New Toy is the first
extended play by English-American singer-songwriter
Lene Lovich released in 1981 by
Stiff Records. It was released outside the United Kingdom in three different versions, one featured six new songs, while the other two contained songs from her previous albums, Stateless (1978) and Flex (1979).
The main single "New Toy", in which she makes fun of the consumer society, was released in February 1981 and became successful in charts, peaking at number 19 on the
Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs[2] number 53 on the
UK Singles Chart,[3] and number 29 on the Australian
Kent Music Report.[4] It was written by
Thomas Dolby, about his new
Fairlight CMI synthesizer. He created the song specifically for Lovich after seeing her perform live. It was also used in Italy as the first ending theme for the anime series Attack No. 1 in 1981.[5][6]
The songs "Special Star" and "Savages" later appeared on her third studio album, No Man's Land (1982) and all the songs from the EP appeared on the CD re-issue of the album.
New Toy is the first
extended play by English-American singer-songwriter
Lene Lovich released in 1981 by
Stiff Records. It was released outside the United Kingdom in three different versions, one featured six new songs, while the other two contained songs from her previous albums, Stateless (1978) and Flex (1979).
The main single "New Toy", in which she makes fun of the consumer society, was released in February 1981 and became successful in charts, peaking at number 19 on the
Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs[2] number 53 on the
UK Singles Chart,[3] and number 29 on the Australian
Kent Music Report.[4] It was written by
Thomas Dolby, about his new
Fairlight CMI synthesizer. He created the song specifically for Lovich after seeing her perform live. It was also used in Italy as the first ending theme for the anime series Attack No. 1 in 1981.[5][6]
The songs "Special Star" and "Savages" later appeared on her third studio album, No Man's Land (1982) and all the songs from the EP appeared on the CD re-issue of the album.