Hydra (Toto album)

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For other uses, see Hydra (disambiguation).
Hydra
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Studio album by Toto
Released October 1979
Recorded January 1979
Genre Progressive rock, hard rock, funk rock, R&B
Length 41:23
Label Columbia
Producer Tom Knox, Reggie Fisher, Toto
Toto chronology
Toto
(1978)Toto1978		 Hydra
(1979)		 Turn Back
(1981)Turn Back1981
Singles from Hydra
  1. "St. George and the Dragon"
    Released: 1979
  2. "99"
    Released: January 1980
  3. "All Us Boys"
    Released: 1980

Hydra is the second studio album by American rock band Toto, released in 1979.[1] It reached #37 on the Billboard Pop Albums.[2] While most of the album's singles failed to make any impact in the charts, "99", a song inspired by the 1971 science fiction movie THX 1138,[3] reached #26 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars [5]

Though a commercial success, Hydra was far less popular than the band's top-selling debut. Allmusic suggested this was due to the band's failure to establish a distinctive, recognizable sound on either Hydra or their debut, which would have allowed listeners to immediately identify Toto's major hits with the band themselves. They also speculated that most listeners were not familiar with the film (namely, THX 1138) on which "99" was based, and thus found the lyrics hopelessly abstruse, preventing the song from becoming as big a hit as it could have been.[5]

Critical response to the album was mixed. Allmusic's retrospective review made little judgment on the quality (noting only as an aside that the songs were "well-played"), instead discussing why it had failed to match the commercial success of their debut.[5]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by David Paich (Copyright Hudmar Publishing), except where noted. 

Side one
No. Title Lead vocals Length
1. "Hydra" (David Hungate, Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather, David Paich, Steve Porcaro, Jeff Porcaro - Copyright Otot Music) Paich 7:31
2. "St. George and the Dragon"   Kimball and Paich 4:45
3. "99"   Lukather 5:16
4. "Lorraine"   Paich 4:46
Side two
No. Title Lead vocals Length
1. "All Us Boys"   Paich 5:03
2. "Mama" (Paich, Kimball - Copyright Hudmar Publishing/Sheetfire Music) Kimball 5:14
3. "White Sister" (Paich, Kimball - Copyright Hudmar Publishing/Sheetfire Music/Porcaro Music) Kimball 5:39
4. "A Secret Love" (Paich, Kimball, S. Porcaro) Kimball 3:07

Personnel

Toto

Additional musicians

Production

  • Produced by Tom Knox, Reggie Fisher and Toto
  • Engineered and Mixed by Tom Knox and Dana Latham
  • Mastered by David Donnelly

Singles

  • "99" / "Hydra"
  • "St George and the Dragon" / "A Secret Love"
  • "All Us Boys" / "Hydra" (released in US)

Charts

External links

References

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  2. ↑ Hydra Billboard chart history, Allmusic.
  3. ↑ Regemann, Petra & McVey, Steve. Toto Band History, www.toto99.com.
  4. ↑ Toto Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Hydra at AllMusic
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  7. ↑ Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 1, 2012
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Preceded by
En dags pause by Jahn Teigen
 Norwegian VG-lista Chart number-one album
49/1979		 Succeeded by
The Wall by Pink Floyd
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