Basia's tantalizing Brazilian breeze and "Basia-nova" is a sheer delight to listen to. She keeps the same sweet infectiousness which made her debut Time and Tide a platinum stroke of genius. This time she's infused '60s soul and some heartfelt, sparkling ballads, like "Brave New Hope." Her voice is distinctive and lilting, her lyrics interesting, and her production frisky, employing such oddities as accordion and bass sax. Other top cuts include "Best Friends" and a rousing cover of "Until You Come Back to Me." Her disappearance from regular recordings after the mid-'90s (she made a few guest appearances on instrumental albums) was a great loss for adult contemporary music. ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide
Basia (Vocals), Basia (Main Performer), Peter White (Guitar), Peter White (Accordion), Ronnie Ross (Sax (Baritone)), Ronnie Ross (Sax (Bass)), Bud Beadle (Saxophone), Paul Cox (Photography), Julian Crampton (Bass), Marc d'Aieur (Guitar), Andy Gangadeen (Drums), Steve Gregory (Saxophone), Phil Harding (Mixing), Paul Hulme (Engineer), Robin Jones (Percussion), Tony King (Mixing), Tony King (Assistant), Andy Lafone (Bass), Kevin Robinson (Trumpet), Andy Ross (Guitar), Snowboy (Percussion), Snowboy (Conga), Snowboy (Berimbau), Snowboy (Shaker), Fiachra Trench (String Arrangements), Basia Trzetrzelewska (Arranger), Basia Trzetrzelewska (Vocals), Basia Trzetrzelewska (Producer), Danny White (Arranger), Danny White (Drums), Danny White (Keyboards), Danny White (Producer), Danny White (Drum Programming), Gavyn Wright (Strings), Gavyn Wright (Leader), Tim Young (Mastering), Mike Dignam (Cymbals), Mike Dignam (Engineer), Donal Hodgson (Assistant Engineer), Richard Barraclough (Assistant Engineer), Mark Borthwick (Photography), Danny "Balance" White (Arranger), Danny "Balance" White (Keyboards), Danny "Balance" White (Programming), Danny "Balance" White (Producer), Les Sharma (Mixing), Les Sharma (Assistant)
London Warsaw New York is the second studio album by Polish jazz and pop singer–songwriter Basia, released in the United States on October 23, 1989 by Epic Records. The album's title comes from a line in the song "Copernicus" (included on the album): "Our love will take this globe by storm/If it's London, Warsaw, or New York". Basia performed this song live on Late Night with David Letterman on Thanksgiving night on November 22, 1990.
The album earned a platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America on August 11, 1992 for sales of over one million copies in the United States. It produced five singles: "Baby You're Mine", "Cruising for Bruising", "Brave New Hope", a cover version of "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)", and "Copernicus". "Cruising for Bruising" peaked at number twenty-nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Four singles entered the U.S. BillboardAdult Contemporary chart, including "Cruising for Bruising" and "Copernicus", both reaching number five.
