Mindfields

Mindfields
Studio album by Toto
Released	March 16, 1999 (Europe) November 16, 1999 (USA)
Genre	Arena rock, pop rock
Length	78:50
Label	Legacy
Producer	Toto, Elliot Scheiner
Toto chronology
Toto XX (1998) Mindfields (1999) Livefields (1999)

Mindfields is the 10th studio album (though counted as the 11th album overall - see Toto XIV) by the American rock band Toto. It was released on November 16, 1999. Mindfields saw the return of vocalist Bobby Kimball, who had departed the band following the 1982 album Toto IV.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Q	[2]

The Allmusic review currently summarises the album: "Accessible arrangements, a tight horn section, and polished harmonies are all part of the Toto sound, which MINDFIELDS improves and expands to great measure."^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"After You've Gone"	Steve Lukather & Phil Soussan	Steve Lukather	6:37
2.	"Mysterious Ways"	Mark Hudson, Lukather, David Paich, Dean Grakal	Bobby Kimball and Lukather	3:42
3.	"Mindfields"	Bobby Kimball, Lukather, Paich, Simon Phillips, Mike Porcaro	Kimball	6:04
4.	"High Price of Hate^1"	Lukather, Stan Lynch, Paich, Phillips, Porcaro	Kimball	9:22
5.	"Selfish"	Lukather, Lynch, Paich	Kimball	5:30
6.	"No Love"	Paich, Lukather, Randy Goodrum	Lukather	4:34
7.	"Caught in the Balance"	Lukather, Paich, Phillips, Porcaro, Lynch, Kimball	Kimball	6:21
8.	"Last Love"	Lukather, Paich	Lukather	4:58
9.	"Mad About You"	Paich, Joseph Williams	Kimball	4:24
10.	"One Road"	Lukather, Paich, Goodrum	Kimball	3:45
11.	"Melanie"	Lukather, Paich, Goodrum	Lukather	5:19
12.	"Cruel"	Jed Leiber, Phillips, Kimball, Lukather	Kimball	5:57
13.	"Better World (Parts I, II & III)"	Lukather, Paich, Phillips	Lukather	7:50
14.	"Spanish Steps Of Rome^2"	Lukather, Paich	David Paich	4:27

¹ On some copies of the album, a longer version of "High Price of Hate" was used clocking in at 9:49.
² Bonus track on North American and Japanese versions of the album.

Personnel

Toto

• Bobby Kimball - lead and backing vocals
• Steve Lukather - guitars, lead and backing vocals
• David Paich - keyboards, lead and backing vocals
• Mike Porcaro - bass
• Simon Phillips - drums, percussion

Guest musicians

• Clint Black - harmonica and backing vocals on "No Love"
• Timothy B. Schmit - backing vocals "After You've Gone", "Mysterious Ways", "Selfish" and "Melanie"
• Phil Soussan - backing vocals "After You've Gone"
• Richard Page - backing vocals on "Cruel", "Caught In The Balance", "Mindfields" and "Mad About You"
• Maria Vidal- backing vocals on "Spanish Steps"
• Steve Porcaro - synthesizers

Production

• Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt, Steve MacMillan, Jeff Thomas, Jess Sutcliffe - Engineers

Singles

• Melanie / Spanish steps of Rome
• Melanie / Spanish steps of Rome / White Sister / Girl Goodbye

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Johnson, Howard. "Review: Toto - Mind Fields (sic)". Q (EMAP Metro Ltd) (July 1999): 125.