1997 proved to be a strong year for Toto's Steve Lukather, when Sony Music International, in association with representation Fitzgerald-Hartley, devised a solo identity for the singer-guitarist, in the form of "Luke."
Luke – the album – is a youthful-sounding album, full of energy and raw power. To hone the album concept, creative director Doug Brown (WorldWest) commissioned over 100 cover treatments and designs from Eric Scott , in an effort to bombard the decision-makers with choices of all varieties.

"...We completely plastered the conference room wall in designs, right before Steve (Lukather) and (manager) Mark (Hartley) arrived for the presentation. A 20-foot wall with hundreds of great album designs, all representing Luke with a different photographic and type treatments. There were over a hundred, and I was exhausted, since I'd been generating these for just about two weeks solid, doing about 7-10 new ones each day. And each time I showed a round to Doug, he'd smile and nod, then say "Now do ten more." So I snuck in quickly, and stuck one more up there, which I had just done, quite literally minutes before they arrived and this one was the one with the word "Luke" inside of Steve's iris, and sandwiched it non-chalantly in the middle of the wall... And somehow, everyone, ironically, went straight to that one. Go figure, except that it was my favorite too." (Source: Eric Scott, "Obsessions (Day 040)")

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