Falling in Between
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| Released | January 25, 2006 (JP)[1] February 10, 2006 (EU, AU, & Asia) April 18, 2006 (US)[2] | |||
| Recorded | February–October 2005[3] | |||
| Studios | Phantom Recordings, ATS Studios, Steve Cohen's studio[3] | |||
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| Length | 50:36 | |||
| Label | Frontiers | |||
| Producer | Toto | |||
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Falling in Between is the twelfth studio album (though counted as the 13th album overall — see Toto XIV) by American rock band Toto. The album was released on the Italian label Frontiers Records in Japan on January 25, 2006, in Europe, Australia, and Asia on February 10, 2006, and in the United States on April 18, 2006[5][6]. The album's only single, Bottom of Your Soul, also received a summer edition pressing with three other tracks. The band supported the album with a world tour.
It was the band's first release of new material since Mindfields in 1999, and their first studio release since Through the Looking Glass in 2002. It was their only album with keyboardist/vocalist Greg Phillinganes, who originally began playing with the band in 2003 as a touring replacement for David Paich, who had to take time off to care for his sister. It was also their last album with vocalist Bobby Kimball, bassist Mike Porcaro, and drummer Simon Phillips. Porcaro stopped performing after 2006 due to early symptoms of what was later diagnosed as ALS, taking away the use of his hands. He died in 2015, and would posthumously appear on the 2018 album Old Is New. Phillips left the band in 2014 to pursue other projects.
Other guest artists appearing on the album include then-former members vocalist Joseph Williams and keyboardist Steve Porcaro, percussionist Lenny Castro, saxophonist Tom Scott, Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, trombonist James Pankow of Chicago, and former Chicago bassist and vocalist Jason Scheff.
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
AllMusic's review of the album was mixed (3.5/5), considering the first half of the album overly safe and commenting that Toto was "a band trying to find itself during a midlife crisis." However, they praised Steve Lukather's vocals and the band's "amazing production values".[3]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by David Paich, Steve Lukather, Bobby Kimball, Simon Phillips and Mike Porcaro except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "Falling in Between" | Paich, Lukather, Kimball, M. Porcaro, Greg Phillinganes, Phillips | Kimball and Phillinganes | 4:06 |
| 2. | "Dying on My Feet" | Kimball | 6:11 | |
| 3. | "Bottom of Your Soul" | Lukather and Williams | 6:58 | |
| 4. | "King of the World" | Kimball, Lukather, Paich, Steve Porcaro, Phillips, M. Porcaro | Paich, Lukather, and Kimball | 4:04 |
| 5. | "Hooked" | Kimball | 4:36 | |
| 6. | "Simple Life" | Lukather | Lukather | 2:22 |
| 7. | "Taint Your World" | Kimball | 4:01 | |
| 8. | "Let It Go" | Lukather, Paich, Phillinganes, Phillips, Kimball, M. Porcaro | Phillinganes | 5:00 |
| 9. | "Spiritual Man" | Paich | Paich, Kimball, and Phillinganes | 5:22 |
| 10. | "No End in Sight" | Lukather and Kimball | 6:10 | |
| 11. | "The Reeferman" (US, Canadian and Japanese bonus track) | Lukather, M. Porcaro, Paich, Phillips | none | 1:46 |
Personnel
[edit]- Bobby Kimball – lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9,10), backing vocals
- Steve Lukather – guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals (3, 4, 6, 10), piano (6)
- David Paich – keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals (4, 9)
- Greg Phillinganes – keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals (1, 8, 9)
- Mike Porcaro – bass guitar
- Simon Phillips – drums, percussion, drum programming
Additional musicians
[edit]- Lenny Castro – percussion (2, 3, 6, 8–10)
- Steve Porcaro – synthesizers (2, 5, 8, 10), sound design (1, 4, 5, 7, 10)
- Jason Scheff – backing vocals (1, 3, 4)
- L. Shankar – backing vocals (1, 3), violin (1)
- Joseph Williams – lead vocals (3)
- Trevor Lukather – backing vocals (5)
- James Tormé – backing vocals (5)
- Monet – backing vocals (9)
- James Pankow – trombone and horn arrangements (2)
- Ray Herrmann – tenor saxophone (2)
- Lee Thornburg – trumpet (2)
- Tom Scott – tenor saxophone (9)
- Roy Hargrove – trumpet and flugelhorn (11)
Production
[edit]- Toto – producer
- Simon Phillips – head audio engineer[a]
- Stefan Nordin – assistant audio engineer
- Niko Bolas – engineer
- Steve Barri Cohen – engineer
- Mike Ging – engineer
- John Jessel – engineer
- Phil Soussan – engineer
- Steve MacMillan – mixing engineer
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering engineer[b]
- Anita Heilig – project coordinator
- Jim Evans – artwork
- Pamela Springsteen – photography
- The Fitzgerald Hartley Co. – management
References
[edit]- ↑ "Toto99 website". Archived from the original on February 6, 2006. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Steve Lukather's website".
- 1 2 3 4 Falling in Between at AllMusic
- ↑ "Toto - Bottom Of Your Soul". Dutchcharts.nl.
- ↑ "www.toto99.com - Official TOTO Website - Releases". www.toto99.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2006. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ↑ "The making of Falling in Between (Toto)". News & Articles. Archived from the original on April 1, 2023. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
External links
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- ↑ Recorded at Phantom Recordings (Sherman Oaks, California). Additional recording at ATS Studios (Calabasas, California) and Steve Cohen's Studio.
- ↑ Mastering at Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
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