Through the Looking Glass (Toto album)

2002 studio album by Toto

Through the Looking Glass

Studio album by

Toto

Released

October 21, 2002 (UK)
November 5, 2002 (US)

Recorded

2001–2002

Studio

Coy Sound Studios (Hollywood Hills, CA)

Genre

Rock, blues rock, Jazz fusion

Length

55:40

Label

CMC International

Producer

Toto

Toto chronology

Livefields
(1999)

Through the Looking Glass
(2002)

25th Anniversary: Live in Amsterdam
(2003)

Through the Looking Glass is the eleventh studio album (though counted as the 12th album overall — see Toto XIV) by the American band Toto. It was released in 2002, three years after their last studio release, Mindfields. The album consists of cover versions of songs that had inspired the band.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

AllMusic noted that Toto made no attempt to rework the songs they covered for the album, and concluded that "while it's nice to know that the band has good taste in other people's music, that doesn't explain why anyone needs to hear them copy that music when the originals are so readily available."^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Could You Be Loved"	Bob Marley	Kimball	3:47
2.	"Bodhisattva"	Walter Becker, Donald Fagen	Kimball, Lukather	4:51
3.	"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"	George Harrison	Lukather	5:15
4.	"I Can't Get Next to You"	Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong	Kimball	4:04
5.	"Living for the City"	Stevie Wonder	Kimball	5:49
6.	"Maiden Voyage / Butterfly"	Herbie Hancock / Hancock, Bennie Maupin	instrumental	7:33
7.	"Burn Down the Mission"	Elton John, Bernie Taupin	Kimball	6:28
8.	"Sunshine of Your Love"	Jack Bruce, Pete Brown, Eric Clapton	Lukather	5:13
9.	"House of the Rising Sun"	traditional	Kimball	4:40
10.	"Watching the Detectives"	Elvis Costello	Lukather	4:04
11.	"It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Live)"	Bob Dylan	Paich	3:52

Personnel

Toto

Bobby Kimball: lead vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9), backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7), loops (track 11)
Steve Lukather: guitars (all tracks), lead vocals (tracks 2, 3, 8, 10), backing vocals (tracks 1, 3-5, 7, 8, 10), keyboards (track 8), dobro (track 11), loops (track 11)
David Paich: keyboards (tracks 1-10), lead vocals (track 11), backing vocals (tracks 3, 4), piano (tracks 5-7, 11), Moog bass (track 5), Wurlitzer (track 11), loops (track 11)
Mike Porcaro: bass guitar (all tracks), backing vocals (track 4), loops (track 11)
Simon Phillips: drums (all tracks), loops (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11), tambourine (track 4), backing vocals (track 4), keyboards (track 6)

Additional Musicians

Lenny Castro: timbales (tracks 1, 10), percussion (tracks 3, 6, 10), congas (tracks 6, 7), tambourine (track 7)
Brandon Fields: tenor saxophone (tracks 4, 6), alto saxophone (track 6), soprano saxophone (track 6)
Walt Fowler: trumpet (tracks 4, 6), flugelhorn (track 6)
Ellis Hall: vocals (track 5)
James Ingram: backing vocals and ad-libs (tracks 1, 4)
Tippa Irie: DJ (track 1)
Davey Johnstone: backing vocals (track 7)
Monet: backing vocals (tracks 8, 9, 11), ad-libs (track 11)
Nigel Olsson: backing vocals (track 7)
Steve Porcaro: synthesizer programming (tracks 2, 7), synthesizer and sound effects (track 5)