Home / Music / Philip Garris designed Toto's debut cover, inspired by the Sword of DamoclesMusic linernotes album music totoPhilip Garris designed Toto's debut cover, inspired by the Sword of DamoclesPhilip Garris, known for painting many Grateful Dead album covers, created the album’s emblem inspired by the Sword of Damocles. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesToto spent nine months recording their debut albumToto 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 1978ExploreJohn McLaughlin led the second Mahavishnu Orchestra on this albumMichael Gira has led Swans since founding them in 1982David Sylvian and Holger Czukay collaborated on Plight and PremonitionBunny Wailer's debut solo album Blackheart ManA 17-year-old promoter organized Keith Jarrett's Köln ConcertPrevious Pitchfork called Burial's Untrue the most important electronic album of the centuryNext Patrick Nagel's Rio cover was inspired by 1950s cigar packaging