The Very Best Of 1989 - 2023

34 years since they recorded ‘I Don’t Want A Lover’, then watched, gobsmacked, as it reached Number Eight in the charts, Texas, one of the UK’s most loved bands, have gone on to produce ten studio albums, selling over 40 million records worldwide. So let the fireworks begin as they today announce a special 2LP & 2CD compilation The Very Best Of 1989 - 2023 - out June 16th on [PIAS] Recordings, ahead of an appearance on the Pyramid Stage at this year’s Glastonbury Festival.

There’s the one with The Wu-Tang Clan. The five that were Top 10 singles from one album. The one with Alan Rickman in the video. The one that was an inspired Al Green cover. The two written with diverse titans of American music, Dallas Austin and Gregg Alexander. The one that was remixed by Giorgio Moroder. The une that helped give them their first French Number One album. The segued pair that, according to the woman at the front, makes their live audiences go “absolutely fuckin’ apeshit”. The one with the video directed by Peter Kay. The other one with Wu-Tang Clan. The one
that gave them, straight out of the gate, a Top 10 single with their first ever release. The club banger with a killer Donna Summer sample. And the one that ended up the theme song to a top-rating American sitcom…

Texas - The Very Best Of 1989-2023 has all of the above, and more. 24 diamonds from a glittering career, including two brand new tracks ‘Keep On Talking’ & new single ‘After All’. A nailed-on singalong, ‘After All’ is a song so stomping that the video, directed by Lewis Knaggs, features Sharleen deliver a stella performance, unleashing her inner Dave Grohl as she takes up drumming duties. Watch the video HERE. Then there’s ‘Keep On Talking’, a foot-shuffling cover of the 1965 Northern Soul deep-cut Keep On
Talking, written by Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham – and produced by Oldham in Muscle Shoals.

Released: June 2023
Cat: PIASR5167LP
Label: PIAS Recordings

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Tracklist

LP

 

Side A

 

1. Say What You Want
2. Black Eyed Boy
3. Inner Smile
4. Mr Haze
5. Halo
6. I Don’t Want A Lover

 

Side B

 

1. Summer Son
2. Keep On Talking
3. The Conversation
4. In Our Lifetime
5. In Demand
6. Put Your Arms Around Me

 

Side C

 

1. Let’s Work It Out
2. When We Are Together
3. Hi
4. Say What You Want (All Day Everyday) feat. Wu-Tang Clan
5. Tired Of Being Alone
6. Start A Family feat. Alan Rickman

 

Side D

 

1. So Called Friend
2. Everyday Now
3. Insane 
4. After All
5. Sleep feat. Paul Buchanan
6. So In Love With You

 

CD

 

CD 1

 

1. Say What You Want
2. Black Eyed Boy
3. Inner Smile
4. Mr Haze
5. Halo
6. I Don’t Want A Lover
7. Summer Son
8. Keep On Talking
9. The Conversation
10. In Our Lifetime
11. In Demand
12. Put Your Arms Around Me

 

CD 2

 

1. Let’s Work It Out
2. When We Are Together
3. Hi
4. Say What You Want (All Day Everyday) feat. Wu-Tang Clan
5. Tired Of Being Alone
6. Start A Family feat. Alan Rickman
7. So Called Friend
8. Everyday Now
9. Insane 
10. After All
11. Sleep feat. Paul Buchanan
12. So In Love With You