From Newport to London: Greatest Hits Live ... and More

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From Newport to London: Greatest Hits Live ... and More
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Live album by
Released13 September 2011 (2011-09-13)
Recorded2011
Genre Smooth jazz
Length77:28
Label eOne
Producer
Basia chronology
It's That Girl Again
(2009)
From Newport to London: Greatest Hits Live ... and More
(2011)
Playlist: The Very Best of Basia
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Blogcritics Positive [2]
Smooth Jazz TherapyPositive [3]

From Newport to London: Greatest Hits Live ... and More is the second live album by Polish-born singer Basia, released in September 2011 by eOne Music.

Contents

Overview

The album consists of 15 songs recorded live in Klub Wytwórnia in Łódź, Poland, on 29 June 2011, and three bonus studio tracks. Of the live tracks, six were originally recorded for her 1987 debut album, Time and Tide ("How Dare You", "Astrud", "New Day for You", "From Now On", "Promises", and "Time and Tide"), [4] two from her 1990 release London Warsaw New York ("Cruising for Bruising" and "Copernicus"), [5] three from the 1994 album The Sweetest Illusion ("Third Time Lucky", "Drunk on Love", and "An Olive Tree"), [6] and four from her 2009 album It's That Girl Again ("If Not Now Then When", "Love Lies Bleeding", "I Must", and "A Gift"). [7] The latter is a duet with Ada Szulc, one of the contestants of the Polish edition of X Factor , with whom Basia had performed this song live on the show several weeks earlier. Of the three studio recordings, "There's a Tear" is an acoustic remake of a song that originally appeared on It's That Girl Again. The remaining two tracks are original to this album, including "Wandering", a duet with Polish singer Mietek Szcześniak  [ pl ] .

The title song was inspired by Basia's love for European film music and the world of art. [8] The lyrics tell "the story of falling in love with a stranger on the train" and were written during a train journey from New York to Boston in June 2010 when Basia was on her US tour. [9] The track was released as a digital single in August 2011. [10] The album premiered in the United States on 13 September 2011. [11] In Poland, it was released on 14 October 2011. [12] "Wandering" received radio airplay in Poland in early 2012. [13] [14]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Third Time Lucky" Basia Trzetrzelewska, Danny White 5:25
2."Drunk on Love"Trzetrzelewska, White, Peter Ross4:42
3."Cruising for Bruising"Trzetrzelewska, White4:29
4."How Dare You"Trzetrzelewska, White4:25
5."If Not Now Then When"Trzetrzelewska, White, Kevin Robinson3:10
6."Love Lies Bleeding"Trzetrzelewska, White3:02
7."I Must"Trzetrzelewska, White4:41
8."Astrud"Trzetrzelewska, White4:20
9."New Day for You"Trzetrzelewska, White, Ross4:02
10."A Gift"Trzetrzelewska, White3:48
11."An Olive Tree"Trzetrzelewska, White, Robinson4:58
12."From Now On"Trzetrzelewska, White4:41
13."Promises"Trzetrzelewska, White, Ross4:08
14."Time and Tide"Trzetrzelewska, White4:09
15."Copernicus"Trzetrzelewska, White4:54
16."There's a Tear" (acoustic studio recording)Trzetrzelewska, White4:17
17."Wandering" (studio recording)Trzetrzelewska, White3:44
18."From Newport to London" (studio recording)Trzetrzelewska, White4:33

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [15] 13
US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums ( Billboard ) [16] 6

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Basia

Barbara Stanisława Trzetrzelewska[ˈbaɕa tʂɛtʂɛˈlɛfska](listen), better known as Basia, is a Polish singer-songwriter and recording artist noted for her Latin-inspired jazz-pop music. She began singing professionally in various Polish bands from the late 1960s throughout the 1970s, then relocated to the UK in 1981. She rose to fame as a singer in the British trio Matt Bianco. By 1986, Basia and her bandmate Danny White had left the group to focus on her solo career. She signed on with Epic Records and enjoyed a successful international career between 1987 and 1995, particularly in the USA where her first two albums Time and Tide and London Warsaw New York were platinum-certified, million-unit sellers. During that period, her biggest hits were "Time and Tide", "New Day for You", "Promises", "Baby You're Mine", "Cruising for Bruising", and "Drunk on Love". She had also built up a fan base in Japan and the Philippines. She took a lengthy hiatus due to personal tragedies, then made a comeback to regular recording and performing in the late 2000s. She currently releases her music through independent labels.

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"Time and Tide" is a song by Polish singer Basia from her debut album of the same name, released in 1987. The song remains one of her biggest hits to date.

"New Day for You" is a song by Polish singer Basia from her debut album Time and Tide released in 1987.

"Baby You're Mine" is a song by Polish singer Basia from her second studio album London Warsaw New York released in 1990. The track was written and produced by Basia Trzetrzelewska and Danny White, and is a mid-tempo bossa nova-influenced composition. It served as the first single from London Warsaw New York and was a minor chart success.

"Third Time Lucky" is a song by Polish-born singer Basia released in 1994 on her third album The Sweetest Illusion. It was written and produced by Basia Trzetrzelewska and Danny White. The lyrics tell about drawing lessons from failed relationships and having hope for the next partner to be the ultimate.

"Blame It on the Summer" is a song by Polish-born singer Basia from her 2009 album It's That Girl Again. It was written by Basia Trzetrzelewska, Danny White and Andy Ross, and produced by Danny and Basia. The singer has revealed that the lyrics are "about women getting restless during the summer". The song was the lead single from It's That Girl Again in the USA, but the second single in Europe, following "A Gift".

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