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The rare song "Sphinx" was previously only available as a flexi disc included with issue 8 of Flexipop magazine in 1981. The compilation marked the first time that "Good Morning Universe", "Thunder in the Mountains", "Sphinx" and "Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard)" were included on a full-length album. [1] The record sleeve was designed by Bill Smith ...
The discography of English musician Toyah Willcox includes releases as part of the band Toyah and as a solo artist, for which she has carried on releasing music credited as Toyah. It also includes Willcox's one-off collaborations with other artists.
It is listed at number 49 on the official top 50 best-selling singles of 1981 [3] and was eventually certified silver in the UK. [4] In June 2021, Four from Toyah was re-released by Cherry Red Records in 12" vinyl format for Record Store Day , with additional tracks and new artwork.
Wilcox at a concert in Spencerville, Ontario in 2006. Motivated by the success of his tour and two gold records, Wilcox went back into the studio in 1984 to record Bad Reputation. A year later he released The Best of David Wilcox, his first compilation album, as a hit-inspired collection of his songs. It was also the debut album for "Blood ...
Anthem is a studio album by the English new wave band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox, released in 1981 by Safari Records. It was the band's most successful album, reaching number 2 in the UK Albums Chart and featuring the Top 10 singles " It's a Mystery " and " I Want to Be Free ".
Willcox has described "Barefoot on Mars" as "a song about invisible love and addressing something from our past that needs communicating and contact with" and explained that it refers to the complicated relationship with her mother and her passing. [11] "Summer of Love" is an anti-war protest song referring to the original 1967 Summer of Love ...
The Changeling is a studio album by the English new wave band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox, released in 1982 by Safari Records. The album peaked at number 6 in the UK where it was certified silver for sales exceeding 60,000 copies. It included the Top 40 single "Brave New World".
The song was written by Toyah Willcox and Joel Bogen, and produced by Nick Tauber. Willcox explained that it "resonated how I felt about school years which was still very strongly with me even when I was 22". [1] It is about Toyah's frustration as a dyslexic teenager when she was, as she said, "being forced not to be myself, my natural self". [2]