Pop rock veterans Toto, best known for their hits "Rosanna" and "Africa," have announced a new album titled Toto XIV, which is set for release March 24. Though its title implies that this is the 14th Toto studio album, it is actually the 13th — maybe they are counting their 1984 soundtrack for David Lynch's Dune. Though the band's own website states that it is the first Toto album in 10 years, their last album Falling in Between was actually released nine years ago in 2006, so maybe they are just not good with numbers.
In the album's video trailer — which you can check out below — keyboardist Steve Porcaro insists that the band is not going "through the motions" with Toto XIV.
"We are treating this like this is Toto V, our follow-up to [1982's mega-selling] Toto IV," he says. "We just want to be the best version of ourselves that we can be. Be true to ourselves and make the best music we can. Entertain people, which is what we were put on this Earth for."
While this album is Toto's first following a brief split from 2008-10, it also serves as a reunion album of sorts, according to radio.com. It is their first with vocalist Joseph Williams since 1988's The Seventh One, their first to feature Steve Porcaro since 1986's Fahrenheit, and their first to feature bassist David Hungate since 1982's Toto IV.
You can check out the tracklist for Toto XIV here:
01. Running Out of Time
02. Burn
03. Holy War
04. 21st Century
05. Orphan
06. Unknown Soldier (for Jeffrey)
07. The Little Things
08. Chinatown
09. All the Tears That
10. Fortune
11. Great Expectations
You can check out Toto's video announcement for their new album here:
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