Bridges is the ninth studio album by Steve Lukather, released by The Players Club (Mascot Label Group) on June 16, 2023. The album features Toto bandmates Joseph Williams and David Paich, as well as noted alumni Simon Phillips, Leland Sklar and Shannon Forrest.
Background The album followed a lawsuit filed by Susan Porcaro-Goings (Jeff Porcaro's widow) against Lukather and David Paich, the sole directors of Toto Corporation, because she had not been paid money she believed was due her late husband's estate. As a result, Toto did not release any new studio material. In an April 2023 interview, Lukather stated "As Toto will never record another studio album, this is as close as we will get" and that he sees it "as a bridge between [his] solo music and Toto Music."
Track listing All tracks feature Joseph Williams; with tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, and 8 featuring David Paich.
Personnel Steve Lukather – guitars (all tracks), bass (tracks 3, 5), piano (track 4), lead vocals (all tracks) Trev Lukather – guitars (track 1), bass (track 1), background vocals (track 1), synths (track 1) Joseph Williams – background vocals (all tracks), synths (tracks 1, 2, 6), keyboards (tracks 3–5, 7, 8), percussion (tracks 3, 4, 7) David Paich – keyboards (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 8) Steve Maggiora – keyboards (track 6), background vocals (track 6) Leland Sklar – bass (tracks 2, 4, 7) Jorgen Carlsson – bass (tracks 6, 8) Simon Phillips – drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7) Shannon Forrest – drums (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8)
Technical Joseph Williams – production (tracks 2-8) Trev Lukather – production (track 1) Steve Lukather – executive producer Ken Freeman – engineering, mixing John Greenham – mastering Doug Brown – album design Shaz Rydstedt – AI arts tech Alessandro Solca – photography Megan Gagnon – packaging
Charts + Chart performance for Bridges Chart (2023) Peakposition Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 27
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