Looking Back (Toyah Willcox album)

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Looking Back
Toyah LookingBack.jpg
Studio album by
Toyah
Released1995
Genre
Length46:05
Label QED
Producer
Toyah chronology
Dreamchild
(1994)		Looking Back
(1995)		 The Acoustic Album
(1996)

Looking Back is a studio album by the British singer Toyah Willcox, released in 1995. It is a collection of re-recordings of songs from her back catalogue, mostly classic hits from the Toyah band repertoire. The material was originally conceived as part of a double album Toyah Classics slated for release in March 1995. [1] The two sets would eventually be released individually, with Looking Back as an 'electric' accompaniment to The Acoustic Album , released the following year. The album has never been re-released digitally. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I Wanna Be Free" (Toyah Willcox, Joel Bogen) – 2:53
  2. "Obsolete" (Willcox, Bogen, Nigel Glockler) – 2:56
  3. "It's a Mystery" (Keith Hale) – 3:58
  4. "We Are" (Willcox, Bogen) – 3:03
  5. "Thunder in the Mountains" (Willcox, Adrian Lee, Nigel Glockler) – 4:16
  6. "Good Morning Universe" (Willcox, Bogen) – 3:46
  7. "Angel & Me" (Willcox, Bogen) – 3:22
  8. "Be Proud, Be Loud (Be Heard)" (Willcox, Bogen) – 3:22
  9. "Danced" (Willcox, Bogen, Peter Bush) – 5:09
  10. "Rebel Run" (Willcox, Simon Darlow) – 3:14
  11. "Desire" (Willcox, Robert Fripp) – 2:34
  12. "Ieya" (Willcox, Bogen, Bush) – 6:11

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. ↑ "Pat Kenny Show: Toyah Interview (1995)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "LOOKING BACK". toyahwillcox.com. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
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