'Rock & Pop
Feelings': A CD release in the
'Revolutions' series of
compilations:
Begins with Toyah's
1981 Top Ten hit, 'I Want To Be
Free', and includes a real
eclectic bunch of songs.
1. I Want To Be Free
- Toyah
2. Shout -
Tears For Fears
3.
Revolution - The Cult
4. World
Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope
5. No More
Heroes - The Stranglers
6. War -
Edwin Starr
7. Children
Of The Revolution - T Rex
8. For What
It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
9.
Something In The Air -
Thunderclap Newman
10. Free
Nelson Mandela - Special AKA
11. Walls
Come Tumbling Down - The Style
Council
12. Let's
Get Tattoos - Carter USM
13. We're
Not Gonna Take It - Twisted
Sister
14. Elected
- Alice Cooper
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'This Is Not Retro -
This Is The Eighties Up To Date' 1. Revolution Of The
Heart - Howard Jones
2. Tears -
Kajagoogoo
3. Broken -
Peter Cox (Go West)
4. Scar -
Katrina Leskanich (formerly with
Katrina & The Waves
5. Close -
The Alarm
6. American
Beauty - Peter Coyle (formerly
with The Lotus Eaters)
7. Let It
All Fall - T'Pau
8.
Pussywhipper - Sigue Sigue
Sputnik
8. Why So
Rude? - Neville Staple (formerly
with The Specials)
9. What
Would You Do (skin)? - Midge Ure
10. Age Of
Unreason* - Spear of Destiny
11. Die
laughing - Nik Kershaw
12. Little
Tears Of Love - Toyah
13.
Sleepsong - Dr Robert (formerly
with The Blow Monkeys)
14. This Is
Not My World - Heaven 17
15. All Day
All Night - Go West
16. So
Lonely - Tony Hadley (formerly
with Spandau Ballet)
17. Blue
Was Never My Colour - Leee John
(formerly with Imagination)
18. Mi
Chica Latina - Modern Romance
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A Time Life double
CD album 'Edge Of The 80's (1980
- 1981)' (TL ETE/04). This collection
features some classic songs from
the first two years of the
Eighties, including Toyah's 'I
Want To Be Free'.
Disc One:
1. Girls On
Film - Duran Duran
2. Cll Me -
Blondie
3. Who Can
It Be Now? - Men At Work
4. Stand
& Deliver - Adam & The
Ants
5. Kids In
America - Kim Wilde
6.
C30,C60,C90,Go - Bow Wow Wow
7. Turning
Japanese - The Vapours
8. The
Lunatics Have Taken Over The
Asylum - Funboy three
9. I Want
To Be Free - Toyah
10. Start -
The Jam
11. Happy
Birthday - Altered Images
12.
Babooshka - Kate Bush
13. Reward
- Teardrop Explodes
14. I Don't
Like Mondays - The Boomtoewn Rats
15. A Good
Year For The Roses - Elvis
Costello
Disc Two:
16. Cars -
Gary Numan
17. Vienna
- Ultravox
18. Tears
Are Not Enough - ABC
19. It's My
Party - Dave Stewart &
Barbara Gaskin
20. Tainted
Love - Soft Cell
21. Love
Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
22. Brass
In Pocket - The Pretenders
23.
Nobody's Hero - Stiff Little
Fingers
24. Eighth
Day - Hazel O'Connor
25. Love
Games - Level 42
26. Tempted
- Squeeze
27. I Got
You - Split Enz
28. Me
Myself I - Joan Armatrading
29. Jumpin'
Jive - Joe Jackson
20. Geno -
Dexys Midnight Runners
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'The Great British
Rock Invasion' (aka 'The Marquee
Collection') (RCA - GBR1) This 3 LP Set in a
gatefold sleeve is on RCA
(Australia) label
A brilliant
collection of excellent tracks
from the 1960's, 1970's and very
early 1980's, with a host of
great photographs of the
performers, on the inside of the
gatefold cover.
Released in 1984,
this includes 'It's A Mystery'.
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'The Hit Sensation'
- A double album of eighties
hits, including 'I Want To Be
Free' and a number of
"Euro" hits you may
never have heard of (or want to). Tracklist for the
album is:
Side One:
1. Hold On
Tight - Electric Light Orchestra
-
2. Rock 'N'
Roll Gypsy - Helen Schneider
3. Wired
For Sound - Cliff Richard
4. Hooked
On Classics - Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra
5. Put It
Right - Diskus -
6. Pretend
- Alvin Stardust
7. It's My
Party - Dave Stewart &
Barbara Gaskin
8. What
You're Proposing - Status Quo
Side Two:
9. Sharazan
- Al Bano & Romina Power
10. Then He
Kisses Me / Be My Baby - Rachel
Sweet
11. Take My
Heart - Kool & the Gang
12. Simply
A Love Song - Chilly
13. Lovin'
Understandin' Man - Telly Savalas
14. Keep On
Loving You - REO Speedwagon
15. Teenage
Queenie - Pussycat
16. Banana
Republic - The Boomtown Rats
Side Three:
17. Vienna
- Ultravox
18. The
Night Owls - Little River Band
19. Lady -
The Commodores
20. Just So
Lonely - Get West
21. Just
About A Dream - The Pinups
22. Hello
Mr. Businessman - Le Angeli
23. I Want
To Be Free - Toyah
24. Oh No
No - Bernie Paul
Side Four:
25. For
Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton
26. When
I'm Gone - Albert Hammond
27. 10
O'clock Postman Secret Service
28. Seven
Tears - Goombay Dance Band
29. On My
Own - Nikka Costa
30. Seems
Like Yesterday - Caro
31. Blinded
By Love - Chi Coltrane
32. Angel
Of Mine - Frank Duval
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Overload (Ronco No
RTL 2079) 1982. Tracklist for the
album is:
Side One:
1. Island
Of Lost Souls - Blondie
2. Only You
- Yazoo
3. Brave
New World - Toyah
4.
Fantastic Day - Haircut 100
5. More
Than This - Roxy Music
6. The
Meaning Of Love - Depeche Mode
7. Grace -
The Band AKA
8. Promised
You A Miracle - Simple Minds
9. Shout!
Shout! (Knock Yoursefl Out)-
Rocky Sharpe & The Replays
10. Save It
For Later - The Beat
11. A
Little Peace - Nicole
Side Two:
1. Fantasy
Island - Tight Fit
2. I Won't
Let You Down - Phd
3. Girl
Crazy - Hot Chocolate
4. Love Is
All Is Alright - UB40
5.
Cantonese Boy - Japan
6. View
From A Bridge - Kim Wilde
7. One Step
Further - Bardo
8. Seven
Tears - Goombay Dance Band
9. For The
Broken Hearted - Rokotto
10. See
Those Eyes - Altered Images
11. The
Telephone Always Rings - Funboy
Three
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'New Romantics' (21
Hits From The 80's) (Universal
UMD 80527). This CD, featuring a
classic early '80s portrait of
Visage frontman Steve Strange on
the cover, includeses Toyah's
1981 Top Ten hit 'I Want To Be
Free'.
Tracklist for the
album is:
1. The Look Of Love
- ABC
2. Feels
Like Heaven - Fiction Factory
3. Love
Action (I Believe In Love) -
Human League
4. To Cut A
Long Story Short - Spandau Ballet
5. Do You
Really Want To Hurt Me? - Culture
Club
6. Living
On The Ceiling - Blancmange
7. Don't Go
- yazoo
8. Wishing
(If I Had A Photograph Of You) -
A Flock Of Seagulls
9. Love On
Your Side - Thompson Twins
10. Perfect
Skin - Lloyd Cole & The
Commotions
11.
Wouldn't It Be Good - Nik Kershaw
12. Don't
Talk To Me About Love - Altered
Images
13. Fade To
Grey - Visage
14. Vienna
- Ultravox
15.
Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
- Haircut 100
16. Tainted
Love - Soft Cell
17. It's My
Life - Talk Talk
18.
Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang
Chung
19. She
Blinded Me With Science - Thomas
Dolby
20. I Want
To Be Free - Toyah
21. Stand
& Deliver - Adam & The
Ants
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'Back To The
Eighties' (MCCD 389) was released
on the Music Club label in
1999. It features 'It's A
Mystery' as the opening song on
the compilation, and also uses a
picture of Toyah (circa 1984/85)
on the reverse of the CD, with
the tracklist printed over it.
Tracklist for the
album is:
1. It's A Mystery -
Toyah
2. Nobody's
Diary - Yazoo
3. Love Is
A Wonderful Colour - Icicle Works
4. We Are
Glass - Gary Numan
5. That's
The Way The Money Goes - M
6. Drowning
In Berlin - The Mobiles
7. Kitchen
At Parties - Jona Lewie
8. Mickey -
Toni Basil
9. I Eat
Cannibals - Toto Coelo
10. Nellie
The Elephant - Toy Dolls
11. Is Vic
There? - Department S
12. Swords
Of A Thousand Men - Tenpole Tudor
13. They
Don't Know - Tracey Ullman
14. Never
Never - The Assembly
15. Wishing
- Flock Of Seagulls
16.
Heartache Avenue - The
Maisonettes
17. A New
England - Kirsty MacColl
18. Don't
Try To Stop It - Roman Holliday
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'A Kick Up The
Eighties' (Volume Eight - Shout
To The Top) (Old Gold OG 3527)
was released in 1992. The CD features the
first single from Toyah's 1985
album 'Minx', 'Don't Fall In Love
(I Said)'. The only compilation
to use this track as far as I'm
aware.
Tracklist for the
album is:
1. Wonderful Life -
Black
2. Thinking
of You - The Colourfield
3.
Digging Your Scene - The Blow
Monkeys
4. Quiet
Life - Japan
5. Boxer
Beat - Joboxers
6. Sonic
Boom Boy - Westworld
7. Who Can
It Be Now - Men At Work
8. Dog Eat
Dog - Adam Ant
9. You Take
Me Up - Thompson Twins
10. Closest
Thing to Heaven - The Kane Gang
11. Real
Wild Child - Iggy Pop
12. Dream
to Sleep - H20
13. Happy
Birthday - Altered Images
14. Don't
Fall in Love (I Said) - Toyah
15. Hit the
Ground - The Darling Buds
16. Shout
To The Top - The Style Council
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'A Kick Up The 80s'
(18 Timeless Classics) (Crimson
CRIMCD310) was released in 2001. This CD features
Toyah's best known song, the
classic 1981 hit, 'It's A
Mystery'. 'It's A Myster' appears
on quite a few 80s compilations.
Tracklist for the
album is:
1. Ghost Town - The
Specials
2. Two
Tribes - Frankie Goes To
Hillywood
3. Golden
Brown - The Stranglers
4. Cars -
Gary Numan
5. Hey
Little Girl - Icehouse
6. Love On
Your Side (12") - Thompson
Twins
7. Geno -
Dexys Midnight Runners
8.
Favourite Shirts - Haircut 100
9. Let Them
All Talk - Elvis Costello &
The Attractions
10.
Boxerbeat - Jo Boxers
11. Shout
To The Top - The Style Council
12. Is Vic
There? - Department S
12. The
Story Of The Blues - Wah!
14. The
Look Of Love - ABC
15.
Labelled With Love - Squeeze
16. It's A
Mystery - Toyah
17. I Ran -
A Flock Of Seagulls
18.
Drowning In Berlin - The Mobiles
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'Here Come The 80s',
a double album featuring many
great songs from the era of the
album's title. Yet again, Toyah is
represented by her 1981 smash,
'It's A Mystery'. This is
definitely the most popular Toyah
choice by compilationists!!
Tracklist for the
album is:
Disc One
1. Radio
Heart - Gary Numan
2. Ziggy
Stardust - Bauhaus
3. Mr.
Pharmacist - The Fall
4. Birds
Fly (Whisper To A Scream) -
Icicle Works
5. I.O.U. -
Freeez
6. Dr.
Mabuse - Propaganda
7. Relax -
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
8. Iko Iko
- Belle Stars
9. Manic
Depression - Ian Dury
10. 25
Years - Catch
11.
Destination Zululand - King Kurt
12. Kitchen
At Parties - Jona Lewie
13. New Toy
- Lene Lovich
14. Chenko
- Red Box
15. It's A
Mystery - Toyah
16. Stand
Or Fall - The Fixx
17. It's My
Party - Barbara Gaskin
18. Waiting
For A Train - Flash And The
Pan
Disc Two
1. Let the
Music Play - Shannon
2. Ring My
Bell - Anita Ward
3. High
Energy - Evelyn Wilson
4. Just An
Illusion - Imagination
5. You're
the One for Me
6. Strut
Your Funky Stuff - Frantique
7. Fire in
the Night
8. Last
Night a D.J. Saved My Life -
Indeep
9. Can You
Handle It
10. So Many
Men, So Little Time - Miquel
Brown
11. Angel
Eyes - Lime
12.
Somebody Elses Guy - Jocelyn
Brown
13. Boogie
Woogie Dancin' Shoes - Claudja
Barry
14. In the
Bottle
15. French
Kiss
16. Flying
High - Freeez
17. Living
On Video
18. Knock
On Wood [Remix] - Amii Stewart
19. Long
Train Running - Traks
20.
Flashdance (What A Feeling) -
Irene Cara
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'World Of Punk', a
double CD set released in 1997,
features Toyah's 'Be Proud Be
Loud (Be Heard)'. The artwork is
slightly cheesy (well, it is a
compilation CD after all), but
the great music on the CDs more
than makes up for that.
Tracklist for the
album is:
Disc One
1. Jet Boy,
Jet Girl (Ca Plane Pour Moi) -
Elton Motello
2. Brand
New Age - U.K. Subs
3. All
Systems Go - Stepmothers
4.
Bloodstains - Agent Orange
5.
Dissension - Face to Face
6. Army
Song - Abrasive Wheels
7. Are You
Ready for the Sex Girls? -
Gleaming Spires
8. I Lost
My Head
9. Keep on
Running (Til You Burn) - U.K.
Subs
10. All
This and More
11.
Solidarity - Angelic Upstarts
12. Asshole
- Live Action Pussy Show
13. I Love
America - Shattered Faith
14.
Complete Disorder - Disorder
15.
Courtney
16.
Tomorrow's Sunset
17. Swords
of a Thousand Men - Tenpole Tudor
18. I've
Got a Gun - Channel 3
19. Last
But Not Least - Enemy
Disc Two
1. Useless
2. Be Proud
Be Loud (Be Heard) - Toyah
3. Party in
Paris - U.K. Subs
4. Let's Go
5. Road to
Rock and Ruin - King Kurt
6.
Bittersweet - New Model Army
7. Be Stiff
- Jona Lewie
8. Black
Sheep - Vice Squad
9. Drowning
in Berlin - The Mobiles
10. Butcher
Baby - Plasmatics
11. Run
Like Hell - Peter & the Test
Tube Babies
12. E.M.I.
- The Sex Pistols
13. Rough
Kids - Wreckless Eric
14. Rat
Race - U.K. Subs
15. Ca
Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand
16. I Spy
(For the FBI) - The Untouchables
17. Summer
of '81 - Violators
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'25th Anniversary
Commemorative Album of Safari
Records' This CD, issued in
2002, brings together many of the
landmark songs released on the
Safari label. This was Toyah's
first label, she was signed to
Safari from '78 to '83.
Tracklist for the
album is:
1. Danced - Toyah
2. Eddie
And Sheena - Wayne County &
The Electric Chairs
3. Terminal
Love - Boys
4. Ruby -
Gary Holton
5.
Scatterlings Of Africa - Juluka
6. I Found
A Woman - Glenn Hughes
7. My
Life's A Jigsaw - Purple Hearts
8. Strength
Of The Nation - Teenbeats
9. I will
return - English Evenings
10. Berlin
- Wayne County & The Electric
Chairs
11. You
Better Move On - Boys
12. Doctor
- Blood Donor
13. Close
Up - Those French Girls
14. Hit And
Run - Weapon Of Peace
15. Impi -
Juluka
16. Thunder
In The Mountains - Toyah
17. Dolly
Parton's Tits - MacLean &
MacLean
18. Battle
Of The Warrington - Yobs
19. Fuck
Off - Wayne County & The
Electric Chairs
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The Age Of New Wave'
(Delta Records). Unfortunately I
don't know much about this, other
than it includes 'I Want To Be
Free' by Toyah and was released
on CD in Germany in the last few
years. Another one for
completists to seek out!
Tracklist for the
album is:
1. 25 Years - Catch
2. Doot
Doot - Freur
3. Stand Or
Fall - Fixx
4. Wait A
Long Time For You - Thoughts
5. I Can't
Stop - Gary Numan
6. I Want
To Be Free - Toyah
7. Bird
Song - Lena Lovich
8. Louise
(We Get It Right) - Jona Lewie
9. Ca
Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand
10. Butcher
Baby - Plasmatics
11.
Destination Zululand - King Kurt
12. Disco
In Mosco - Vibrators
13. Wonder
Woman - Jayne County
14. Teenage
- UK Subs
15.
Nightmare Continues - Discharge
16. If The
Kids Are United - Sham 69
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'Pop & Wave
Volume 7' (The Sound of the 80's)
(Sony Music Media SMM 487589 2)
was a double album, released in
1997. Boasting a whole plethora
of 80s hits! Toyah is represented
by 'It's A Mystery' on the second
disc of the set.
Tracklist for the
album is:
Disc One
1. Hunting
High and Low (Album Version) -
Aha
2. Two
Tribes (Hibakusha Mix) - Frankie
Goes To Hollywood
3. Alive
and Kicking - Simple Minds
4. It's My
Life - Talk Talk
5. Good
Thing - Fine Young Canibals
6. Duel
(Album Version) - Propoganda
7. Sleeper
in Metropolis - Ann Clarke
8. Doot
Doot - Freur
9. Beat the
Clock - Sparks
10. Here
Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics
11. Girl's
Got a Brand New Toy - T.X.T.
12.
Woodpeckers from Space (7"
Version) - Video Kids
13. Cold
Days Hot Nights - Moti Special
14. Ballet
Dancer - The Twins
15.
Chequered Love - Kim Wilde
16. Through
the Barricades - Spandau Ballet
17. Blue
Night Shadow - Two Of Us
18. Drive
(Single Version) - The Cars
Disc Two
1. True
Faith - New Order
2. Marcia
Baila (Remix) - Les Rita Mitsouko
3.
Obsession (Long Version) -
Animotion
4. Pale
Shelter - Tears For Fears
5. A View
To A Kill - Duran Duran
6. Kiss Me
(Single Version) - Stephen 'Tin
Tin' Duffy
7. The
Honeythief - Hipsway
8. Big
Bubbles, No Troubles - Ellis,
Beggs & Howard
9. I'm Not
Scared - Eigth Wonder
10. Rebel
Yell - Billy Idol
11. Golden
Brown - The Stranglers
12. The
Killing Moon - Echo & The
Bunnymen
13. Crash -
The Primitives
14. Ziggy
Stardust - Bauhaus
15. I Feel
Love - Bronski Beat
16. It's a
Mystery - Toyah
17.
Changing Minds - 16 Bit
18. If I
Say Stop, Then Stop - George Red
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'Fantastic 80s! Go
For It' (Sony/Columbia
SONYTV92CD) ws released in 2000,
and was the third in this series
of 80s compilations. Toyah features on
disc one, with her 1981 anthem
(taken from the album 'Anthem'
too) , 'I Want To Be Free'.
Tracklist for the
album is:
Disc One
1. Young
Guns (Go For It) - Wham
2. Save A
Prayer - Duran Duran
3. Take On
Me - Aha
4. Wishing
Well - Terence Trent D'Arby
5. Can You
Feel It - Jacksons
6. Tell Her
About It - Billy Joel
7. Easy
Lover - Phil Collins &
Phillip Bailey
8. Rapture
- Blondie
9. King Of
Rock 'N' Roll - Prefab Sprout
10. Love In
The First Degree - Bananarama
11. I Owe
You Nothing - Bros
12. Money's
Too Tight To Mention - Simply Red
13. I Want
To Be Free - Toyah
14. Good
Thing - Fine Young Cannibals
15. Walk
Like An Egyptian - Bangles
16.
Together Forever - Rick Astley
17. Let's
Groove - Earth Wind & Fire
18. Hit
That Perfect Beat - Bronski Beat
19. Chant
No 1 - Spandau Ballet
Disc Two
20. Power
Of Love - Frankie Goes To
Hollywood
21. Do You
Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture
Club
22. True
Colours - Cyndi Lauper
23. Love
Resurrection - Alison Moyet
24. Human -
Human League
25.
Oblivious - Aztec Camera
26. Dear
Prudence - Siouxsie & The
Banshees
27. Ghosts
- Japan
28. I'm Not
Scared - Eighth Wonder
29.
Everytime You Go Away - Paul
Young
30. Thorn
In My Side - Eurythmics
31. Dignity
- Deacon Blue
32. I've
Never Been To Me - Charlene
33.
Wonderful Life - Black
34. Whistle
Down The Wind - Nick Heyward
35. Total
Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie
Tyler
36. Give Me
The Reason - Luther Vndross
37. When
Doves Cry - Prince
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'Direct Hits', a
vinyl only compilation from 1982,
on the Telstar label (STAR 2226). This album includes
Toyah's wonderful 1982 single 'Be
Proud Be Loud (Be Heard)'. Two
years after this, the song was
included o nToyah's first hits
album, 'Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!'
Tracklist for the
album is:
1. Mannequin - Kids
From Fame
2. Thank
You - Pale Fountains
3. Someone
Somewhere (In Summertime) -
Simple Minds
4. Night
Porter - Japan
5. Theme
From Harry's Game - Clannad
6. Annie
Get Your Gun - Squeeze
7.
Obsession - Buzz
8. Our Time
Has Come - David Christie
9. Be Proud
Be Loud (Be Heard) - Toyah
10. Land Of
Make Believe - Bucks Fizz
11.
Maneater - Hall & Oates
12. Back On
The Chain Gang - The Pretenders
13. Reap
The Wild Wind - Ultravox
14. Best
Years Of Our Lives - Modern
Romance
15. Holy
Joe - Haysi Fantayzee
16. Bck To
Love - Evelyn King
17. Golden
Moment - Fat Larry's Band
18. Life Is
A Celebration - Kids From Fame
19. I'm
Gonna Getcha - New China
20. Let Me
Go - Heaven 17
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'Chart Heat', a
vinyl only compilation from 1982,
on the K-Tel label (NE 11808).
'Chart Beat' came free with this
album. The Toyah picture,
from 'The Changeling' era photo
session, used on the 'Ieya'
(1982) single cover, was also
used on the reverse of this
album. |