It's Better to Travel

Infobox Album
Name = It's Better To Travel


Type = studio
Artist = Swing Out Sister
Released = May 11, 1987
Recorded = 1985-1987
Length = 63 min 45 sec
Label = Mercury
Producer = Paul Staveley O'Duffy
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a9fexq85ldae link]
Last album =
This album = "it's better to travel"
(1987)
Next album = "Kaleidoscope World"
(1989)
Misc = Singles
Name = it's better to travel
Type = studio
single 1 = Breakout
single 1 date = October 1986
single 2 = Surrender
single 2 date = January 1987
single 3 = Fooled By a Smile
single 3 date = July 1987

It's Better To Travel is the debut album of the British band Swing Out Sister, released in 1987 on Mercury Records. Upon its release, the album reached no.1 on the UK album charts. [http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_albums_album.php?id=486]

Information

This was Swing Out Sister's debut album and contained the UK hit singles: "Breakout" (which reached No. 4 in the UK chart in October 1986), "Surrender" (No. 7 in January 1987), "Twilight World" (No. 32 in April 1987) and "Fooled By a Smile" (No. 43 in July 1987). The original vinyl release comprised the first 9 tracks shown below. The remaining tracks were added to the subsequent cassette and CD releases.

The album also garnered the band two American Grammy Award nominations for Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Group or Duo ("Breakout").

Track listing

# "Breakout"
# "Twilight World - Superb, Superb, Mix"
# "After Hours"
# "Blue Mood"
# "Surrender"
# "Fooled By A Smile"
# "Communion"
# "It's Not Enough"
# "Theme (From - 'It's Better To Travel')"

=Tracks added for CD release=

# "Breakout (NAD Mix)"
# "Surrender (Stuff Gun Mix)"
# "Twilight World (Remix)"
# "Communion (Instrumental)"

###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
before = "Now That's What I Call Music 9"
by Various Artists
title = UK number one album
years = May 23, 1987 – June 5, 1987
after = "Live in the City of Light"
by Simple Minds