Turn Back es un álbum de Toto, publicado en 1981 por Columbia. El disco incluye 8 canciones, entre ellas «Gift with a Golden Gun», «English Eyes», «Live for Today» y «A Million Miles Away».
Sobre el álbum
Con Turn Back, su tercer álbum, la banda volvió a cambiar de dirección, esta vez moviéndose hacia un sonido de rock de arena (AOR) más directo y guitarrero. Después del complejo rock progresivo de "Hydra", el grupo optó por un enfoque más sencillo y contundente, con un mayor protagonismo de las guitarras de Steve Lukather. El álbum es su trabajo más pesado y rockero de la primera etapa.
El disco está repleto de potentes riffs y estribillos diseñados para sonar en grandes estadios. Por ejemplo, canciones como "Gift with a Golden Gun" y "English Eyes" muestran una energía y una crudeza que no estaban tan presentes en sus trabajos anteriores. Sin embargo, este movimiento hacia el hard rock no se tradujo en un éxito comercial. Fue su álbum menos vendido hasta la fecha.
La banda se encontró en una encrucijada. La discográfica, insatisfecha con los resultados, les dio un ultimátum para su siguiente trabajo. "Turn Back" es un capítulo interesante en la discografía de Toto, un intento de consolidarse como una banda de rock que, aunque no funcionó comercialmente, preparó el terreno para la pieza redonda que estaba por llegar.
Listado de Canciones
- Gift with a Golden Gun4:00
Letra
It's a twelve o'clock depression My mind is in recession And I can't answer you It's the day I can't remember I think it's late September Or is it April blue I can't find peace of mind in a world so unkind It's just a little heartbreaker Just a little heartbreaker, yeah It's a sticky situation When I'm near hallucination And I refuse to bow They used to think me funny When I promised them their money But they're not laughing now I can't find peace of mind Then she calls me just in time She's a gift with a golden gun And she's got them on the run She's a gift with a golden gun 'Cause she knows what they've done [Instrumental break] I can't find peace of mind Then she calls me just in time She's a gift with a golden gun And she's got them on the run She's a gift with a golden gun 'Cause she knows what they've done Just what they've done, done, done, done, done What they've done, done, done, done, done Just what they've done, done, done, done, done... - English Eyes6:04
Letra
What you're sayin' it never really crossed my mind I hear playin' and everybody's keepin' time I'm recallin' that girl I met in London town She was strange, young and tender and narrowed all my choices down We ran away into the night hypnotized You carved your name right next to mine English Eyes I was tryin' to read her lips and knew the time was drawing near I forgot what she said but I remember how she whispered in my ear I can hear laughter coming from the places we once knew There were stories from a stranger out of nowhere but they seemed so true We ran away into the night hypnotized You carved your name right next to mine English Eyes, English Eyes, English Eyes [Instrumental break] English Eyes Red sky warning, girl you really put a spell on me Never told me 'bout the daddy you refused to please You took the bishop when the king was standing right in front of you There's nothing in it if I can't have a girl with eyes like you We ran away into the night hypnotized You carved your name right next to mine English Eyes We ran away into the night hypnotized You carved your name right next to mine English Eyes, English Eyes, English Eyes English Eyes, yeah, English Eyes, English Eyes - Live for Today4:00
Letra
Baby, I'm a liar when I tell you that I just don't care Babe, I've got to have you but you're never ever, ever there Hey, the game is over, give it up right now You're teasin' me, baby, how do you expect me to be without you You let your hair down low You didn't want to know about lovin' me, babe Let's live for today, tomorrow may never come Let's live for today, tomorrow may never come But you just can't tell anymore Baby, you're a teaser but you just don't dare Baby, keep your secrets, this whole thing just ain't fair Tonight is almost over, tomorrow you'll be gone away So please baby, won't you stay You let your hair down low You didn't want to know about lovin' me, babe Let's live for today, tomorrow may never come Let's live for today, tomorrow may never come But you just can't tell anymore [Instrumental break] You let your hair down low You didn't want to know about lovin' me, babe Let's live for today, tomorrow may never come Let's live for today, tomorrow may never come But you just can't tell anymore - A Million Miles Away4:33
Letra
I don't want to know the reason why you don't love me I don't want to know the reason why you don't care I don't want to know the reason why you're leavin' me I'm not the only one that lost my love way down there - way down there I don't want to hear the reason why you don't need me I don't want to hear the reason why you don't stay I don't want to hear the reason why you're seeing him All I know is that I want you back, but you're A million miles away and it's killin' me inside There's a stranger in a carriage and he's takin' her out tonight The devil's ridin' on a full moon and he sends his love When I'm a million miles away [Instrumental break] I don't want to be the reason why you don't love me And I don't want to be the reason why you don't care I don't want to be the reason why you're leavin' me I'm not the only one that lost my love A million miles away and it's killin' me inside There's a stranger in a carriage and he's takin' her out tonight The devil's ridin' on a full moon and he sends his love When I'm a million miles away He sends his love and I'm a hundred million miles away - Goodbye Elenore4:52
Letra
I wanna give her something she'll remember And she say, "No, no, no, no, no" I wanna squeeze her tight and not offend her, yeah She said, "No, no, no, no, no" (And he thought that she was coming back, but she wrote him a letter) Sealed it with a kiss and placed it in front of my door Seems as though you've got your way before You left me standing helpless just when I need more You broke my heart for the last time, you broke my heart for the last time You broke my heart for the last time, goodbye Elenore I tried to tell the boys all about her, yeah And they say, "No, no, no, no, no" They told me she was loose, no doubt about her Well I say, "No, no, no, no, no" (And he thought that she was coming back, but she wrote him a letter) Sealed it with a kiss and placed it in front of my door Seems as though you've got your way before You left me standing helpless just when I need more You broke my heart for the last time, you broke my heart for the last time You broke my heart for the last time, goodbye Elenore [Instrumental break] Seems as though you've got your way before You left me standing helpless just when I need more You broke my heart for the last time, you broke my heart for the last time You broke my heart for the last time, goodbye Elenore You broke my heart for the last time, broke my heart, it's the last time You stole my heart and now you're gone forevermore - I Think I Could Stand You Forever5:19
Letra
Would you say no if I asked you for your hand Could you believe in the same words that I don't understand And would you cry if I told you I must go I've been waiting such a long, long time I think I could stand you forever I've been wanting you a long, long time I think I could stand you forever Would you say no if I asked you for this one chance Am I a fool to believe that this night is circumstance I wish that for once you could see the look in your own eyes I've been waiting such a long, long time I think I could stand you forever I've been wanting you a long, long time I think I could stand you forever [Instrumental break] I've been waiting such a long, long time I think I could stand you forever I've been wanting you a long, long time I think I could stand you forever I think I could stand you forever Think I could stand you, think I could stand you forever, yeah Think I could stand you forever, yeah - I think I could stand you Think I could stand you forever, yeah - forever and ever Think I could stand you forever, yeah Think I could stand you forever and ever and ever - Turn Back3:56
Letra
Only the wind sang the words he could hear Born of the sand washed ashore on a tear Time wrote the lines on his face like a scroll Love is a loss to the man with no soul Run through the darkness he hears Turn back There's no survivors You can't turn back Dreams keep him turning back the years [Instrumental break] Raising his sail cast away on his own Motherless child on a sea all alone Morpheus calls but they won't lay him down Creatures of midnight appear with no sound Run through the darkness he hears Turn back There's no survivors You can't turn back Dreams keep him turning back the years [Instrumental break] Run through the darkness Turn back the years Turn back the years - If It's the Last Night4:31