Through the Looking Glass (Toto album)

Through the Looking Glass is the eleventh studio album (though counted as the 12th album overall Ã¢ÂÂ 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

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."

Track listing

Personnel

Toto

Bobby Kimball: lead vocals , backing vocals , loops
Steve Lukather: guitars , lead vocals , backing vocals , keyboards , dobro , loops
David Paich: keyboards , lead vocals , backing vocals , piano , Moog bass , Wurlitzer , loops
Mike Porcaro: bass guitar , backing vocals , loops
Simon Phillips: drums , loops , tambourine , backing vocals , keyboards

Additional Musicians

Lenny Castro: timbales , percussion , congas , tambourine
Brandon Fields: tenor saxophone , alto saxophone , soprano saxophone
Walt Fowler: trumpet , flugelhorn
Ellis Hall: vocals
James Ingram: backing vocals and ad-libs
Tippa Irie: DJ
Davey Johnstone: backing vocals
Monet: backing vocals , ad-libs
Nigel Olsson: backing vocals
Steve Porcaro: synthesizer programming , synthesizer and sound effects

Production

Arranged and Produced by Toto
Engineered by Simon Phillips
Assistant Engineer: John Jessel
Tracks #1Ã¢ÂÂ5 & 7Ã¢ÂÂ11 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