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Poison Pills of Trashy, Manufactured Pop


A breathy, light hearted affair, with nice music, and gentle vocals... The first 'new' song released from the "Greatest Hits" album... A nice catchy... not too serious song... Nice humming music, a fresh piece of pop perfection.....

Real Music By Real Musicians
The song that brought Texas back into the charts.
The music is the highlight of Texas'music... it's composition, it's nuances, combined with gr8 vocal talent come together to form a piece of extraordinary work.
Although technically pop, the word "pop" (ala Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, N'Sync et al.) does not do justice to the music.
Some nice harmonies & an all round nice song... well written and executed.

Before you raise your eyebrows in disbelief, allow me to clarify...
Yes, Im still the self-professed disco-hater.
I realize that my high ratings of the Dick soundtrack and the header of this epinion may have led you to believe otherwise.
This is merely a disco-flavored album, though, not actual disco.

I was originally hooked by Texas after being introduced to their single "Say What You Want " by my lover[s] gr8dane, the king of mix tapes.
This spunky but lovely tune combines graceful vocals with a good beat (an unusual combination) and can be found on Texas

White On Blonde album
I never thought much about the group after hearing this song, though, since they weren't much spoken of in mainstream U.S. circles.
The amazing vocal talent of Ms. Spiteri , really shines through on this album, from the dance floor filling "Summer Son " to the high paced "When We Are Together " her voice was an absolute pleasure to listen to.
Even the dark "Saint " offered a new aspect of her increasingly experienced voice...
Yes one day, I'm sure that Celine & Mariah will sit at home wishing that one day they may sing like this. Texas effortlessly stylish

+++ The Hush +++ 【Texas】 +++
Upbeat, but not Irritating／Fantastic Vocal Talent

The album though, was set up for a fall, after the multi-million success of the previous album.
And it was inevitable that the critics would pounce on this new release, like a pack of hungry dogs surrounding an agile antelope...

Can be too varied in genre for comfort..
Scottish Sharleen Spiteri brings amazing talent to this album with her light, lilting vocals, preventing even the "darkest" of the songs on the album from sounding gloomy.
"Saint " is a perfect example of this phenomenon.
Spiteri accomplishes a certain wistful air in this track, but never quite crosses into the realm of depressing or downtrodden.

Being the song that originally attracted me to the album, "When We Are Together " maintains the top spot in my hierarchy of The Hush's tracks.
Probably the most upbeat song on the ALBUM..
.. This song definitely owns the catchiest tune...
A rare instrumental ensemble of violin, keyboard, electric guitar and percussional track contributes to the happy sound..
.. but Spiteri's gliding execution of the quick-paced lyrics is the most wonderfully engaging aspect of the song.

All in all this is an emotional well put together album..
.. The band even saying that it is what they have been building up to throughout ...
...there 17 year career and it makes a change to see someone write, produce, and play their own songs.

The brilliance of the end result simply refuses to fade away...

【Track Listings】
01. In Our Lifetime
02. Tell Me The Answer
03. Summer Son
04. Sunday Afternoon
05. Move In
06. When We Are Together
07. Day After Day
08. Zero Zero
09. Saint
10. Girl
11. Hush
12. Day Before I Went Away
13. You'll Never Know
14. In Our Lifetime [Return to the Dob Mix]