The Essential Toto Zip
While there have been a bunch of Toto budget-line compilations over the years, 2003's The Essential Toto is the first high-profile hits collection since 1990's Past to Present 1977-1990. At 14 songs, The Essential is one track longer than that compilation, but it shares eight cuts with Past to Present, which, of course, are all the big hits: 'Africa,' 'Hold the Line,' 'Georgy Porgy,' 'Rosanna,' 'I Won't Hold You Back,' '99,' and 'Pamela.' What differentiates the two compilations, then, is that The Essential boasts a much better remastering and a better selection of songs, including the single 'Make Believe' and a good selection of album tracks from their peak period, like 'I'll Supply the Love.' While this is missing some hits, they're minor ones that won't be missed by most listeners -- 'Live for Today,' 'Afraid of Love,' 'Loves in the Night,' 'Waiting for Your Love,' 'Stranger in Town,' and 'Holyanna' -- and what's here is very good, an accurate representation of Toto at their best, making this their best compilation to date.
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream |
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1 | 3:56 | SpotifyAmazon | |
2 | 5:30 | SpotifyAmazon | |
3 | 4:58 | SpotifyAmazon | |
4 | 5:15 | SpotifyAmazon | |
5 | 3:43 | SpotifyAmazon | |
6 | 3:46 | SpotifyAmazon | |
7 | 4:10 | SpotifyAmazon | |
8 | 4:56 | SpotifyAmazon | |
9 | 3:50 | SpotifyAmazon | |
10 | 4:35 | SpotifyAmazon | |
11 | 5:10 | Spotify | |
12 | Steve Lukather / Stan Lynch / David Paich / Simon Phillips / Mike Porcaro | 5:27 | Spotify |
13 | Bobby Kimball / Steve Lukather / David Paich / Simon Phillips / Mike Porcaro | 6:13 | Spotify |
14 | 6:59 |
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