Kingdom Of Desire
Album: Kingdom of Desire
Artist: Toto
1992 Relativity
CD: 88561-1181-2

Band members:
Jeff Porcaro: drums
Steve Lukather: guitar, vocals
David Paich: vocals, keyboards
Mike Porcaro: bass

Steve Porcaro: additional synthesizers
John Jessel: additional synthesizer programming
CJ Vanston: pedal steel synthesizers (8)
Lenny Castro: additional percussion (3, 7)
Jim Keltner: additional percussion (8)
Chris Trujillo: additional percussion (8, 12)
Joseph Porcaro: additional percussion (9, 12)
Gary Herbig: sax (3)
Don Menza: sax (3)
Chuck Findley: trumpet (3)

Background vocals: John Elefante (1); Fred White (2); Alex Brown (2, 11); Philip Ingram (2, 8, 11); Angel Rogers (2); Richard Page (4-6, 10); Steven George (4); Bobby Womack (7); William Sherwood (8); Arnold McCuller (8, 11); Kevin Dorsey (8, 11); Stan Lynch (10); Jenny Douglas-McRae (11); Jackie McGhee (11); Phil Perry (11)

Basic tracks recorded 1991: Feb (3, 4, 6, 9), Apr (7), May (5, 10, 11), Aug (1, 2, 8), Nov (12)
Produced by Toto, Danny Kortchmar (10)
Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
Basic tracks recorded by Greg Ladanyi (1-4, 6-10, 12), Niko Bolas (5, 11)
Additional recording: Gary Myerberg (10)
Engineered by Greg Ladanyi, Niko Bolas, Jess Sutcliffe, John Jessel
Mastered by Bob Ludwig

Art direction: Nancy Donald
Illustration and logo design: Rick Patrick
Photography: Dennis Keeley
 

Tracks:
1. Gypsy Train [Toto] (6:45)
2. Don't Chain My Heart [Toto] (4:46)
3. Never Enough [Toto/F Waybill] (5:45)
4. How Many Times [Toto] (5:42)
5. 2 Hearts [Toto] (5:13)
6. Wings of Time [Toto] (7:27)
7. She Knows the Devil [Toto] (5:25)
8. The Other Side [Paich/Sherwood/R Kaplan] (4:41)
9. Only You [Toto] (4:28)
10. Kick Down the Walls [D Kortchmar/Lynch] (4:55)
11. Kingdom of Desire [Kortchmar] (7:16)
12. Jake to the Bone [Toto] (7:05)
 

Notes: David Paich and Steve Porcaro had helped out on Lodgic's Nomadic Sands album, and it appears that Billy Sherwood returned the favor here. Not too surprisingly, I find Sherwood's track to be the highlight of this album. (Ray Riethmeier)

Jeff Porcaro died in August 1992, aged 38, of a heart attack caused by an allergic reaction to a pesticide he had sprayed in his yard. Kingdom of Desire is dedicated to his memory. (HP, 23 Jul 2005)



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