''Old Is New'' is the fourteenth and final studio album by American band Toto (though counted as the 15th album overall with '' Toto XX'' being canonized as a studio album rather than as a compilation album). It was released as part of the band's ''All In'' box set on November 30, 2018, and separately on April 3, 2020. The tracks "Devil's Tower", "Spanish Sea" and "Oh Why" feature deceased band members and brothers

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(who died in 1992) and Mike Porcaro (who died in 2015).

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Lukather, David Paich, Steve Porcaro and Joseph Williams, except where noted. * "Alone", "Spanish Sea" and "Struck by Lightning" were previously released on the greatest hits album '' 40 Trips Around the Sun'' (2018).

Personnel

All credits sourced from liner notes: Toto * Steve Lukather –

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* David Paich – piano , keyboards , additional keyboards ,

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s , lead vocals , backing vocals * Steve Porcaro – synthesizers ,

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, keyboards , piano , synth bass , lead vocals , backing vocals * Joseph Williams – lead vocals , backing vocals , keyboards , additional keyboards , piano , synth bass , arrangement *

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–

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* Mike Porcaro – bass guitar *

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– bass guitar Additional musicians * Lenny Castro – percussion *

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– drums * Shannon Forrest – drums * Martin Tillman –

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*Mark T. Williams – backing vocals * Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals *Pat Knox, Lorraine Paich, Weston Wilson – backing vocals (lightning chant) * What So Not *James Rushent, Surahn Sidhu, Trevor Lukather – additional instrumentation Technical personnel: *Toto (Steve Lukather, David Paich, Steve Porcaro, Joseph Williams) – production *Joseph Williams – supervising producer, audio editing * Greg Ladanyi, Niko Bolas, Al Schmitt, David Leonard, Tom Knox, Shep Lonsdale, Peggy McCreary – recording engineers 1970's 1980's *Joseph Williams, Steve Porcaro, Niko Bolas, Shannon Forrest – recording engineers 2016–2017 *Damien Weatherley, James Rushent – additional engineering * George Maple – additional contribution *Pat Knox, Weston Wilson – assistant editors & engineers *Mike Ging – Pro Tools transfers * Bob Clearmountain – mixing *Cassian, What So Not – mixing *Sergio Ruelas – digital audio editor, mix assistant *

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– mastering *Dale Becker – mastering

Charts

References

External links

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