South (Shona Laing album)

South
Studio album by Shona Laing
Released	1987/1988
Recorded	Mandrill Studios, Auckland, New Zealand/Studios 301, Sydney, Australia
Genre	Pop rock, new wave, synthpop
Length	variable[1]
Label	TVT Records/Epic Records
Producer	Shona Laing/Stephen McCurdy/Graeme Myhre/Bruce Lynch
Shona Laing chronology
Genre (1985) South (1987/1988) 1905-1990 A Retrospective (1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

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 three of the tracks from her 1985 album Genre^[4] ("(Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy", "The Migrant and Refugee" and "Neat and Tidy") for the U.S. release of South (only "Kennedy" was included on the international release).

Original track listing

^[5]

1. "Soviet Snow"
2. "(Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy"
3. "Caught"
4. "The Bishop"
5. "Highway Warriors"
6. "Drive Baby Drive"
7. "Under the Cover of Darkness"
8. "Poles Apart"
9. "Neutral & Nuclear Free"
10. "Dockyard on a River"
11. "South"
12. "Soviet Snow" (American Remix)

All songs by Shona Laing.

U.S. track listing

^[1]

1. "Drive Baby Drive"
2. "Caught"
3. "Neat and Tidy"
4. "The Migrant and Refugee"
5. "Soviet Snow"
6. "(Glad I'm) Not A Kennedy
7. "Your Reputation
8. "The Bishop"
9. "Dockyard on a River"
10. "Highway Warriors"
11. "South"

References

1. CD Universe Sorry
2. Allmusic review
3. Rolling Stone review
4. Shona Laing - NZ singer/songwriter

External links

• Official Shona Laing website
• Music.net.nz biography