Product Overview
Texas – White On Blonde / Mercury Audio CD 1997 / 534 315-2
UPC 731453431522
Their 4th album for Mercury Records, White on Blonde, features Texas collaborating with Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) and producer Mike Hedges (Manic Street Preachers) for a sound that is distinctly Texas and startingly commercial. This album debuted at #1 in the U.K. - the 1st two singles, "Say What You Want" and "Halo" have both been Top 10 commercial hits there. Servicing to modern rock radio.
Great pop music is driven as much by raw emotion as it is classic textures. While this Scottish band excels in the latter trait, Texas has grappled with finding its own voice ever since making its 1988 debut. White on Blonde is the perfect example of an album that sounds right, but feels wrong. The band may borrow key traits from pop history in constructing its gentle blues style, but it woefully fails to give its songs any resonance. From the Motown influenced "Black-Eyed Boy" to the delicately gritty "Halo," the grooves fall into place just fine, but the sentiments ring hollow. Singer Sharleen Spiteri's voice--radiating warmth and soft-focus edginess--is still sweet on the ears; and the band's impenetrable sound will make radio programmers get down on their knees and praise the album-oriented rock gods. --Aidin Vaziri
Label: Mercury – 534 315-2
Format: CD, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 1997
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock, Downtempo
Tracklist:
| 1 | 0.34 | 0:34 | |
| 2 | Say What You Want
Producer [Add. Prod.] – The Boilerhouse Boys
Programmed By [Additional Programming] – Paul Taylor (2)
Producer [Add. Prod.] – The Boilerhouse Boys
Programmed By [Additional Programming] – Paul Taylor (2)
|
3:53 | |
| 3 | Drawing Crazy Patterns
Guitar [Additional Guitar] – Roger Ward
Guitar [Additional Guitar] – Roger Ward
|
3:52 | |
| 4 | Halo
Arranged By [Strings Arranged By] – Martin Greene, Texas
Engineer [Mixing Engineer] – Ian Grimble
Mixed By – Mike Hedges, Texas
Producer [Produced By] – Mike Hedges, Texas
Strings [String Players] – Anne Stephenson, Chris Pitsillide, Claire Miles, Claire Orsler, Gini Ball, Sally Herbert, Susan Dench
Arranged By [Strings Arranged By] – Martin Greene, Texas
Engineer [Mixing Engineer] – Ian Grimble
Mixed By – Mike Hedges, Texas
Producer [Produced By] – Mike Hedges, Texas
Strings [String Players] – Anne Stephenson, Chris Pitsillide, Claire Miles, Claire Orsler, Gini Ball, Sally Herbert, Susan Dench
|
4:10 | |
| 5 | Put Your Arms Around Me
Keyboards [Additional Keyboards] – Alex Silva, Terry Disley
Mixed By – Dave Stewart*, Texas
Producer [Produced By] – Dave Stewart, Texas
Programmed By [Additional Programming] – Alex Silva, Paul Taylor (2), Terry Disley
Written-By – Stewart*, McElhone, Hodgens, Spiteri
Keyboards [Additional Keyboards] – Alex Silva, Terry Disley
Mixed By – Dave Stewart*, Texas
Producer [Produced By] – Dave Stewart, Texas
Programmed By [Additional Programming] – Alex Silva, Paul Taylor (2), Terry Disley
Written-By – Stewart*, McElhone, Hodgens, Spiteri
|
4:33 | |
| 6 | Insane
Arranged By [Strings Arranged By] – Martin Greene, Texas
Mixed By – Mike Hedges, Texas
Producer [Produced By] – Mike Hedges, Texas
Strings [String Players] – Anne Stephenson, Chris Pitsillide, Claire Miles, Claire Orsler, Gini Ball, Sally Herbert, Susan Dench
Arranged By [Strings Arranged By] – Martin Greene, Texas
Mixed By – Mike Hedges, Texas
Producer [Produced By] – Mike Hedges, Texas
Strings [String Players] – Anne Stephenson, Chris Pitsillide, Claire Miles, Claire Orsler, Gini Ball, Sally Herbert, Susan Dench
|
4:45 | |
| 7 | Black Eyed Boy
Written-By – Campbell, McElhone, Hynd, Hodgens, Spiteri
Written-By – Campbell, McElhone, Hynd, Hodgens, Spiteri
|
3:10 | |
| 8 | Polo Mint City | 1:37 | |
| 9 | White On Blonde
Guitar [Additional Guitar] – Roger Ward
Guitar [Additional Guitar] – Roger Ward
|
3:46 | |
| 10 | Postcard | 4:00 | |
| 11 | 0.28 | 0:28 | |
| 12 |
Ticket To Lie
Written-By – McElhone, Hodgens, Spiteri
Written-By – McElhone, Hodgens, Spiteri
|
3:31 | |
| 13 | Good Advice
Engineer [Mixing Engineer] – Steve Christian
Mixed By – Rae And Christian, Texas
Producer [Produced By] – Rae And Christian, Texas
Written-By – McElhone, Rae, Spiteri, Christian
Engineer [Mixing Engineer] – Steve Christian
Mixed By – Rae And Christian, Texas
Producer [Produced By] – Rae And Christian, Texas
Written-By – McElhone, Rae, Spiteri, Christian
|
4:50 | |
| 14 | Breathless
Arranged By [Strings Arranged By] – Martin Greene, Texas
Backing Vocals [Backing Vocal] – Steven Granville
Mixed By – Mike Hedges, Texas
Producer [Produced By] – Mike Hedges, Texas
Strings [String Players] – Anne Stephenson, Chris Pitsillide, Claire Miles, Claire Orsler, Gini Ball, Sally Herbert, Susan Dench
Arranged By [Strings Arranged By] – Martin Greene, Texas
Backing Vocals [Backing Vocal] – Steven Granville
Mixed By – Mike Hedges, Texas
Producer [Produced By] – Mike Hedges, Texas
Strings [String Players] – Anne Stephenson, Chris Pitsillide, Claire Miles, Claire Orsler, Gini Ball, Sally Herbert, Susan Dench
|
3:55 |
- Art Direction, Design – Lee Swillingham, Stuart Spalding
- Engineer [Mixing Engineer] – Ash Howes (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 12, 14)
- Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Ash Howes, Ian Grimble, Kenny MacDonald, Nick Addison, Texas
- Performer [All Instruments By], Programmed By [All Programming By] – Texas
- Performer [Texas Are] – Ally McErlaine, Eddie Campbell, Johnny McElhone, Richard Hynd, Sharleen Spiteri
- Photography By – Juergen Teller
- Photography By [Band Photography] – Elaine Constantine
- Producer [Produced By], Mixed By – Texas (tracks: 2, 3, 7 to 12)
- Written-By – McElhone* (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 8 to 11, 14), Spiteri* (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 8 to 11, 14)
