Play with Toys

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Play With Toys
Play With Toys cover
Studio album by Basehead
Released 1992
Recorded 1992
Genre Alternative hip hop
Length 40:59
Label Imago
Producer Michael Ivey
Professional reviews
Basehead chronology
Play With Toys
(1992)
Not In Kansas Anymore
(1993)

Play with Toys is the debut album of Basehead. Voted one of the top 50 albums of 1992 in Q magazine,[1] Voted #43 in NME’s top albums of 1992.[2] the album was originally released in limited quantities on the Emigre label [ECD 005] and was subsequently rereleased on a larger label, Imago, with some of the tracks altered to remove samples that had not been cleared prior to its initial release.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Intro" (Ivey) – 1:02
  2. "2000 BC" (Ivey) – 4:15
  3. "Brand New Day" (Ivey) – 4:52
  4. "Not Over You" (Ivey) – 4:38
  5. "Better Days" (Ivey) – 3:09
  6. "Ode to my Favourite Beer" (Ivey) – 3:42
  7. "Hair" (Ivey) – 3:48
  8. "Evening News" (Ivey) – 4:37
  9. "I Try" (Ivey) – 3:53
  10. "Play With Toys" (Ivey) - 4:03
  11. "Outro" (Ivey) - 2:56

[edit] Personnel

  • Michael Ivey – Guitar, Vocals and other stuff
  • Brian Hendrix – Live drums
  • Bruce 'Kool Aid' Gardner - Live drums on "2000 BC"
  • Paul 'DJ Unique' Howard - scratches
  • Bob Dewald - Bass on "Play With Toys"
  • Marco Delmar - feedback solo on "Play With Toys"

[edit] References