Toys Up

Infobox Album
Name = Toys up
Type = Album
Artist = Matisse


Released = 14 May 2007
Recorded = 2006-2007 Athen's SCA studios
Genre = Alternative rock Pop rock
Length =
Label = Sony BMG
Producer = Aris Christousingles
Name = Toys up
Type = Studio
single 1 = Call Me Call Me
single 1 date = 15 May2007
single 2 = Judgment Day
single 2 date = 20 September 2007
single 3 = 5 Seconds Of Love
Reviews = Pop & Rock magazine Rating|4.5|5
Last album = "Cheap As Art" (2005)
This album = "Toys Up" (2007)

"Toys Up" is the third studio album by the Greek music band "Matisse" released in Greece in 2007.

Overview

Music style

Compared to the band's earlier albums, the style of "Toys Up" is unexpected. Not following the feeling and pop rock sound of their debut "Cheap As Art", "Toys Up" introduces another side of the band. More solid, determined and conclusively whole, darker and more rough around the edges, this visceral new attitude has infiltrated the seemingly bright songs of the album and has inevitably embraced the deep, intensely clouded lyrics, a change that is obviously portrayed through the songs in "Toys Up".

Album artwork

The original album collage was done by Emanuale Balzani, who said that he took the inspiration from the paper collages that Henri Matisse made when he was infected by cancer in the period before his death. It is in essence an ode to the great painter for his work.

Track Listening

#"Call Me Call Me" - 3:41
#"Judgment Day" - 3:53
#"Killer Kids" - 3:20
#"Mind The gap" - 2:59
#"Gas" - 2:00
#"5 Seconds Of Love" - 3:39
#"Snowhite"- 3:00
#"She Bop" - 3:25
#"Τους UP" - 2:36
#"Hit And Miss" - 2:05
#"Telephone AVIV" (Hill Of Spring) - 1:00
#"Call Me Call Me" (GK Full Moon Mix) - 1:22