The Essential

Tracklist

• 1
  Hold the Line
  3:55
  4.2 ★
• 2
  Rosanna
  5:30
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Africa
  4:58
  4.1 ★
• 4
  99
  5:15
  3.9 ★
• 5
  Make Believe
  3:43
  4.2 ★
• 6
  I’ll Supply the Love
  3:46
  3.4 ★
• 7
  Georgy Porgy
  4:10
  3.5 ★
• 8
  I Won’t Hold You Back
  4:56
  3.7 ★
• 9
  I’ll Be Over You
  3:50
  3.5 ★
• 10
  Without Your Love
  4:35
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Pamela
  5:10
  3.6 ★
• 12
  The Turning Point
  5:27
  3.5 ★
• 13
  Mindfields
  6:13
• 14
  On the Run
  7:01

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Original Album Classics

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Falling in Between

Falling in Between 2006

Release credits

• Al Schmitt
  engineer [2-3, 5, 8], recording [2-3, 8, 12]
• Bill Payne
  producer [11], recording [11]
• Bill Smith
  recording [12]
• Bobby Kimball
  background vocals [1-6, 13], lead vocals [1-3, 5-6, 8, 13], vocal [1-8]
• Bruce Dickinson
  producer [1-4, 7, 9-10]
• Bruce Heigh
  additional [2-3, 5, 8], engineer [2-3, 5, 8], task [2-3, 5, 8]
• Cheryl Lynn
  background vocals [7], lead vocals [7], vocal [7]
• Chris Trujillo
  percussion [14]
• Chuck Findley
  brass [11], horn [11]
• Dan Garcia
  additional [9-10], task [9-10]
• Dana Latham
  assistant [1, 6-7], engineer [4], mix [4], recording [1, 6-7], task [1, 6-7]
• David Hungate
  bass [1-8], bass guitar [1-3, 5-8], guitar [4]
• David Leonard
  recording [2-3, 5, 8]
• David Paich
  Hammond organ [2], Rhodes piano [9], additional [2-3, 5, 8], arranger [2, 8], background vocals [1-6, 11-14], brass [2], electric piano [12], engineer [2-3, 5, 8], executive [14], keyboard [1-3, 3-14], lead vocals [3, 12, 14], orchestrator [8], organ [12], piano [1-4, 6-8, 11], synthesizer [2, 9, 11-12], task [2-3, 5, 8], vocal [1-12]
• Dick Gall
  additional [2-3, 5, 8], engineer [2-3, 5, 8], task [2-3, 5, 8]
• Dirk Schubert
  mix [14], recording [14]
• Doug Linnell
  additional [9-10], task [9-10]
• Duane Seykora
  additional [9-10], assistant [11], task [9-11]
• Elliot Scheiner
  mix [12], producer [12-13], recording [12], task [2-3, 5, 8]
• Fred White
  background vocals [14]
• Gabe Veltri
  assistant [1, 6-7], recording [1, 6-7], task [1, 6-7]
• Gary Grant
  brass [11], horn [11], trumpet [2]
• Gary Herbig
  brass [11], horn [11]
• George Massenburg
  mix [11], producer [11], recording [11]
• Greg Dennen
  assistant [11], task [11]
• Greg Ladanyi
  engineer [2-3, 5, 8], mix [2-3, 5, 8-10], recording [2-3, 8]
• Ivy Skoff
  producer [11]
• Jacci McGhee
  background vocals [14]
• Jack Joseph‐Puig
  additional [9-10], task [9-10]
• James Guthrie
  producer [4]
• James Ledner
  recording [2-3, 5, 8]
• James Newton Howard
  arranger [8], conductor [8], orchestrator [8]
• James Pankow
  horn [11], instrument [11], trombone [2]
• Jean-Michel Byron
  lead vocals [1-4, 7-9, 11]
• Jeff Porcaro
  drums (drum set) [1-11, 14], gong [3], percussion [1-11]
• Jenny Douglas-Foote
  background vocals [12, 14], lead vocals [12]
• Jerry Hey
  arranger [2], brass [2], horn [11], instrument [11], trumpet [2]
• Jim Giddens
  recording [12]
• Jim Horn
  horn [11], recorder [3], recording [3], saxophone [2]
• Joe Porcaro
  marimba [3], percussion [3], vibraphone [11]
• John James
  background vocals [12]
• John Kurlander
  recording [8], strings [8]
• John “JJ” Jessel
  additional [9-12], programming [12], task [9-11]
• Jon Smith
  saxophone [5, 8]
• Joseph Williams
  background vocals [9, 11], lead vocals [11], vocal [9-11]
• Julie Last
  additional [9-10], task [9-10]
• Ken Fowler
  assistant [11], task [11]
• Lenny Castro
  congas [2-3], instrument [2-3], percussion [1-3, 7, 9, 13]
• Lon LeMaster
  recording [2-3, 5, 8]
• Mark McKenna
  assistant [11], task [11]
• Marty Paich
  arranger [8], orchestrator [8], strings [7]
• Michael C. Ross
  additional [9-10], task [9-10]
• Michael McDonald
  background vocals [9], performer [9], vocal [9]
• Mike Porcaro
  bass [1-4, 7-14], bass guitar [9-10], keyboard [12]
• Murray Dvorkin
  additional [9-10], task [9-10]
• Niko Bolas
  recording [2-3, 5, 8]
• Paul Dieter
  assistant [11], task [11]
• Paulette Brown
  background vocals [10]
• Paulinho da Costa
  percussion [9, 12]
• Peggy McCreary
  recording [2-3, 5, 8]
• Phillip Ingram
  background vocals [12]
• Richard Page
  background vocals [13]
• Rick Nelson
  background vocals [12]
• Scott Symington
  assistant [11], task [11]
• Sean Schimmel
  recording [12]
• Sharon Rice
  additional [11], task [11]
• Shep Lonsdale
  engineer [9-10], recording [9]
• Sid Sharp
  strings [7]
• Sidney
  percussion [10]
• Simon Phillips
  drums (drum set) [12-13], keyboard [12]
• Stephen McManus
  assistant [4], task [4]
• Steve Genewick
  recording [12]
• Steve Lukather
  background vocals [1-6, 8-9, 11-12], electric guitar [1, 3], executive [14], guitar, lead vocals [2, 4, 7-9, 12, 14], vocal [1-12]
• Steve Porcaro
  Hammond organ [2], additional [2-3, 5, 8, 11], engineer [2-3, 5, 8], instrument [4, 9-10], keyboard [1-10], programming [9-11], synthesizer [2-3, 8-9, 11], task [2-3, 5, 8, 11], vocal [1-3, 5-10]
• Terry Christian
  recording [2-3, 5, 8]
• The Martyn Ford Orchestra
  instrument [8], performing orchestra [8], strings [8]
• Timothy B. Schmit
  acoustic guitar [3], background vocals [3, 8]
• Tom Kelly
  additional [11], background vocals [2, 5, 11]
• Tom Knox
  additional [4, 7], engineer [1-10], mix [1, 4, 6-7], producer [4], recording [1-5, 7-9]
• Tom Scott
  arranger [11], brass [11], horn [11], saxophone [2, 11]
• Tony Walthes
  background vocals [10]
• Toto
  additional [4], arranger [9-11], producer [1-13], recording [11]
• 村上輝生
  additional [9-10], task [9-10]
• Show all credits (83)

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

  CD
  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