Desire (Toyah album)


Desire is the second studio album released by Toyah Willcox as a solo artist.
It is more typical of her band's earlier albums rather than its more commercial predecessor Minx, although it didn't entirely escape the imposition of cover versions, including "Echo Beach", originally recorded by Martha and the Muffins, and, somewhat incongruously, "Love's Unkind", originally by Donna Summer. However, most of the songs are once again co-written by Willcox, and while the original release of the album does not feature any musician credits, it does however benefit from a consistent band line-up, rather than the large number of session musicians involved in Minx. Robert Fripp and Ronnie Wood play on the album but are also uncredited.
Two singles were released from the album, "Echo Beach", which became a minor hit in the UK, and "Moonlight Dancing". In her autobiography, Willcox stated that she was forced to record "Love's Unkind" by her record label, but she was fiercely opposed to it. E.G. Records threatened to cancel the album's release if she did not.
The album was reissued digitally in 2015.

Track listing

;Side one
  1. "Echo Beach" ' - 3:23
  2. "Moonlight Dancing" ' - 4:13
  3. "Revive the World" ' - 3:28
  4. "The View" ' - 3:45
  5. "Moon Migration" ' - 5:37
;Side two
  2. "Love's Unkind" ' - 3:11
  3. "Dear Diary" ' - 4:03
  4. "Deadly as a Woman" ' - 4:00
  5. "Goodbye Baby" ' - 3:37
  6. "When a Woman Cries" ' - 4:31
  7. "Desire" - 4:04

    Personnel

;Production