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Ophelia's Shadow

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{{Infobox album

| name = Ophelia's Shadow

| type = studio

| artist = Toyah

| cover = Ophelia's Shadow.jpg

| alt =

| caption = 2003 re-release cover

| released = February 1991

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Courthouse Studio, Manchester

| genre = {{hlist|Progressive rock|avant-pop}}

| length = 47:32

| label = E.G.

| producer = {{hlist|Toyah Willcox|Tony Arnold}}

| prev_title = Prostitute

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = Take the Leap!

| next_year = 1993

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web| url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r20370|pure_url=yes}}| title = Toyah - Ophelia's Shadow review| last = Planer| first = Lindsay| publisher = AllMusic| accessdate = 2006-09-16}}

|rev2 = Billboard

|rev2score = Positive{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1991/1991-01-26-Billboard-Page-0103.pdf |title=Album Reviews |magazine=Billboard |page=93 |date=26 January 1991 |access-date=1 November 2021}}

|noprose = yes

|rev3 = New Musical Express

|rev3score = 4/10{{cite magazine |last=Williams |first=Simon |date=23 March 1991 |title=Long Play |magazine=New Musical Express |page=35}}

}}

Ophelia's Shadow is the fourth solo studio album by the British singer Toyah Willcox, released in 1991 by E.G. Records. Some musicians playing on this album have been members of King Crimson at a certain moment, people like Robert Fripp, Gordon Haskell, Keith Tippett and Trey Gunn.

Background

The album was created with Tony Geballe as well as Trey Gunn and Paul Beavis with whom Toyah and her husband Robert Fripp constituted the band Sunday All Over the World at the same time.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lvqjfRIG38 |title=Toyah At Home: Season 2 Episode 1 |date=2021-01-09 |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=2021-11-01}} It was originally planned as part two of a trilogy, following Prostitute. The title is a reference to Ophelia, a character from William Shakespeare's Hamlet, and Carl Jung's psychological concept of the shadow.{{cite web |url=http://toyahwillcox.com/discography.html |title=DISCOGRAPHY >> ALBUMS |publisher=toyahwillcox.com |accessdate=2021-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209094905/http://toyahwillcox.com/discography.html |archive-date=2013-12-09}}

In 2003, the album was reissued via Toyah's own Vertical Species label with a slightly changed artwork and new text introduction.{{cite web| url = https://www.toyah.net/newsarch76.html| title = 'Prostitute' & 'Ophelia's Shadow' - Reissued CDs - Out Now!| date = 2003-06-02| publisher = toyah.net| accessdate = 2021-11-01}} In 2020, it was released as part of the Toyah Solo box set.

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),{{cite web |url=https://toyahwillcox.com/album/ophelias-shadow/ |title=Toyah Discography: Ophelia's Shadow |publisher=Toyah Willcox Official Website |accessdate=2017-11-24}} mixing
  • Keith Tippett – keyboards on track 10
  • Gordon Haskell – keyboard intro on track 1

;Production

  • Tony Arnold – backing tracks producer, engineer

References

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External links

  • [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mtTfn5La_l9cJS1A540jWNAOEanfDcwkQ Official audio stream] on YouTube
  • [https://toyahwillcox.com/ The official Toyah website]

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Category:1991 albums

Category:Toyah Willcox albums

Category:E.G. Records albums

Category:Ophelia

Category:Music based on Hamlet