Butterflies (Basia album)

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.

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

• 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)

• 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

• The official Basia website
• Butterflies on Discogs