White on Blonde

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White on Blonde
White on Blonde cover
Studio album by Texas
Released October 10, 1996
Recorded ???
Genre Blue-Eyed Soul, Rock
Length 47:06
Label Mercury Records
Producer Texas
Professional reviews
Texas chronology
Ricks Road
(1993)		 White on Blonde
(1996)		 The Hush
(1998)

White on Blonde is an album by Texas, released by Mercury Records in 1996. In 1998 Q magazine readers voted it the 86th greatest album of all time.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "0.34" (Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri) – 0:34
  2. "Say What You Want" (McElhone, Spiteri) – 3:53
  3. "Drawing Crazy Patterns" (McElhone, Spiteri) – 3:52
  4. "Halo" (McElhone, Spiteri) – 4:10
  5. "Put Your Arms Around Me" (McElhone, Spiteri, Dave Stewart, Robert Hodgens) – 4:33
  6. "Insane" (McElhone, Spiteri) – 4:45
  7. "Black Eyed Boy" (McElhone, Spiteri, Eddie Campbell, Richard Hynd, Hodgens) – 3:10
  8. "Polo Mint City" (McElhone, Spiteri) – 1:37
  9. "White on Blonde" (McElhone, Spiteri) – 3:46
  10. "Postcard" (McElhone, Spiteri) – 4:00
  11. "0.28" (McElhone, Spiteri) – 0:28
  12. "Ticket to Lie" (McElhone, Spiteri, Hodgens) – 3:31
  13. "Good Advice" (McElhone, Spiteri, Rae, Christian) – 4:50
  14. "Breathless" (McElhone, Spiteri) – 3:55

Japanese versions either have one extra track: "Sunday is the Saddest Day", or five: "Say What You Want (Acoustic Mary Anne Hobbs Session)", "Halo (808 Mix)", "Black Eyed Boy (Neo-Northern Bossa Nova Mix)", "Sorry", "Say What You Want (Rae & Christian Mix)".

All tracks were produced by Texas. "Halo", "Insane", and "Breathless" were produced with Mike Hedges. "Put Your Arms Around Me" was produced with Dave Stewart, and "Good Advice" with Rae & Christian. The Boilerhouse Boys helped produce "Say What You Want".

[edit] Singles

  • Say What You Want
    Released: January 6 1997
  • Halo
    Released: April 21 1997
  • Black Eyed Boy
    Released: July 7 1997
  • Put your Arms Around me
    Released: October 10 1997

[edit] Interactive Songbook: 2 x CD-ROM

[edit] CD 1: Interactive

  • Videoclips
  1. "Say What You Want"
  2. "Halo"
  3. "Black Eyed Boy"
  4. "Put Your Arms Around Me"
  • Sing along
  • Riff guide
  • Chords
  • Three level quiz

[edit] CD 2: Audio

  1. "Say What You Want"
  2. "Drawing Crazy Patterns"
  3. "Halo"
  4. "Put Your Arms Around Me"
  5. "Insane"
  6. "Black Eyed Boy"
  7. "Polo Mint City"
  8. "White on Blonde"
  9. "Postcard"
  10. "Ticket to Lie"
  11. "Good Advice"
  12. "Breathless"

[edit] Personnel

  • Sharleen Spiteri – Vocals, Guitar
  • Ally McErlaine – Guitar
  • Eddie Campbell – Keyboards
  • Richard Hynde – Drums
  • Johnny McElhone – Bass guitar
  • Rodger Ward – Guitar
  • Paul Taylor – Programming
  • Alex Silva – Programming, Keyboards
  • Terry Disley – Programming, Keyboards
  • Martin Greene – Strings (Arrangement)
  • Claire Miles – Strings
  • Anne Stephenson – Strings
  • Sally Herbert – Strings
  • Claire Orsler – Strings
  • Susan Dench – Strings
  • Gini Ball – Strings
  • Chris Pitsillide – Strings
  • Steven Granville – Backing vocals
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