Chameleon – The Very Best of Toyah Toyah

The 40-track double CD edition is presented in two chapters. 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.
The 2CD digipack and 24-page booklet is awash with the striking, inventive and chameleonic images that are synonymous with Toyah.
The package is presented with meticulous photography of 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) reflecting on the impact Toyah had on them personally.
To date Toyah has recorded and released 23 studio albums and 6 live albums and was awarded Best Female Singer at the British Rock & Pop Awards in February 1982 and nominated for a BRIT Award for Best Female Singer the same year.
Her impact on the entertainment industry has been recognised with an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Central England in Birmingham and a LIPA Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts Companionship for Outstanding Achievement in music, drama, performance and media presented by Paul McCartney.

Tracklisting

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