Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! is a compilation of tracks by Toyah

Toyah (band)

Toyah is the name of the band fronted by Toyah Willcox between 1977 and 1983. The only other consistent band member throughout this period was Joel Bogen, Willcox's principal co-writer and guitarist.-Background :...

, mostly from singles and EPs. One track, "Sphinx", was previously only available as a flexidisc

Flexi disc

The flexi disc is a phonograph record made of a thin, flexible vinyl sheet with a molded-in spiral stylus groove, and is designed to be playable on a normal phonograph turntable...

 included with issue nº 8 of Flexipop magazine.

It was the band's first compilation album to date and covered material from the Sheep Farming In Barnet

Sheep Farming In Barnet

Sheep Farming in Barnet is the debut album by Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox, released in 1979 by Safari Records. The album was originally released as a 6-track extended EP, dubbed an 'Alternate Play' record by Safari, and was later expanded into full-album status...

era through to 1983's Love Is The Law. A companion VHS videocassette was also released containing four music videos and a live performance.

Side one

1. "I Want to Be Free
   I Want To Be Free
   "I Want to Be Free" is the seventh UK single by the band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox, and was released on 7 May 1981.Backed by an appearance on Top of the Pops, and bolstered by the performance of the previous single, "I Want to Be Free" entered the UK Top Ten with a peak at #8, and helped push...
   
   " (Willcox/Bogen)
2. "Good Morning Universe" (Willcox/Bogen) †
3. "Rebel Run
   Rebel Run
   "Rebel Run" is the thirteenth UK single by the band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox, and was released in September 1983, over a year after the band's previous single. The single reached number 24 on the UK Singles Chart, Spending a total of 5 weeks on the chart. It became 'Toyah's' seventh and...
   
   " (Willcox/Darlow)
4. "Angels and Demons" (Willcox/Hale)
5. "We Are" (Willcox/Bogen)
6. "Race Through Space" (Willcox/Bogen/Bush)
7. "The Angel and Me" (Willcox/Bogen)
8. "Thunder in the Mountains
   Thunder in the Mountains
   "Thunder in the Mountains" is the eighth UK single by the band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox, and was released in 1981.The single, which was not included on an album at the time, continued the success of previous hits...
   
   " (Willcox/Lee/Glockler) †

Side two

9. "It's a Mystery" (Hale)


10. "Brave New World
    Brave New World (single)
    "Brave New World" is the tenth UK single by the band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox, and was released in 1982. It was to be the only single release from The Changeling....
    
    " (Willcox/Bogen)


11. "Neon Womb" (Willcox/Bogen/Bush)


12. "Sphinx" (Willcox/Bogen) †


13. "Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard)
    Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard)
    "Be Proud Be Loud " is the twelfth UK single by the band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox, and was released in 1982.The single, and its B-side were not included on an album at the time, though both would eventually be included on the 2005 reissue of Love Is the Law, while the title track became the...
    
    " (Willcox/Bogen) †


14. "The Vow" (Willcox/Bogen/Spalding)


15. "Danced" (Willcox/Bogen/Bush)


16. "Ieya
    IEYA
    "Ieya" was the fourth UK single from the post-punk band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox, and was released in 1980. It was later remixed and re-issued in 1982....
    
     (New version - single edit)" (Willcox/Bogen/Bush)

† first inclusion on an album

Personnel

• Toyah Willcox
  Toyah Willcox
  Toyah Ann Willcox is an English actress and singer. In a career spanning more than thirty years Toyah has had 13 top 40 singles, released 22 studio albums, written two books, appeared in over forty stage plays and ten feature films, as well as voicing and presenting numerous television shows...
  
   - vocals
• Joel Bogen
  Joel Bogen
  Joel Bogen is an English rock and punk guitarist. He worked with Toyah Willcox from the late 1970s to 1983 as the guitar player in her eponymous band and was the co-writer on nearly all of the material they recorded. Bogen also produced Heaven, the 1997 debut album of neo soul artist Jai, for M&G...
  
   - guitar
• Phil Spalding
  Phil Spalding
  Philip Spalding also known as Phil Spalding, is an English bass player. He is best known as a session musician and player of Fender Precision Bass guitars...
  
   - bass
• Brad Lang - bass
• Mark Henry - bass
• Peter Bush - keyboards
• Adrian Lee
  Adrian Lee
  Adrian Lee is an English musician, known especially for his brass instrumentation work with several well-known acts of the 1980s.-Career:...
  
   - keyboards
• Simon Darlow - keyboards
• Steve Bray - drums
• Nigel Glockler
  Nigel Glockler
  Nigel Glockler is an English drummer for the NWOBHM band, Saxon.His first professional musical experience was the UK band Krakatoa, followed by session work. He joined Toyah Willcox's band in late 1980...
  
   - drums
• Simon Phillips
  Simon Phillips
  Simon Phillips is an English jazz, pop and rock drummer.-Career:Phillips began to play professionally at the age of twelve in his father's Dixieland band for four years. He was then offered the chance to play in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar...
  
  - drums
• Andy Duncan - drums