“Even the seemingly straight-ahead rockers feature those clever fills and time changes that make the band so unique": Hydra may not be Toto’s best selling album, but it remains their proggiest

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In 2015 Prog explained why Toto’s second album, Hydra, remains the most progressive work in their lengthy history – even if it’s not one of their best sellers.

In between the career cornerstones of Toto’s successful self-titled 1978 debut and the multi-million selling IV in 1982, there were a brace of releases that must have had Columbia Records close to pulling the plug on the renowned session musicians.