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Issued in 1989, SOUTHSIDE introduced the world to the Scottish rock group Texas. Although hindered slightly by slick late-`80s production, the album established the Glasgow-based act's template of catchy blues/country-tinged pop, providing the ideal platform for the alluring vocals of Sharleen Spiteri. The clear high point of SOUTHSIDE is the simmering "I Don't Want a Lover," a song that became a U.K. hit and hinted at the group's later European success, though other tracks also reveal the band in fine form, particularly the Stones-like "Prayer for You." While Texas neophytes will want to start with THE GREATEST HITS or WHITE ON BLONDE, SOUTHSIDE is perfect for dedicated fans seeking to trace the ensemble's history.
Import pressing of their debut album, originally released in 1989. Unavailable in the US. Universal.
Audio Mixer: Tim Palmer.
Photographer: Pennie Smith.
Texas: Ally McErlaine (guitar), Sharleen Spiteri (vocals), Johnny McElhone (bass), Stuart Kerr (drums).
Personnel: Sharleen Spiteri (vocals, guitar); Stuart Kerr (vocals, drums); Ally McErlaine (guitar).
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Purchase Southside CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Texas Ricks Road CD (1993)
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All songs written or co-written by members of Texas except "Tired Of Being Alone" (Al Green).
Texas sound a bit like a countrified version of the Pretenders put through a car wash on Ricks Road, to the point where the music is so clean, one's mind just slips around and off of it. There's a squeaky-clean polish to "So Called Friend," a stab at southern twang that doesn't seem genuine...it's a sound best left in a studio and indicative of a band trying too hard to make a hit song. There are simply too many studio effects and fake sounding instruments throughout the album. One imagines the harmonica to be some sort of Casio creation. It's like listening to Cher doing a Dusty Springfield impersonation. "Fade Away" tries so hard to have an aggressive hook that it becomes quite awkward. "Listen to Me" is supposed to be uplifting, but it mostly stumbles around a light beat and strings that go nowhere. Still, it's one of the album's better moments, because it's somewhat restrained. It's not overbearing like most of the other songs. "So in Love With You" starts out quite promising, but devolves into an unbearable din when Sharleen Spiteri reaches ...
| | Texas White On Blonde CD (1997)
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Texas were generally felt to have peaked with their debut album; Rick's Road continued a downward sales spiral, even though it contained some strong material. This album was a pleasant surprise, picking up awards everywhere and still selling in large quantities. For a band who might have been looking over their shoulders, this is a supremely confident album, full of good songs written by the band and, in particular, by Sharleen Spiteri and ex-Altered Image John McElhone. Respectable rock for the 90s, from the ...
| | Allman Brothers Band Dreams CDs (1989) Box Set
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DREAMS is a 4-CD box set compiling in chronological order tracks by the Allman Brothers Band, as well as tracks by bands featuring one or more member of the Allman Brothers Band and solo performances by Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts.
Recorded between 1966 & 1988. Includes a 32-page illustrated booklet and liner notes by John Swenson.
Like nearly all box sets, DREAMS has plenty to recommend it-and a few nagging drawbacks. The set's chief shortcoming is its two conflicting goals: providing an overview of the Allmans' history, thus attracting buyers seeking the ultimate hits package, and including enough unreleased tracks and rarities to appeal to the band's most devoted fans. As a result, DREAMS is neither the definitive Allman Brothers collection nor the gift to hardcore fans that, say, THE BOOTLEG SERIES is to Dylan-philes.
DREAMS' ...
| | Texas Mothers Heaven CD (1991)
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Texas is a good name for this band, whose sound is open, brooding and just a bit on the twangy side; if you can imagine a sound somewhere between the dour, minimalist bluesiness of Cowboy Junkies and the yearning, gospel-tinged bombast of early U2, you'll have a good idea what to expect. Singer Sharleen Spiteri has the perfect voice for this kind of thing: it's low-ptched and dark-hued, and ...
| | Radiohead Airbag/How Am I Driving? CD (1998) Digipak
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| | Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin Komuso: The Healing Art Of Zen Shakuhachi CD (2000)
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| | Conjunto Primavera Los Vas A Negar CD (2003)
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| | Vibrators Pure Mania CD (1977) (Import) Import; Canada
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A stirring debut album by a first wave British punk band? In a manner of speaking. Actually, the Vibrators--all of whom were at least ten years older than the Pistols or the Clash--were total poseurs, long term scene veterans and wannabes who found themselves, finally, in the right place at the right ...
| | J J Johnson Afternoon@Birdland CD (1995) Bonus Tracks
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| | Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson Honk For Texas CDs (2006) (Import) Remastered; Box Set; United Kingdom
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This four-disc set is a kind of curiosity. Honk for Texas features Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, alright, but only for three of the four discs. The last one features Jim Wynn. Wynn is featured on four tracks on the last Vinson disc from sessions in 1945, but that's the only link, other than Honk for Texas, of course. Neil Slaven's liner notes take care of the explanation inside the package, and it's perhaps that Wynn isn't well-known enough to sell records on his own -- though to collectors who already have the Vinson material, this would be ideal. And who but collectors would be interested? In any case, the sides collected on this box are from 1945 -- when Vinson was playing with the Cootie Williams Orchestra, and first led his own groups -- to 1952, at the end of his run of big bands. The material has been remastered and sounds fine, though there is a serious question as far as where royalties on this stuff are paid -- and that the artists and their estates are not, given the leniency of British public domain laws. The bottom line is that Vinson's notoriety -- as the most popular of all the alto players to come out of the Lone Star State -- allowed him his pick of fine musicians, and he had them, from Earl Van Riper (who was to become a Motown studio ace), Clark Terry, and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis in the 1940s to Slide Hampton and Charlie Rouse in the 1950s, and a ton of fine players in between; it would have been unthinkable for Vinson to make substandard sides. Three of these four discs offer incredible jump blues, smoking swing, and burning R&B evidence. ~ Thom Jurek
Recording information: Chicago, IL (04/01/1942-05/??/1954); Cincinnati, OH (04/01/1942-05/??/1954); Los Angeles, CA (04/01/1942-05/??/1954); ...
| | Question For The Somnambulist CD (2003) Bonus Track
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| | Mordy Ferber Being There CD (2005)
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| | Connie Fisher Favourite Things CD (2006)
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