Home / Music / Toto spent nine months recording their debut albumMusic linernotes album music totoToto spent nine months recording their debut albumThe band spent nine months in the studio on their debut — a substantial investment for a group finding its footing. The polish paid off, yielding hits that still get radio play decades later. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesToto IV won six Grammys in 1983Toto's members were session pros before forming the band'Africa' was Toto IV's biggest single and Toto's only number-one hitToto's self-titled debut arrived in October 1978Toto IV was an LA affair with a London flourishExploreCarla Bruni's debut went to No. 1 in France and sold 2 million copies worldwideCome On Over: 40 million copies — the best-selling country album of all timeDisintegration: The Cure's masterpiece — best-selling, critically revered, Grammy Hall of FameHounds of Love: Kate Bush's best-seller, No. 1 in the UK for over a year on the chartsLove Over Gold: Dire Straits' slow-burner at 7.5 million copiesPrevious Toto's debut was cut across three Hollywood studiosNext Toto self-produced Toto IV