Turn Back (album)

Turn Back
Studio album by Toto
Released January 1981
Recorded March–November 1980
Studio Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre Hard rock, soft rock
Length 37:43
Label Columbia
Producer Toto, Geoff Workman
Toto chronology
Hydra
(1979)Hydra1979		 Turn Back
(1981)		 Toto IV
(1982)Toto IV1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[1]

Turn Back is the third studio album by the American rock group Toto. Although it yielded the band's first top-ten hit in Japan and steady sales in that country, the album was a commercial disappointment elsewhere, failing to produce any charting singles and selling approximately 900,000 copies worldwide.[2]

The group nearly lost their recording contract with Columbia Records but rebounded with 1982's Toto IV.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Gift with a Golden Gun"David Paich, Bobby KimballKimball4:00
2."English Eyes"Paich, Kimball, Jeff Porcaro, Steve PorcaroKimball6:11
3."Live for Today"Steve LukatherLukather4:00
4."A Million Miles Away"PaichKimball4:26
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Goodbye Elenore"PaichKimball4:52
2."I Think I Could Stand You Forever"PaichLukather5:25
3."Turn Back"Kimball, LukatherKimball3:58
4."If It's the Last Night"PaichLukather4:28

Personnel

Additional personnel

  • Joe Porcaro: additional percussion on "If It's the Last Night"

Production

  • Producers: Toto and Geoff Workman
  • Engineer and Mix: Geoff Workman
  • Recordist: John Weaver
  • Live Mix: Leo Bonamy
  • Mastered by George Marino & Nestor Iencenella at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
  • Technicians: Ralph Dyck, Roger Linn, Guy Moore (drums), Bruce Heigh (guitars), Paul Jamieson (keyboards) and Shep Lonsdale (production/stage mix).
  • Crew: Chris Littleton
  • Photography: Sam Emerson and John Cosgrove
  • Management: Dick Gall

Singles

  • "Goodbye Elenore" / "Turn Back"
  • "If It's the Last Night" / "Turn Back" (US / Europe)
  • "Live for Today" / "A Million Miles Away" (released in Japan)

Charts

References

  1. ↑ AllMusic review
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 34, No. 17" (PHP). RPM. April 4, 1981. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  5. 1 2 Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  6. ↑ "norwegiancharts.com Toto – Turn Back" (ASP). Hung Medien. VG-lista. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  7. ↑ "swedishcharts.com Toto – Turn Back" (ASP) (in Swedish). Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  8. ↑ "allmusic ((( Turn Back > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Album Search: Toto – Turn Back" (in German). Media Control. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
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