Toto XX
| Toto XX: 1977–1997 | ||||
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| Released | May 25, 1998 (EU & JP) June 1, 1998 (UK) December 8, 1998 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 1977–1998 | |||
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 69:15 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Toto | |||
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Toto XX: 1977–1997 is a compilation album by Toto to celebrate their 20th anniversary. The album features rare, previously unreleased recordings and live tracks from the band's 20-year career. These recordings include songs that were started throughout the band's career, but never completed. They are not the original recordings, as the band added guitar parts, vocals, etc. before releasing them on the album. Despite its being labeled as a compilation album, Steve Lukather in 2014 defined the album as the tenth studio album overall (see Toto XIV), as most of these recordings had never been released.
The first single released, "Goin' Home" was originally recorded during Bobby Kimball's brief first reunion with the band in 1989, prior to the record company's decision to replace him with new lead singer Jean-Michel Byron. The song had later been recorded by the band's then former singer Joseph Williams and released on his 1997 album 3. The song "In a Word" had only been released as the B-side of Fahrenheit's lead single, "I'll Be Over You" in 1986.