Tambu es un álbum de Toto, publicado en 1995 por Columbia. El disco incluye 13 canciones, entre ellas «Gift of Faith», «I Will Remember», «Slipped Away» y «If You Belong to Me».
Sobre el álbum
La discografía de Toto continuó su andadura con "Tambu", el primer álbum con el batería Simon Phillips, quien tenía la monumental tarea de sustituir a Jeff Porcaro. Con este disco, la banda suavizó el sonido hard rock de su trabajo anterior y regresó a un estilo más ecléctico. Por esta razón, "Tambu" mezcla baladas emotivas, rock melódico y toques de world music.
El álbum está dominado por un tono reflexivo y a menudo melancólico, probablemente influenciado por la pérdida de su compañero. La balada "I Will Remember" es un tributo directo a Jeff Porcaro y una de las canciones más emotivas de su carrera. El disco explora nuevos territorios sonoros, como en la canción "The Turning Point", que incorpora influencias africanas.
Pese a no obtener un gran éxito comercial en Estados Unidos, el álbum fue bien recibido en Europa y Japón. "Tambu" es un trabajo de transición y sanación, el sonido de una banda aprendiendo a seguir adelante. La capacidad de Toto para sobreponerse a la adversidad queda, una vez más, demostrada.
Listado de Canciones
- Gift of Faith7:23
Letra
All this pain surrounding me Hopelessness is all that I see now Does it have to be this way Brought up on hypocrisy The seeds they sow don't last forever They just fade away Don't be confused by the lies Of the fools and deceivers Hope and believe in the things That we need to survive We can make it if we'd only take the gift of faith We can change it if we'd just accept the gift of faith Take away my dignity Take away my hope and my freedom You got a world full of rage Don't cover me with apathy Don't buy and sell what I believe in Don't lock me in a cage In a world where no one's alone Trust should come easily Just reach out your hand And I'll give you mine We can make it if we'd only take the gift of faith We can chage it if we'd just accept the gift of faith Don't be confused be the lies Of the fools and deceivers Hope and believe in the things That we need to survive We can make if if we'd only take the gift of faith We can change it if we'd just accept the gift of faith We can make if if we'd only take the gift of faith It's yours to choose but only fools refuse the gift of faith - I Will Remember6:06
Letra
I was born in the land of the sun And the tall green grass And I don't understand How all this has come to pass How we've come to surround ourselves In a sea of thieves In a land without learning Only the fools believe I went driving last night On a dark canyon road Had the sky to myself But I wasn't alone Had the pain of my lifetime For my company How did it end up like this For you and me When love breaks the promise The heart has to keep It leaves only truth here to find When the spirit is crushed And the hurt is so deep Between you and I Even when love has come and gone And our hearts have moved along I will remember There was a time we had the trust And that always was enough I will remember I will remember you As I open my eyes to one more day The wind burns my face As it whispers your name As it's pulling me forward It tears me free And the only thing left Is the tears for you and me 'Cause when love breaks the promise The heart has to keep It leaves only truth here to find When the spirit is crushed And hurt is so deep Between you and I Even when love has come and gone And our hearts have moved along I will remember There was a time we had the trust And that always was enough I will remember Even when love has come and gone And our hearts have moved along I will remember There was a time we had the trust And that always was enough I will remember I will remember you - Slipped Away5:16
Letra
You're a soul with no religion There's ice in your embrace In your dance of indecision I see the anger in your face A little drink to help my vision A little something for the pain There's no drug for my condition There's no sweetness in the taste Tell me where the ride's gonna lead you Do I have to pay to be your friend? There's nothing left to say When you slipped away I can see you fading fast I won't let you take me When you slipped away I can see your burning stare Nothing's gonna shake me As you slip away You're a world of blind ambition Staring through the looking glass You will meet your own collision When your conscience comes to ask Steal the love from those around you Help yourself to everything Take the shelter that surrounds you It leaves you standing in the rain Tell me if the money can heal you Do I have to pray to make it end? There's nothing left to say When you slipped away I can see you fading fast I won't let you take me When you slipped away I can see your burning stare Nothing's gonna shake me As you slip away [Instrumental brake] When you slipped away I can see your burning stare Nothing's gonna shake me As you slip away I can see you fading fast I won't let you take me I can see your burning stare Nothing's gonna shake me As you slip away - If You Belong to Me5:03
Letra
I left you crying on that angry morning You know I lied I'll always run from anything that loves me To my safe side My world circles 'round a different sun That's all burned away I know that you're the only one Now I'm walking down some distant street And I know your touch is out of reach Girl you belong to me I know And it was wrong for me to ever let you go Girl you belong to me I know Everybody has a lonely moment They can't explain And everybody wants to feed their hunger Without the pain There's no shadows in my hiding place I'm so locked away Now I wish that I could see your face I know I hurt you when you say we're through I never really will get over you 'cause Girl you belong to me I know And it was wrong for me to ever let you go Girl you belong to me I know [Instrumental brake] Girl you belong to me I know And it was wrong for me to ever let you go [Repeat with fade] - Baby He's Your Man5:40
- The Other End of Time5:04
Letra
Sometimes it hurts clear to the core When we lose all we've cared for The hunger and thirst For love that endures Is never ending What will I do with my life? Try to share it with somebody new? And how can I learn to disguise That I'm lost without you All I have left is a heart full of mirrors A heart full of voices reminding me that it's over Girl it's over I'll hear it echo deep inside 'Til the other end of time The other end of time Left over dreams fade in my mind And I'm counting on this love to die 'Cause all that I need Is to give my whole life A new beginning But something is holding me down Like I'm under a mountain of stone And all I can hear is the sound Of my own heart breaking 'Cause all I have left is a heart full of mirrors A heart full of voices reminding me that it's over Girl it's over I'll hear it echo deep inside 'Til the other end of time Until the end of time [Instrumental brake] 'Cause all I have left is a heart of mirrors A heart full of voices reminding me that it's over Girl it's over I'll hear it echo deep inside All I have left is a heart full of mirrors A heart full of voices reminding me that it's over Girl it's over I'll hear it echo deep inside 'Til the other end of time 'Til the other end of time Until the end of time Oh baby Until the end of time Until the end of time - The Turning Point5:25
Letra
I went down to the highway That runs between love and pride And I tried to get sideways Across the great divide But my mind's eye's on the key ring Crying in misery 'Cause it won't spend one more evening Staring back to me It may be by choice Or a small inner voice I can't say When you add up the cost We all have a cross How do you write off the loss? Where do I go from here? How do I find my way? When is it loud and clear? That there's no turning back No looking back Where do I go from here? Nobody gets away It's a new kind of fix For the poor and the rich You never know what's coming next At the turning point The rules are unwritten And nobody knows the deal Where have I been driven Are demons behind the wheel? Yeah, I know my days are numbered We're only flesh and bone And I've been left to wonder How it went so wrong Is it all tailor made? Can the sinner be saved? I can't say So don't hang your hat On the knife im my back 'Cause nobody treats me like that Where do I go from here? How do I find my way? When is it loud and clear? That there's no turning back No looking back Where do I go from here? Nobody gets away It's a new kind of fix For the poor and the rich You never know what's coming next At the turning point [Instrumental brake] Where do I go from here? How do I find my way? When is it loud and clear? That there's no turning back No looking back Where do I go from here? Nobody gets away When is it loud and clear? That there's no turning back No looking back Where do I go from here? Nobody gets away It's a new kind of fix For the poor and the rich You never know what's coming next At the turning point - Time Is the Enemy5:40
Letra
Those days we gave our all Unaffected I bravely faced the fall No reflection Freak armies of the night Misdirected I fought the useless fight Unprotected Don't cry for me Time is the enemy Soon I'll be free I surrender Sweet moon, she marks the year Unreflected How sad she has no tears So neglected Don't cry for me Time is the enemy Soon I'll be free I surrender - Just Can't Get to You6:10
- Drag Him to the Roof5:03
Letra
They keep looking through the window A cathode glaze across their eyes Now that I've been betrayed I must be well behaved I'll drink corruption with their lies Why was I hiding out? What am I running from? Why are they waiting? Have I always been the choosen one? Drag him to the roof Just push me over I've got no better place to be Drag him to the roof Let's get it over It's a perfect day to punish me I wish that lady would defend me I can't abide by all the laws I'll buy the magistrate Can't be a second late I anxiously await his call Who made this jigsaw puzzle? Who'll put the pieces back? Who'll come and get me When I have fallen through the cracks? Drag him to the roof Just push me over I've got no better place to be Drag him to the roof Let's get it over It's not a pretty thing to see Drag him to the roof Just push me over I've got no better place to be Drag him to the roof Let's get it over It's a perfect day to punish me [Instrumental brake] Who made this jigsaw puzzle? Who'll put the pieces back? Who'll come and get me When I have fallen through the cracks? Drag him to the roof Just push me over I've got no better place to be Drag him to the roof Let's get it over It's not a pretty thing to see Drag him to the roof Just push me over I've got no better place to be Drag him to the roof Let's get it over It's not a pretty thing to see Drag him to the roof Drag him to the roof Let's get it over It's a perfect day to punish me - Dave's Gone Skiing4:59
- The Road Goes On4:26
Letra
Not by way of an apology For the things that I have done Do I set my boat upon the sea So like thunder I am breaking free In the landscape of the heart It's hard to tell what's really taken me Now I see it all through different eyes This emotion can't be wrong Past the mountains under empy skies And the road goes on and on... I've been living through this poetry Tangled words and worn out prose Love is needing, love is bleeding me Now I see it all through different eyes This emotion can't be wrong Past the mountains under empty skies And the road goes on... [Instrumental brake] Now I see it all through different eyes This emotion can't be wrong Past the mountains under empty skies And the road goes on... Now I see it all through different eyes Where I'm going, where I've gone All I know - I'm still surprised That the road goes on and - Blackeye3:52
Letra
Hey come old Blackeye He's looking for me again He's got a hard head He's always stinkin' of gin If he thinks he owns me He better think again He likes to hurt me He don't love me at all He never phones me He's never there when I call He's a low down dirty dog It's time I leave him that's all Bye bye Blackeye He's a low down dirty dog I don't need him at all (Hey watch what I'm saying man!?) Hey where you goin' Blackeye ? When will you win? You still got your shoulder holster You still packin' yo' little friend Well one thing's for certain You're never gonna wipe that smile off my face again Oh yeah