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{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Velvet Lined Shell<br />
| type = studio<br />
| artist = [[Toyah Willcox|Toyah]]<br />
| cover = velvetlinedshell.jpg<br />
| alt =<br />
| released = May 2003<br />
| recorded = 2002–2003<br />
| venue =<br />
| studio = Artisan Audio, Birmingham, UK<br />
| genre = [[Art rock]]<br />
| length = 22:43<br />
| label = Vertical Species<br />
| producer = {{hlist|Tim Elsenburg|[[Toyah Willcox]]|Jon Cotton}}<br />
| prev_title = [[The Acoustic Album (Toyah album)|The Acoustic Album]]<br />
| prev_year = 1996<br />
| next_title = [[In the Court of the Crimson Queen]]<br />
| next_year = 2008<br />
}}<br />
{{Album ratings<br />
|rev1 = ManchesterOnline<br />
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/entertainment/music/albumreviews/stories/Detail_LinkStory=59171.html| title = Toyah - Velvet Lined Shell (Vertical Species Records)| author = Paul Taylor| date = 2003-05-23| publisher = ManchesterOnline| accessdate = 2022-10-31| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030527005841/http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/entertainment/music/albumreviews/stories/Detail_LinkStory=59171.html| archive-date = 2003-05-27}}</ref><br />
|rev2 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''<br />
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.toyah.net/newsarch75.html |title=Toyah: ''Velvet Lined Shell'' |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |author=David Sheppard |date=August 2003 |issue=205 |page= |access-date=2022-10-31}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
'''''Velvet Lined Shell''''' is a [[mini-album]] by the British singer [[Toyah Willcox]], released in 2003 by her independent label Vertical Species.<br />
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==Background==<br />
This release consists of six tracks, recorded in Toyah's hometown of [[Birmingham]]. Three of the musicians on this album, Anthony Bishop, Tim Elsenburg and Alistair Hamer, are members of the [[experimental rock]] band [[Sweet Billy Pilgrim]].<ref name="velvet">{{cite web |url=https://toyahwillcox.com/album/velvet-lined-shell/ |title=Toyah Discography: Velvet Lined Shell |publisher=Toyah Willcox Official Website |access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref> The material has a deliberately raw feel to it, and what Willcox described as a "darker direction".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.toyah.net/newsarch78.html |title='Ananova' - New album from Toyah |date=2003-04-19 |publisher=toyah.net |access-date=2022-10-31}}</ref> The singer named the likes of [[Nick Cave]], [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]], [[Mogwai]] and [[Marilyn Manson]] amongst her newer influences.<ref name="velvet"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.toyah.net/newsarch76.html |title='Manchester Online' / 'Daily Express' - VLS Reviews |date=2003-06-02 |publisher=toyah.net |access-date=2022-10-31}}</ref> Three tracks on this album had first appeared on the 2002 [[Extended play|EP]] ''Little Tears of Love'', which was sold exclusively via Willcox's website, and strictly limited to 1000 signed copies. One track from that EP, the Tim Elsenburg composition "Experience", does not feature on this album.<ref name="velvet"/><br />
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''Velvet Lined Shell'' was included in the ''[[Toyah Solo]]'' CD box set in February 2020. The following month, it was reissued on purple 10" vinyl.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.demonmusicgroup.co.uk/catalogue/releases/velvet-lined-shell-purple-vinyl-10/ |title=Velvet Lined Shell (Purple Vinyl 10″) |publisher=[[Demon Music Group]] |accessdate=2022-10-31}}</ref><br />
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==Track listing==<br />
All tracks written by [[Toyah Willcox]] and Tim Elsenburg.<br />
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# "Every Scar Has a Silver Lining" – 3:25<br />
# "Velvet Lined Shell" – 4:14<br />
# "Little Tears of Love" – 3:23<br />
# "You're a Miracle" – 3:00<br />
# "Mother" – 4:20<br />
# "Troublesome Thing" – 4:21<br />
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==Personnel==<br />
* [[Toyah Willcox]] – vocals, producer<br />
* Tim Elsenburg – guitars and backing vocals, producer, mixing<br />
* Jon Cotton – keyboards, producer, mixing<br />
* Anthony Bishop – bass guitar and backing vocals<br />
* Alistair Hamer – drums<br />
* [[David Singleton]] – mastering<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lhMg1PBVqboqlmZXQ_KVTUV88c5yjACRo Official audio stream] on [[YouTube]]<br />
* [https://toyahwillcox.com/ The official Toyah website]<br />
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