Music Throwback Saturday: Time and Tide

In 2014, Basia was awarded “one of Poland’s highest orders – the Knights Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.”

basia Basia Trzetrzelewska, pronounced just as it looks (says the kid who grew up in a Slavic neighborhood) “is a Polish singer-songwriter and record producer better known by her stage name Basia.”

I have one of her albums, 1989’s London Warsaw New York, though I don’t know how, and it is quite pleasant. But nothing on it captured me the way the 1987 single Time and Tide did.

In fact, I heard it so often, and enjoyed it so much, I’m surprised it went only to #26 on the US pop charts, and #19 on the adult contemporary charts. It got to #61 in the UK.

She continues to record and perform. In 2014, she was awarded “one of Poland’s highest orders – the Knights Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta ‘for the outstanding achievement in promoting Polish culture in the world’ and from the Polish Minister for Culture… a Decoration for Merit to Polish Culture.”

Check out her website.

Listen to:
Time and Tide
Brave New Hope from the 1989 album; the chorus goes, “Now is the time…”
Clear Horizon: The Best of Basia.

Author: Roger

I'm a librarian. I hear music, even when it's not being played. I used to work at a comic book store, and it still informs my life. I won once on JEOPARDY! - ditto.

2 thoughts on “Music Throwback Saturday: Time and Tide”

  1. I adored that single! I actually got it through ITunes as well – she is just that wonderful.

    Something about the clarity of her voice caught my attention, originally. Then the tonic bass line, thumping… a great arrangement. Also, it had a clear jazz flavor, which was rare for pop hits of that era.

    Thanks for this, Roger. “We got time… oh, baby, there’s no rush… gonna be… a better day for us…” (Thinking politics and hoping Basia is right, still!) Amy

  2. The last time we had a radio station pretending to play “smooth jazz,” about 5 percent of their playlist seemed to be Basia. And I was okay with that.

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