ESCUCHA / Listen to:"THE CONVERSATION", TEXAS + ALBUM TRACKLIST + 'SCOTTISH SUN' ARTICLE

Hoy se estrena en las radios el primer single del nuevo disco de Texas "THE CONVERSATION" ("La conversación"), que estará a la venta el 13 de mayo, el álbum el 20. Esta es la portada del album y single e incluímos el audio del single, la lista de canciones y un artículo de The Scottish Sun en inglés. Seguiremos informando...

Today is the radio premiere of Texas' first single from their latest album "THE CONVERSATION", which will be available May 13th, the album on the 20th. Here's the album and single sleeves, the single audio and the tracklist and an article from The Scottish Sun. We'll be updating.

Audio "THE CONVERSATION" (single):

Audio "THE CONVERSATION", Texas:


Letra / Lyric:
Time to have a conversation 
It's never what you wanna hear 
It's funny how much words can hurt you 
Even after all these years 

I wanna make an observation 
'bout how you tear your world apart 
And every time I try to tell you 
You blame it on your fickle heart 

How they're hurting you (hurting you) 
Whether they're deserting you (deserting you) 
It's always so unfair to you (unfair to you) 
It's time to have a conversation 

Give it up (give you up) 
Never gonna hold you up (hold you up) 
You've always been afraid of love (afraid of love) 
It's time to have a conversation 

Waking up is never easy 
So why don't you come over here 
Tell me 'bout the dreams that haunt you 
Tell me about your secret fears 

I wanna change your whole perception 
If only I could make you see 
How it's all your own creation 
That's bringing you this misery 

How they're hurting you (hurting you) 
Whether they're deserting you (deserting you) 
It's always so unfair to you (unfair to you) 
It's time to have a conversation 

Give it up (give you up) 
Never gonna hold you up (hold you up) 
You've always been afraid of love (afraid of love) 
It's time to have a conversation 

The words you hear in your head 
Were never said, were never said 
The heart you break - mistake 
For me instead, for me instead 

How they're hurting you (hurting you) 
Whether they're deserting you (deserting you) 
It's always so unfair to you (unfair to you) 
It's time to have a conversation 

Give it up (give you up) 
Never gonna hold you up (hold you up) 
You've always been afraid of love (afraid of love) 
It's time to have a conversation 

How they're hurting you (hurting you) 
Whether they're deserting you (deserting you) 
It's always so unfair to you (unfair to you) 
It's time to have a conversation 

Give it up (give you up) 
Never gonna hold you up (hold you up) 
You've always been afraid of love (afraid of love) 
It's time to have a conversation

Album Tracklist:
1. The Conversation (La conversación)
2. Dry Your Eyes (Seca tus ojos)
3. If It Isn't Real (Si no es real)
4. Detroit City 
5. I Will Always (Siempre lo haré)
6. Talk About Love (Hablar de amor)
7. Hid From The Light (Escondido de la luz)
8. Be True (Sé sincero)
9. Maybe I (Quizás yo)
10. Hearts Are Made To Stray (Los corazones estan hechos para alejarse)
11. Big World (Gran mundo)
12. I Need Time (Necesito tiempo)

Sharleen Spiteri: It’s great to be back... made all the better that Ally is with us

Texas star on band's return after eight years

ROCKERS Texas are back with a new album but it’s the return to action of lead guitarist Ally McErlaine that is most poignant for frontwoman Sharleen Spiteri.

After eight years in cold storage the Scots five-piece have returned with new release The Conversation.

But making the album was emotional as they were all on tenterhooks to see how Ally fared after battling back from a massive brain aneurysm which put him in a coma for nine weeks in 2009.

Seeing him back on form reassured the band — also made up of bass player Johnny McElhone, keyboardist Eddie Camp and guitarist Tony McGovern — that they were destined to make music.

Sharleen, 45, explained: “All of us were all looking at Ally on that first day, wondering how he was going to deal with it.

“We’d heard him play guitar and knew the ability was there with the old stuff. But we didn’t know about a new album, how long would he last? Would he get tired? All those questions were there.

“But he’s absolutely brilliant, it wasn’t a problem.”

She added: “I remember when I got the call when Ally had the aneurysm. I remember feeling there was something wrong with the right side of my body as Ally always stands to my right on stage. I felt something was off.

“Then when we rehearsed the new songs, it was the right balance and it was how things are supposed to be.

“After what happened, there was also this big realisation for him too — he felt ‘I am a guitarist’. That was his exact place in life.

“Sometimes you are disillusioned and you do think, ‘Is this it?’

“As you get older, you ask all those questions.

“Then things happen and you realise the important thing is how you feel — that whatever you do feels right and is important to you. I feel that about being in this band.”

Sharleen admits the new album is packed full of good songs, otherwise they wouldn’t have bothered coming back.

She said: “Shock horror — I bet everyone is saying, ‘It’s taken them f***ing long enough’.

“All these songs have been done in the last year and a half — it’s all new stuff. It just felt right and it was time to do it. We wanted to make another Texas record.

“It was a really good laugh — there was a lot of late night and drunken p***ing about.

“But I think it’s hysterical I’m doing all these interviews and talking about it, but no one has heard it. We’ve only played it to family and friends. They say they love it.

“You hear it and you go ‘Of course it sounds like Texas’.

“But it sounds new and not dated. The truth is, it was all about the songwriting.”

One famous name who’s given the Glasgow band the thumbs-up for the new album is football superstar and Sharleen’s good mate Thierry Henry.

She said: “Thierry’s heard the new album and he likes it.

“So let’s see what happens. But you know, it would come out even if he wasn’t giving us the thumbs-up — I don’t really care if he likes it or not.

“You’ve got to give yourself the thumbs-up first, then if everyone does it’s a plus.”

Ally’s brush with death caused the band to look back at their glittering career — which began with a gig at Dundee Uni in 1988.

Sharleen — who dates Welsh celeb chef Bryn Williams — said: “Friendship and your family is more important than anything else.

“I just happen to be lucky enough that those two intertwine in my life. I do something with people I’ve grown up with and are a very important part of my life. It’s something I love doing, they all do too.

“It isn’t any more or less important than it was, but what does change is your appreciation when you’re able to look back.

“I was thinking recently and I was like ‘Bloody hell, we’ve been doing this for 25 years’.

“Then people point out things. I was being interviewed the other day and this journalist told me there hasn’t been a female-fronted band since us.

“I was like don’t be stupid but then suddenly I thought about it.

“And he was bloody right — I hate when journalists are right, I really hate it.”

And Texas are brave enough to admit they’re worried whether punters will still want to buy their album.

They’ve got a stellar list of past hits including anthems I Don’t Want a Lover, Halo, Black Eyed Boy, Inner Smile and Summer Son. They know their comeback stuff is good, but it’s up to the fans if it does the business in the charts.

Sharleen said: “We did a couple of festivals last summer. You’re up on stage and you can see really clearly.

“I’m looking out thinking ‘I know the oldies here have all our records’. And then you’re looking at 20-odd-year-olds singing and thinking ‘How the hell do they know these songs?’ They weren’t the people who bought our records, it was their parents.

“Fingers crossed that we do well in the charts this time around but I don’t know who’s going to buy this record — hopefully lots of people will.

“At the end of the day we can hold our heads high and know we’ve made a good record.

“That’s all you can do.

“And if we haven’t all recharged our batteries enough after eight years off then, Christ, we don’t deserve to be doing this job.”

SHARLEEN’S daughter Misty Kyd is delighted that her mum is back with the band — because she loves getting celebrity PERKS.

Sharleen admitted: “Does she enjoy it? I wouldn’t say that. I’d say, she’s a lucky wee b******.

“She will probably end up saying, ‘Mum you’re so embarrassing’.

“My daughter saw me do a few festivals last year and saw me doing what I do.

“She’s 10 and is proud. But, to be really honest, all my kid is thinking about is who else is on at this festival?

“She just knows her mum is singing and she knows all my songs as they’ve been in her life since the day she was born.

“While we’re working, she hears the albums as they are being written.”

Sharleen admitted the rocker lifestyle was nothing new to the 10-year-old because she had been involved with the band since she was tiny.

She added: “She’s at that age where she wants to see who she can meet and is asking me if she can stand at the side of the stage or go out to the front.

“She’s into it all and gets involved in all the things around the band.”

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