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Limited 3CD/Blu-Ray: Box Set
Limited 2LP: Gold Vinyl
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• Cherry Red Records and Toyah are delighted to announce the release of Chameleon – The Very Best of Toyah on 5 September 2025. The album is available on 2LP, 2CD and a 3CD+Blu-Ray Deluxe Edition.
• 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. A pioneering figure in the UK’s new wave and post-punk movement, Toyah has made an indelible mark on the entertainment industry with her unique voice, electrifying stage presence, and artistic versatility.
• 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. Her music, which blends theatricality with powerful rock energy has earned her a devoted fan base, Gold-selling records and respect as an acclaimed live performer and songwriter.
The 28-track double LP is presented on gold colour vinyl and contains 28 tracks. LP1 collects 14 hits and classics from 1979-1983 by Toyah – the band which she formed with composer and guitarist Joel Bogen, and Pete Bush. The second LP 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. This is the first career-spanning collection to encompass Willcox’s full recording history and the first ‘best of’ available on vinyl since 1984.
Toyah’s otherworldly lyrics and evocative vocal performances have ensured the songs have had a lasting legacy beyond the chart hits. Album cuts such as ‘Jungles of Jupiter’, ‘We Are’, ‘Dance In The Hurricane’ and ‘Angel & Me’ are as revered as those chosen as singles. Fans will delight in the inclusion of the 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 double gatefold sleeve vinyl 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 very best stylists and rock photographers.
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 in 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.
Tracklist
3CD/Blu-Ray Box Set
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
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)
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
DISC THREE
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
DISC FOUR
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) 19.021981
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
2LP & 2CD
DISC ONE
SIDE ONE
1. I WANT TO BE FREE
2. IT’S A MYSTERY
3. THUNDER IN THE MOUNTAINS
4. REBEL RUN
5. BE PROUD BE LOUD (BE HEARD)
6. NEON WOMB
7. JUNGLES OF JUPITER
SIDE TWO
1. GOOD MORNING UNIVERSE
2. BRAVE NEW WORLD (SINGLE VERSION)
3. BIRD IN FLIGHT
4. ANGEL & ME
5. WE ARE
6. IEYA (SINGLE VERSION)
7. DANCED
DISC TWO
SIDE THREE
1. SENSATIONAL (POSH REDUX)
2. DON’T FALL IN LOVE (I SAID)
3. SOUL PASSING THROUGH SOUL
4. ECHO BEACH
5. SPACE DANCE
6. ROSES IN CHAINS
7. INVISIBLE LOVE
SIDE FOUR
1. REVIVE THE WORLD
2. WORST IN ME* - Sunday All Over The World
3. BRILLIANT DAY
4. VELVET LINED SHELL
5. LITTLE TEARS OF LOVE
6. IMPROBABLE THING – Toyah & The Humans
7. TAKE ME HOME
* previously unreleased