South (Shona Laing album)

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 four of the tracks from her 1985 album Genre^[3] ("(Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy", "The Migrant and Refugee", "Neat and Tidy" and "Day Trip" retitled as "Your Reputation") for the U.S. release of South (only "Kennedy" was included on the international release).

Three singles from the album reached the charts in New Zealand, Australia, and the U.S.; "(Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy", "Drive Baby Drive" and "Soviet Snow". "(Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy" became the biggest hit of Laing's career, reaching number 2 in New Zealand and number 9 in Australia. The song also charted in the U.S. on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart at number 14, the first of two singles to chart in the U.S.; the other being "Soviet Snow" which reached number 32 on the Dance Club Songs chart.

South was awarded the IMNZ Classic Record Award at the 2020 Taite Music Prize.^[4]