Product Details

• Actors: Toto
• Format: Widescreen, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Eagle Rock Ent
• DVD Release Date: November 2, 2004
• Run Time: 133 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00067BBSC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,357 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Toto's "25th Anniversary Live in Amsterdam" is a musical celebration of the band's career. It was shot live at the Heineken Arena, in Amsterdam on February 25th, 2003.

TOTO released its self-titled debut album in 1978, which hit the Top 10, sold two-million copies, and spawned the gold Top 10 single "Hold the Line." The gold-selling Hydra and Turn Back were not so triumphant, but Toto IV was a multi-platinum Top Ten hit, featuring the number-one hit "Africa" and the Top Tens "Rosanna, (about Rosanna Arquette) and "I Won't Hold You Back." At the 1982 Grammys, "Rosanna" became the award-winning Record of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Performance, and Best Instrumental Arrangement with Vocal; and Toto IV won awards for Album of the Year, Best Engineered Recording, and Best Producer.

Track Listing:
1. Girl Goodbye, Goodbye Elenore, Child's Anthem, I'll Supply The Love (Medley)
2. Gift With A Golden Gun
3. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
4. Bodhisattva
5. Africa
6. David Paich - Solo
7. Steve Lukather - Solo
8. Waiting For Your Love, Georgy Porgy, Lion,English Eyes, Till The End (Medley)
9. I Won't Hold You Back
10. Rosanna
11. Afraid of Love
12. Hold The Line
13. Next To You
14. Home Of The Brave
15. White Sister
16. End Credits

Customer Reviews

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great but with one reservation!, January 6, 2005

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J. Moore (Grenada, MS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toto - Live in Amsterdam (DVD + CD Collector's Edition) (DVD)

This is an excellent deal. You get the full TOTO live concert in digital color and sound- one of the best live shows I've seen on DVD. The playing as one might expect is absolutely stellar. Then you get the CD ( slightly shorter than the DVD but great listening for the car!)as a bonus, all for a knockdown price. Some have criticized the medley approach, but it works well within a concert context moving from one tune into another. Many of the tunes are played in almost their entirety while others are truncated but obvious enough to give the fans a real taste. How else are you going to draw from so much excellent material in one concert?
The reservation?....the DVD extra behind the scenes of "through The Looking Glass " tour. It seems it was an excuse for some middle aged men to use profanity and to moon the camera....high jinks that I, for one could have done without. Why not do a real behind the scenes? - conversations and information about their music, their instruments - because they are obviously extreme talents, still at the top of their game. That's the reason they lose a star. I already have teenagers...I don't need to watch 50 year olds acting like it!! Anyway buy this set for the excellent DVD concert and CD and enjoy Rock at its best.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Concert, skip the extras..., April 1, 2005

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Bryan Leazenby (KY, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toto - Live in Amsterdam (DVD + CD Collector's Edition) (DVD)

Like J. Moore's review, I agree that the concert video and sound is first-rate. Picture is high-definition, clear, and everything is well-lit. The sound is exceptionally crisp and clear. A great show for people who appreciate good musicianship and rock & roll. Skip the DVD extras - which are simply bad video footage of grown men acting like mindless teens - they take away from the good feelings of watching the concert.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the tour I so very much regret missing., May 15, 2009

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Aggressive Arms (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Toto - Live in Amsterdam (DVD + CD Collector's Edition) (DVD)

My friends laugh at me, but I seriously feel a profound sense of regret over never having seen Toto live. And this was the tour I really should not have missed -- no question this is the best line-up the band had since Jeff Porcaro's death in 1992. Don't be put off by the fact that several great songs are played as part of medleys: it works fine, it allows them to work in some interesting instrumental segments, and the transitions in several cases are terrific. Almost all your favorites will be here, and they also play several older tracks that did not appear on "Past to Present," including "Girl Goodbye," "Gift With a Golden Gun," "Waiting for Your Love," and "Afraid of Love," that are great tunes. Not everything is perfect, of course: David Paich practically talks his way through the verses in "Africa," and Steve Lukather's voice has roughened considerably. It's great to have Bobby Kimball here though. His voice is a little less sure than it was in 1982 -- occasionally he sounds a little off-pitch, and there's some noticeable strain -- but the voice actually has more character. He's more of a blue-eyed soul singer than just a light-voiced late 70's singer. Steve Lukather's guitar playing is another highlight -- he looks as if he has complete command. Having listened to this several times now, though, I have to say the most impressive contribution may be Mike Porcaro's on bass. "I Won't Hold You Back" I think is probably the best track on the disc, really nicely updated with a much different rhythmic feel, and it's largely because of Mike's bass line, which has this sweet melodic contour at the same that it punctuates the vocal line and serves as the underpinning for the harmony. I just took a look at a clip from the more recent DVD, "Falling in Between Live," and my first thought was "Who is that on bass?" No Mike, and that's a bummer. So this is the one to get. DVD production values are only so-so, I could care less about the extras, and the tunes taken from their album of covers released just before the tour aren't that interesting after the first listen. But it doesn't matter. This is the best version of the band we'll ever see in a concert video, and having missed them, I couldn't be happier to have this. Toto forever!