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band The Humans, consisting of

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and Chris Wong. It was first released in the USA on 27 September 2011 via

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, and then worldwide on 2 October via Willcox's Vertical Species label.

Background

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(and privately Toyah's husband) plays guitar on the album's every track. Igor Abuladze joined The Humans on their 2011 US and UK tour in support of the album. Promotional

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for "Sea of Size" had been released in October 2010. ''Live at Scala London'' EP was made available as a free download via The Humans' official website, with a download link listed in the UK CD album's liner notes. In 2020, ''Sugar Rush'' was re-issued by

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in vinyl and digital formats, credited to Toyah & The Humans.

Track listing

All songs written by

and Chris Wong, except 8 (Willcox). # "Titanium Girl" – 3:14 # "Love in a Different Way" – 4:35 # "Sea of Size" – 3:03 # "Pebble" – 3:51 # "Small Town Psychopath" – 4:53 # "Sweet Agitation" – 4:08 # "Playing in the Dark" – 3:27 # "Snow at 10:23" – 4:27 # "Sugar Rush" – 2:15 # "This Reasoning" – 4:53 # "Fragment Pool" – 3:52 # "Put a Woman on the Moon" – 2:14 :Bonus track #

"Small Town Psychopath" (Version) – 4:37

Personnel

: vocals *

: bass guitar, percussion, keyboards, production * Chris Wong: bass guitar, guitar *

: guitar

References

External links

Official audio stream
on

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The official Toyah website
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