{"id":38612,"date":"2022-09-01T00:52:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T23:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/?p=38612"},"modified":"2022-10-04T11:55:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T10:55:37","slug":"classic-pop-anthem-deluxe-remastered-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/classic-pop-anthem-deluxe-remastered-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthem Deluxe\/Remastered: Classic Pop Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A four star review of the Anthem<\/em> Deluxe reissue, by Classic Pop<\/em> magazine. The 2CD+DVD, colour vinyl and Super Deluxe box set is released on Friday 9th September, and can be pre-ordered here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Absurdly kept from the top spot by Starsound’s Stars On 45<\/em>, Toyah’s third album marked her transformation from cult punk to chart revolutionary. With co writer\/guitarist Joel Bogen the only survivor from the band’s previous incarnation, the new line-up did a brilliant job of maintaining the ferocity of old while ditching the more outre excesses for facing radio playlists head on. You’ll know It’s A Mystery<\/em> and I Want To Be Free<\/em>, with the pointed Marionette<\/em> and Pop Star<\/em> similarly unstoppable bursts of fire.<\/p>\n

As ever, archivist Craig Astley is exemplary in unearthing extras. The regular Anthem is back on vinyl, there’s a 2CD+DVD set or the boxset is a mighty 3CD, DVD, 2LP and a 7″ of the Flexipop<\/em> single Sphinx<\/em> on proper vinyl. The box’s second LP comprises everything from standalone single Thunder In The Mountains<\/em>, though annoyingly the Anthem<\/em> LP is a picture disc in the box. Bah.<\/p>\n

Alongside a BBC six-song session, the highlight of the extras are a handful of unreleased instrumentals: why Toyah didn’t turn Dropped Earring<\/em> into a hit is, well, a mystery. Throw in Toyah causing havoc on the DVD’s TV appearances and you get a fabulous document of an ex-punk rivalling Adam Ant for seizing the moment.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The latest issue of Classic Pop<\/em> is on sale now! (Thanks to Minna)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A four star review of the Anthem Deluxe reissue, by Classic Pop magazine. The 2CD+DVD, colour vinyl and Super Deluxe box set is released on Friday 9th September, and can be pre-ordered here. Absurdly kept from the top spot by Starsound’s Stars On 45, Toyah’s third album marked her transformation from cult punk to chart […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24,62,27,110],"tags":[482],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38612"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38813,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38612\/revisions\/38813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}