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Toto - Tambu Audio CD

A fair review of the Toto "Tambu" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Toto reviews here, or go back to the Toto tabs.

Toto Band: Toto
Title: Tambu
Rating:
Release Date: 2003-12-09
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Gift of Faith 2: I Will Remember 3: Slipped Away 4: If You Belong to Me 5: Baby He's Your Man 6: Other End of Time 7: Turning Point 8: Time Is the Enemy 9: Just Can't Get to You 10: Drag Him to the Roof 11: Dave's Gone Skiing 12: Road Goes On 13: Blackeye [*]

Toto-Rific
It is the first offering with simon phillips on drums (after the loss of jeff porcaro),and with Steve (Luke) Lukather handling most of the lead vocals and adding some great guitar riffs this album offers Toto fans something differant. Although not one of their best selling lp's give this one a chance. The band is starting to move in a differant direction with this recording and the result will surprise most Toto fans. If you don't already have this one give it a try.


The best engineered pop/rock CD ever recorded!
Quite a few of those have had some connection with one of my favorite engineers, Elliot Scheiner (Steely Dan, Sting, The Eagles, R. As a recording engineer with some 33 years experience, I have listened to hundreds of LPs and CDs, always searching for the best examples of our art. E. M. , Dave Grusin, Billy Joel, Bobby McFerrin, Donald Fagin, Eric Clapton, and many others,) who has done a spectacular job on Tambu. As the first CD since Jeff Pocaro's passing, Simon Phillips fills Jeff's shoes with some of the freshest, most creative rock playing in Toto's history and Scheiner's drum sounds are stunning! (The tom sounds on "I Will Remember" alone are worth the price of the whole CD. ) The entire CD is an audio feast. Completed in 1995, before "loudness wars" squashed the dynamics of music with over-compression, this CD sounds wonderful on ear-buds to $100K audiophile systems and everything in between (go buy the best headphones you can afford for the most inexpensive Hi-Fi experience!) And for those who still think Toto is just a "radio" band, check out " Dave's Gone Skiing"--these guys can PLAY! Tambu has been in my top five for many years and I expect it to stay there for many years to come. You owe it to your ears to buy this CD!.


Toto are the masters of perfection
This album has to be one of Toto's best studio recordings along with their latest Falling in Between. Even with the absence of Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather's vocal's are brilliant. Toto's blueprint for musical perfection as a progressive rock band is hard to beat. The band just keep getting better & better.


Almost Vintage Toto
The first track, Gift of Faith, is awesome. I had read that this was an excellent album from Toto, even described by Kerry Livgren (Kansas), as one of his favorites. The next five songs are a little to soft for me but all are good songs. Then things heat back up with Turning Point and remain strong till the end with the stirring, The Road Goes On. There is also an awesome instrumental, Daves Gone Skiing. The production is maybe the best I've ever heard. Really stunning to the ears. This album is not quite as hard rocking as early Toto, but I guess you soften with age. Overall, I would recomend this as a must have for Toto fans and for those who appreciate highly talented musicians and excellent music.


One of the bettter Toto Albums
"Slipped Away" is my favorite, and "Dave's gone skiing" is an instrumental that is (if this is possible) actually kind of funny (there's a second syncopation thing that has an unexpected twist, particularly if you're a musician and have played this genre). There are some great moments on this one. I don't know why Toto gets slammed by critics for being technically proficient. I'm going to argue if you're interested in MUSIC in the rock genre, you're going to have to look hard before you find a band better than Toto. If memory serves, this is Simon Phillip's Toto studio album debut, and he plays great. .


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