Mindfields is the tenth studio album (though counted as the 11th album overall — see Toto XIV) by the American rock band Toto. It was released in Europe and Japan in March 1999, followed by a US release on 16 November 1999. Mindfields saw the return of vocalist Bobby Kimball, who had departed the band following the 1982 album Toto IV.
The album received mixed reviews from critics. Michael Gallucci of AllMusic wrote: "Overlong, overwrought, and devoid of personality, this incredibly dull world-view update of Toto's crassly professional sound manages to pillage several cultures at once without contributing a single song worth remembering. The playing is tight—as you would expect from a bunch of studio session musicians—but all the skills in the world can't liven these 14 plodding tracks."[2]
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.
2018 All In Remaster
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Title
Writer(s)
Lead Vocals
Length
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"Cruel" (3)
Bobby Kimball, Jed Lieber, Steve Lukather, Simon Phillips
3 Track 1 ("Cruel") and 12 ("After You've Gone") switched places 4 Track 13 ("Better World") was originally named "Better World (Part I, II and III)" 5 Track 14 ("Spanish Steps") was originally named "Spanish Steps of Rome"
