Plain Sailing (song)

"Plain Sailing"

Single by Tracey Thorn

from the album A Distant Shore

Released

October 1982 (UK)

Format

Recorded

1982

Tracey Thorn singles chronology

"Plain Sailing"
(1982)

"It's All True"
(2007)"

"Plain Sailing" is a song written and recorded by Tracey Thorn.

Overview

The original version appeared on Thorn's first solo album A Distant Shore in 1982. It was re-recorded and released as Thorn's first single on 7" vinyl later that year. The b-side "Goodbye Joe" is a cover version of a song by fellow Cherry Red Records recording artists Monochrome Set.

The re-recorded version of "Plain Sailing" was included on the Cherry Red Pillows & Prayers compilation album.

The single sleeve featured the Robert Doisneau photograph Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville (Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville) and hand-lettering by Thorn herself.

Thorn did not release another solo single until "It's All True" 25 years later.

In June 2010, Thorn performed "Plain Sailing" live for the first time in nearly 30 years, during an appearance on the NPR programme World Cafe.^[1]

Track listing

7 inch single

"Plain Sailing"
"Goodbye Joe"

References

↑ Thorn, Tracey. "Tracey Thorn On World Cafe : World Cafe". NPR. Retrieved 2016-11-13.

Tracey Thorn

Studio albums	A Distant Shore Out of the Woods Love and Its Opposite Tinsel and Lights

Extended plays	Opposites EP You Are A Lover EP Night Time EP

Singles	"Plain Sailing" "It's All True" "Raise the Roof" "Grand Canyon" "King's Cross" "Oh, the Divorces!" "Why Does the Wind?" "You Are a Lover" "Night Time" "In The Cold, Cold Night" "Joy"

Collaborations	"Venceremos (We Will Win)" with Working Week "The Paris Match" with The Style Council "Head Full of Steam " with The Go-Betweens "Big Snake" with Lloyd Cole and the Commotions "Over the Rainbow" with James McMillan "Protection" with Massive Attack "Better Things" with Massive Attack "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" with Massive Attack "The Tree Knows Everything" with Adam F "Damage" with Tiefschwarz "Overture" with The Unbending Trees "Yeah! Oh Yeah!" with Jens Lekman "Without Me" with Tevo Howard

Related articles	Everything but the Girl Marine Girls Bedsit Disco Queen

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/13/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.