Toy World

Toy World
Studio album by Cardiacs
Released 1981
Recorded June 1980/March 1981
Genre Rock
Label Private release
Producer Tim Smith
Cardiacs chronology
The Obvious Identity
(1980)
Toy World
(1981)
The Seaside
(1984)

Toy World is the second album released by Cardiacs (including The Obvious Identity, released on cassette the previous year under the band name "Cardiac Arrest"). The cassette is a mixture of older songs by the earlier Cardiac Arrest lineup and newer songs by the then-current Cardiacs lineup. This was the last album to feature keyboard player/backing singer Colvin Mayers, and the first to feature saxophonist/backing singer/occasional keyboard player Sarah Cutts (who on all future releases would be referred to as Sarah Smith).

As with The Obvious Identity, recording was carried out at Crow Studios in Surbiton, Surrey, UK. The tracks were recorded under very low budget circumstances - one member later recalled "Every time the door bell went or the phone rang, it would put a massive crackle on the tapes," - and the final sound quality was quite flat.

Toy World was only made available on cassette, sold at concerts and from the fan club. The cassette features the earliest versions of the songs "Is This The Life?" and "Nurses Whispering Verses", better known in their re-recorded forms on later albums.

Reissues and alternate versions of album tracks

Toy World has never been reissued, and is consequently one of the rarest Cardiacs releases. However, many of the pieces from it have either been reissued on other Cardiacs releases or have had live versions appearing on other albums.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Tim Smith except where indicated. 

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Aukamacic"     
2. "Over" (outtake)   
3. "Icky Qualms"     
4. "Over + Over + Over + Over" (*)   
5. "Dead Mouse" (*)Tim Smith, Covin Mayers  
6. "A BIG NOISE In A Toy World"  Tim Smith, Mark Cawthra  
7. "TRADEMARK" (*)   
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "SCRATCHING CRAWLING SCRAWLING"    
2. "AS COLD AS CAN BE IN AN ENGLISH SEA" (*)  
3. "Verses" (outtake)  
4. "Is This The Life?"    
5. "Nurses Whispering Verses"    
6. "A Time For Rejoicing"    

Personnel

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