Artist: TOTO
Album: THE SEVENTH ONE (CD)

Release date: 1988
EAN/UPS: 5099746064525
Media type: CD

At the close of the Isolation tour, Fergie Frederiksen left the band due to being very nervous in the studio and having a hard time singing. Fergie was replaced by Joseph Williams, son of famous film composer John Williams. Williams wrote and recorded Fahrenheit, released in October 1986. Fahrenheit was a much softer release for Toto. It featured the hit "I'll Be Over You". It also featured an instrumental piece performed with Miles Davis, and a then-unknown Paula Abdul appeared as a dancer in the "Till the End" music video. In addition, one of the singers heard in the song "I'll Be Over You" is Michael McDonald. The album had poor sales and failed to go gold. After its release, the band embarked on another world tour. After the tour ended in 1987, Steve Porcaro left the band to pursue a career in film and television scoring and to make his own music.

Steve Porcaro was never replaced and Toto now consisted of five members, with David Paich doing all of the keyboard work. In 1988, they released their next album The Seventh One. It featured two main singles; "Pamela", and "Stop Loving You", and arguably became the band's most popular release since Toto IV. "Stop Loving You" featured Jon Anderson of Yes as one of the singers. According to David Paich in an interview in August 2006, the record had strong sales and was supposed to be their comeback record, but their record label got a new president and all promotion was cut very suddenly. Even still, the tour for The Seventh One was successful and included many international concerts.

TRACKLIST:

"Pamela" (David Paich, Joseph Williams)
"You Got Me" (David Paich, Joseph Williams)
"Anna" (Steve Lukather, Randy Goodrum)
"Stop Loving You" (Steve Lukather, David Paich)
"Mushanga" (David Paich, Jeff Porcaro)
"Stay Away" (David Paich, Steve Lukather)
"Straight for the Heart" (David Paich, Joseph Williams)
"Only the Children" (David Paich, Steve Lukather, Joseph Williams)
"A Thousand Years" (Joseph Williams, Mark T. Williams, David Paich)
"These Chains" (Steve Lukather, Randy Goodrum)
"Home of the Brave" (D. Paich, S. Lukather, J. Webb & J. Williams)