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Toto's third album, Turn Back, was a bit of a disappointment. The group's ability to turn out highly competent studio rock was not translating into an individual sound, and since Turn Back had few memorable songs on it, one was left with little but those famous chops that Toto possessed in abundance. ~ William Ruhlmann
Toto went from disappointment to disaster with its third album, the generic Turn Back. The group's ability to turn out highly competent studio rock was not translating into an individual sound, and since Turn Back had no memorable songs on it, one was left with nothing more than those famous chops that Toto possessed in abundance. The group would rally from this retreat, but for the moment a better title would have been Fall Back, as in, the bandmembers always had their studio jobs to fall back on. ~ William Ruhlmann Turn Back Music | List Price | $6.99 (You save $1.04) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs | | Label | Columbia | | Orig Year | 1981 | | All Time Sales Rank |  62221  | | CD Universe Part number | 7611059 | | Catalog number | 724947 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Mar 01, 2008 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Recording Time | 37 minutes |
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I REMEMBER MILES won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance.
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Principally recorded at Sunset Sound and Record One, Los Angeles, California.
Ultradiscs are mastered from the original master tapes using Mobile Fidelity's proprietary mastering technique, then plated with 24 karat gold and housed in a stress-resistant lift-lock jewel box.
This is a multichannel Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players.
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