Southside (Texas album)

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Southside
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Studio album by
Released13 March 1989
RecordedSeptember–November 1988
StudioMaison Rouge Recording Studios Ltd, London
Genre
Length44:53
Label Mercury [1]
Vertigo (US/Canada)
Producer Tim Palmer [2]
Texas chronology
Southside
(1989)
Everyday Now
(1989)
Singles from Southside
  1. "I Don't Want a Lover"
    Released: 23 January 1989
  2. "Thrill Has Gone"
    Released: 24 April 1989
  3. "Everyday Now"
    Released: 5 August 1989
  4. "Prayer for You"
    Released: 13 November 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Southside is the debut album by Scottish rock band Texas. [4] It was released on 13 March 1989. It peaked at no. 3 in the UK Albums Chart and within three weeks of release was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. Worldwide, Southside has sold over 2 million copies.

Contents

Background and release

The album's first single "I Don't Want a Lover" was released on 23 January 1989 and peaked at no. 8 in the UK Singles Chart. [5] Following the release of the album in March of that year, which entered the UK Albums Chart at no.3, further singles from the album were less successful. The second single, "Thrill Has Gone", peaked at no. 60, while a third single, "Everyday Now", fared little better at no. 44. Despite this, a fourth single, "Prayer for You", was released on 13 November but stalled at no. 73 in the UK. Despite only one hit single, the album spent 29 weeks on the charts. [6]

The album cover art was derived from the poster art for the film Paris, Texas, which inspired the band's name.

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times wrote that the album's strengths "revolve around the way the Scottish quartet fuses some of rock’s most appealing elements: the lonesome, sensual slide-guitar sound of Ry Cooder ... and vocals by Sharleen Spiteri that recall the liberating spirit and convincing character of the Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde and Lone Justice’s Maria McKee." [7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Don't Want a Lover"5:00
2."Tell Me Why"
  • McElhone
  • Spiteri
3:59
3."Everyday Now"
  • McElhone
  • Spiteri
4:33
4."Southside"
2:00
5."Prayer for You"
  • McElhone
  • Spiteri
4:50
6."Faith" (CD only)
  • McElhone
  • Spiteri
4:19
7."Thrill Has Gone"
  • McElhone
  • Spiteri
  • Paul Fox
4:24
8."Fight the Feeling"
  • McElhone
  • Spiteri
  • Craig Armstrong
3:37
9."Fool for Love"
  • McElhone
  • Spiteri
  • Armstrong
3:54
10."One Choice"
  • McElhone
  • Spiteri
4:02
11."Future Is Promises"
  • McElhone
  • Spiteri
  • McErlaine
4:14

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [20] Platinum70,000^
France (SNEP) [21] Platinum600,000 [22]
Netherlands (NVPI) [23] Gold50,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [24] Platinum100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [25] Platinum50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [26] Gold100,000^
Summaries
Worldwide2,000,000 [27]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Texas
Other Personnel

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