Falling in Between


Falling in Between is the twelfth studio album 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. 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

's review of the album was mixed, 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".

Track listing

Personnel

  • Bobby Kimball – lead and backing vocals
  • Steve Lukather – guitars, lead and backing vocals, piano on "Simple Life"
  • Mike Porcaro – bass guitar
  • David Paich – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
  • Greg Phillinganes – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
  • Simon Phillips – drums, percussion, drum programming

    Additional musicians

  • Joseph Williams – co-lead and background vocals on "Bottom of Your Soul"
  • Steve Porcaro – synthesizers on "Dying on My Feet", "Hooked", "Let it Go", and "No End in Sight"; sound design on "Falling in Between", "King of the World", "Hooked", "Taint Your World", and "No End in Sight"
  • Ian Anderson – flute on "Hooked"
  • L. Shankar – violin on "Falling in Between", backing vocals on "Falling in Between" and "Bottom of Your Soul"
  • James Pankow – trombone and horn arrangement on "Dying on My Feet"
  • Ray Herrmann – tenor saxophone on "Dying on My Feet"
  • Lee Thornburg – trumpet on "Dying on My Feet"
  • Tom Scott – tenor saxophone on "Spiritual Man"
  • Roy Hargrove – trumpet and flugelhorn on "The Reeferman"
  • Jason Scheff – backing vocals on "Falling in Between", "Bottom of Your Soul", and "King of the World"
  • Trevor Lukather – backing vocal on "Hooked"
  • James Tormé – backing vocal on "Hooked"
  • Monet – backing vocal on "Spiritual Man"
  • Lenny Castro – percussion on "Dying on My Feet", "Bottom of Your Soul", "Simple Life", "Let It Go", "Spiritual Man" and "No End in Sight"

    Production

  • Produced by Toto
  • Mixed by Steve McMillan
  • Engineered by Simon Phillips
  • Assistant Engineer: Stefan Nordin
  • Additional engineering by Niko Bolas, Steve Barri Cohen, Mike Ging, John Jessel and Phil Soussan.
  • Recorded at Phantom Recordings.
  • Additional recording at ATS Studios and Steve Cohen's Studio.
  • Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering.
  • Project Coordinator: Anita Heilig
  • Artwork: Jim Evans
  • Photography: Pamela Springsteen
  • Management: The Fitzgerald Hartley Co.