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Having re-invented themselves with such staggering success, Texas have taken the natural, and obvious, approach with this this perfectly-timed Greatest Hits CD.
1999's The Hush proved that White On Blonde's achievements were no fluke, and wisely this CD plays to their commercial strengths, even if it does attempt to rewrite their past in the process.
With a bounty of recent Top 20 hit singles to choose from, it was never on the cards that Texas would seek to include some of their earlier, rockier, releases. And so the absence of In My Heart, You Owe It All To Me and Thrill Is Gone is not unexpected.
The 3 new recordings, including the so-so Top 10 single In Demand, all point towards a greater emphasis on club sounds in their music, with Inner Smile bordering on joyous disco.
By arranging the tracks in a mon-chronological order, the progression from country-tinged power pop to the slick model of nowadays is muddied, and in truth I'd have preferred to hear these songs in the order they were hits. However, the music is always strong enough to shine through, and with 18 tracks in all, this is excellent value.
Nothing revolutionary about the presentation, packaging or track selection, then, but it's quality stuff and will sell by the shedload. Deservedly so.
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