TAMBU
When Toto was in the middle of recording the album which would later be named "Tambu", Steve Lukather asked listeners of the
Dutch radio show "Countdown Cafe"
for suggestions on a title. Toto themselves had some ideas too:
"The Donkey's knob", "Old enough to count, old
enough to mount" and => "Dave's gone skiing". The
latter one was used as the title for the instrumental piece on
"Tambu", sometimes called "Jake to the bone II" by fans.
The word Tambu is the name for an ancient South-American dance,
which is pictured on the sleeve of the album.
While Toto was in the studio going over possible album titles, David Paich came across the word in a book of 1940s style art. He fell in love with it, basically, and all the other titles were abandoned. (Toto Legend, Deceember 1995).
The sleeve (designed by => Dan Brereton) shows an American pulp novel from the fifties with the title "Tambu: they ignited the passion of a lost generation".
"Tambu" (1995)
Produced by Elliot Scheiner & Toto
1. Gift of faith
2. I will remember
3. Slipped away
4. If you belong to me
5. Baby he's your man
6. The other end of time
7. The turning point
8. Time is the enemy
9. => Drag him to the roof
10. Just can't get to you
11. Dave's gone skiing
12. The road goes on
13. Blackeye (bonus track on Japanese / US release)
There is also a limited release 2cd version of "Tambu", the second cd containing classic Toto hits like "Hold the line", "Africa", "Rosanna", "I'll won't you back" and "I'll be over you".