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Toyah - Minx album

Toyah - Minx album

  • Performer: Toyah
  • Genre: Electronic
  • Title: Minx
  • Released: 1985
  • Style: Synth-pop
  • Country: Netherlands
  • MP3 version size: 1822 mb
  • FLAC version size: 1257 mb
  • Other: DTS WMA VOC AAC TTA MPC VOX
  • Rating: 4.1
  • Votes: 188

Description

Minx is a 1985 album by the British singer Toyah Willcox.

Minx was the first album released by Toyah Willcox as a solo artist. It has something of a controversial reputation as it represented a departure from her previous works, which tended toward thematic albums written almost in their entirety by Willcox and long-standing band members such as Joel Bogen and Phil Spalding. As an attempt to make a more "polished" pop album and (supposedly) to break into the .

CDPRT 26415, CD 26415. This is an impossibly glossy Toyah album, all Fairlight Page R and Yamaha DX-7 and with only a little of the essential Toyah mojo. Soldier Of Fortune, Terrorist Of Love" could have been on "Changeling" but Christopher Neil's production has that same "plastic"' sound of Nile Rodgers that wears out its welcome. Don't Fall In Love" is the best single here but it too succumbs to mid-80s production. Soul Passing Through Soul" is a poor knockoff of Bowie's "Heroes

Minx was the first album released by Toyah Willcox as a solo artist. The album became very hard to find in the 1990s, and before its 2005 reissue, CD copies were commanding high figures on e-bay.

1. Album – Album, is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape, or another medium. Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century, first as books of individual 78rpm records, vinyl LPs are still issued, though in the 21st century album sales have mostly focused on compact disc and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl, an album may be recorded in a recording studio, in a concert venue, at home, in the field, or a mix of places.

Mayhem is a compilation album by the British new wave band Toyah, released in 1985. It is a collection of previously unreleased material consisting mostly of demos and tracks not included on previous albums. When the band left Safari Records, the record company found enough material to compile one last album; this was apparently done without the consent of the band members. In spite of that, it was well received by the band's fans.

Don't Fall in Love (I Said), 03:45. Soul Passing Through Soul, 03:54. I'll Serve You Well, 05:59. All In a Rage, 03:30.

Soldier of Fortune, Terrorist of Love. 2. Don't Fall in Love (I Said). 3. Soul Passing Through Soul.

This album has an average beat per minute of BPM (slowest/fastest tempos:, BPM). See its BPM profile at the bottom of the page.

Tracklist

A1 Soldier Of Fortune, Terrorist Of Love
A2 Don't Fall In Love (I Said)
A3 Soul Passing Through Soul
A4 Sympathy
A5 I'll Serve You Well
B1 All In A Rage
B2 Space Between The Sounds
B3 School's Out
B4 World In Action
B5 America For Beginners

Credits

  • Producer – Christopher Neil

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
40 26415 Toyah Minx ‎(Cass, Album) Portrait, Epic 40 26415 Netherlands 1985
PRT 26415 Toyah Minx ‎(LP, Album) Portrait PRT 26415 UK 1985
PRT 26415 Toyah Minx ‎(LP, Album) Portrait PRT 26415 Netherlands 1985
DIAB 8074 Toyah Minx ...Plus ‎(CD, Album, RE) Edsel Records DIAB 8074 UK 2005
PR 33103 Toyah Minx ‎(LP, Album) Portrait PR 33103 Australia 1985

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