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The Very Best Of 1989 – 2023

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We’re talking, of course, about Sharleen Spiteri’s Hogmanay duet with Dame Judi Dench on a cover of ABBA’s Waterloo. Texas: The Very Best Of 1989-2023 (release date 16 Jun 2024) has all of the above, and more, not least its two brand new tracks. All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Texas – The Very Best Of 1989 - 2023 (2023, Vinyl) - Discogs

Here are 24 diamonds from a glittering career, in the year that they've been booked for a prestigious Pyramid Stage slot on the opening day of Glastonbury. They are Texas and, 34 years since they recorded "I Don't Want A Lover" then watched, gobsmacked, as it reached Number Eight, even they're surprised at just how many roads the Scottish band have travelled. And the energy and the vibe between us all – as a band I don’t think we’ve ever been happier, and I don’t think we’ve ever been tighter. Classic hits like Inner Smile segue into more recent releases, such as The Conversation and the Donna Summer-sampling Mr Haze, showcasing the band’s versatility and timeless appeal, while collaborations with The Blue Nile’s Paul Buchanan and US hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan only highlight the breadth of their material. And Peter scripted, directed, starred, edited, everything – he did everything on that video on his own.

Now, when they perform that song live, complete with Spiteri doing the video’s “stupid dance” (her words, not ours), they go straight into ace Hi cut Mr Haze. Completing ‘The Very Best Of’ is two new songs – the instant classic After All and Northern Soul cover Keep On Talking – both of which sit seamlessly alongside the group’s back catalogue and prove that, decades into their career, Texas remain in fine form. In the unfortunate situation that a product is damaged/faulty/incorrect, let us know and we will endeavor to correct any issue as soon as possible. Published by BMG 10 Music Limited / Cyptron Music / EMI Blackwood Publishing / EMI Music Publishing (South Africa) Pty Ltd.

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White On Blonde’ (1997) – Texas’ fourth album – featuring chart smashes like Say What You Want, Halo and Black Eyed Boy. Texas is one of the UK’s most loved bands and have gone on to produce 10 studio albums, selling over 40 million records worldwide. Formed in 1986 by guitarist Johnny McElhone – formerly of Altered Images and Hipsway – and vocalist Sharleen Spiteri, the Glasgow-based group made their performing debut in March 1988 at the University of Dundee before arriving on the UK charts the following January with I Don’t Want A Lover. Two decades on, they’ve gone back to the well, dipping in for their cover Keep On Talking, with Spooner Oldham on production keys. In the edit page, go to the 'Metadata' tab and add your Juno artist, label or release page for listeners to purchase your release / releases.but it was almost a decade before they replicated the success and finally crossed over to the mainstream with the No. A strong best-of requires a strong repertoire and where Texas are concerned, that doesn’t come into question; in fact, it’s only the limited tracklist that slightly lets down this superb celebration of the band’s work to date. Up first as a single is the nailed-on singalong that is After All, a song so stomping that the video features the frontwoman – on drums.

Texas: The Very Best Of - 1989 - 2023 – Tower Records Texas: The Very Best Of - 1989 - 2023 – Tower Records

An artist pre-sale will be available on Wednesday, September 20 at 10am for fans who sign up for it before 5pm on Tuesday, September 19. To be fair, the Glaswegians have been playing with those expectations for as long as they’ve been a band. It cut through in America, having such traction that it became the theme tune to Ellen DeGeneres’ hit sitcom Ellen. During the recording of 2021’s Hi album – which, entering the charts at Number 3, became Texas’s highest-ranking album since 1999’s The Hush – RZA and Ghostface Killah suggested the acts collaborate again.

And the energy and the vibe between us all – as a band I don't think we've ever been happier, and I don't think we've ever been tighter. On average, all available items are processed and dispatched within 1 business day, although this is not guaranteed.

Texas – The Very Best Of 1989 - 2023 (2023, CD) - Discogs Texas – The Very Best Of 1989 - 2023 (2023, CD) - Discogs

Sides A and C labels have an image of Sharleen Spiteri with the tracks listed on side B for sides A and B, and side D for sides C and D. And when Spiteri’s duet partner on that beautiful song, legendary (and legendarily selective) Blue Nile singer Paul Buchanan had opted not to appear in the video, Kay’s a pretty good stand-in, right? But was there no room for that other, more recent moment of showbiz sparkle, on another great cover, from their incredible back catalogue? There’s more screen star power sprinkled across Texas’s back catalogue as represented in The Very Best Of 1989-2023.Her stylised voice and slightly edgy emo look always adjacent to many of her peers but that never stopped her Texas band become behemoths of the 90s and early 00s. Jump On Board (2017) was a chart-topping triumph in France, its ascent aided by the snake-hipped funk of Let’s Work It Out, “which literally you couldn't get off the radio in France”. Finally, then: as Sharleen Spiteri looks back over these tracks of her years, what’s the overall sensation? They produced ten albums in all - including a clutch of tunes with Wu-Tang Clan, RZA and Method Man, one that spawned five Top 10 singles, one with an Alan Rickman video and one inspired by Al Green.

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