Mindfields

Mindfields is the tenth studio album (though counted as the 11th album overall — see Toto XIV) by the American rock band Toto. It was released on November 16, 1999. Mindfields saw the return of vocalist Bobby Kimball, who had departed the band following the 1982 album Toto IV.

Mindfields
Studio album by Toto
Released	March 16, 1999 (Europe) November 16, 1999 (US)
Studio	Royaltone Studios ATS Studios Hollywood Sound Recorders
Genre	Arena rock, pop rock
Length	78:50
Label	Legacy
Producer	Toto, Elliot Scheiner
Toto chronology
Toto XX (1998) Mindfields (1999) Livefields (1999)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Q	[2]

The album received mixed reviews from critics. Michael Gallucci of AllMusic wrote: "Overlong, overwrought, and devoid of personality, this incredibly dull world-view update of Toto's crassly professional sound manages to pillage several cultures at once without contributing a single song worth remembering. The playing is tight -- as you would expect from a bunch of studio session musicians -- but all the skills in the world can't liven these 14 plodding tracks."[1]

Track listing

1999 Release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"After You've Gone"	Steve Lukather, Phil Soussan	Steve Lukather	6:37
2.	"Mysterious Ways"	Mark Hudson, Lukather, David Paich, Dean Grakal	Bobby Kimball and Lukather	3:42
3.	"Mindfields"	Bobby Kimball, Lukather, Paich, Simon Phillips, Mike Porcaro	Kimball	6:04
4.	"High Price of Hate^1"	Lukather, Stan Lynch, Paich, Phillips, Porcaro	Kimball	9:22
5.	"Selfish"	Lukather, Lynch, Paich	Kimball	5:30
6.	"No Love"	Paich, Lukather, Randy Goodrum	Lukather	4:34
7.	"Caught in the Balance"	Lukather, Paich, Phillips, Porcaro, Lynch, Kimball	Kimball	6:21
8.	"Last Love"	Lukather, Paich	Lukather	4:58
9.	"Mad About You"	Paich, Joseph Williams	Kimball	4:24
10.	"One Road"	Lukather, Paich, Goodrum	Kimball	3:45
11.	"Melanie"	Lukather, Paich, Goodrum	Lukather	5:19
12.	"Cruel"	Jed Leiber, Phillips, Kimball, Lukather	Kimball	5:57
13.	"Better World (Parts I, II & III)"	Lukather, Paich, Phillips	Lukather	7:50
14.	"Spanish Steps Of Rome^2"	Lukather, Paich	David Paich	4:27

¹ On some copies of the album, a longer version of "High Price of Hate" was used clocking in at 9:49.
² Bonus track on North American and Japanese versions of the album.

2018 All In Remaster

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocals	Length
1.	"Cruel"	Jed Lieber, Simon Phillips, Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather	Bobby Kimball	5:55
2.	"Mysterious Ways"	Mark Hudson, Lukather, David Paich, Dean Grakal	Kimball, Steve Lukather	3:40
3.	"Mindfields"	Kimball, Lukather, Paich, Phillips, Mike Porcaro	Kimball	6:03
4.	"High Price of Hate"	Lukather, Stan Lynch, Paich, Phillips, Porcaro	Kimball	9:49
5.	"Selfish"	Lukather, Lynch, Paich	Kimball	5:31
6.	"No Love"	Paich, Lukather, Randy Goodrum	Lukather	4:36
7.	"Caught In The Balance"	Lukather, Paich, Phillips, Porcaro, Lynch, Kimball	Kimball	6:21
8.	"Last Love"	Lukather, Paich	Lukather	5:00
9.	"Mad About You"	Paich, Joseph Williams	Kimball	4:26
10.	"One Road"	Lukather, Paich Goodrum	Kimball	3:48
11.	"Melanie"	Lukather, Paich, Goodrum	Lukather	5:21
12.	"After You've Gone"	Lukather, Phil Soussan	Lukather	6:38
13.	"Better World"	Lukather, Paich, Phillips	Lukather	7:41
14.	"Spanish Steps"	Lukather, Paich	David Paich	4:27
Total length:				79:36

Personnel

Adapted from album's liner notes.[3]

Toto

• Steve Lukather – guitars, lead vocals (tracks 1, 2, 6, 8, 11, 13), backing vocals (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 10-14)
• David Paich – keyboards, lead vocals (track 14), backing vocals (tracks 3, 8), slide solo (track 5), horn arrangements (tracks 2, 5)
• Mike Porcaro – bass guitar, cello (track 1)
• Simon Phillips – drums, percussion (tracks 5, 6, 8, 10, 13), tabla (track 1), loops (track 11), backing vocals (track 13)
• Bobby Kimball – lead vocals (tracks 2-5, 7, 9, 10, 12), backing vocals (tracks 3, 4, 8-10, 12, 13)

Guest musicians

• Clint Black – harmonica and backing vocals (track 6)
• Lenny Castro – percussion (tracks 1-3, 9, 11, 13, 14)
• Chuck Findley – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)
• Gary Grant – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)
• Mark Hudson – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5)
• Jim Horn – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)
• Richard Page - backing vocals (tracks 3, 7, 9, 12)
• Steve Porcaro – keyboards (tracks 7, 11)
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12)
• Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5, 11)
• Tom Scott – horns (tracks 2, 5, 12), horn arrangements (track 12)
• Phil Soussan – backing vocals (track 1)
• Chris Thompson – backing vocals on (tracks 6, 8, 10, 11, 13)
• Maria Vidal – backing vocals (track 14)

Production

• Producers – Toto and Elliot Scheiner
• Recorded by Eric Cowden, Stephen Genewick, Steve MacMillan, Charles Paakari, Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt, Jess Sutcliffe and Jeff Thomas.
• Mixed by Elliot Scheiner at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA).
• Mastered and Sequenced by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
• Editing by Steve MacMillan
• Production Coordination – Shari Sutcliffe
• Copyist – Dan Ferguson
• Creative Director – Doug Brown

Singles

• Melanie / Spanish Steps Of Rome

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Johnson, Howard. "Review: Toto - Mind Fields (sic)". Q. EMAP Metro Ltd (July 1999): 125.
3. Mindfields (booklet). Legacy. 1999.