Toyah normal - no, Toyah will never be normal, always a great person with a mystery to her persona. Love the brilliant new red hair style (May 2004). Check oput pictures from the 80's and more recent images at www.toyahwillcox.com
The music is powerful, angst ridden and the lyrics are so intelligent. Its the type of stuff you just don't find being made any more. "Its a Mystery" is probably what she is best known for, and along with "I want to be free" is the flagship on the album. But my personal favourite is "Neon Womb" which is wound around saxophone accompaniments and the tempo builds and builds and builds.
"Brave New World", "Ieya" and "Thunder in the Mountains" impact on first listen, and "Angels and Demons" has great lyrics and an infectious chorus. All in all its enough to make make wish I was a teenager in 1980.
Such a shame she's so "normal" now!
While Toyah's image may have dated, the music still sounds surprising fresh. This CD covers the first 5 (?) albums from 'Sheep Farming ...' to Rebel Run. All (?) the singles are there along with the best extracts from the LPs (as we called them then).
I was a big fan at the time (1979-83) and I've decided I am still am !
