The Blue Meaning

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The Blue Meaning
The Blue Meaning cover
Studio album by Toyah
Released 6 June 1980
Recorded Park Gate Studios
Genre New Wave, Punk Rock
Label Safari Records
Producer(s) Steve James, Toyah Willcox
Toyah chronology
Sheep Farming In Barnet
(1979)
The Blue Meaning
(1980)
Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!
(1980)


The Blue Meaning is the second album by Toyah, released in 1980 by Safari Records. Although not the first full-length release, this is often considered to be the band's first "proper" album.

It saw its first release on CD in 1990 on the Great Expectations label, and was reissued in a double-CD package with Sheep Farming In Barnet in 2002. The latter release was remastered and included two bonus tracks.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Original LP and CD

  1. "Ieya" (Willcox/Bogen/Bush)
  2. "Spaced Walking" (Willcox/Bush)
  3. "Ghosts" (Willcox/Bogen/Bush/Francis)
  4. "Mummies" (Willcox/Bogen/Bush/Francis)
  5. "Blue Meanings" (Willcox/Bogen/Bush)
  6. "Tiger! Tiger!" (Willcox/Bray/Bogen/Francis/Bush)
  7. "Vision" (Willcox/Bogen/Bush)
  8. "Insects" (Willcox/Bogen/Bush)
  9. "Love Me" (Willcox/Bogen/Bush)
  10. "She" (Willcox/Bray/Bogen/Francis/Bush)

[edit] 2002 reissue bonus tracks

  1. "Sphinx" (Willcox/Bogen)
  2. "Street Addict" (Willcox/Bogen/Spalding)

[edit] Personnel

  • Toyah Willcox - verbals + unusual sounds
  • Joel Bogen - guitar
  • Pete Bush - keyboards, trumpet
  • Charlie Francis - bass guitar
  • Steve Bray - drums

[edit] Production

  • Arrangements: Steve James, Toyah Willcox, Pete Bush, Joel Bogen, Charlie Francis, Steve Bray
  • Producers: Steve James, Toyah Willcox
  • Assistant engineer: Perry Morgan