Anthem (Toyah album)


Anthem is a 1981 album by Toyah. It was the band's most successful album, reaching number 2 in the UK Albums Chart and featuring the Top 10 singles "It's a Mystery" and "I Want to Be Free". The album was certified Gold in 1981 for selling more than 100,000 copies in the UK.
Original vinyl issues of the album came complete with a colour insert featuring photographs of the band wrapped in bandages, with various exposed body parts sprayed gold, and Egyptian themed drawings across the lyrics pages. A picture disc variation, featuring the album's front and back artwork and no sleeve, was also issued at the time.

Track listing

;Side One - Once upon a Time...
  1. "I Want to Be Free" ' - 3:10
  2. "Obsolete" ' - 2:36
  3. "Pop Star" ' - 3:56
  4. "Elocution Lesson" ' - 2:32
  5. "Jungles of Jupiter" ' - 5:12
  6. "I Am" ' - 3:22
;Side Two - Happy Ever After?
  1. "It's a Mystery" ' - 4:08
  2. "Masai Boy" ' - 4:06
  3. "Marionette" ' - 5:37
  4. "Demolition Men" ' - 3:50
  5. "We Are" - 3:13

    Original CD bonus tracks

  6. "Revelations" ' - 3:34
  7. "War Boys" ' - 3:39
  8. "Angels & Demons" ' - 6:55
  9. "Thunder in the Mountains" ' - 3:34

    1999 CD bonus tracks

  10. "Walkie Talkie" ' - 1:59
  11. "Alien" ' - 3:28
  12. "Revelations" ' - 3:34
  13. "For You" ' - 3:06
  14. "War Boys" ' - 3:39
  15. "Angels & Demons" ' - 6:55
;Production