This modest, hesitant and unassuming debut album offered little hint of what was to come a decade or so on. At this stage, Texas were a world away from the clinical polish and base-covering genre-hopping of White On Blonde, and seemed happy enough, and still somewhat surprised, that they were being allowed to make music for a living. The original Texas line-up was a smart blend of veterans and ingenues: bass player Johnny McElhone and drummer Stuart Kerr had performed, between them, in Altered Images, Hipsway and Love & Money; Ry Cooder-obsessed guitarist Ally McErlaine and singer Sharleen Spiteri were new to it all. Between them, the four managed to invest tired country-rock forms with some naive freshness, best exemplified here by ”I Don’t Want A Lover”--the first song they wrote, and their first hit. -- Andrew Meuller

Track Listings
1 I Don’t Want a Lover
2 Tell Me Why
3 Everyday Now
4 Southside
5 Prayer for You
6 Faith
7 Thrill Has Gone
8 Fight the Feeling
9 Fool for Love
10 One Choice
11 Future Is Promises

Texas

1989

45

042283817128

United Kingdom

CD

N/A

Jaren 80

838 171-2

3.5

Utopia & Maison Rouge Studios

11

Album

N/A

1

Jewel Case

NVT

~2,30 €

2025-04-17

2018-06-28 16:27:44