Ever Changing Times was released on February 22, 2008, is a collection of songs Steve Lukather recorded in 2007 between Toto tours. The album contains contributions from fellow session musicians Bill Champlin, Abe Laboriel Jr, Leland Sklar, Steve Porcaro, and many others. Steve Lukather’s son Trevor contributed as well. Joseph Williams provides backing vocals on five of the tracks. Lukather wrote the songs for the album in a hotel room with his son and a handful of other musicians, using basic equipment. His song-writing philosophy is that if a song sounds good with only guitars and vocals, it will likely sound good after a full production. Lukather collaborated with Grammy Award-winning engineer and producer Steve MacMillan on the project, with the goal of introducing some new methods and techniques into the recording process. Lukather described the final tracks as “perfectly imperfect”, preferring to record with the five-piece backing band in one room and in one take. MacMillan encouraged Lukather to use “organic, vintage tones”. As a result, Lukather eschewed effects and played the guitar parts directly through tube amplifiers manufactured by Marshall, Vox, and some boutique brands. Lukather commented that MacMillan served as a valuable “second set of ears” in the studio, often encouraging him to keep parts that he normally would have discarded. As Toto had recently disbanded when Ever Changing Times was released, Lukather embarked on a solo tour to promote the album. The shows featured a mixture of songs from the album, songs written for other side projects, and “a few Toto obscurities”
Tracks
1 Ever Changing Times (Steve Lukather; Randy Goodrum) 5:29 2 The Letting Go (Steve Lukather; Randy Goodrum) 5:52 3 New World (Steve Lukather; Randy Goodrum; Trevor Lukather) 4:32 4 Tell Me What You Want From Me (Steve Lukather; Phil Soussan; Trevor Lukather) 5:13 5 I Am (Steve Lukather; Randy Goodrum) 3:14 6 Jammin With Jesus (John Sloman) 5:55 7 Stab In The Back (Steve Lukather; Randy Goodrum) 5:59 8 Never Ending Nights (Steve Lukather; Randy Goodrum) 5:35 9 Icebound (Steve Lukather; Randy Goodrum) 4:19 10 How Many Zeros (Steve Lukather; Jeff Babko; Stan Lynch) 4:33 11 The Truth (Steve Lukather) 3:50
Media
Musicians
1 Ever Changing Times
Bass
John Pierce
Drums
Abe Laboriel Jr
Guitar
Steve Lukather
Keyboards
Jeff Babko
Synthesizer
Steve MacMillan
Synthesizer
Randy Goodrum
Synthesizer
Jyro Xhan
Background Vocals
Joseph Williams
Vocals
Steve Lukather
2 The Letting Go
Bass
Leland Sklar
Drums
Abe Laboriel Jr
Guitar
Steve Lukather
Keyboards
Jeff Babko
Synthesizer
Jeff Babko
Synthesizer
Randy Goodrum
Percussion
Lenny Castro
Vocals
Steve Lukather
3 New World
Bass
Leland Sklar
Drums
Abe Laboriel Jr
Guitar
Steve Lukather
Guitar
Trevor Lukather
Keyboards
Jeff Babko
Synthesizer
Steve MacMillan
Background Vocals
Bernard Fowler
Background Vocals
Joseph Williams
Background Vocals
Trevor Lukather
Vocals
Steve Lukather
4 Tell Me What You Want From Me
Bass
Phil Soussan
Drums
Abe Laboriel Jr
Guitar
Steve Lukather
Guitar
Trevor Lukather
Keyboards
Jeff Babko
Synthesizer
Jeff Babko
Background Vocals
Phil Soussan
Vocals
Steve Lukather
5 I Am
Bass
Leland Sklar
Drums
Abe Laboriel Jr
Guitar
Steve Lukather
Keyboards
Jeff Babko
Synthesizer
Steve MacMillan
Synthesizer
Randy Goodrum
Synthesizer
Jeff Babko
Background Vocals
Randy Goodrum
Vocals
Steve Lukather
6 Jammin With Jesus
Bass
Leland Sklar
Drums
Abe Laboriel Jr
Guitar
Steve Lukather
Keyboards
Jeff Babko
Organ
Greg Mathieson
Synthesizer
Jeff Babko
Percussion
Lenny Castro
Background Vocals
Bernard Fowler
Background Vocals
Bill Champlin
Background Vocals
Sharolette Gibson
Background Vocals
Trevor Lukather
Vocals
Steve Lukather
7 Stab In The Back
Bass
Leland Sklar
Drums
Abe Laboriel Jr
Guitar
Steve Lukather
Organ
Greg Mathieson
Fender Rhodes
Jeff Babko
Synthesizer
Steve Weingart
Synthesizer
Jeff Babko
Background Vocals
Tina Lukather
Vocals
Steve Lukather
8 Never Ending Nights
Bass
Leland Sklar
Drums
Abe Laboriel Jr
Guitar
Steve Lukather
Keyboards
Jeff Babko
Synthesizer
Olle Romo
Percussion
Lenny Castro
Background Vocals
Joseph Williams
Vocals
Steve Lukather
9 Icebound
Bass
Leland Sklar
Drums
Abe Laboriel Jr
Guitar
Steve Lukather
Keyboards
Jeff Babko
Synthesizer
Steve Weingart
Synthesizer
Steve MacMillan
Vocals
Steve Lukather
10 How Many Zeros
Bass
Leland Sklar
Drums
Abe Laboriel Jr
Guitar
Steve Lukather
Keyboards
Jeff Babko
Synthesizer
Randy Goodrum
Background Vocals
Bill Champlin
Vocals
Steve Lukather
11 The Truth
Guitar
Steve Lukather
Keyboards
Steve Porcaro
Liner Notes
Producer – Steve Lukather, Steve MacMillan Producer (Executive) – Randy Goodrum Producer (Executive Ride Records) – Yoshuhiro Ricky Miyagi A&R (Ride Records A&R) – Micky Suzuki, Naoki Nomura Coordinator (Album Coordination For Sonny Abelardo) – Amy McGuire Lynch Coordinator (Album Coordination For Steve Lukather) – Rhoda Neil Engineer (Assistant Engineering) – John Silas Cranfield, Ken Eisennagel Mastered By – Stephen Marcussen Mixed By – Steve MacMillan Recorded By – Steve MacMillan
Art Direction (Creative Director) – Ricky Rodriguez Design (Cd) – Satoshi Hasegawa Photography – Maryanne Bilham-Knight, Robert Knight
Pressed By – www.multimediapress.it Licensed To – Frontiers Records Mastered At – Marcussen Mastering Recorded At – Steakhouse Studios Mixed At – MacMan Digital
September 20, 2016 @ 09:15
I just listened to this CD about a week ago. Love it.