Butterflies (Basia album)

Butterflies
Studio album by Basia
Released	16 May 2018 (2018-05-16)
Genre	Jazz-pop smooth jazz
Length	42:26
Label	Shanachie
Producer	Danny White Basia Trzetrzelewska
Basia chronology
Playlist: The Very Best of Basia (2013) Butterflies (2018)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Audio.com.pl	[2]
JazzSoul.pl	[3]
Polska Płyta / Polska Muzyka	[4]
Something Else!	Favorable [5]

Butterflies is the fifth studio album by Polish singer-songwriter Basia, released in 2018 by Shanachie Records. It is her first studio album in nine years since 2009's It's That Girl Again .

Overview

The album was Basia's first studio release in nine years. The singer has described it as an album "about love – for life, for music and for people" ^[6] and her jazziest record yet. ^[7] She has also revealed that its original title was Be.Pop, after one of the songs and as a reference to subgenre of jazz music, but her record company wasn't keen on the idea. To compromise, Basia suggested Be.Pop Butterfly, ^[8] but ultimately the title was changed to Butterflies. Two songs on the album contain the word 'butterfly', including "Liang & Zhu" which tells about the Butterfly Lovers from a Chinese legend.

The lead single from Butterflies, "Matteo", premiered on 6 April 2018. The album was first released in Japan on 16 May 2018 through Shanachie and P-Vine Records, with an alternative cover. ^[9] The general worldwide release took place on 18 May 2018. In Poland, the album was made available for streaming a week in advance, and was then released on other platforms by Shanachie Records and Magic Records, a subsidiary of Universal Music.

Track 8, co-written by Basia, Danny White and Mark Reilly, and which also features all three singing and/or playing on the recording, represents a de facto reunion of the 1980s trio Matt Bianco.

Track listing

All songs written by Basia Trzetrzelewska and Danny White, co-writers indicated.

1. "Bubble" – 3:50
2. "Matteo" (Giorgio Serci, Basia Trzetrzelewska and Danny White) – 3:40
3. "No Heartache" – 4:34
4. "Butterfly" – 4:33
5. "Where's Your Pride" – 4:07
6. "Be.Pop" – 3:59
7. "Liang & Zhu" – 3:17
8. "Show Time" (Mark Reilly, Basia Trzetrzelewska, Danny White) – 4:28
9. "Like Crazy" – 4:20
10. "Rachel's Waltz" – 1:15
11. "Pandora's Box" – 4:23

Personnel

• Basia Trzetrzelewska – vocals
• Danny White – keyboards, acoustic piano
• Peter White – guitars (1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11)
• Giorgio Serci – guitars (2)
• Richard Bull – guitars (9)
• Andres Lafone – bass guitar (1, 2, 8)
• Maciej Dobrzański – double bass (3, 11)
• Marc Parnell – drums (1–6, 8–11)
• Peter Ross – drums (6)
• Tomasz Bilecki – percussion (1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11)
• Miles Bould – percussion (2)
• Artur Stodolny – vibraphone (6)
• Jakub Muras – baritone saxophone (1, 3, 5, 6)
• Paul Booth – bass clarinet (1), saxophone (3, 5, 6, 11)
• Roger Clarke – bassoon (1, 10)
• Łukasz Jankowski – flute (6, 10, 11)
• Jakub Gumiński – trombone (1, 3, 5, 6, 8)
• Pitor Tchórzewski – trombone (1, 3, 5, 6, 8)
• Damian Wójtowicz – trombone (1, 3, 5, 6, 8)
• Bartłomiej Koń – trumpet (1, 6, 8, 11)
• Aneta Mścisz – trumpet (1, 6, 8, 11)
• Kamil Zwoliński – trumpet (1, 6, 8, 11)
• Kevin Robinson – trumpet (3, 8, 11)
• Mateusz Zieliński – tuba (1, 2, 10)
• Andy Ross – strings (7)
• Mark Reilly – vocals (8)

Production

• Basia Trzetrzelewska – producer, arrangements
• Danny White – producer, arrangements
• David Bascombe – mixing
• Nigel Walton – mastering
• Paul Cox – photography
• Grainne White – artwork, design
• Toshikazu Kanazawa – liner notes in Japanese edition
• Helen Whiting – make-up
• Paula Wootton – hair
• Pitor Kostrzewa – big band leader

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon) [10]	279
Poland (OLiS) [11]	15
US Billboard Independent Albums [12]	50
US Billboard Jazz Albums [13]	4

References

1. Thom Jurek. "Butterflies - Basia | Songs, Reviews, Credits". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
2. Cezary Gumiński. "BASIA Butterflies" (in Polish). audio.com.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
3. Przemo Urbaniak (2018-06-03). "Recenzja: Basia "Butterflies"" (in Polish). jazzsoul.pl. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
4. Łukasz Dębowski (2018-05-18). "Basia – "Butterflies" – Polska Płyta / Polska Muzyka" (in Polish). polskaplyta-polskamuzyka.pl. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
5. S. Victor Aaron (2018-05-17). "Basia - Butterflies (2018)". somethingelsereviews.com. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
6. "Listen To Basia's New Single "Matteo" - Smooth Jazz and Smooth R&B". thejazzworld.com. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
7. Dariusz Żbikowski. "BASIA - Matteo" (in Polish). www.radioem.pl. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
8. "Basia Trzetrzelewska wreszcie z wytęsknioną płytą" (in Polish). www.polskieradio.pl. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
9. "BASIA / Butterflies - OTOTOY" (in Japanese). ototoy.jp. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
10. "バタフライズ | バーシア" (in Japanese). www.oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
11. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
12. "Independent Albums". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
13. "Jazz Music: Top Jazz Albums & Songs Chart". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2018-06-13.

External links

• The official Basia website
• Butterflies on Discogs