Ophelia's Shadow

Ophelia's Shadow
Studio album by Toyah
Released	February 1991
Recorded	1991
Studio	Courthouse Studio, Manchester, UK
Genre	Progressive rock, avant-pop
Length	47:32
Label	E.G.
Producer	Toyah Willcox, Tony Arnold
Toyah chronology
Prostitute (1988) Ophelia's Shadow (1991) Take the Leap! (1993)

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Ophelia's Shadow was the fourth solo album by Toyah Willcox, and showcases a new direction in her work. Moving on from the experimental Prostitute, it showcases a more progressive style of music.

The album entered the American Import chart at number #12.

It was reissued in 2003 via Toyah's own Vertical Species label.

Track listing

1. "Ophelia's Shadow" (Trey Gunn, Toyah Willcox, Tony Geballe, Paul Beavis) - 5:54
2. "The Shaman Says" (Geballe, Willcox) - 5:23
3. "Brilliant Day" (Willcox, Robert Fripp, Gunn, Beavis) - 2:39
4. "Prospect" (Geballe, Willcox) - 3:13
5. "Turning Tide" (Geballe, Willcox) - 5:40
6. "Take What You Will" (Beavis, Geballe, Gunn, Willcox) - 5:42
7. "Ghost Light" (Gunn, Willcox, Geballe, Beavis) - 4:28
8. "The Woman Who Had an Affair with Herself" (Geballe, Willcox) - 4:17
9. "Homeward" (Geballe, Willcox) - 5:16
10. "Lords of the Never Known" (Willcox, Fripp, Gunn, Beavis) - 4:32

Personnel

• Toyah Willcox - vocals, producer, engineer, mixing
• Tony Geballe - guitar, computer, engineer
• Trey Gunn - stick, keyboards, engineer
• Paul Beavis - drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Robert Fripp - guitar on tracks 3 and 10 (uncredited), mixing
• Keith Tippett - keyboards on track 10
• Gordon Haskell - keyboard intro on track 1

Production

• Tony Arnold - backing tracks producer, engineer