

  2x CD
  26 August 2011
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  The Essential Toto

  2x Digital Media
  20 June 2014