'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.
Tracklist for the
album is:
1. Eye Of The Tiger
- Survivor
2. I Want
Candy - Bow Wow Wow
3. Ieya -
Toyah
4. The
River - king Trigger
5. Hurts So
Good - John Cougar
6. Saddle
Up - David Christie
7. Clap
Your Hands - Rocky Sharpe &
The Replays
8.
Substitute - The 3 Courgettes
9. Who Put
The Bomp - Showaddywaddy
10. It
Started With A Kiss - Hot
Chocolate
11. I've
Never Been To Me - Charlene
12. Heart
(Stop Beating In Time) Leo Sayer
13. Where
Did We Go Wromg - Liquid Gold
14. One Can
Dream - Doreen Chanter
15. Give Me
More Time - Nicole
16. I Want
You Back In my life gain - Alvin
Stardust
17. Secret
Heart - Tight Fit
18. Now
Those Days Are Gone - Bucks Fizz
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'Super Hits #1', a
vinyl only compilation from 1981.
This was released on the Ronco
label (RTL 2058-A), and yes,
believe it or not, you did get
'Super Hits#2' free with this
album. The picture of Toyah
on the reverse of the 1981 album,
'Anthem', is used on this
compilation too.
Tracklist for the
album is:
1. Japanese Boy -
Aneka
2.
Wunderbar - Tenpole Tudor
3. I Want
To Be Free - Toyah
4. Grey Day
- Madness
5. Love
Song - Simple minds
6. I Love
You, Yes, I Love You - Eddy Grant
7. Keep On
loving You - REO Speedwagon
8. Live A
Life - Black Slate
9. Beach
Boy Gold - Gidea Park
10. Stars
On 45 - Star Sound
11. Super
Trouper - Abba
12. How
'Bout Us - Champagne
13. Will
You - Hazel O'Connor
14. Rock
'N' Roll Dreams Come Through -
Jim Steinman
15. More
Than In Love - Kate Robbins
16. Piece
Of The Actione - Bucks Fizz
17. Stay
The Way You Are - Q-Tips
18. Star -
Kik Dee
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'Hits Hits Hits', a
vinyl only album released in 1981
on the Ronco label (RTL 2063) A fantastic picture
of Toyah, taken from the 'Four
More From Toyah' sessions (but
not used on the EP sleeve) was
printed on the reverse of this
compilation.
Tracklist for the
album is:
1. It Must Be Love -
Madness
2. Lunatics
(Have Taken Over The Asylum) -
Funboy Three
3. Good
Year For The Roses - Elvis
Costello
4. I Go To
Sleep - The Pretenders
5.
Flashback - Imagination
6. Can't
Help Myself - Linx
7. Cruisin'
The Streets - Bys Town Gang
8. Mirro
Mirror - Dollar
9. Falling
In Love Again - Techno Twins
10.
Throwing My Baby Out - Tenpole
Tudor
11.Good
Morning Universe - Toyah
12. Don't
You Want Me - Human League
13. Joan Of
Arc - OMD
14. Ay Ay
Ay Ay Moosey - Modern Romance
15. Me And
Mr Sanchez - Blue Rondo A La Turk
16. A
Wonderful Time Up There - Alvin
Stardust
17. Vision
Of China - Japan
18. Sweat
In Bullets - Simple Minds
19. Loud
Music In Cars - Billy Bremner
20. Hold Me
- BA Roberston & Maggie Bell
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'Urgh! A Music War',
a double album and video, from
1981 released on the A&M
label (A&M SP6019) Toyah was credited
as Toyah Wilcox, and 'Danced' as
'Dance'! on this famous album.
There are still people in the US
trying to get this compilation
released on DVD!
Tracklist for the
album is:
1. Driven To Tears -
The Police
2. Back In
Flesh - Wall Of Voodoo
3. Dance -
Toyah
4. Enola
Gay - OMD
5. Ain't
This The Life - Oingo Boingo
6.
Respectable Street - XTC
7. Offshore
Banking Business - The Members
8. We Got
The Beat - Go-Go's
9. Total
Eclipse - Klaus Nomi
10. Where's
Capatain Kirk - Athletico Spizz
'80
11. Nothing
Means Nothing Anymore - Alley
Cats
12. Foolish
I Know - Jools Holland
13. Ku Klux
Klan - Steel Pulse
14.
Uncontrollable Urge - Devo
15. The
Puppet - Echo And The Bunnymen
16. Come
Again - The Au Pairs
17. Tear It
Up - The Cramps
18. Bad
Reputation - Joan Jett & The
Blackhearts
19. Birdies
- Pere Ubu
20. Down In
The Park - Gary Numan
21. Shadow
Line - Fleshtones
22. He'd
Send In The Army - Gang Of Four
23.
Cheryl's Going Home - John Otway
24.
Homicide - 99
25. Beyond
And Back - X
26. Model
Worker - Magazine
27. Sign Of
The Cross - Skafish
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'Big Party Of The
80s' (Repertoire Records 1999).
Look!, it's 'It's A Mystery' on a
compilation once again! Don't know much
about this, other than it's
misleading title, and garish
artwork, disguises the fact that
there are some mighty fine songs
included on this album.
Tracklist for the
album is:
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 -
Freez
6. Dr.
Mabuse - Propaganda
7. Relax -
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
8. Iko Iko
- Belle Stars
9. Manic
Depression - Ian Dury
10. 25
Years - The 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 - Dave Stewart
18. Waiting
For A Train - Flash & The
Pan
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'Charthits 81'
(Volume 2) was released in (yep
you guessed) 1981! This came with
'Charthits 81' (Volume 1), and
was released on the K-Tel label
(NE 1142). A slightly different
picture of Toyah from the
'Thunder In The Mountains'
sessions was used on this album.
Tracklist for the
album is:
1. One Day In Your
Life - Michael Jackson
2. Being
With You - Smokey Robinson
3. Labelled
With Love - Squeeze
4. Back To
The Sixties (Part 2) - Tight Fit
5. Outlaw -
Gerard Kenny
6. You
Should Hear - Charlie Dore
7. Hanging
Around - Hazel O'Connor
8. In
Your Letter - REP
Speedwagon
9. Shut Up
- Madness
10. Under
Your Thumb - Godley & Creme
11.
Souvenir - OMD
12. One In
Ten - UB40
13. Thunder
In The Mountains - Toyah
14. Mule
(Chant No. 2) Beggar & Co
15.
Chemistry - The Nolans
16. Qwaka
Song - Waders
17. Panic -
The Scoop
18. Stars
On 45 (Vol 2) - Starsound
19. This
Ole House - Shakin Stevens
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'Jubilee - Original
Soundtrack' has been issued
a number of times, but was
originally released on Polydor
(EG 2302 097) in 1978. Toyah
sings, as a member of the
Maneaters, on 'Nine To Five'. The Maneaters were a
very short-lived band that Toyah
and Adam Ant formed while making
the film Jubilee.
Tracklist for the
album is:
1. Deutscher Girls -
Adam Ant
2. Paranoia
Paradise - Wayne County
3. Right to
Work
4. Nine to
Five - Adam Ant
5. Plastic
Surgery - Adam Ant
6. Rule
Britannia
7.
Jerusalem
8. Wargasm
in Pornotopia
9. Slow
Water - Brian Eno
10. Dover
Beach - Brian Eno
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WavePop Generation -
3 CD set on Sony from 1994. This album features
'Soldier of Fortune, Terrorist Of
Love' from Toyah's 1985 album
'Minx'.
Few tracks from that
album have ever appeared on
compilations.
Disc One:
1. Goody
Two Shoes - Adam Ant
2. Love
& pride - King
3. Pinky
Blue - Altered Images
4. Living
By Numbers - New Musik
5. Always
The Sun - The Stranglers
6. Real
Gone Kid - Deacon Blue
7. Doot
Doot - Freur
8.
Rainmaker - Spear Of Destiny
9. Voices
Carry - 'Til Tuesday
10. Never
Say Never - Romeo Void
11. After
The Fire - Der Kommissar
12. Who Can
It Be Now? - Men At Work
13. J.O.S.
Days - The Nits
14. Will
You - Hazel O'Connor
Disc Two:
15. Heaven
- Psychedelic Furs
16. Swept -
Spandau Ballet
17. Prince
Charming -Adam & The
Ants
18. Soldier
Of Fortune, Terrorist Of Love -
Toyah
19. Another
Girl, Another Planet - The Only
Ones
20. Talking
In Your Sleep - The Romantics
21.
Instincts - Romeo Void
22. Birth,
School, Work, Death - The
Godfathers
23. Up
Around The Bend - Hanoi Rocks
24. Don't
Watch Me Bleed - 'Til Tuesday
25. If She
Knew What She Wants - The Bangles
26.
Midnight Man - Flash & The
Pan
27. Lover
Come Back To Me - Dead Or Alive
28. Happy
Birthday - Altered Images
Disc Three:
29. You
Spin Me Round - Dead Or ALive
30. Fashion
- Eye Talk
31. Feels
Like Heaven - Fiction Factory
32. Love
And Regret - Deacon Blue
33. Burst -
Darling Buds
34. Skin
Deeep - The Stranglers
35.
Overkill - Men At Work
36. 1980-F
- After The Fire
37. In The
Dutch Mountains - The Nits
38.
Mystified - The Romantics
39. Fight
For Ourselves - Spandau Ballet
40. Hazy
Shade Of Winter -the
Bangles
41. All You
Need Is Love - New Musik
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'Essential 80s' - 60
huge hits - a triple CD set
featuring three of Toyah's 1981
Top Ten hits. 'It's A Mystery' and
'I Want To Be Free', both also
from Toyah's most successful
album 'Anthem', are on this
release from 2002, plus 'Thunder
In The Mountains'. The contents
are "eclectic" to say
the least!
Tracklist for the
collection is:
Disc One -
"That's What I Like"
1. I Should
Be So Lucky - Kylie Minogue
2. That's
What I Like - Jive Bunny &
The Mastermixers
3. Words -
F.R. David
4. Saddle
Up - David Christie
5. Say I'm
Your Number One - Princess
6. Annie,
I'm Not Your Daddy - Kid Creole
& The Coconuts
7.
Searchin' - Hazell Dean
8. Do You
Feel My Love? - Eddy Grant
9. Mama
Used To Say - Junior
10. Can can
- Bad Manners
11. Making
Your Mind Up - Bucks Fizz
12. Jack
Mix II - Mirage
13. It's A
Mystery - Toyah
14. Friends
- Ami Stewart
15. Bass -
Simon Harris
16. Never
Ending Story - Limahl
17. Only
Crying - Keith Marshall
18. Spend
The Night - Coolnotes
19. Hold On
To My Love - Jimmy Ruffin
20. Inside
Out - Odyssey
Disc Two -
"Good Thing Going"
21. I Don't
Wanna Dance - Eddy Grant
22. Move
Closer - Phyllis Nelson
23. Stool
Pigeon - Kid Creole And The
Coconuts
24. Good
Thing Going - Sugar Minott
25. Sealed
With A Kiss - Jason Donovan
26. Boys -
Sabrina
27. Land Of
Make Beelive - Bucks Fizz
28.
Heartache Avenue - The
Maisonettes
29. Set Me
Free - Jaki Graham
30. Jack
Mix IV - Mirage
31. Peter
Gun Theme - Duane Eddy
32. Ain't
No Pleasing You - Chas & Dave
33.
Especially For You - Kylie
Minogue & Jason Donovan
34. I'm In
The Mood For Dancing - The Nolans
35. Three
Minute Hero - Selector
36. Can't
Be With You Tonight - Judy
Boucher
37. Mirror
Mirror - Dollar
38. I Want
To Be Free - Toyah
39. You
Scare Me To Death - Marc Bolan
40.
Celebration - Kool & The Gang
Disc Three -
"Feels Like I'm In
Love"
41. Too
many broken hearts - Jason
Donovan
42. high
Energy - Evelyn thomas
43. use It
Up Wear It Out - Odyssey
44. O L
'Amour - Dollar
45.
Watching Me Watching You - David
Grant
46. Another
Sep C;oser To You - Junior
47.
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
48. Never
knew Love Like This Before -
Stephanie Mills
49. I Eat
cannibals - toto coelo
50. Thunder
In The Montains - Toah
51. Feels
Like I'm In Love - kelly Marie
52. Too Shy
- Limahl
53.
Whatever I Do Wherever I Go -
Hazell Dean
54. Special
Brew - Bad Manners
55. Je ne
Sais pas Porquoi - Kylie Minogue
56. I'm In
Love With The Girl... - Freshies
57. When
you Ask About Love - Matchbox
58. Spirit
In The Sky - Doctor & The
medics
59. Joanna
- Kool & The Gang
60. Rabbit
- Chas & Dave
These CD's were also
released individually and as a
double CD set (CD's 1 and 2).
Many of the songs are
re-recordings but all three Toyah
tracks are the originals.
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'25 Years Of Rock
'N' Roll' (Volume 2 - 1982)
(Connoisseur Collection RRT CD
82) was released in 1992, and
features Toyah's classic hit
'Brave New World'. The CD coincided
with Radio One's 25th anniversary
year, and includes sleevenotes
by, er, Simon Bates!
Tracklist for the
album is:
1. Come on Eileen -
Dexys Midnight Runners
2. Freeze
Frame - J. Geils Band
3. Strange
Little Girl - Stranglers
4. Look Of
Love - ABC
5. Living
On The Ceiling - Blancmange
6. Is It A
Dream - Classix Nouveaux
7. I Don't
Wanna Dance - Eddy Grant
8. Love's
comin' at ya - Melba Moore
9.
Suspicious Minds - Candi Staton
10. Really
Saying Something - Bananarama
11. Don't
Walk Away - Four Tops
12. Nights
Birds - Shakatak
13. Lover
In You - Sugarhill Gang
14. Classic
- Adrian Gurvitz
15. Brave
New World - Toyah
16. Girl
Crazy - Hot Chocolate
17. Ohh La
La La (Let's Go Dancing) - Kool
& The Gang
18. Love
Makes The World Go Round - The
Jets
19. Beat
Surrender - The Jam
20. Talk
Talk - Talk Talk
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'Hot Ladies Of Rock'
(Pickwick Records SHM 3120)
'I Want To Be Free' & 'War
Boys' (LP) - 1982 The version of 'War
Boys' included on this album is a
mix unavailable anywhere else.
Tracklist for the
album is:
1. D.Days - Hazel
O'Connor
2.
Heartbreaker - Pat Benatar
3. I Want
To Be Free - Toyah
4. Paying
The Price Of Love - Crush
5. B-A-B-Y
- Rachel Sweet
6. Queens
Of Noise - Runaways Featuring
Joan Jett
7. (I'm
Always Touched By Your) Presence
Dear - Blondie
8. Hanging
On The Telephone - Blondie
9. Rock
Hard - Suzi Quatro
10. I Need
A Lover - Pat Benatar
11. Waiting
- Hazel O'Connor
12.
American Nights - Runaways
Featuring Joan Jett
13. War
Boys - Toyah
14. Iko Iko
- Belle Stars
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'The Tube' -
"Tune into The Tube on
record"(K-Tel - CE2261) - An
18-track album released in 1984. This was in
association with the famous
Channel 4 music show.
Tracklist for the
album is:
1. Relax - Frankie
Goes To Hollywood
2. A Solid
Bond In Your Heart - The Style
Council
3. Young
Guns (Go for It) - Wham!
4. Back On
The Chain Gang - The Pretenders
5. This
Charming Man - The Smiths
6. Rebel
Run - Toyah
7. Love In
Itself - Depeche Mode
8. New
Year's Day - U2
9. Right By
Your Side - Eurythmics
10. Love Of
The Common people - Paul Young
11. Love Is
A Wonderful Colour - Icicle Works
12. The
Lovecats - The Cure
13. Town
Called Malice - The Jam
14. Never
Never - The Assembly
15. I'll
Lay My Silver Spurs (She's Wrong)
- Jonathan Perkins
16. Only
You - Yazoo
17.
Oblivious - Aztec Camera
18. Star
Cycle (Theme from The Tube) -
Jeff Beck
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'Beatwave Of The
80's' (K-Tel - TN1842) - A
16-track album released in 1983. If I remember
correctly there was a companion
to this called something like
'Heatwave Of The 80's'!
Tracklist for the
album is:
1. Heartache Avenue
- The Maisonettes
2. Tainted
Love - Soft Cell
3. Love
Plus One - Haircut 100
4. Queen Of
The Rapping Scene - Modern
Romance
5. Let Me
Go - Heaven 17
6. In The
Name Of Love - Thompson Twins
7. Hey
Little Girl - Icehouse
8. Maid Of
Orleans - OMD
9. Don't
You Want Me - The Human League
10. Chant
No. 1 - Spandau Ballet
11. I Ran -
A Flock Of Seagulls
12. I Hope
I Never - Split Enz
13. On My
Radio - Selector
14. Be
Proud Be Loud (Be Heard) - Toyah
15.
Promised You A Miracle - Simple
Minds
16.
Driver's Tears - Sniff 'N' The
Tears
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'The Rock & Roll
Decades' - Double album. A double CD
compilation released in the late
1990's featuring Toyah's
poptastic 1985 single, 'Don't
Fall In Love (I Said)'.
Tracklist for the
album is:
Disk One:
1. Can You
Feel It - The Jacksons
2. Walking
On The Chinese Wall - Phillip
Bailey
3. Hold On
Tight - ELO
4. Dead
Ringer For Love - Meatloaf
5. Stand
And Deliver - Adam & The Ants
6. When
Will I Be Famous - Bros
7. All Day
& All Of The Night - The
Stranglers
8. Walk
Like An Egyptian - The Bangles
9. Walk
This Way - Aerosmith
10. Cum On
Feel The Noise - Quiet riot
11. Raw -
Spandau Ballet
12. Mannish
Boy - Muddy Waters
13. Stop Me
From Starting This Feeling - Lou
Rawis
14. Don't
Stop Believeing - Journey
15. Theme
From MASH - MASH
16.
Anything For You - Gloria Estefan
17. Rosanna
- Toto
18.
January, February - Barbara
Dickson
19. Rock It
- Herbie Hancock
20. Cuddly
Toy - Roachford
Disk Two:
21. No
Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie
Boys
22. Yo Bum
Rush The Snow - Public Enemy
23. Feels
Like Heaven - Fiction Factory
24. Don't
Fall In Love (I Said) - Toyah
25. And The
Beat Goes On - The Whsipers
26. Tribute
- The Pasadenas
27. Shake
You Down - Gregory Abbot
28.
Promises - Basia
29. Night
To Remember - Shalamar
30. Taste
Of Bitter Love - Gladys Knight
31. New
York Eyes - Nicole
32. Skin
Deep - The Stranglers
33. Let's
Hear It For The Boy - Deniece
Williams
34. Hold Me
Tighter In The Rain - Billy
Griffin
35.
Criticize - Alexander O'Neal
36. 99 Red
Balloons -Nena
37. Sexual
Healing - Marvin Gaye
38. I
Really Didn't Mean It - Luther
Vandross
39.
Satellite - The Hooters
40. Through
The Barricades - Spandau Ballet
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'Eighties Flashback' A CD compilation
released in the late 1990's that
included Toyah's 1981 hit, 'I
Want To Be Free'.
Tracklist for the
album is:
1. Right By Your
Side - Eurythmics
2.
Fantastic Day - Haircut 100
3.
Flashback - Imagination
4. Rise To
The Occasion - Climie Fisher
5. Living
In A Box - Living In A Box
6. Blame It
On The Boogie - Big Fun
7. Got To
Be Certain - Kylie Minogue
8. Digging
Your Scene - The Blow Monkeys
9. Love Is
A Wonderful Colour - The Icicle
Works
10. The
First Picture Of You - The Lotus
Eaters
11. Wishing
- A Flock Of Seagulls
12.
Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
- The Korgis
13. I Want
To Be Free - Toyah
14. Danger
Games - The Pinkies
15. Dead
Give Away - Shalamar
16. Tell It
To My Heart - Taylor Dayne
17. Knock
On Wood - Amii Stewart
18. Lies -
Jonathan Butler
19. The
Lover In You - The Sugarhill Gang
20. Move
Closer - Phyllis Nelson
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The Indie Scene:
The Story of British Independent
Music (Connoisseur Collection
IBM CD8) - 1992 Released in 1992,
featuring some of 1981's biggest
"indie" hits, including
'I Want To Be Free', one of the
biggest of that year.
Tracklist for the
album is:
1. Is Vic There -
Department S
2. Papas
Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag
3. I Don't
Want To Live With Monkeys - The
Higsons
4. D-Days -
Hazel O'Connor
5. I Want
To Be Free - Toyah
6. It's My
Party - Stewart & Gaskin
7.
Attention Stockholm - Virna Lindt
8. We Could
Send The Letters - Aztec Camera
9. Clik
Talk (Testcard EP) - Yang Marble
Giants
10. Big
Brown Eyes - The DB's
11. Hungry
So Angry - Medium Medium
12. Fatman
- Southern Death Cult
13. Release
The Bats / Birthday Party
14. Goo Goo
Muck - The Cramps
15. Little
Red Riding Hood - 999
16.
Inconvenience - Au Pairs
17. I'm
Falling - Dead Or Alive
18. Talking
- A Flock Of Seagulls
19. Our
Swimmer - Wire
20. 4 Hours
- Clock Deva
21. In The
Grey Light - Virgin Prunes
22. Rain
Dance - Past Seven Days
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I Remember (A Travel
In Time) - Various Artists album
- 1997 (Synthetic Symphony/SPV
SPV 085-61522) Tracklist for the
album is:
1. The Black Hit Of
Space - The Human League
2. Ricky's
Hand - Fad Gadget
3. Lucky
Number - Lene Lovich
4. T.V.O.D.
- The Normal
5. Real
Life - Exploding Bullets
6. We Are
Glass - Gary Numan
7. Rotor
Babe - Click Click)
8. Louise -
Clan Of Xymox
9. Geisha
Boys And Temple Girls - Heaven
17
10. Drive -
Bazooka Joe
11. Psyche
- The Brain Collapses
12. It's A
Mystery - Toyah
13. Waves -
Blancmange
14. New
Dawn Fades - Joy Division
15. I
Remember (Death In The Afternoon)
- Ultravox
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'City Feeling', a
compialtion from Germany,
featuring a Toyah track. Side One:
Stars On 45
Arabesque
Kool &
The Gang
Maywood
Max 'N
Specs
Side Two:
Toyah
Coast To
Coast
Max Werner
Frankie
Smith
Sugar &
The Lollipops
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'Julie & The
Cadillacs - The Original Motion
Picture Soundtrack' |
Toyah also features
on: Chart Action 2 - 75
Top Ten Hits Boxed Set.
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The Best Of British
Hits Flashback 80's Tracklist for the
album is:
1. Wishing (If I Had
A Photograph Of You) - A Flock Of
Seagulls)
2. Fade To
Grey - Visage
3.
Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
- Haircut 100
4. It's My
Life - Talk Talk
5.
Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang
Chung
6. She
Blinded Me With Science - Thomas
Dolby
7. I Want
To Be Free - Toyah
8. Stand
And Deliver - Adam And The
Ants
9. Don't
Talk To Me About Love - Altered
Images
10. Love On
The Side - Thompson Twins
11. Vienna
- Ultravox
12. Don't
Go - Yazoo
13. The
Look Of Love - ABC
14. Feels
Like Heaven - Fiction
Factory
15. Love
Action (I Believe In Love) - The
Human League
16. To Cut
A Long Story Short - Spandau
Ballet
17. Do You
Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture
Club
18. Living
On The Ceiling - Blancmange
19.
Wouldn't It Be Good - Nick
Kershaw
20. Tainted
Love - Soft Cell
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