Through the Looking Glass (Toto album)

Through the Looking Glass
Studio album by Toto
Released	October 21, 2002 (UK) November 5, 2002 (US)
Genre	Rock, reggae, jazz, blues rock, Soul
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 11th 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 covers of songs that have 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 and 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	none	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, backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 7), loops (11)
• Steve Lukather: guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8), keyboards (8), dobro (11), loops (11)
• David Paich: keyboards (1-10), lead vocals, backing vocals (3, 4), piano (5, 6, 11), Moog bass (5), Wurlitzer (11), loops (11)
• Mike Porcaro: bass guitar, backing vocals (4), loops (11)
• Simon Phillips: drums, loops (1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11), tambourine (4), backing vocals (4), keyboards (6)

Additional Musicians

• Lenny Castro: timbales (1, 10), percussion (3, 6, 10), congas (6, 7), tambourine (7)
• Brandon Fields: tenor sax (4); alto, soprano and tenor saxophones (6)
• Walt Fowler: trumpet (4, 6), flugelhorn (6)
• Ellis Hall: vocals (5)
• James Ingram: backing vocals and ad-libs (1, 2)
• Tippa Irie: DJ (1)
• Davey Johnstone: backing vocals (7)
• Monet: backing vocals (8, 9, 11), ad-libs (11)
• Nigel Olsson: backing vocals (7)
• Steve Porcaro: synthesizer programming (2, 7), synthesizer and sound effects (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
• Recorded at Coy Sound Studios (Hollywood Hills, CA) and ATS Studios (Calabasas, CA).
• 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