It's not a bad album, but I didn't care for it. It's somehow pompous and bland. The instrumentals are fine, I don't particularly have a problem with them, but they just sound like they're from a fading era. Sharp for the time, I'm sure, but doesn't maintain that into the modern day. It was not ahead of it's time but exactly within it's time, and I don't think it's aged gracefully.

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Birch_TCS

having practically zero knowledge on TOTO apart from that overplayed one about a continent, this is a well appreciated subversion of any idea i had of the group. channeling the ghosts of pink floyd past (though thankfully not ummagumma era past) and a shit ton of blues rock, Mindfields is an incredibly solid record that deserves nowhere near the mediocrity its remembered for.
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Stargazer123653

Unlike another album Ill talk about later, this album feels bloated as shit. It signified Kimballs grand return so logically this should be a decent album. Well no, because these songs are bloated. Theres 3 songs I like on here, 3 I hate, and the rest are mid.

Fav track: Caught in a balance
Least fav: High price of hate

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Track List

1	After You've Gone 6:37	89
2	Mysterious Ways 3:40	86
3	Mindfields 6:01	83
4	High Price of Hate 9:49	85
5	Selfish 5:30	76
6	No Love 4:35	68
7	Caught in the Balance 6:21	74
8	Last Love 4:58	77
9	Mad About You 4:24	81
10	One Road 3:45	77
11	Melanie 5:19	84
12	Cruel 5:57	80
13	Better World, Parts I, II & III 7:41	88