The Essential Toto

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The Essential Toto
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Compilation album by
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2003
Recorded1978–1998
Genre Rock
Length68:35
Label Columbia
Toto chronology
Live in Amsterdam
(2003)
The Essential Toto
(2003)
Falling in Between
(2006)
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The Essential Toto is a greatest hits album by American rock band Toto. It was released in 2003 by Sony BMG, as part of the Essential series. Originally a single-disc compilation, a two-disc edition was released in 2004. [3]

Contents

The single-disc compilation was re-released as Playlist: The Very Best of Toto on April 17, 2009.

Track listing

Single-disc edition

  1. "Hold the Line" – 3:56
  2. "Rosanna" – 5:30
  3. "Africa" – 4:58
  4. "99" – 5:15
  5. "Make Believe" – 3:43
  6. "I'll Supply the Love" – 3:46
  7. "Georgy Porgy" – 4:10
  8. "I Won't Hold You Back" – 4:56
  9. "I'll Be Over You" – 3:50
  10. "Without Your Love" – 4:53
  11. "Pamela" – 5:10
  12. "The Turning Point" – 5:27
  13. "Mindfields" – 6:13
  14. "On the Run" (Live) – 6:59

Double-disc re-release

Disc 1

  1. "Rosanna" (single version) – 4:01
  2. "Stop Loving You" – 4:28
  3. "Hold the Line" (single version) – 3:31
  4. "Caught In the Balance" – 6:21
  5. "99" – 5:11
  6. "The Other Side" – 4:39
  7. "I Won't Hold You Back" – 4:56
  8. "Africa" (single version) – 4:21
  9. "Don't Chain My Heart" – 4:42
  10. "2 Hearts" – 5:06
  11. "Waiting for Your Love" – 4:12
  12. "Make Believe" – 3:43
  13. "Goodbye Elenore" – 4:53
  14. "Home of the Brave" – 6:45
  15. "How Does It Feel" – 3:50
  16. "The Road Goes On" – 4:24

Disc 2

  1. "I Will Remember" – 4:22
  2. "Georgy Porgy" – 4:08
  3. "Just Can't Get to You" – 5:02
  4. "Pamela" (single version) – 4:30
  5. "Baby He's Your Man" – 5:40
  6. "I'll Supply the Love" – 3:45
  7. "Holyanna" – 4:15
  8. "The Turning Point" (single version) – 4:03
  9. "If You Belong to Me" – 3:58
  10. "Can You Hear What I'm Saying" – 4:58
  11. "Slipped Away" – 5:16
  12. "Dave's Gone Skiing" – 4:59
  13. "Without Your Love" (single version) – 4:29
  14. "Stranger In Town" – 4:43
  15. "Till the End" – 5:27
  16. "I'll Be Over You" – 3:48

Notes and references

  1. AMG review
  2. ArtistDirect review
  3. "The Essential Toto Bonus CD Overview". AllMusic . Retrieved 2010-01-15.


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