New Toy
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| EP by Lene Lovich | ||||
| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1980–81 | |||
| Genre | New wave | |||
| Length | 21:17 | |||
| Label | Stiff | |||
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| Lene Lovich chronology | ||||
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New Toy is the first extended play by American singer-songwriter Lene Lovich released in 1981 by Stiff Records. It was released outside the United Kingdom in three different versions, one featured six new songs, while the other two contained songs from her previous albums, Stateless (1978) and Flex (1979).
The main single "New Toy", in which she makes fun of the consumer society, was released in February 1981 and became successful in charts, peaking at number 19 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs[2] and number 53 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]
The "80 of the '80s" podcast ranks "New Toy" as the #74 song of the decade.[4]
The songs "Special Star" and "Savages" later appeared on her third studio album, No Man's Land (1982) and all the songs from the EP appeared on the CD re-issue of the album.
Track listings
| New Toy (US Version) | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "New Toy" | 3:18 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Savages" |
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3:50 | |||||||
| 3. | "Special Star" |
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3:11 | |||||||
| 4. | "Never Never Land" |
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4:05 | |||||||
| 5. | "Cats Away" |
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3:41 | |||||||
| 6. | "Details" |
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3:12 | |||||||
Total length: |
21:17 | |||||||||
| New Toy (Limited Edition) | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "New Toy" (Extended Version) |
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4:36 | |||||||
| 2. | "Cats Away" |
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3:48 | |||||||
| 3. | "Money Talk" |
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3:17 | |||||||
| 4. | "The Night" |
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4:10 | |||||||
| 5. | "Too Tender to Touch" |
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4:17 | |||||||
| 6. | "You Can't Kill Me" | 3:47 | ||||||||
Total length: |
23:55 | |||||||||
| New Toy (Japanese Version) | ||||||||||
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| 1. | "New Toy" |
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| 2. | "Lucky Number" (Disco Version) |
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| 3. | "Bird Song" |
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| 4. | "Details" |
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| 5. | "Joan" |
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| 6. | "Cats Away" |
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Credits and personnel
- Lene Lovich - vocals, songwriter, producer
- Les Chappell - songwriter, producer
References
- ↑ New Toy at AllMusic
- ↑ "Flex - Lene Lovich | Awards", AllMusic.
- ↑ "LENE LOVICH | Artist", Official Charts.
- ↑ CK1, DJ (April 14, 2015). "#74: Lene Lovich - New Toy". 80ofthe80s podcast. Retrieved April 19, 2015.