Hold The Line

Performer: Toto
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: Rex's 2006 CD Hold the Line is a budget-line collection that contains 12 songs from Toto's peak years -- which isn't quite the same thing as Toto at their peak, at least in terms of charts. Of these 12, only three are big hits -- "Africa," "Hold the Line," "99" -- which may disappoint casual fans looking for a bargain-priced collection with a bunch of hits. But those who don't care about hits and want just a reasonably enjoyable budget-line sampler should find this to be pretty good. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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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