Turn Back (album)

Turn Back
Studio album by Toto
Released	January 1981
Recorded	March–November 1980, Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Arena rock, hard rock, soft rock
Length	37:43
Label	Columbia
Producer	Toto & Geoff Workman
Toto chronology
Hydra (1979) Turn Back (1981) Toto IV (1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Turn Back is the third studio album by the American rock group Toto. Although it achieved the band's first top-ten hit and steady sales in Japan, the album was a commercial disappointment elsewhere, failing to produce any charting singles and selling approximately 900,000 copies worldwide.^[2]

The group nearly lost their recording contract with Columbia Records but rebounded with 1982's Toto IV.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Gift with a Golden Gun"	David Paich, Bobby Kimball	Kimball	4:00
2.	"English Eyes"	Paich, Kimball, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Porcaro	Kimball	6:11
3.	"Live for Today"	Steve Lukather	Lukather	4:00
4.	"A Million Miles Away"	Paich	Kimball	4:26

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Goodbye Elenore"	Paich	Kimball and Lukather	4:52
2.	"I Think I Could Stand You Forever"	Paich	Lukather and Kimball	5:25
3.	"Turn Back"	Kimball, Lukather	Kimball	3:58
4.	"If It's the Last Night"	Paich	Lukather	4:28

Personnel

• David Hungate: bass, acoustic guitar on "I Think I Could Stand You Forever"
• Bobby Kimball: lead and backing vocals
• Steve Lukather: guitars, lead and backing vocals
• David Paich: keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals
• Jeff Porcaro: drums, percussion
• Steve Porcaro: keyboards, electronics

Additional personnel

• Joe Porcaro: additional percussion on "If It's the Last Night"

Production

• Producers: Toto and Geoff Workman
• Engineer and Mix: Geoff Workman
• Recordist: John Weaver
• Live Mix: Leo Bonamy
• Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
• Technicians: Ralph Dyck, Roger Linn, Guy Moore (drums), Bruce Heigh (guitars), Paul Jamieson (keyboards) and Shep Lonsdale (production/stage mix).
• Crew: Chris Littleton
• Photography: Sam Emerson and John Cosgrove
• Management: Dick Gall

Singles

• "Goodbye Elenore" / "Turn Back"
• "If It's the Last Night" / "Turn Back" (US / Europe)
• "Live for today" / "A Million miles away" (released in Japan)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1981) Position Australian Kent Music Report[3] 89 Canadian RPM Albums Chart[4] 29 Japanese Oricon LPs Chart[5] 3 Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[6] 4 Swedish Albums Chart[7] 16 U.S. Billboard 200 [8] 41 West German Media Control Albums Chart[9] 39

Sales Region Sales Japan (Oricon)[5] 173,000

References

1. Allmusic review
2. • Sarasota Herald-Tribune - 11 Jul 1982
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
4. "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 34, No. 17" (PHP). RPM. April 4, 1981. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
5. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
6. "norwegiancharts.com Toto – Turn Back" (ASP). Hung Medien. VG-lista. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
7. "swedishcharts.com Toto – Turn Back" (ASP) (in Swedish). Retrieved August 1, 2012.
8. "allmusic ((( Turn Back > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
9. "Album Search: Toto – Turn Back" (in German). Media Control. Retrieved August 1, 2012.