Track List:

Original LP/MC + Reissue Vinyl

  1. I Want to Be Free
  2. Obsolete
  3. Pop Star
  4. Elocution Lesson
  5. Jungles Of Jupiter
  6. I Am
  7. It’s a Mystery
  8. Masai Boy
  9. Marionette
  10. Demolition Men
  11. We Are


2CD+DVD Expanded Deluxe Reissue (2022)

CD1 Anthem + Bonus Tracks 

  1. I Want To Be Free
  2. Obsolete
  3. Pop Star
  4. Elocution Lesson
  5. Jungles Of Jupiter
  6. I Am
  7. It’s A Mystery (Album Mix)
  8. Masai Boy
  9. Marionette
  10. Demolition Men
  11. We Are
  12. It’s A Mystery
 – EP Version
  13. Revelations
  14. War Boys
  15. Angels & Demons
  16. Walkie Talkie
  17. Alien
  18. Sphinx
  19. For You (Unfaded Version)*
  20. I Want To Be Free (Instrumental)*

CD2: RARE & ARCHIVE MATERIAL

  1. Thunder In The Mountains
  2. Street Addict
  3. Voodoo Doll
    4-9 Live At Paris Theatre London April 1981
  4. War Boys
  5. Neon Womb
  6. Danced
  7. Angels & Demons
  8. It’s A Mystery
  9. Ieya
  10. It’s A Mystery (Extended Instrumental)*
  11. I Am (Instrumental)*
  12. Pop Star (Instrumental)*
  13. Jungles Of Jupiter (Instrumental)*
  14. Joel & Phil (Instrumental Outtake)*
  15. Turkish Delight (Instrumental Outtake)*
  16. Television (Instrumental Outtake)*

DVD: RARE & ARCHIVE FOOTAGE
1 The Story Behind The Album
2 Track By Track Commentary
3 I Want To Be Free: Electro/Acoustic Session 2021
4 It’s A Mystery: Electro/Acoustic Session 2021
5 We Are: Electro/Acoustic Session 2021
6 I Want To Be Free: Promo Video
7 Thunder In The Mountains: Promo Video
8 It’s A Mystery: Top Of The Pops 19/02/1981
9 It’s A Mystery: Top Of The Pops 19/03/1981
10 I Want To Be Free: Top Of The Pops 21/05/1981
11 Thunder In The Mountains: Top Of The Pops 01/10/1981
12 I Want To Be Free: Cheggers Plays Pop 18/05/1981
13 It’s A Mystery: Swap Shop 10/10/1881
14 Ieya: Something Else 30/10/1981
15 Thunder In The Mountains: Something Else 30/10/1981

 

Anthem

Release Date: 1981 / Reissue 2022
Catalogue Number: VOOR1 / CDTRED849
Formats: Original LP, MC, CD, Picture Disc / Reissue LP, 2CD+DVD, Super Deluxe Box Set, Digtial
Label: Safari Records / Cherry Red Records
Release Type(s): Albums | Studio Albums

Produced by Nick Tauber, with arrangements by the band and Toyah, the album features a line-up that saw Toyah Willcox and Joel Bogen joined by Nigel Glockler, Phil Spalding and Adrian Lee. The album reached number #2 in the UK albums chart and would stay in the UK album charts for over 40 weeks and receive a Gold-sales certification.

Original vinyl issues of the album came complete with a colour insert featuring photographs of the band wrapped in bandages, with various exposed body parts sprayed gold, and Egyptian themed drawings across the lyrics pages. A picture disc variation, featuring the albums front and back artwork and no sleeve, was also issued at the time.

On Friday 9 September 2022, Cherry Red Records released the newly remastered editions: Egyptian Gold Vinyl w/ inner bag + lyric insert, a Deluxe Expanded 2CD+DVD feat 25 bonus tracks and a Super Deluxe Edition Box Set – 3CD/2LP/1DVD/7”.

  • Anthem has been remastered by Nick Watson from the original mastertapes and approved by Joel Bogen.
  • Toyah Willcox provides a brand-new introduction in the 24-page booklet which contains stunning classic and rare images plus previously unseen outtakes from photoshoots from the period.
  • Compiled by Craig Astley, Toyah’s official archivist, who also provides new sleevenotes to the expanded 2CD+DVD release. includes the remastered album complimented by 25 bonus tracks. Amongst these is the standalone hit single Thunder In The Mountains,  associated B-Sides and rarities plus 15 previously unreleased tracks.
  • A six-song live session recorded on 1 April 1981 at BBC’s Paris Theatre in London, originally broadcast on BBC Radio 1 is released commercially for the first time ever, and includes the classics It’s A Mystery, Angels & Demons, Neon Womb and Ieya.
  • Thunder In The Mountains, the third top single of 1981 by the “Anthem” Toyah line-up features along with its B-Side Street Addict, its 12” vinyl-only B-Side Voodoo Doll and a further two unheard instrumental outtakes from the same studio sessions in July/August 1981.
  • A previously unreleased unfaded version of the flexi-disc track For You features alongside previously unreleased instrumentals of I Want To Be Free, Jungles Of Jupiter, I Am, Pop Star, and an extended instrumental of It’s A Mystery.
Track List:

Original LP/MC + Reissue Vinyl

  1. I Want to Be Free
  2. Obsolete
  3. Pop Star
  4. Elocution Lesson
  5. Jungles Of Jupiter
  6. I Am
  7. It’s a Mystery
  8. Masai Boy
  9. Marionette
  10. Demolition Men
  11. We Are


2CD+DVD Expanded Deluxe Reissue (2022)

CD1 Anthem + Bonus Tracks 

  1. I Want To Be Free
  2. Obsolete
  3. Pop Star
  4. Elocution Lesson
  5. Jungles Of Jupiter
  6. I Am
  7. It’s A Mystery (Album Mix)
  8. Masai Boy
  9. Marionette
  10. Demolition Men
  11. We Are
  12. It’s A Mystery
 – EP Version
  13. Revelations
  14. War Boys
  15. Angels & Demons
  16. Walkie Talkie
  17. Alien
  18. Sphinx
  19. For You (Unfaded Version)*
  20. I Want To Be Free (Instrumental)*

CD2: RARE & ARCHIVE MATERIAL

  1. Thunder In The Mountains
  2. Street Addict
  3. Voodoo Doll
    4-9 Live At Paris Theatre London April 1981
  4. War Boys
  5. Neon Womb
  6. Danced
  7. Angels & Demons
  8. It’s A Mystery
  9. Ieya
  10. It’s A Mystery (Extended Instrumental)*
  11. I Am (Instrumental)*
  12. Pop Star (Instrumental)*
  13. Jungles Of Jupiter (Instrumental)*
  14. Joel & Phil (Instrumental Outtake)*
  15. Turkish Delight (Instrumental Outtake)*
  16. Television (Instrumental Outtake)*

DVD: RARE & ARCHIVE FOOTAGE
1 The Story Behind The Album
2 Track By Track Commentary
3 I Want To Be Free: Electro/Acoustic Session 2021
4 It’s A Mystery: Electro/Acoustic Session 2021
5 We Are: Electro/Acoustic Session 2021
6 I Want To Be Free: Promo Video
7 Thunder In The Mountains: Promo Video
8 It’s A Mystery: Top Of The Pops 19/02/1981
9 It’s A Mystery: Top Of The Pops 19/03/1981
10 I Want To Be Free: Top Of The Pops 21/05/1981
11 Thunder In The Mountains: Top Of The Pops 01/10/1981
12 I Want To Be Free: Cheggers Plays Pop 18/05/1981
13 It’s A Mystery: Swap Shop 10/10/1881
14 Ieya: Something Else 30/10/1981
15 Thunder In The Mountains: Something Else 30/10/1981

 

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