{"id":40584,"date":"2023-12-11T15:50:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T15:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/?p=40584"},"modified":"2023-12-11T15:50:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T15:50:14","slug":"retropop-best-of-2023-the-changeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/retropop-best-of-2023-the-changeling\/","title":{"rendered":"Retropop: Best Of 2023 &#8211; The Changeling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/retropopmagazine.com\/top-10-reissues-of-2023\/?fbclid=IwAR11ZS21DSA47n7KwNLNwdHbWD9qpJUUy4rV9Vv_bye027O5PP52nKuFZTA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/retropopmagazine.com\/top-10-reissues-of-2023\/?fbclid=IwAR11ZS21DSA47n7KwNLNwdHbWD9qpJUUy4rV9Vv_bye027O5PP52nKuFZTA noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-39981 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/changeling23e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a>The Changeling<\/em> was placed fifth best reissue of the year from RetroPop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If there\u2019s one thing we love more than new material from our favourite artists, it\u2019s diving into the vaults and unearthing forgotten gems from their classic eras \u2013 the hallmark of a strong reissue.<\/p>\n<p>This year, there have been plenty and in addition to revisiting iconic releases and sharing unreleased cuts, an increasing number of acts have taken to reworking and remixing their best-loved recordings for a new avenue of bonus material that bridges the gap between \u2018then\u2019 and \u2018now\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back on highlights from the year, here are Retropop\u2019s Top 10 Reissues Of 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Toyah \u2013 The Changeling (Cherry Red)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe seminal 1982 album from Toyah was expanded across two audio discs \u2013 including 20 previously unreleased tracks \u2013 and a further three previously unavailable on any CD, for its latest reissue, which contains outtakes, B-sides, an alternate album sequence of \u2018work in progress\u2019 variations, and home demo recordings. Meanwhile, the accompanying DVD features a wealth of classic content, plus up-to-date commentary from the lady herself!<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 See the full Top 10, plus more year end Best Of 2023 charts, at <a href=\"https:\/\/retropopmagazine.com\/top-10-reissues-of-2023\/?fbclid=IwAR11ZS21DSA47n7KwNLNwdHbWD9qpJUUy4rV9Vv_bye027O5PP52nKuFZTA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Retropop<\/strong><\/a>. <em>The Changeling<\/em> is available to buy from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cherryred.co.uk\/artist\/toyah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Cherry Red Records<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; a great Christmas gift for the music fan in your life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Changeling was placed fifth best reissue of the year from RetroPop If there\u2019s one thing we love more than new material from our favourite artists, it\u2019s diving into the vaults and unearthing forgotten gems from their classic eras \u2013 the hallmark of a strong reissue. This year, there have been plenty and in addition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24,27,46],"tags":[2952,3112],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40584"}],"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=40584"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40590,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40584\/revisions\/40590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}