TOY (DAVID BOWIE ALBUM)

'''Toy''' is an unreleased album recorded by David Bowie and produced by Mark Plati, tentatively scheduled for release in mid-2001.
After performing songs from the earliest days of his career on the tours of 1999 and 2000 David Bowie became enthusiastic about the idea of do an album with re-recordings some of these songs. In his online journal on BowieNet, David Bowie revealed that the the production and artwork of the album were finished already by early 2001. Three new songs that would fit in with the album's context had also been recorded.
But time passed and rumours had it that Bowie's record company Virgin weren't interested in releasing an album full of songs they didn't have the legal rights to. At the end of 2001, Bowie left Virgin to set up his own record label, but the complete ''Toy'' album thus far remains unreleased.

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Track listing

Track listing

In 2002, a couple of songs recorded for ''Toy'' appeared on ''Heathen'' and as B-sides to its singles. According to a reliable source, ''Toy'' was supposed to have featured the following tracks:

★ "Uncle Floyd" - (new song, later appeared as "Slip Away" on the ''Heathen'' album)

★ "Afraid" - (new song, later appeared in remixed form on the ''Heathen'' album)

★ "Baby Loves That Way" - (re-recording of old song, later appeared on various singles from the ''Heathen'' album)

★ "I Dig Everything" - (re-recording of old song)

★ "Conversation Piece" - (re-recording of old song, later appeared on the bonus disc of the limited edition of ''Heathen'')

★ "Let Me Sleep Beside You" - (re-recording of old song)

★ "Toy" - (new song, later re-titled "Your Turn to Drive" and made available as an exclusive download track at the iTunes Music Store)

★ "Hole In The Ground" (re-recording of 1970 demo)

★ "Shadow Man" - (re-recording of 1971 demo, later appeared on various singles from the ''Heathen'' album)

★ "In The Heat of the Morning" - (re-recording of old song)

★ "You've Got a Habit Of Leaving" - (re-recording of old song)

★ "Silly Boy Blue" - (re-recording of old song)