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Toto IV is the triple platinum-certified fourth studio album by American rock band Toto released in the spring of 1982 by Columbia Records. The album marked the band's career zenith.

The lead single, "Rosanna", peaked at number 2 for five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, while the album's third single, "Africa", topping the Hot 100 charts as well, became the group's first number 1 hit.[4] Both songs were smash hits in the UK as well, reaching number 12 and 3 respectively.[5] The fourth single, "I Won't Hold You Back", also peaked within the top ten on the Hot 100, at number 10, but atop the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts for three weeks.[4] It also went within the top 40 in the UK.[5] With the success of "Africa", the album climbed back into the top 10 in early 1983 on both sides of the Atlantic.

Toto IV received six Grammy Awards in 1983 including Album of the Year, Producer of the Year for the band, and Record of the Year for "Rosanna". It reached number four on the Billboard 200 album charts in the United States alone, shortly after its release. It also reached within top ten in some other countries, including in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Italy, Norway, United Kingdom, and Japan.

Album's updated emblem

Philip Garris' original emblem from the Toto album was updated to show four rings since this was their fourth album. The newer looking, well-polished ring around the hilt of the sword represented their latest work. Each successive ring showed a little more wear and a few more chips which represented the band's previous records.[6]

Track listing

All songs were written and produced by the members of Toto.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Rosanna"David PaichSteve Lukather and Bobby Kimball5:31
2."Make Believe"PaichKimball3:43
3."I Won't Hold You Back"LukatherLukather4:53
4."Good for You"Kimball and LukatherKimball3:17
5."It's a Feeling"Steve PorcaroSteve Porcaro3:05
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
6."Afraid of Love"Lukather, Paich and J. PorcaroLukather3:52
7."Lovers in the Night"PaichPaich4:25
8."We Made It"Paich and Jeff PorcaroKimball3:56
9."Waiting for Your Love"Kimball and PaichKimball4:12
10."Africa"Paich and J. PorcaroPaich and Kimball4:55

Personnel

Toto
Additional personnel
  • James Newton Howard - strings, arranger, conductor, orchestral arrangements
  • Tom Scott - saxophone on "Rosanna" and "Lovers in the Night"
  • Lenny Castro - percussion, conga
  • Joe Porcaro - percussion
  • Ralph Dyck - synthesizer on "Lovers in the Night" and synthesizer programming
  • Martyn Ford - strings
  • Gary Grant - trumpet on "Rosanna"
  • Jerry Hey - trumpet and horn arrangements on "Rosanna"
  • James Pankow - trombone on "Rosanna"[7]
  • Jim Horn - saxophone on "Rosanna" and "Lovers in the Night", recorders on "Africa"
  • Tom Kelly - backing vocals on "Rosanna" and "Make Believe"
  • Marty Paich - orchestral arrangements on "I Won't Hold You Back"
  • Roger Linn - synthesizer programming on "Good For You"
  • Mike Porcaro - cello on "Good For You"
  • Timothy B. Schmit - backing vocals on "I Won't Hold You Back", "Good For You", and "Africa"
  • Greg Ladanyi - engineer
  • Jon Smith - saxophone on "Make Believe"

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[28] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[29] Gold 34,179[29]
France (SNEP)[31] Platinum 370,600[30]
Germany (BVMI)[32] Platinum 500,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[33] Gold 7,500*
Japan (Oricon Charts) — 327,000[13]
Netherlands (NVPI)[34] Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[35] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[36] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Singles

  • "Rosanna" / "It's a Feeling"
  • "Make Believe" / "We Made It" [US]
  • "Make Believe" / "Lovers in the Night" [Europe]
  • "Africa" / "Good for You" [US]
  • "Africa" / "We Made It" [International]
  • "I Won't Hold You Back" / "Afraid of Love" [US / UK]
  • "I Won't Hold You Back" / "Hold the Line" / "99" / "Goodbye Elenore" [12" UK release]
  • "I Won't Hold You Back" / "Waiting for Your Love" [Europe / Japan]
  • "Waiting for Your Love" / "Lovers in the Night" [US / UK]

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Robert Christgau review
  3. ^ Archived 2007-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b Toto USA chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  5. ^ a b Toto UK chart history, The Official Charts. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  6. ^ "Jeff Porcaro Interview about Toto's Sword".
  7. ^ "Darrin Matteson - In terms of two, The amazing similarities between Chicago and Toto". Retrieved 2011-12-01.
  8. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  9. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc (1982-03-26). Billboard.com - Hits of the World. Retrieved 2012-01-29. {{cite book}}: |author1= has generic name (help)
  10. ^ "dutchcharts.nl Toto – IV" (ASP). Hung Medien (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  11. ^ "InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste" (PHP) (in French). infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  12. ^ a b "Hit Parade Italia - Gli album più venduti del 1982" (in Italian). hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  13. ^ a b Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  14. ^ "charts.org.nz Toto – IV" (ASP). Hung Medien. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  15. ^ "norwegiancharts.com Toto – IV" (ASP). Hung Medien. VG-lista. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  16. ^ "swedishcharts.com Toto – IV" (ASP) (in Swedish). Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  17. ^ "Chart Stats - Toto – IV" (PHP). UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 2012-03-03. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  18. ^ "allmusic ((( Toto IV > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  19. ^ "Album Search: Toto – IV" (in German). Media Control. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  20. ^ "Top 100 Albums '82". RPM. 1982-12-25. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  21. ^ "Dutch charts jaaroverzichten 1982" (in Dutch). Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  22. ^ "Les Albums (CD) de 1982 par InfoDisc" (PHP) (in French). infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  23. ^ 1982年アルバム年間ヒットチャート "Japanese Year-End Albums Chart 1982" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2012-03-03. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  24. ^ "Billboard.BIZ: Top Pop Albums of 1982". billboard.biz. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  25. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1983". RPM. Retrieved 2012-03-03. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  26. ^ "Complete UK Year-End Album Charts". Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  27. ^ "Billboard BIZ: Top Pop Albums of 1983". billboard.biz. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  28. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Toto – IV". Music Canada. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  29. ^ a b "Toto" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  30. ^ "Les Albums Platine". infodisc.fr. SNEP. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  31. ^ "French album certifications – Toto – IV" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  32. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Toto; 'IV')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  33. ^ "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1984". IFPI Hong Kong.
  34. ^ "Dutch album certifications – Toto – IV" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 2011-09-03. Enter IV in the "Artiest of titel" box.
  35. ^ id MUST BE PROVIDED for UK CERTIFICATION.
  36. ^ "American album certifications – Toto – IV". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
Preceded by Dutch Mega Chart number-one album
September 11, 1982 		Succeeded by
The Concert in Central Park
by Simon & Garfunkel
Preceded by Top Canadian Chart number-one album
March 12 – April 9, 1983 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
April 4–10, 1983 		Succeeded by
Go for It by Various artists
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