Toyah: Chameleon – The Very Best of Toyah, 3CD/Blu-ray Edition

• Cherry Red Records and Toyah are delighted to announce the release of Chameleon – The Very Best of Toyah on Friday 5 September 2025. This is the first career-spanning collection to encompass Willcox’s full recording history.

• Spanning 45 years of music, the impressive collection includes the top 40 singles ‘I Want To Be Free', ‘It’s A Mystery’, ‘Thunder In The Mountains’, ‘Brave New World’, ‘Good Morning Universe’, ‘Rebel Run’ and ‘Don’t Fall In Love’, alongside classic cuts right up to the 2021 Top 20 album Posh Pop. Chameleon lives up to its name and highlights Toyah’s musical longevity as a singer/actress that burst out of the punk/new wave scene in the late 1970s, became a pop icon in the 1980s and who has remained an ever-evolving creative force across five decades. Toyah has made an indelible mark on the entertainment industry with her unique voice, electrifying stage presence, and artistic versatility.

CD1 collects 20 hits and classic cuts from 1979-1983 by Toyah – the band which she formed with composer and guitarist Joel Bogen, and Pete Bush. Toyah’s otherworldly lyrics and evocative vocals have ensured these songs have had a lasting legacy beyond the chart hits. Album cuts such as Jungles of Jupiter, Race Through Space, We Are and Angel & Me are as revered as those chosen as singles.

CD2 is dedicated to Toyah’s solo recordings from 1985’s Top 30 hit ‘Don’t Fall In Love’ up to most recent single ‘Roses In Chains’ which Toyah performed at Glastonbury 2024. Fans will delight in the inclusion of previously unreleased track Worst In Me. A personal favourite of Toyah’s, the song comes from the album sessions by Sunday All Over The World, the band which Toyah and Robert Fripp formed and toured with in the late 1980s.

CD3 is exclusive to this edition and collects 17 rarities and collaborations from 1980-2024. Remastered rarities include an alternate mix of ‘Rinaphobia’ recorded with Blood Donor in 1980 alongside the first version of ‘It’s A Mystery’ committed to tape. Previously unreleased 90s material with Kiss of Reality includes a rare demo and two unreleased songs from their 1992 UK gig at The Orange Club, London. Toyah’s ongoing story is brought up to date with previously unreleased rarities ‘Blue Pearl' and ‘Darkest Moment/Well Connected’, the latter recorded with Chris Guard (Indians In Moscow) for the radio drama Children Of The Circus but not heard in full.

The box set is completed by the first ever Toyah Blu-Ray that brings together 12 promo videos, 22 classic BBC appearances and 6 songs from recent concerts. The promo videos span ‘I Want To Be Free’ to ‘Roses In Chains’. The Safari-era promo videos appear in brand new transfers from the original master reels. A special bonus feature is an exclusive Extended video of ‘Brave New World’ with the iconic promo video edited to the full album version with previously unseen footage from the 1982 video shoot, without any AI processes.

A 48-page booklet includes rare photos, imagery and ephemera encapsulating the iconic looks Toyah Willcox crafted herself alongside the world’s very best stylists and rock photographers. Sleevenote contributions come from Shirley Manson (Garbage) and Saffron (Republica) reflect on the impact Toyah had on them personally.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

TOYAH BAND 1979-1983

1  I WANT TO BE FREE

2  IT’S A MYSTERY

3  THUNDER IN THE MOUNTAINS

4  BRAVE NEW WORLD

5  GOOD MORNING UNIVERSE

6  REBEL RUN

7  BE PROUD BE LOUD (BE HEARD)

8  WE ARE

9  JUNGLES OF JUPITER

10  DAWN CHORUS

11  ANGEL & ME

12  THE VOW

13  I EXPLODE

14  OBSOLETE

15  BIRD IN FLIGHT

16  NEON WOMB

17  IEYA

18  RACE THROUGH SPACE

19  DANCED

20  VICTIMS OF THE RIDDLE (LIVE)

DISC TWO 

TOYAH SOLO 1985-2024

1  DANCE IN THE HURRICANE

2  DON’T FALL IN LOVE (I SAID)

3  SOUL PASSING THROUGH SOUL

4  ECHO BEACH

5  SENSATIONAL (POSH REDUX)

6  ROSES IN CHAINS

7  SPACE DANCE

8  INVISIBLE LOVE

9  VELVET LINED SHELL

10  SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM

11  LATEX MESSIAH (POSH REDUX)

12  LEVITATE

13  LITTLE TEARS OF LOVE

14  DESIRE

15  REVIVE THE WORLD

16  BRILLIANT DAY

17  WORST IN ME* – Sunday All Over The World

18  IMPROBABLE THING – Toyah & The Humans

19  TAKE ME HOME

20  FASHION (LIVE)* – Toyah & Robert Fripp

DISC THREE

TOYAH RARE 1980-2024

1  IT’S A MYSTERY (ORIGINAL VERSION) – Blood Donor & Toyah

2  CHANGE OF SCENERY - Blood Donor & Toyah

3  RINAPHOBIA (ALTERNATE MIX)* - Blood Donor & Toyah

4  HARLEQUIN (DEMO)* – Kiss Of Reality & Toyah

5  DAYDREAMING (LIVE)* - Kiss Of Reality & Toyah

6  SHIRT OF THE MUSE (LIVE)* - Kiss Of Reality & Toyah

7  SYMBIOTIC – Trey Gunn & Toyah

8  BOREDOM IS A KILLER (LIVE) – Weekend Guitar Trio, Toyah, Jan Bang

9  SMALL TOWN PSYCHOPATH (LIVE)* – Toyah & The Humans

10  PEBBLE (LIVE)* – Toyah & The Humans

11  GET IN YOUR CAR (LIVE)* – Toyah & The Humans

12  NINE HOURS – Toyah + Peter Coyle

13  STEP INTO THE NEW WORLD

14  BLUE PEARL*

15  DARKEST MOMENT/WELL CONNECTED*

16  FUTURE DREAMING – Toyah, Simon Darlow & Bobby Willcox

17  ROSES IN CHAINS (LIVE)* – Toyah & Robert Fripp

*previously unreleased

DISC FOUR

TOYAH VISION 1980-2024

PROMO VIDEOS

1  I WANT TO BE FREE

2  THUNDER IN THE MOUNTAINS

3  BRAVE NEW WORLD

4  REBEL RUN

5  DON’T FALL IN LOVE

6  SOUL PASSING THROUGH SOUL

7  ECHO BEACH

8  SENSATIONAL

9  SPACE DANCE

10  SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM

11  ROSES IN CHAINS

12  BRAVE NEW WORLD (EXTENDED)

BBC PERFORMANCES

13  DANCED – THE OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST

14  INDECISION – THE OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST

15  MUMMIES – FRIDAY NIGHT SATURDAY MORNING

16  IT’S A MYSTERY – TOP OF THE POPS (#1) 19.021981

17  I WANT TO BE FREE – CHEGGERS PLAYS POP

18  IT’S A MYSTERY – TOP OF THE POPS (#2) 05.03.1981

19  THUNDER IN THE MOUNTAINS – TOP OF THE POPS

20  GOOD MORNING UNIVERSE – TOP OF THE POPS

21  IEYA – SOMETHING ELSE

22  THUNDER IN THE MOUNTAINS – SOMETHING ELSE

23  GOOD MORNING UNIVERSE – THE OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST XMAS SPECIAL

24  WE ARE – THE OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST XMAS SPECIAL

25  JUNGLES OF JUPITER – THE OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST XMAS SPECIAL

26  IN THE FAIRGROUND – THE OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST XMAS SPECIAL

27  I WANT TO BE FREE – BRITISH ROCK & POP AWARDS

28  BRAVE NEW WORLD – CHEGGERS PLAYS POP

29  STREET CREATURE – THREE OF A KIND

30  DAWN CHORUS – 655 SPECIAL

31  IEYA 1982 – 655 SPECIAL

32  BE PROUD BE LOUD (BE HEARD) – TOP OF THE POPS

33  REBEL RUN – SATURDAY SUPERSTORE

34  THE VOW – SATURDAY SUPERSTORE

CONCERT FOOTAGE

35  NEON WOMB - LIVE 2021

36  BRAVE NEW WORLD - LIVE 2021

37  TAKE ME HOME - LIVE 2021

38  THUNDER IN THE MOUNTAINS - LIVE 2023 - TOYAH & ROBERT FRIPP

39  ECHO BEACH - LIVE 2023 - TOYAH & ROBERT FRIPP

40  HEROES - LIVE 2023 - TOYAH & ROBERT FRIPP