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Artist
  
Basia

Producer
  
Basia

Genres
  
Jazz, Pop music

Release date
  
3 May 1994

Label
  
Epic/Sony Records

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Released
  
May 3, 1994 (1994-05-03)

Recorded
  
Whitfield Street Recording Studios (London, England)

The Sweetest Illusion (1994)
  
Basia on Broadway (1995)

Similar
  
Basia albums, Jazz albums

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The Sweetest Illusion is the third solo studio album by Polish jazz and pop singer–songwriter Basia, released in the United States on May 3, 1994 by Epic Records. It was her final major-label release of the 1990s, though a live album and a greatest hits collection followed. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on December 14, 1994 for sales in excess of 500,000 units within the U.S., and earned Basia her first (and so far only) chart-topper on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart with "Drunk on Love".

Contents

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Track listing

All songs written by Basia Trzetrzelewska and Danny White, except where noted.

  1. "Drunk on Love" (Trzetrzelewska, White, Peter Ross) – 4:46
  2. "Third Time Lucky" – 5:01
  3. "Yearning" – 5:22
  4. "She Deserves It/Rachel's Wedding" (featuring Trey Lorenz) – 4:52
  5. "An Olive Tree" (Kevin Robinson, Trzetrzelewska, White) – 5:01
  6. "The Sweetest Illusion" (Trzetrzelewska, White, Ross) – 4:58
  7. "Perfect Mother" – 3:50
  8. "More Fire Than Flame" (Trzetrzelewska, White, Ross) – 4:13
  9. "Simple Pleasures" – 4:53
  10. "My Cruel Ways" – 4:54
  11. "The Prayer of a Happy Housewife" – 4:56

Personnel

  • Arranged By [Strings] - Nick Ingman (tracks: 3, 10)
  • Artwork By [Design & Artwork] - Blii Smith Studio, London
  • Artwork By [Paintings] - Halina Tymusz
  • Backing Vocals - Basia (tracks: 3, 11), Mark Anthoni (tracks: 3, 11)
  • Bass - Andres Lafone (tracks: 2, 5, 7), Julian Crampton (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 9, 11), Randy Hope-Taylor (tracks: 8, 10)
  • Drums - Andy Gangadeen
  • Flugelhorn - Kevin Robinson (4) (tracks: 2, 5, 9 to 11)
  • Guitar - Andy Ross (tracks: 6, 10, 11), Peter White (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 11)
  • Keyboards - Danny White
  • Leader [Strings] - Gavyn Wright (tracks: 3, 6, 10)
  • Management - Dee Anthony
  • Mastered By - Vlado Meller
  • Mixed By - Dave Bascombe
  • Other [Make-up] - Helen Whiting
  • Percussion - Bosco De Oliveira (tracks: 2, 7), Karl Vanden Bossche (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 to 11)
  • Photography - Paul Cox
  • Producer, Arranged By - Basia Trzetrzelewska, Danny White
  • Recorded By - Mark Chamberlain
  • Recorded By [Assistant] - Jason Scott Westbrook
  • Recorded By [Pianos - Assistant] - Lee Phillips
  • Recorded By [Pianos] - Paul Mortimer
  • Trombone - Fayyaz Virji (tracks: 2, 5, 8 to 10)
  • Trumpet - Kevin Robinson (4) (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8)
  • Vocals - Basia Trzetrzelewska, Trey Lorenz (tracks: 4)
  • Words By - Basia Trzetrzelewska (tracks: 2 to 5, 7, 9 to 11), Peter Ross (tracks: 1, 6, 8)

    • Recording studios

  • Recorded at Whitfield Street Recording Sudios, London.
  • Pianos recorded at Westside Studios, London.
  • Mastered at Sony Music studios, New York.

    • Songs

    1Drunk on Love4:45
    2Third Time Lucky5:00
    3Yearning5:21

    References

    The Sweetest Illusion Wikipedia
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