Toys Up

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Toys Up is the third studio album by the Greek music band Matisse released in Greece in 2007.

Toys up
Studio album by Matisse
Released	14 May 2007
Recorded	2006-2007 Athen's SCA studios
Genre	Alternative Rock Pop Rock
Label	Sony BMG
Producer	Aris Christou
Singles from Toys up
"Call Me Call Me" Released: 15 May 2007 "Judgment Day" Released: 20 September 2007 "5 Seconds Of Love"
Professional reviews
Pop & Rock magazine
Matisse chronology
Cheap As Art (2005) Toys up (2007)

Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Music style 1.2 Album artwork 2 Track Listening

[edit] Overview

[edit] Music style

Compared to the band's earlier albums, the style of Toys Up is unexpected. Not following the feeling and pop rock sound of their debut Cheap As Art, Toys Up introduces another side of the band. More solid, determined and conclusively whole, darker and more rough around the edges, this visceral new attitude has infiltrated the seemingly bright songs of the album and has inevitably embraced the deep, intensely clouded lyrics, a change that is obviously portrayed through the songs in Toys Up.

[edit] Album artwork

The original album collage was done by Emanuale Balzani, who said that he took the inspiration from the paper collages that Henri Matisse made when he was infected by cancer in the period before his death. It is in essence an ode to the great painter for his work.

[edit] Track Listening

1. "Call Me Call Me" - 3:41
2. "Judgment Day" - 3:53
3. "Killer Kids" - 3:20
4. "Mind The gap" - 2:59
5. "Gas" - 2:00
6. "5 Seconds Of Love" - 3:39
7. "Snowhite"- 3:00
8. "She Bop" - 3:25
9. "Τους UP" - 2:36
10. "Hit And Miss" - 2:05
11. "Telephone AVIV" (Hill Of Spring) - 1:00
12. "Call Me Call Me" (GK full moon mix) - 1:22