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Now that I have completed my series of ranking and rating every song off of every Toto studio album I decided to do something bigger.

This is kind of the result of all my reviews. I ranked every song from every studio album and included a few songs from Past To Present, XX and Old Is New.

I'm not going to do any more in depth analysis of any song since I have done that already in my previous rankings. I'll just rank the songs and rate them out of 10.

Looking at how many Toto songs I absolutely love and how many I find to be perfect masterpieces this was one of the most difficult lists I've ever created. I tried it anyways tho hahaha.

Keep in mind: This is my opinion. It's my list and it's my personal preference. In many of my reviews I've received some really rude comments regarding my rankings. Just because we don't shate evey opinion and music taste doesn't mean we're enemies. Let me know in the comments what ranking you totally understand and which one you find completely wrong. But please stay respectful:

1. Hold the Line - 100/10

2. Girl Goodbye - 20/10

3. Mushanga - 20/10

4. Rosanna - 20/10

5. Africa - 11/10

6. Stop Loving You - 11/10

7. Georgy Porgy - 11/10

8. Goin' Home - 11/10

9. Drag Him To The Roof - 11/10

10. I'll Supply The Love - 11/10

11. St. George And The Dragon - 11/10

12. Pamela - 11/10

13. Mad About You - 11/10

14. Endless - 10/10

15. Mama - 10/10

16. Waiting for Your Love - 10/10

17. Straight for the Heart - 10/10

18. Goodbye Elenore - 10/10

19. Fahrenheit - 10/10

20. Isolation - 10/10

21. Out Of Love - 10/10

22. Mindfields - 10/10

23. Can't Stand It Any Longer - 10/10

24. Alone - 10/10

25. I Won't Hold You Back - 10/10

26. Gift with a Golden Gun - 10/10

27. You Are the Flower - 10/10

28. Carmen - 10/10

29. Home of the Brave - 10/10

30. Selfish - 10/10

31. Never Enough - 10/10

32. Last Night - 10/10

33. Cruel - 10/10

34. Could This Be Love - 10/10

35. White Sister - 10/10

36. Angel Don't Cry - 10/10

37. Caught In The Balance - 10/10

38. The Turning Point - 10/10

39. She Knows The Devil - 10/10

40. Orphan - 10/10

41. Without Your Love - 9.75/10

42. Dying On My Feet - 9.75/10

43. Kingdom Of Desire - 9.5/10

44. Make Believe - 9/10

45. Only the Children - 9/10

46. Somewhere Tonight - 9/10

47. Mr. Friendly - 9/10

48. Don't Chain My Heart - 9/10

49. Rockmaker - 9/10

50. Hydra - 9/10

51. One Road - 9/10

52. Lion - 8.5/10

53. Slipped Away - 8.5/10

54. Chelsea - 8.5/10

55. Till The End - 8.5/10

56. If You Belong To Me - 8.5/10

57. King Of The World - 8.5/10

58. These Chains - 8/10

59. 21st Century Blues - 8/10

60. Melanie - 8/10

61. Taint Your World - 8/10

62. Holyanna - 8/10

63. Lovers in the Night - 8/10

64. I'll Be Over You - 8/10

65. English Eyes - 8/10

66. How Many Times - 8/10

67. Change of Heart - 7.5/10

68. Manuela Run - 7.5/10

69. 99 - 7.5/10

70. You Got Me - 7.5/10

71. Kick Down the Walls - 7.5/10

72. Time Is The Enemy - 7.5/10

73. Stranger In Town - 7.5/10

74. I Will Remember - 7.5/10

75. Holy War - 7.5/10

76. In A Word - 7.5/10

77. We Made It - 7.25/10

78. Gypsy Train - 7.25/10

79. We Can Make It Tonight - 7.25/10

80. Bottom Of Your Soul - 7.25/10

81. Gift Of Faith - 7.25/10

82. The Other Side - 7.25/10

83. Mysterious Ways - 7.25/10

84. Afraid Of Love - 7.25/10

85. A Thousand Years - 7.25/10

86. Running Out Of Time - 7.25/10

87. Takin' It Back - 7/10

88. Baby He's Your Man - 7/10

89. Stay Away - 7/10

90. Spanish Sea - 7/10

91. No Love - 7/10

92. Love Has The Power - 6.75/10

93. Good For You - 6.75/10

94. The Road Goes On - 6.75/10

95. Tale Of A Man - 6.75/10

96. Lea - 6.75/10

97. Only You - 6.75/10

98. Burn - 6.75/10

99. How Does It Feel - 6.75/10

100. After You've Gone - 6.75/10

101. Great Expectations - 6.5/10

102. Wings Of Time - 6.5/10

103. I Think I Could Stand You Forever - 6.5/10

104. Just Can't Get To You - 6.5/10

105. Falling In Between - 6.5/10

106. It's a Feeling - 6/10

107. Struck By Lightning - 6/10

108. The Other End Of Time - 6/10

109. 2 Hearts - 6/10

110. If It's the Last Night - 6/10

111. No End In Sight - 6/10

112. Lorraine - 6/10

113. Anna - 6/10

114. Child's Anthem - 6/10

115. All The Tears That Shine - 6/10

116. Million Miles Away - 6/10

117. Last Love - 5.5/10

118. Animal - 5.5/10

119. High Price Of Hate - 5/10

120. All Us Boys - 5/10

121. Fearful Heart - 5/10

122. Angela - 5/10

123. Hooked - 5/10

124. Blackeye - 5/10

125. Better World - 5/10

126. Unknown Soldier (For Jeffrey) - 5/10

127. Turn Back - 4.75/10

128. Dave's Gone Skiing - 4.5/10

129. Let It Go - 4.5/10

130. Chinatown - 4.5/10

131. Jake To The Bone - 4/10

132. Spiritual Man

133. Don't Stop Me Know - 4/10

134. A Secret Love - 4/10

135. Fortune - 3.5/10

136. Live For Today - 3/10

137. The Little Things - 3/10

138. Simple Life - 2/10

139. Spanish Steps - 2/10

Hello guys, sorry for not posting anything yesterday. Today I will rank and rate the last real studio album from Toto - XIV.

A few months ago I posted my favourite song on each album and many people were asking why I didn't include XIV. Since I really didn't know any songs off of this album except for Orphan and it was taken off Spotify I couldn't give an actual opinion on that record.

Now I have listened to the entire album and saved some songs to my playlist via mp3 download. And I gotta say it's better than I first thought it would be. It's definetely a bit weirdly produced, some vocal effects are unnessecary and I don't think they reach the heights of their career with any of the songs on here. Still better than Turn Back and Falling In Between tho imo.

Like I said this will be the last album rating of this little project. But I will do some other projects regarding Toto where the community of this sub can do some votings. But now let's rank and rate the songs on TOTO XIV:

11. The Little Things: I've never been the biggest fan of Steve Porcaro's vocals and whenever he takes lead it's usually one of the weaker tracks on the album. This song doesn't resonate with me at all and I forgot about it as soon as it was over. - 3/10

12. Fortune: One of those songs where Williams' vocals have that weird effect. Sounds totally out of place and the track doesn't really have a hook imo. - 3.5/10

13. Chinatown: Not nessecarily bad but a little annoying imo. The overall groove is kind of fun and I like the fact we get all three (Williams, Paich and Lukather) on the mic but it's just not very memorable to me. I tried liking it but after multiple listens it still didn't click with me. - 4.5/10

14. Unknown Soldier (For Jeffrey): Don't get me wrong, I do like the message of this song and Luke really sound heartwarming on here. I do think Lukather is the only member of the band that almost sounds like back in his prime, his voice aged like fine wine. But overall this song didn't go in any particularly interesting direction imo. - 5/10

15. All The Tears That Shine: Like with Porcaro I don't really like Paich as the lead vocalist but this song has a nice charm to it. Not the craziest thing in the world but a sweet melody in the chorus and some nice keys. - 6/10

16. Great Expectations: This is probably a hot take but the song isn't as catchy as I'd want it to be. I love that little guitar melody and Williams sounds amazing on this one. The instrumental section at the end is incredible as well. But overall the song gets outshined by the Top 5 of this album. - 6.5/10

17. Burn: Beautiful keyboard melody and an awesome chorus. But the song is a little too slow and and can get a bit boring in the verses. - 6.75/10

18. Running Out Of Time: Now we're getting to the actual good songs on here. Super groovy and instantly recognizable main riff and a fantastic guitar work from Lukather as always. It's simply not as catchy both in the verses as well as in the chorus as the Top 3 is. - 7.25/10

19. Holy War: Classic Toto with more modern production. Really catchy, very melodic and huge replay value imo. - 8 7.5/10

20. 21st Century Blues: I don't know if I'm in the minority on this one but I absolutely LOVE THIS. Very clever lyrics, amazing riffs and one of the best hooks in their catalog even tho it's not really the most serious one lol. - 8/10

21. Orphan: As the only song I knew from this album before doing my deep dive this has some kind of nostalgic feeling to it. But even without that it's an absolute masterpiece of a song. Williams delivers one of his best performances ever and the chorus might be Top 10 Toto choruses ever. That bridge melody is beautiful and the guitar parts are so well done. Of course the lyrics are heartwrenching as well. - 10/10

Overall Album Rating: 7/10

What do you guys think about this record? How would you rate and rank the songs on XIV? Let me know in the comments!