Desire

Description

Released by Edsel, Toyah’s 1987 studio album ‘Desire’ receives its first ever standalone CD reissue in a new expanded edition, in deluxe 7-inch sized gatefold packaging. Originally issued on the EG label, the album was produced by Mike Hedges (Siouxise & The Banshees) and recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in the autumn of 1986. This deluxe 2CD edition includes a second disc of 18 rare and ‘desirable’ bonus tracks including the 12-inch mix of lead single ‘Echo Beach’, plus outtakes and B-sides from the album sessions. Excitingly, six previously unreleased tracks feature including the long-awaited release of the post-‘Desire’ rarity ‘We Play Machines’. Rare live concert recordings of ‘Desire’ songs have been unearthed especially for this release; ‘Revive the World’, performed at The Orange Club, Kensington with ‘Kiss of Reality’ in 1992, ‘Desire’ and ‘Moonlight Dancing’ from 1994 plus ‘Echo Beach’ from Toyah & Robert Fripp’s summer 2024 Rock Party Tour. The ‘Desire’ album recording sessions ran concurrent to Toyah starring in the Strand Theatre revival of celebrated musical ‘Cabaret’. Toyah appeared as the lead Sally Bowles, alongside Wayne Sleep in the Gillian Lynne-directed production. Although a cast recording was made of the Strand production it was before Toyah took over the role of Bowles. Ten years later, Toyah revisited ‘Cabaret’ with a recording of four songs, one of which is a duet with British actor Nigel Planer. This marks the first time these tracks have ever been included on a Toyah release. The ‘Desire’ album includes an eclectic set of musicians across the 11 tracks with guest guitar spots from Ronnie Wood, Robert Fripp, and The League of Crafty Guitarists. Engineered by Haydn Bendall (‘Hounds of Love’), the album’s lead single was a sparkling cover of the 1980 Martha & The Muffins’ new wave hit ‘Echo Beach’.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Echo Beach – Toyah
2. Moonlight Dancing – Toyah
3. Revive the World – Toyah
4. The View – Toyah
5. Moon Migration – Toyah
6. Love’s Unkind – Toyah
7. Dear Diary – Toyah
8. Deadly As a Woman – Toyah
9. Goodbye Baby – Toyah
10. When a Woman Cries – Toyah
11. Desire – Toyah
Disc 2
1. Echo Beach (Surf Mix) (Bonus Track) – Toyah
2. Plenty (Bonus Track) – Toyah
3. Sun Up (Bonus Track) – Toyah
4. Re-entry Into Dance (Bonus Track) – Toyah
5. Mesmerised (Bonus Track) – Toyah
6. We Play Machines (Bonus Track) – Toyah
7. Revive the World (Live, 1992) – Kiss of Reality & Toyah
8. Moonlight Dancing (Live, 1994) – Toyah
9. Desire (Live, 1994) – Toyah
10. Echo Beach (Live, 2024) – Toyah & Robert Fripp
11. Revive the World (Acoustic) – Toyah
12. Moonlight Dancing (Acoustic) – Toyah
13. Desire (Revisited) (Bonus Track) – Toyah
14. Echo Beach (Acoustic) – Toyah
15. Mein Herr (Bonus Track) – Toyah
16. Maybe This Time (Bonus Track) – Toyah
17. Money, Money (Bonus Track) – Toyah Willcox & Nigel Planer
18. Cabaret (Bonus Track) – Toyah