[2025-09-05] Toyah "Chameleon: The Very Best Of Toyah" 3CD/1BD box set (Cherry Red UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Jun 24, 2025 2:04 pm

3CD/1BD Deluxe Edition
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UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FG4SPXZ8/?tag=imwan-21

2CD Standard Edition (contains CD1 and CD2 only)
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CA - https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FG4XP3Y6/?tag=imwanca-20
UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FG4XP3Y6/?tag=imwan-21

Description
• Cherry Red Records and Toyah are delighted to announce the release of Chameleon – The Very Best Of Toyah. This is the first career-spanning collection to encompass Willcox’s full recording history.

• Spanning 45 years of music, the impressive collection includes the top 40 singles ‘I Want To Be Free', ‘It’s A Mystery’, ‘Thunder In The Mountains’, ‘Brave New World’, ‘Good Morning Universe’, ‘Rebel Run’ and ‘Don’t Fall In Love’, alongside classic cuts right up to the 2021 Top 20 album Posh Pop. Chameleon lives up to its name and highlights Toyah’s musical longevity as a singer/actress that burst out of the punk/new wave scene in the late 1970s, became a pop icon in the 1980s and who has remained an ever-evolving creative force across five decades. Toyah has made an indelible mark on the entertainment industry with her unique voice, electrifying stage presence, and artistic versatility.

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.

CD3 is exclusive to this edition and collects 17 rarities and collaborations from 1980-2024. Remastered rarities include an alternate mix of ‘Rinaphobia’ recorded with Blood Donor in 1980 alongside the first version of ‘It’s A Mystery’ committed to tape. Previously unreleased 90s material with Kiss Of Reality includes a rare demo and two unreleased songs from their 1992 UK gig at The Orange Club, London. Toyah’s ongoing story is brought up to date with previously unreleased rarities ‘Blue Pearl’ and ‘Darkest Moment/Well Connected’, the latter recorded with Chris Guard (Indians In Moscow) for the radio drama Children Of The Circus but not heard in full.

The box set is completed by the first ever Toyah Blu-ray that brings together 12 promo videos, 22 classic BBC appearances and 6 songs from recent concerts. The promo videos span ‘I Want To Be Free’ to ‘Roses In Chains’. The Safari-era promo videos appear in brand new transfers from the original master reels. A special bonus feature is an exclusive Extended video of ‘Brave New World’ with the iconic promo video edited to the full album version with previously unseen footage from the 1982 video shoot, without any AI processes.

A 48-page booklet includes rare photos, imagery and ephemera encapsulating 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) who reflect on the impact Toyah had on them personally.

Tracklist
[CD1: Toyah Band 1979-1983]
1. I Want To Be Free
2. It’s A Mystery
3. Thunder In The Mountains
4. Brave New World
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
18. Race Through Space
19. Danced
20. Victims Of The Riddle (Live)

[CD2: 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

[CD3: Toyah Rare 1980-2024]
1. It’s A Mystery (Original Version) – Blood Donor & Toyah
2. Change Of Scenery – Blood Donor & Toyah
3. Rinaphobia (Alternate Mix)* – Blood Donor & Toyah
4. Harlequin (Demo)* – Kiss Of Reality & Toyah
5. Daydreaming (Live)* – Kiss Of Reality & Toyah
6. Shirt Of The Muse (Live)* – Kiss Of Reality & Toyah
7. Symbiotic – Trey Gunn & Toyah
8. Boredom Is A Killer (Live) – Weekend Guitar Trio, Toyah, Jan Bang
9. Small Town Psychopath (Live)* – Toyah & The Humans
10. Pebble (Live)* – Toyah & The Humans
11. Get In Your Car (Live)* – Toyah & The Humans
12. Nine Hours – Toyah + Peter Coyle
13. Step Into The New World
14. Blue Pearl*
15. Darkest Moment/Well Connected*
16. Future Dreaming – Toyah, Simon Darlow & Bobby Willcox
17. Roses In Chains (Live)* – Toyah & Robert Fripp

*previously unreleased

[Blu-ray: Toyah Vision 1980-2024]
Promo Videos:
1. I Want To Be Free
2. Thunder In The Mountains
3. Brave New World
4. Rebel Run
5. Don’t Fall In Love
6. Soul Passing Through Soul
7. Echo Beach
8. Sensational
9. Space Dance
10. Slave To The Rhythm
11. Roses In Chains
12. Brave New World (Extended)
BBC Performances:
13. Danced – The Old Grey Whistle Test
14. Indecision – The Old Grey Whistle Test
15. Mummies – Friday Night Saturday Morning
16. It’s A Mystery – Top Of The Pops (#1) 19.02.1981
17. I Want To Be Free – Cheggers Plays Pop
18. It’s A Mystery – Top Of The Pops (#2) 05.03.1981
19. Thunder In The Mountains – Top Of The Pops
20. Good Morning Universe – Top Of The Pops
21. Ieya – Something Else
22. Thunder In The Mountains – Something Else
23. Good Morning Universe – The Old Grey Whistle Test Xmas Special
24. We Are – The Old Grey Whistle Test Xmas Special
25. Jungles Of Jupiter – The Old Grey Whistle Test Xmas Special
26. In The Fairground – The Old Grey Whistle Test Xmas Special
27. I Want To Be Free – British Rock & Pop Awards
28. Brave New World – Cheggers Plays Pop
29. Street Creature – Three Of A Kind
30. Dawn Chorus – 655 Special
31. Ieya 1982 – 655 Special
32. Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard) – Top Of The Pops
33. Rebel Run – Saturday Superstore
34. The Vow – Saturday Superstore
Concert Footage:
35. Neon Womb – Live 2021
36. Brave New World – Live 2021
37. Take Me Home – Live 2021
38. Thunder In The Mountains – Live 2023 – Toyah & Robert Fripp
39. Echo Beach – Live 2023 – Toyah & Robert Fripp
40. Heroes – Live 2023 – Toyah & Robert Fripp

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Linda · **Posted:** Sun Aug 24, 2025 9:57 pm

All of the pre-order links in the first post are now active.

[2025-09-05] Toyah "Chameleon: The Very Best Of Toyah" 3CD/1BD box set (Cherry Red UK)

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