Falling In Between Live

Performer: Toto
Engineer: Jon Ostrin
Distributor: Fontana Distribution

Notes: Toto: Steve Lukather, Tony Spinner (vocals, guitars); Greg Phillinganes (vocals, keyboards); Bobby Kimball (vocals); Leland Sklar (bass guitar); Simon Phillips (drums). Additional personnel: Geoff Banks (guitars); Kenny Moran (keyboards); Ian "Robbo" Robertson (drums). To many, Toto are considered first and foremost a "studio creation," as the original lineup was comprised of already accomplished session players. But unlike, say, Steely Dan, who for an extended period focused solely on studio work, Toto steadily backed up their albums with live work. That said, a Toto concert album will never be mistaken for Live at Leeds, as they don't stray far from the original studio versions (save for extended "jam" passages), as evidenced throughout 2008's Falling in Between Live. Recorded at a stop in Paris during their 2007 tour, the set list manages to include Toto classics ("Hold the Line," "Rosanna," "Africa") as well as new material ("Falling in Between," "King of the World," "Bottom of Your Soul"). And only at a Toto concert would you get not one, not two, but three chop-showcasing solos (by keyboardist Greg Phillinganes, guitarist Steve Lukather, and drummer Simon Phillips). So from that standpoint, Falling in Between Live is a fitting, true-to-form souvenir of Toto's 2007 world tour. ~ Greg Prato

Record Collector (magazine) (p.95) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Lukather's riffage colours much of it, from the punchy opening title track to the closing nine-minute fuzz of 'Drag Him To The Roof.'"

The original members of Toto were L.A.-based session men who had played with everyone from George Benson to Boz Scaggs and wanted to create something they could call their own. They scored a hit straight out of the gate with the AOR smash "Hold the Line" from their 1978 debut. Their biggest success, however, would come in the early '80s with "Rosanna" and "Africa" from TOTO IV. The band endured some major personnel shake-ups over the years, and in 1992 founding drummer Jeff Porcaro died unexpectedly, but Toto continued working, even as the individual members kept their lucrative session careers going.

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