Toto IV
by Toto
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Toto bestography
Toto IV is ranked as the best album by Toto.
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Toto IV track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Toto IV rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 79 Music Albums of the 1980s | 16/79 | 16 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | grammy album winners, my choices | 18/61 | - |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 31 Music Albums of 1982 | 10/31 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 90 Music Albums of 1982 | 56/90 | 2 |
| 2026 | WayneMC | BBC Music Magazine: 1982-The 21 Greatest Albums | 11/21 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 51 Music Albums of 1982 | 18/51 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1982 | 25/100 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Overseas Albums | 79/100 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Grammys: All of the albums of the year | 24/67 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 187 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 756 | |||
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Toto IV ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/30/2026 13:40 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/08/2026 01:37 | coldesouza | 181 | 78/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2026 19:29 |  Musicbuff123 | 403 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.9/100, a mean average of 69.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.8.
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Toto IV forum mentions
neilgee 04/29/2021 16:17 in What album are you listening to right now?
dihansse 09/21/2018 20:32 in My discoveries per yearToto IV comments
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calsper 04/30/2015 11:20 | #140568 | TOP COMMENT
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By any means, no other ensembles in the history of recorded music have individually or collectively had a larger imprint on pop culture than the members of Toto. As individuals, the band members can be heard on an astonishing 5000 albums, which has had a huge impact of the sound of pop and rock music throughout history (Michael Jackson's "Thriller" or Donald Fagen's "The Nightfly") are clear examples hereof.
At the same time being perhaps music history's most despised band, this is a fact that not many are aware of. Toto deserve accolades for having shapes and being defining in the sound of pop music as we know it today.
The band itself are understood the best, and only, as session musicians trying to push the boundaries for perfect musicianship, which these guys perfected better than any other band, being practically machines in terms of their precision and professionalism.
Huge honors from me to Toto!
telefunker 02/15/2010 18:16 | #9220 | TOP COMMENT
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yeah man, it certainly is very unashamed pop! what stands out for me are the arrangements.. i mean, these guys were all bonafide session musicians so i spose it figures.. but all the little keyboard parts, the layers, the harmonies are so perfectly crafted, it really is an education!
timtooky 03/31/2014 21:11 | #108211 | TOP COMMENT
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like foreigner toto tried to produce the perfect aor album. and with toto 4 they were closest to the target. but at last the two killers and 2-3 agreeable tracks are not enough. does anybody listen to this in its entirety? why? better listen 10 times to africa.
telefunker 02/12/2010 05:51 | #9039 | TOP COMMENT
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rosanna is the perfect pop song!
Only Africa and Rosanna :)
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