Through the Looking Glass (Toto album)

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 have inspired the band. And these were also the final cover songs that the band has featured keyboardist/vocalist David Paich before his semi-retirement from the band three years later until his return in 2010.

Through the Looking Glass
Studio album by
Toto
ReleasedOctober 21, 2002 (UK)
November 5, 2002 (US)
Recorded2001–2002
StudioCoy Sound Studios (Hollywood Hills, CA)
GenreRock, blues rock
LabelCMC International
ProducerToto
Toto chronology
Livefields
(1999)		 Through the Looking Glass
(2002)		 25th Anniversary: Live in Amsterdam
(2003)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Could You Be Loved"Bob MarleyKimball3:47
2."Bodhisattva"Walter Becker, Donald FagenKimball, Lukather4:51
3."While My Guitar Gently Weeps"George HarrisonLukather5:15
4."I Can't Get Next to You"Norman Whitfield, Barrett StrongKimball4:04
5."Living for the City"Stevie WonderKimball5:49
6."Maiden Voyage / Butterfly"Herbie Hancock / Hancock, Bennie Maupininstrumental7:33
7."Burn Down the Mission"Elton John, Bernie TaupinKimball6:28
8."Sunshine of Your Love"Jack Bruce, Pete Brown, Eric ClaptonLukather5:13
9."House of the Rising Sun"traditionalKimball4:40
10."Watching the Detectives"Elvis CostelloLukather4:04
11."It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Live)"Bob DylanPaich3:52

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)

Production
  • Arranged and Produced by Toto
  • Engineered by Simon Phillips
  • Assistant Engineer: John Jessel
  • Tracks #1-5 & 7-11 mixed by Steve MacMillan
  • Track #6 mixed by Simon Phillips
  • Digital Editing by Louie Teran
  • Mastered by Stephen Marcussen
  • Edited and Mastered at Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
  • Project Coordination: Anita Heilig
  • Art Direction and Design: Brian Peterson
  • Creative Director: Doug Brown
  • Photography: Resig & Taylor
  • Management: The Fitzgerald Hartley Co.

Singles
  • Could You Be Loved / House of the Rising Sun

References
  1. Through the Looking Glass at AllMusic
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