Time and Tide (Basia album)

Time and Tide
Studio album by Basia
Released August 21, 1987 (1987-08-21)
Genre Jazz, pop
Length 41:37
Label Epic
Producer Basia Trzetrzelewska, Danny White
Basia chronology
Time and Tide
(1987)
London Warsaw New York
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Time and Tide is the debut album by Polish jazz and pop singer–songwriter Basia, released in the United States on August 21, 1987 by Epic Records. Co-produced and mostly co-written by Basia herself and Danny White, it showcases considerable influences from Brazilian music, noted in the track "Astrud", a tribute to Astrud Gilberto.

On November 3, 1989 the album was awarded a platinum sales certification by the RIAA for surpassing one million copies sold in the U.S. alone, with the singles "Time and Tide", "New Day for You", and "Promises" all achieving adult contemporary success and the former becoming a top thirty pop hit as well. "New Day for You" was also covered in Japanese by J-pop and future enka singer and actress Yoko Nagayama.

Time and Tide was directly followed by the even more successful London Warsaw New York.

Contents

Track listing

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

  1. "Promises" (Peter Ross) – 4:03
  2. "Run for Cover" (Ross) – 3:38
  3. "Time and Tide" – 4:03
  4. "Freeze Thaw" (Ross) – 3:57
  5. "From Now On" – 3:45
  6. "New Day for You" (Ross) – 4:27
  7. "Prime Time TV" (Ross) – 5:20
  8. "Astrud" – 4:39
  9. "How Dare You" – 3:22
  10. "Miles Away" – 4:10
UK edition
  1. "Forgive and Forget" – 3:16
Japanese edition
  1. "Give Me That" – 4:24
  2. "Forgive and Forget" – 3:16

Charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
French Albums Chart[2] 16
Chart (1988) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[3] 61
U.S. Billboard 200[4] 36
U.S. Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums[4] 1
Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[5] 50

Certifications

Country Certifier Certification Sales
France SNEP Gold[6] 100,000
United States RIAA Platinum[7] 1,000,000

Singles

References