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Warrior Rock: Toyah on Tour
Live album by
ReleasedNovember 1982
Recorded17–18 July 1982 with Mobile One
VenueHammersmith Odeon, London, UK
GenreNew wave, punk rock
Length89:16
LabelSafari
ProducerNick Tauber
Toyah chronology
The Changeling
(1982)
Warrior Rock: Toyah on Tour
(1982)
Love Is the Law
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Melody Maker(favourable)[1]

Warrior Rock: Toyah on Tour is a live double LP recorded on 17 July and 18 July 1982 at London's Hammersmith Odeon at the end of Toyah's 25 date The Changeling tour.

The original vinyl release of this album was the only Toyah record to be issued in a gatefold sleeve. The album peaked at number 20 on the UK Albums Chart.[2]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Good Morning Universe" (Toyah Willcox, Joel Bogen) – 5:03
  2. "Warrior Rock" (Willcox, Bogen, Phil Spalding) – 3:55
  3. "Danced" (Willcox, Bogen, Peter Bush) – 7:18
  4. "Jungles of Jupiter" (Willcox, Bogen, Spalding) – 6:23
Side two
  1. "It's a Mystery" (Keith Hale) – 5:23
  2. "Castaways" (Willcox, Bogen) – 5:20
  3. "Angel & Me" (Willcox, Bogen) – 5:52
  4. "Brave New World" (Willcox, Bogen) – 6:39
Side three
  1. "The Packt" (Willcox, Bogen) – 7:05
  2. "Thunder in the Mountains" (Willcox, Adrian Lee, Nigel Glockler) – 4:33
  3. "We Are" (Willcox, Bogen) – 3:37
  4. "I Want to Be Free" (Willcox, Bogen) – 6:38
Side four
  1. "Dawn Chorus" (Willcox, Bogen, Spalding) – 5:13
  2. "War Boys" (Willcox) – 6:04†
  3. "Ieya" (Willcox, Bogen, Bush) – 10:13†

† 2005 CD contains abridged versions

Personnel

Production
  • Nick Tauber – producer
  • Simon Hanhart – engineer, mixing at The Marquee Studios, London, August/September 1982
  • Barry Ainsworth, Andy Rose, Tim Wybrow – engineers
  • Phil Harding, John Eden – additional mixing
  • Mike Higgs, Andy Lovell, Mark Wade, Mike Duffy – mixing assistants

References

  1. ^ Mercer, Mick (1982). "Toyah – Warrior Rock". Melody Maker. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  2. ^ "Toyah Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2017-11-13.