Basia – Time and Tide [Deluxe Edition] (2013)

Cherry Pop reissue label’s released a greatly-expanded edition of Time and Tide, the solo debut album by Polish singer/songwriter Basia.
Basia Trzetrzelewska (pronounced Basha Chechelevska) first caught the public eye in England as the lead singer for sophisti-pop band Matt Bianco alongside vocalist Mark Reilly and keyboardist Danny White. Their similarities to Sade and Everything But the Girl, as well as their Top 30 hits “Get Out of Your Lazy Bed” and “Half a Minute,” earned them widespread acclaim, but Basia and White would soon strike out on their own.
Signing to the Portrait/Epic labels on either side of the Atlantic, Basia’s 1987 debut, Time and Tide, was one of those albums by a European act that is far more successful in America, selling…

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…a million copies and spinning off several hit songs on the Adult Contemporary chart (“Promises,” “New Day for You”) and a Top 40 crossover hit in the title track.

The ensuing years would find even more success for Basia, with the album London Warsaw New York (1989) and another Top 40 hit, “Cruising for Bruising.” Though her presence in the industry would recede by the end of the 1990s, she did make a comeback in Europe in the 2000s, first with another album with Matt Bianco and then with her solo comeback, That Girl Again, in 2009.

Cherry Pop’s expanded edition of Time and Tide features 19 bonus tracks over two discs, including all the B-sides, instrumentals and remixes officially released to promote the record.

Disc 1: Original LP (released as Portrait 450263 (U.K.)/Epic FE 40767 (U.S.), 1987) and single sides

1. Promises
2. Run for Cover
3. Time and Tide
4. Freeze Thaw
5. From Now On
6. New Day for You
7. Prime Time TV
8. Astrud
9. How Dare You
10. Miles Away
11. Forgive and Forget
12. Prime Time TV (7″ Version) (single A-side – Epic A-7276, 1986)
13. From Now On (Band Version) (B-side to “Run for Cover” – Portrait 650158 7, 1986)
14. New Day for You (7″ Edit) (single A-side – Portrait 650927 7, 1987)
15. Time and Tide (7″ Version) (single A-side – Epic BASH 1, 1987)
16. Promises (French Mix) (single A-side – Epic BASH 4, 1987)
17. Give Me That (single B-side – Epic BASH 4, 1987)

Disc 2: Remixes and Instrumentals

1. Prime Time TV (Extended Remix) (12″ A-side – Epic TA-7276, 1986)
2. Run for Cover (Extended Remix) (12″ A-side – Portrait 650158 6, 1986)
3. New Day for You (Extended Version) (12″ A-side – Portrait BASH T2, 1987)
4. Promises (Extended French Mix) (12″ A-side – Epic BASH T4, 1987)
5. Promises (Justin Strauss Remix) (U.S. 12″ A-side – Epic 49-68227, 1987)
6. Promises (Samba House Mix) (U.S. 12″ B-side – Epic 49-68227, 1987)
7. Promises (Just Right Dub) (U.S. 12″ A-side – Epic 49-68227, 1987)
8. Promises (Deep Dub) (U.S. 12″ B-side – Epic 49-68227, 1987)
9. Freeze Thaw (Instrumental) (single B-side – Epic A-7276, 1986)
10. Run for Cover (Instrumental) (12″ B-side – Portrait 650158 6, 1986)
11. New Day for You (Instrumental) (12″ B-side – Epic BASH T2, 1987)
12. Time and Tide (Instrumental) (12″ B-side – Epic BASH T1, 1987)
13. Promises (Instrumental) (single B-side – Portrait 650368 7, 1987)