Mindfields

1999 studio album by Toto

Mindfields

Studio album by

Toto

Released

March 1999 (1999-03) (Europe, Japan)^[1]
November 16, 1999 (1999-11-16) (US)

Studio

Royaltone Studios
ATS Studios
Hollywood Sound Recorders

Length

78:50

Label

Legacy

Producer

Toto, Elliot Scheiner

Toto chronology

Toto XX
(1998)

Mindfields
(1999)

Livefields
(1999)

Mindfields is the tenth studio album (though counted as the 11th album overall — see Toto XIV) by the American rock band Toto. It was released in Europe and Japan in March 1999, followed by a US release on 16 November 1999. Mindfields saw the return of vocalist Bobby Kimball, who had departed the band following the 1982 album Toto IV.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Q	^[3]

The album received mixed reviews from critics. Michael Gallucci of AllMusic wrote: "Overlong, overwrought, and devoid of personality, this incredibly dull world-view update of Toto's crassly professional sound manages to pillage several cultures at once without contributing a single song worth remembering. The playing is tight—as you would expect from a bunch of studio session musicians—but all the skills in the world can't liven these 14 plodding tracks."^[2]

Track listing

1999 Release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocals	Length
1.	"After You've Gone"	Steve Lukather, Phil Soussan	Steve Lukather	6:37
2.	"Mysterious Ways"	Dean Grakal, Mark Hudson, Lukather, David Paich	Bobby Kimball and Lukather	3:42
3.	"Mindfields"	Bobby Kimball, Lukather, Paich, Simon Phillips, Mike Porcaro	Kimball	6:04
4.	"High Price of Hate" (¹)	Lukather, Stan Lynch, Paich, Phillips, Porcaro	Kimball	9:22¹
5.	"Selfish"	Lukather, Lynch, Paich	Kimball	5:30
6.	"No Love"	Randy Goodrum, Paich, Lukather	Lukather	4:34
7.	"Caught in the Balance"	Kimball, Lukather, Lynch, Paich, Phillips, Porcaro	Kimball	6:21
8.	"Last Love"	Lukather, Paich	Lukather	4:58
9.	"Mad About You"	Paich, Joseph Williams	Kimball	4:24
10.	"One Road"	Goodrum, Lukather, Paich	Kimball	3:45
11.	"Melanie"	Goodrum, Lukather, Paich	Lukather	5:19
12.	"Cruel"	Kimball, Jed Leiber, Lukather, Phillips	Kimball	5:57
13.	"Better World (Parts I, II & III)"	Lukather, Paich, Phillips	Lukather	7:50
Total length:				74:42

1999 Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocals	Length
14.	"Spanish Steps Of Rome" (²)	Lukather, Paich	David Paich	4:27
Total length:				79:09

¹ On some copies of the album, a longer version of "High Price of Hate" was used clocking in at 9:49.
² Bonus track on North American and Japanese versions of the album.

2018 All In Remaster

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocals	Length
1.	"Cruel" (³)	Bobby Kimball, Jed Lieber, Steve Lukather, Simon Phillips	Bobby Kimball	5:55
2.	"Mysterious Ways"	Dean Grakal, Mark Hudson, Lukather, David Paich	Kimball, Steve Lukather	3:40
3.	"Mindfields"	Kimball, Lukather, Paich, Phillips, Mike Porcaro	Kimball	6:03
4.	"High Price of Hate"	Lukather, Stan Lynch, Paich, Phillips, Porcaro	Kimball	9:49
5.	"Selfish"	Lukather, Lynch, Paich	Kimball	5:31
6.	"No Love"	Randy Goodrum, Paich, Lukather	Lukather	4:36
7.	"Caught In The Balance"	Kimball, Lukather, Lynch, Paich, Phillips, Porcaro	Kimball	6:21
8.	"Last Love"	Lukather, Paich	Lukather	5:00
9.	"Mad About You"	Paich, Joseph Williams	Kimball	4:26
10.	"One Road"	Goodrum, Lukather, Paich	Kimball	3:48
11.	"Melanie"	Goodrum, Lukather, Paich	Lukather	5:21
12.	"After You've Gone" (³)	Lukather, Phil Soussan	Lukather	6:38
13.	"Better World" (⁴)	Lukather, Paich, Phillips	Lukather	7:41
14.	"Spanish Steps" (⁵)	Lukather, Paich	David Paich	4:27
Total length:				79:36

³ Track 1 ("Cruel") and 12 ("After You've Gone") switched places
⁴ Track 13 ("Better World") was originally named "Better World (Part I, II and III)"
⁵ Track 14 ("Spanish Steps") was originally named "Spanish Steps of Rome"

Personnel

Adapted from album's liner notes.^[4]

Toto

Steve Lukather – guitars, lead vocals (tracks 1, 2, 6, 8, 11, 13), backing vocals (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 10–14)
David Paich – keyboards, horn arrangements (tracks 2, 5), backing vocals (tracks 3, 8), slide guitar solo (track 5), lead vocals (track 14)
Mike Porcaro – bass guitar, cello (track 1)
Simon Phillips – drums, tabla (track 1), percussion (tracks 5, 6, 8, 10, 13), loops (track 11), backing vocals (track 13)
Bobby Kimball – lead vocals (tracks 2–5, 7, 9, 10, 12), backing vocals (tracks 3, 4, 8–10, 12, 13)

Guest musicians

Steve Porcaro – keyboards (tracks 7, 11)
Clint Black – harmonica and backing vocals (track 6)
Lenny Castro – percussion (tracks 1–3, 9, 11, 13, 14)
Jim Horn – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)
Tom Scott – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12), horn arrangements (track 12)
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)
Chuck Findley – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)
Gary Grant – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)
Mark Hudson – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5)
Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5, 11)
Phil Soussan – backing vocals (track 1)
Richard Page – backing vocals (tracks 3, 7, 9, 12)
Chris Thompson – backing vocals (tracks 6, 8, 10, 11, 13)
Maria Vidal – backing vocals (track 14)

Production

Producers – Toto and Elliot Scheiner
Recorded by Eric Cowden, Steve Genewick, Steve MacMillan, Charles Paakari, Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt, Jess Sutcliffe and Jeff Thomas.
Mixed by Elliot Scheiner at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA).
Mastered and Sequenced by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
Editing by Steve MacMillan
Production Coordination – Shari Sutcliffe
Copyist – Dan Ferguson
Creative Director – Doug Brown

Singles

Melanie / Spanish Steps Of Rome

References

^ "Official Toto News Archive".
^ ^a ^b AllMusic review
^ Johnson, Howard. "Review: Toto - Mind Fields [sic]". Q (July 1999). EMAP Metro Ltd: 125.
^ Mindfields (booklet). Legacy. 1999.