Toy, produced by Tony Visconti and recorded in 2000, should have been David Bowie’s twenty-third studio album. The production of his record was halted following a dispute between the British artist and the record company Virgin Records. Twenty years later, this lost David Bowie album will finally be released.
Toy, which mixes new tracks and new versions of lesser-known songs by the artist dating from 1964 to 1971, will officially be released as part of a series of posthumous reissues. The titles had leaked in 2011 on the Internet.
“The songs are so lively and colorful, they jump out of the speakers,” David Bowie said of him at BowieNet in 2001. “It’s really hard to believe they were written so long ago. “In the meantime, a first extract, You’ve got a habit of leaving, has just been unveiled. A title already available on music streaming platforms.