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White On Blonde

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5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Audio CD (1 Feb 1997)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
  • ASIN: B000001EQI
  • Other Editions: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  CD-ROM  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 53,922 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Intro0:34£0.69
Listen  2. Say What You Want 3:53£0.79
Listen  3. Drawing Crazy Patterns 3:52£0.69
Listen  4. Halo 4:10£0.79
Listen  5. Put Your Arms Around Me 4:33£0.79
Listen  6. Insane 4:45£0.79
Listen  7. Black Eyed Boy 3:10£0.79
Listen  8. Polo Mint City 1:37£0.69
Listen  9. White On Blonde 3:46£0.69
Listen10. Postcard 4:00£0.69
Listen11. Interlude0:28£0.69
Listen12. Ticket To Lie 3:31£0.59
Listen13. Good Advice 4:50£0.59
Listen14. Breathless 3:55£0.69

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Amazon.co.uk Review

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


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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 full production of tracks such as 'Halo' to the chiming tension created by 'Put YourArms Around Me'.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Just a jewel!!, 5 Oct 2003
This album is simply a jewel, from the first to the last track Sharleen's voice is a gift for your ears, full of emotions and registers. All the songs are stylysh and powerful, specially amazing are Halo, Say what you want and White on Blonde. The lyrics are extraordinary, pure poetry and. The more you listen to it, the more you like it, that's for sure. If you buy this cd you won't regret at all, you'll scream for more Texas' music!!
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!!!, 18 Mar 2001
By M. S Worthington (Birmingham, UK) - See all my reviews
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In some ways, it is a shame that Texas had to wait for this album to make them BIG!! It amazes me that it took 4 albums for the amazing talent of this group, and the beautiful voice of Sharleen Spiteri to be realised fully. I absolutley love "put your arms around me", it really is a beautiful song and I can listen to it over and over without growing tired of it at all. In an era ruled by teeny-pop its a shame that bands like Texas often get ignored by so many (although I do own some "pop" albums myself) and I would urge any music fan to purchase this album.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sharleen Spiteri has a wonderful voice, 16 Nov 1999
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The first song I heard by Texas was "Say What You Want" and I have been a convert ever since. The song still remains one of my favourites on the cd, but there are certainly a lot of other terrific songs to be heard. Sharleen Spiteri's voice (I think) is absolutely wonderful and almost everyone I know who has listened to the band's music has taken a liking to it almost immediately. There are a couple of instrumental type interludes that I don't dig too much, but they are over before you know what is happening - now that I know I instantly skip ahead so I can once again hear Sharleen's singing. I now have this cd and the more recent cd "The Hush" and would easily recommend them both to almost any listener.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous!
This is the album that rescued Texas from obscurity, not that they should ever have been heading that way in the first place. Read more
Published 12 months ago by mitchgibbo

5.0 out of 5 stars best album frpm texas
Their early work is fantastic.It' definitely one of the best pop records i have ever heard.Emotional and heartfelt music,very good vocals from Sharleen. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2007 by Emmanouelbillis

5.0 out of 5 stars Scotland's finest export
Before Texas released "In Our Lifetime" from the brilliant The Hush follow up album, I had never heard of them. Read more
Published on 9 Jul 2000 by luke.owen@u.genie.co.uk

5.0 out of 5 stars a terrific album
This was the first album I bought by Texas. I now own them all. Spiteri's vocal range is shown to great effect.Lyrics are deep and meaningful. Read more
Published on 31 Dec 1999

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