re: Opinion on TOTO

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It was pretty safe, homogenized soft/mainstream rock in the same tradition as Fleetwood Mac.

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Damning with faint praise, no?

FM put together as great of two back-to-back as has ever been released. (Yeah -- There is a time, mood and place for "edgy", out-of-mainstream stuff -- it doesn't work great at gatherings, and it's an acquired taste.)

Striking that kind of brilliant balance of a Toto, FM, or "Mainstream Rock" was an art onto itself -- composed & performed by the era's master craftsmen (which is why the Classic Rock is what it is -- and the era didn't and couldn't last longer than it did.)