The Blue Meaning

The Blue Meaning
Studio album by Toyah
Released 6 June 1980
Recorded Park Gate Studios
Genre New wave, punk rock
Length 41:19
Label Safari Records
Producer Steve James, Toyah
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 (As PIPCD 015), 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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Smash Hits3/10[1]

Writing for Smash Hits in 1980, Red Starr described the The Blue Meaning as "gutless exhibitionism set to unmemorable rock music". He said the lyrics were "a mess of meaningless garbled imagery, all mysticism and supernatural hallucinations".[1]

The album reached number 40 on the UK Albums Chart.

Track listing

Original LP and CD

  1. "Ieya" (Willcox, Bogen, Bush) - 8:15
  2. "Spaced Walking" (Willcox, Bush) - 2:20
  3. "Ghosts" (Willcox, Bogen, Bush, Francis) - 3:29
  4. "Mummies" (Willcox, Bogen, Bush, Francis) - 2:58
  5. "Blue Meanings" (Willcox, Bogen, Bush) - 5:03
  6. "Tiger! Tiger!" (Willcox, Bray, Bogen, Francis, Bush) - 3:19
  7. "Vision" (Willcox, Bogen, Bush) - 4:06
  8. "Insects" (Willcox, Bogen, Bush) - 2:44
  9. "Love Me" (Willcox, Bogen, Bush) - 3:02
  10. "She" (Willcox, Bray, Bogen, Francis, Bush) - 6:03

2002 reissue bonus tracks

  1. "Sphinx" (Willcox, Bogen)
  2. - 3:15

  3. "Street Addict" (Willcox, Bogen, Spalding)

Comments on songs

Personnel

Production

References

  1. 1 2 Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (June 26 – July 9 1980): 31.
  2. ↑ "Toyah Talks Music". FSF-A Interview. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  3. ↑ "Toyah Documentary". ATV. 1980. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
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