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Toyah - Chameleon: The Very Best Of Toyah Toyah
This is the first career-spanning collection to encompass Willcox’s full recording history.
Spanning 45 years of music, the impressive collection includes the top 40 singles ‘I Want To Be Free', ‘It’s A Mystery’, ‘Thunder In The Mountains’, ‘Brave New World’, ‘Good Morning Universe’, ‘Rebel Run’ and ‘Don’t Fall In Love’, alongside classic cuts right up to the 2021 Top 20 album Posh Pop.
Boxset
CD1 collects 20 hits and classic cuts from 1979-1983 by Toyah – the band which she formed with composer and guitarist Joel Bogen, and Pete Bush. Toyah’s otherworldly lyrics and evocative vocals have ensured these songs have had a lasting legacy beyond the chart hits. Album cuts such as Jungles of Jupiter, Race Through Space, We Are and Angel & Me are as revered as those chosen as singles.
CD2 is dedicated to Toyah’s solo recordings from 1985’s Top 30 hit ‘Don’t Fall In Love’ up to most recent single ‘Roses In Chains’ which Toyah performed at Glastonbury 2024. Fans will delight in the inclusion of previously unreleased track Worst In Me. A personal favourite of Toyah’s, the song comes from the album sessions by Sunday All Over The World, the band which Toyah and Robert Fripp formed and toured with in the late 1980s.
CD3 is exclusive to this edition and collects 17 rarities and collaborations from 1980-2024. Remastered rarities include an alternate mix of ‘Rinaphobia’ recorded with Blood Donor in 1980 alongside the first version of ‘It’s A Mystery’ committed to tape. Previously unreleased 90s material with Kiss of Reality includes a rare demo and two unreleased songs from their 1992 UK gig at The Orange Club, London. Toyah’s ongoing story is brought up to date with previously unreleased rarities ‘Blue Pearl' and ‘Darkest Moment/Well Connected’, the latter recorded with Chris Guard (Indians In Moscow) for the radio drama Children Of The Circus but not heard in full.
The box set is completed by the first ever Toyah Blu-Ray that brings together 12 promo videos, 22 classic BBC appearances and 6 songs from recent concerts. The promo videos span ‘I Want To Be Free’ to ‘Roses In Chains’. The Safari-era promo videos appear in brand new transfers from the original master reels. A special bonus feature is an exclusive Extended video of ‘Brave New World’ with the iconic promo video edited to the full album version with previously unseen footage from the 1982 video shoot, without any AI processes.
A 48-page booklet includes rare photos, imagery and ephemera encapsulating the iconic looks Toyah Willcox crafted herself alongside the world’s very best stylists and rock photographers. Sleevenote contributions come from Shirley Manson (Garbage) and Saffron (Republica) reflect on the impact Toyah had on them personally.
Track List
DISC ONE
SIDE ONE
1. I WANT TO BE FREE
2. IT’S A MYSTERY
3. THUNDER IN THE MOUNTAINS
4. REBEL RUN
5. BE PROUD BE LOUD (BE HEARD)
6. NEON WOMB
7. JUNGLES OF JUPITER
SIDE TWO
1. GOOD MORNING UNIVERSE
2. BRAVE NEW WORLD (SINGLE VERSION)
3. BIRD IN FLIGHT
4. ANGEL & ME
5. WE ARE
6. IEYA (SINGLE VERSION)
7. DANCED
DISC TWO
SIDE THREE
1. SENSATIONAL (POSH REDUX)
2. DON’T FALL IN LOVE (I SAID)
3. SOUL PASSING THROUGH SOUL
4. ECHO BEACH
5. SPACE DANCE
6. ROSES IN CHAINS
7. INVISIBLE LOVE
SIDE FOUR
1. REVIVE THE WORLD
2. WORST IN ME* - Sunday All Over The World
3. BRILLIANT DAY
4. VELVET LINED SHELL
5. LITTLE TEARS OF LOVE
6. IMPROBABLE THING – Toyah & The Humans
7. TAKE ME HOME
* previously unreleased
2CD
DISC ONE
TOYAH BAND 1979-1983
1 I WANT TO BE FREE
2 IT’S A MYSTERY
3 THUNDER IN THE MOUNTAINS
4 BRAVE NEW WORLD (SINGLE VERSION)
5 GOOD MORNING UNIVERSE
6 REBEL RUN
7 BE PROUD BE LOUD (BE HEARD)
8 WE ARE
9 JUNGLES OF JUPITER
10 DAWN CHORUS
11 ANGEL & ME
12 THE VOW
13 I EXPLODE
14 OBSOLETE
15 BIRD IN FLIGHT
16 NEON WOMB
17 IEYA (SINGLE VERSION)
18 RACE THROUGH SPACE
19 DANCED
20 VICTIMS OF THE RIDDLE (LIVE)
DISC TWO
TOYAH SOLO 1985-2024
1 DANCE IN THE HURRICANE
2 DON’T FALL IN LOVE (I SAID)
3 SOUL PASSING THROUGH SOUL
4 ECHO BEACH
5 SENSATIONAL (POSH REDUX)
6 ROSES IN CHAINS
7 SPACE DANCE
8 INVISIBLE LOVE
9 VELVET LINED SHELL
10 SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM
11 LATEX MESSIAH (POSH REDUX)
12 LEVITATE
13 LITTLE TEARS OF LOVE
14 DESIRE
15 REVIVE THE WORLD
16 BRILLIANT DAY
17 WORST IN ME* - Sunday All Over The World
18 IMPROBABLE THING – Toyah & The Humans
19 TAKE ME HOME
20 FASHION (LIVE)* - Toyah & Robert Fripp
*previously unreleased
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