Plain Sailing (song)

Infobox Single
Name =Plain Sailing


Artist = Tracey Thorn
from Album = A Distant Shore
Released = October 1982 (UK)
Format = 7"
[ Recorded = ]
Genre = Jazz/Rock
Length =
Label = Cherry Red
Writer =
Producer =
Chart position =
Last single = ""
This single = "Plain Sailing"
(1982)
Next single = "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.

Track listing

7 inch single

# Plain Sailing
# Goodbye Joe

References