My bet is that Toto bought the blow. Which explains everything from the
"disjointedness" of the record to the sounds. The first time I heard WTRF Lukathers
guitar parts just jumped out at me because his style is so (a) distinctive and (b)
limited. But also how unrelated in style his tracks sound vis a vis the songs. That
was my initial impression. I chalked this album and its sound to people whose minds
were numbed from worshiping at the Incan altar of Joy. When I was producing records I
would meet other producers and players who were totally fried freaks and they would
play me their songs recently produced and I had a standard line "Hey sounds great, I
guess you guys liked the tunes so much you started celebrating just before you started
recording the basic tracks". What was really funny was very often they would agree
with me. marcel. desperately trying to not insult any Incas.
