South (Shona Laing album)
South is a 1987/1988 album by New Zealand musician Shona Laing and her most commercially successful release to date. It was released twice; in 1987 as a worldwide release, and again in 1988 in the United States. Laing reprised four of the tracks from her 1985 album Genre[3] ("(Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy", "The Migrant and Refugee", "Neat and Tidy" and "Day Trip" retitled as "Your Reputation") for the U.S. release of South (only "Kennedy" was included on the international release).
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1987/1988 | |||
Recorded | Mandrill Studios, Auckland, New Zealand/Studios 301, Sydney, Australia | |||
Genre | Pop rock, new wave, synthpop | |||
Label | TVT Records, Virgin Records, Pagan Records | |||
Producer | Shona Laing/Stephen McCurdy/Graeme Myhre/Bruce Lynch | |||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Rolling Stone | [2] |
Three singles from the album reached the charts in New Zealand, Australia, and the U.S.; "(Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy", "Drive Baby Drive" and "Soviet Snow". "(Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy" became the biggest hit of Laing's career, reaching number 2 in New Zealand and number 9 in Australia. The song also charted in the U.S. on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart at number 14, the first of two singles to chart in the U.S.; the other being "Soviet Snow" which reached number 32 on the Dance Club Songs chart.
Track listings
All songs by Shona Laing.
- "Soviet Snow"
- "(Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy"
- "Caught"
- "The Bishop"
- "Highway Warriors"
- "Drive Baby Drive"
- "Under the Cover of Darkness"
- "Poles Apart"
- "Neutral & Nuclear Free"
- "Dockyard on a River"
- "South"
- "Soviet Snow" (American Remix)
U.S. release
- "Drive Baby Drive"
- "Caught"
- "Neat and Tidy"
- "The Migrant and Refugee"
- "Soviet Snow"
- "(Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy"
- "Your Reputation"
- "The Bishop"
- "Dockyard on a River"
- "Highway Warriors"
- "South"
Charts
Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 62 |
References
- Allmusic review
- Rolling Stone review
- Shona Laing - NZ singer/songwriter
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 172. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.