| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hydra | Toto | 7:30 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | St. George and the Dragon | Toto | 4:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | 99 | Toto | 5:12 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Lorraine | Toto | 4:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | All Us Boys | Toto | 4:59 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Mama | Toto | 5:12 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | White Sister | Toto | 5:37 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 8 | A Secret Love | Toto | 3:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 8 Songs |
Album Review
If Toto's musical advantage was that, since its members continued to play on many of the successful records made in L.A., its own music was popular almost by definition, its disadvantage was that it made little attempt to seek an individual musical signature — a particular style, say, or a distinctive singer (Bobby Kimball was not it) who could make its records immediately identifiable. "Hold the Line" had been a big hit, but who did it? Boston? Foreigner? As a result, Toto was less well positioned than most to come off a big debut album with the follow-up, and Hydra was unusually dependent on its leadoff single, "99." Maybe it was a tribute to the female lead on the old Get Smart TV show, but many listeners didn't get a song with a chorus that went, "Oh, 99, I love you," and the single stalled in the bottom half of the Top 40. The album went gold on momentum, but the songs, however well-played, simply were not distinctive enough to consolidate the success Toto had achieved with its debut album.
Recent Customer Reviews
New itunes review, please!
by fair veronicaToto stands out from all the rest! This is one of the best. Whomever first reviewed this album probably didn't listen to it. It's a five star album all the way. From someone who got the song, 99.
Two words: Pocaro Lukather
by RuncisThe source of the distinctive sound that made Toto uniquely identifiable and enviable as a group of superior musicians is these two names. They make it sound easy, but what Toto has done on this release and others is not easy.
Hydra and any other Toto album
by mrkeysI agree with the other guy that commented on whoever wrote the review for this. Toto was the band everyone in the music industry hated. Why? because they could actually play there instruments, and could arrange, write, and actually knew what a pocket was( God Bless Jeff Pocarro) And everything they did just fit together and worked musically. And L.A. knew it , that why those guys played on everyone's albums. Because they were accomplished musicians in every sense of the word. Today's music has nothing to do with musicianship, it what is hot and what will sell and make us the most income. I wish there would be a grassroots uprising and artists could bypass the labels. And sell outright to the pubilc. Little sidetrack there, God bless all the guys of Toto from the past present and current. I'm saddened by the announcement that they are calling it quits. But what an incredible run they had....
Biography
Formed: 1978 in Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs by Toto
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Africa | The Essential Toto | 4:56 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Rosanna | The Essential Toto | 5:30 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Hold the Line | Toto | 3:55 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | I'll Be Over You | The Essential Toto | 3:49 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Hold the Line | The Essential Toto | 3:56 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $7.92
- Genres: Pop, Music, Rock, Arena Rock, Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Adult Contemporary
- Released: Oct 1979
- ℗ 1979 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
