Track List:

CD1: MINX

Soldier Of Fortune, Terrorist Of Love
Don’t Fall In Love (I Said)
Soul Passing Through Soul
Sympathy
I’ll Serve You Well
Over Twenty-One
All In A Rage
Space Between The Sounds
School’s Out
World In Action
America For Beginners
Vigilante

Bonus Tracks:

Snow Covers The Kiss
Kiss The Devil
Don’t Fall in Love (I Said) [Extended Mix]
Soul Passing Through Soul [Extended Mix]
World In Action [Extended Mix]
World in Action [Action Mix]

CD2: DESIRE (1987)

Echo Beach
Moonlight Dancing
Revive The World
The View
Moon Migration
Love’s Unkind
Dear Diary
Deadly As A Woman
Goodbye Baby
When A Woman Cries
Desire

Bonus Tracks:

Echo Beach [Surf Mix] Previously unavailable on CD
Plenty Previously unavailable on CD
Sun Up
Re-Entry Into Dance Previously unavailable on CD
Mesmerised Previously unreleased outtake
Tony Banks and Toyah – Lion Of Symmetry

CD3: PROSTITUTE (1988)

Hello
Prostitute
Wife
The Show
Dream House
Homecraft
Obsession
Let the Power Bleed
Restless
Falling to Earth
Jazz Singers in the Trees
Vale of Evesham
Ghosts in the Universe

CD4: OPHELIA’S SHADOW (1991)

Ophelia’s Shadow
The Shaman Says
Brilliant Day
Prospect
Turning Tide
Take What You Will
Ghost Light
The Woman Who Had An Affair With Herself
Homeward
Lords of the Never Known

Bonus Tracks:

Kiss Of Reality– Harlequin (Holy Day)
Kiss Of Reality– Broken Special (The Island)
Kiss Of Reality– Face The Space (Vocal Version) Previously unreleased
Trey Gunn– Symbiotic

CD5: TAKE THE LEAP! (1994)

Now I’m Running
Lust for Love
Invisible Love
Name of Love
Winter in Wonderland
God Ceases to Dream
Ieya [Revisited]
Waiting [Revisited]
Neon Womb [Revisited]
Elusive Stranger [Revisited]
Our Movie [Revisited]
Thunder in the Mountains [Revisited]
I Wanna Be Free [Revisited]
It’s a Mystery [Revisited]

Bonus Tracks:

Requite Me [Demo]
Invisible Love [Demo] Previously unavailable on CD
Waiting [Alternate Mix]
It’s a Mystery [Weybridge Mix]

CD6: RARE, REMIXED & REVISITED (1992-1998)

Tears For Ellie [Demo]
God Ceases To Dream [Remix] Previously unavailable on CD
Poland (One Day On Earth) [Demo] Previously unreleased
Now I’m Running [Remix]
It’s a Mystery [Whispered Elixir Mix] Previously unreleased
Lust For Love [Demo] Previously unreleased
Angel [Demo]
Rebel Run [Revisited]
Good Morning Universe [Revisited]
Be Proud, Be Loud [Be Heard] [Revisited]
Desire [Revisited]
Obsolete [Revisited]
Danced [Revisited]
We Are [Revisited]
Angel & Me [Revisited]
Believe In You [Demo] Previously unreleased

CD7: VELVET LINED SHELL

Every Scar Has A Silver Lining
Velvet Lined Shell
Little Tears Of Love
You’re A Miracle
Mother
Troublesome Thing

Bonus Tracks:

Experience
Family Of Noise – Killing Made Easy
This Fragile Moment – In Estonia
Yomanda & Toyah – Fallen Previously unavailable on CD
Dodson & Fogg – Drinking From The Gun
Toyah + Peter – Nine Hours Previously unavailable on CD
Toyah – America For Beginners (Nocturne Blue Redux) Previously unavailable on CD
Toyah – Step Into The New World (from Invasion Planet Earth) Previously unavailable on CD

DVD: PROMO VIDEOS

Don’t Fall In Love (I Said) Previously unavailable on DVD
Soul Passing Through Soul Previously unavailable on DVD
Echo Beach Previously unavailable on DVD
Fallen Previously unavailable on DVD
Sensational Previously unavailable on DVD

BONUS FEATURE

Toyah talks about her solo albums exclusively filmed for this box set

Toyah Solo (Box Set)

Release Date: 2020
Catalogue Number: TOYAHBOX01
Formats: 7 CD + DVD in wallets in 2-piece box with 48 page booklet
Label: Edsel
Release Type(s): Box Sets | Compilation

Toyah: Solo is a 7 CD + DVD anthology of collected works by Toyah, released 28 February 2020 by Edsel Records.

The first Toyah box set ever features six studio albums (Minx, Desire, Prostitute, Ophelia’s Shadow, Take The Leap!, Velvet Lined Shell) alongside 44 bonus tracks, including rarities, B-sides, collaborations, and several unreleased tracks, plus a DVD of promo videos and a brand new exclusive interview filmed in December 2019.

In 1985, after five studio albums and two live albums with her band, Toyah decided to go solo, and signed to Sony’s portrait label. The album Minx contained two hit singles, Don’t Fall In Love (I Said) and  Soul Passing Through Soul, as well as covers of Alice Cooper’s School’s Out and Rare Bird’s Sympathy. 1987’s Desire, featured appearances from Robert Fripp and Ron Wood and Toyah’s cover of Echo Beach, and now contains the previously unreleased outtake “Mesmerised. Prostitute (1988) was an arresting and fascinating departure from the pop formula, a trend continued by 1991’s Ophelia’s Shadow. In 1994, Take The Leap” featured new songs and intriguing revisits of several of her earlier pop hits. 2003’s “Velvet Lined Shell took Toyah back to her guitar punk roots.

Amongst the bonus tracks are Toyah’s collaborations with Tony Banks, Trey Gunn, German band Kiss Of Reality, Family Of Noise and This Fragile Moment. The lavishly-illustrated 48 page booklet features annotation about each album written by Toyah herself. Also featured is an essay on the period covered by the box by Toyah’s official archivist and compiler of this box set, Craig Astley. As Craig says: “eclectic is an often-overused word but is an accurate description of this intriguing and revelatory body of work. From unashamed pop and avant-garde to progressive rock and back to punk, the Common factors throughout are Toyah’s voice and lyrics but moreover, a sense of forging and following her own creative solo path”.

Track List:

CD1: MINX

Soldier Of Fortune, Terrorist Of Love
Don’t Fall In Love (I Said)
Soul Passing Through Soul
Sympathy
I’ll Serve You Well
Over Twenty-One
All In A Rage
Space Between The Sounds
School’s Out
World In Action
America For Beginners
Vigilante

Bonus Tracks:

Snow Covers The Kiss
Kiss The Devil
Don’t Fall in Love (I Said) [Extended Mix]
Soul Passing Through Soul [Extended Mix]
World In Action [Extended Mix]
World in Action [Action Mix]

CD2: DESIRE (1987)

Echo Beach
Moonlight Dancing
Revive The World
The View
Moon Migration
Love’s Unkind
Dear Diary
Deadly As A Woman
Goodbye Baby
When A Woman Cries
Desire

Bonus Tracks:

Echo Beach [Surf Mix] Previously unavailable on CD
Plenty Previously unavailable on CD
Sun Up
Re-Entry Into Dance Previously unavailable on CD
Mesmerised Previously unreleased outtake
Tony Banks and Toyah – Lion Of Symmetry

CD3: PROSTITUTE (1988)

Hello
Prostitute
Wife
The Show
Dream House
Homecraft
Obsession
Let the Power Bleed
Restless
Falling to Earth
Jazz Singers in the Trees
Vale of Evesham
Ghosts in the Universe

CD4: OPHELIA’S SHADOW (1991)

Ophelia’s Shadow
The Shaman Says
Brilliant Day
Prospect
Turning Tide
Take What You Will
Ghost Light
The Woman Who Had An Affair With Herself
Homeward
Lords of the Never Known

Bonus Tracks:

Kiss Of Reality– Harlequin (Holy Day)
Kiss Of Reality– Broken Special (The Island)
Kiss Of Reality– Face The Space (Vocal Version) Previously unreleased
Trey Gunn– Symbiotic

CD5: TAKE THE LEAP! (1994)

Now I’m Running
Lust for Love
Invisible Love
Name of Love
Winter in Wonderland
God Ceases to Dream
Ieya [Revisited]
Waiting [Revisited]
Neon Womb [Revisited]
Elusive Stranger [Revisited]
Our Movie [Revisited]
Thunder in the Mountains [Revisited]
I Wanna Be Free [Revisited]
It’s a Mystery [Revisited]

Bonus Tracks:

Requite Me [Demo]
Invisible Love [Demo] Previously unavailable on CD
Waiting [Alternate Mix]
It’s a Mystery [Weybridge Mix]

CD6: RARE, REMIXED & REVISITED (1992-1998)

Tears For Ellie [Demo]
God Ceases To Dream [Remix] Previously unavailable on CD
Poland (One Day On Earth) [Demo] Previously unreleased
Now I’m Running [Remix]
It’s a Mystery [Whispered Elixir Mix] Previously unreleased
Lust For Love [Demo] Previously unreleased
Angel [Demo]
Rebel Run [Revisited]
Good Morning Universe [Revisited]
Be Proud, Be Loud [Be Heard] [Revisited]
Desire [Revisited]
Obsolete [Revisited]
Danced [Revisited]
We Are [Revisited]
Angel & Me [Revisited]
Believe In You [Demo] Previously unreleased

CD7: VELVET LINED SHELL

Every Scar Has A Silver Lining
Velvet Lined Shell
Little Tears Of Love
You’re A Miracle
Mother
Troublesome Thing

Bonus Tracks:

Experience
Family Of Noise – Killing Made Easy
This Fragile Moment – In Estonia
Yomanda & Toyah – Fallen Previously unavailable on CD
Dodson & Fogg – Drinking From The Gun
Toyah + Peter – Nine Hours Previously unavailable on CD
Toyah – America For Beginners (Nocturne Blue Redux) Previously unavailable on CD
Toyah – Step Into The New World (from Invasion Planet Earth) Previously unavailable on CD

DVD: PROMO VIDEOS

Don’t Fall In Love (I Said) Previously unavailable on DVD
Soul Passing Through Soul Previously unavailable on DVD
Echo Beach Previously unavailable on DVD
Fallen Previously unavailable on DVD
Sensational Previously unavailable on DVD

BONUS FEATURE

Toyah talks about her solo albums exclusively filmed for this box set

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