Mothers Heaven is the second album from the Scottish pop band Texas

Texas (band)

Texas are a Scottish pop band from Bearsden, near Glasgow, Scotland. They were founded by Johnny McElhone in 1986 and feature Sharleen Spiteri on lead vocals. Texas made their performing debut in March 1988 at Scotland's University of Dundee...

. The album was released on 8 October 1991 by Mercury Records

Mercury Records

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 and was the follow on to debut album, Southside

Southside

-United Kingdom:* South Side, County Durham, a village in the County Durham, England* Southside Wandsworth, a shopping centre in Wandsworth, South London.* South London, the area of London south of the River Thames....

(1989). The album debuted at number thirty two in the UK and spent 4 weeks on the charts.

Background information

The album saw the release of four singles, the lead single released from Mothers Heaven was entitled "Why Believe in You

Why Believe in You

"Why Believe In You" was the first single to be taken from Scottish band Texas' second album Mothers Heaven. It continued their bad chart run, only managing to reach #66 on the UK Singles Chart for one week only.-CD single :...

" which lacked on the singles charts, particularly in the United Kingdom where it only managed to chart at #66 on the UK Singles Charts. Follow on single, the alternative rock track, "In My Heart

In My Heart (Texas song)

"In My Heart" is a song by Scottish band Texas and the second single to be taken from their second studio album Mothers Heaven. It only managed to reach #74 on the UK Singles Chart where it remains their worst chart placing...

" was released later in 1991 to only manage a charting position of #74 in the United Kingdom. However, "In My Heart" became Texas's last song to date to chart in the United States

United States

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 after peaking at #14 on the US Billboard Hot Rock Tracks

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, the song also charted strongly in France

France

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 where it charted at #44 on the French Singles Charts.

The release of a third single was based entirely on the success of the band in countries such as France and Spain as well with other European countries, as Texas's singles were doing particularly poorly in the United Kingdom. However, the release of a third single, "Alone With You

Alone With You (Texas song)

"Alone With You" was the third and last single to be lifted from Scottish band Texas' Mothers Heaven album. It fared better than the previous five singles and returned the band to the UK Singles Chart top 40, reaching #32...

" saw Texas return to the UK Singles Charts annual top 40, where it charted at #32 on the chart in the UK, their first top 40 entry since the release of "I Don't Want a Lover

I Don't Want A Lover

I Don't Want a Lover is the debut single from Texas's first album Southside. It was released in January 1989 and peaked at #8 in the UK Singles Chart. It was remixed in 2001 by Stargate and DJ Stonebridge to promote The Greatest Hits compilation album...

" in 1989 which debuted at #8. The single also continued the success of the band in France, charting at #24. The fourth and final single, a remix of the title track "Mothers Heaven" was released in 1992. The single failed to chart in any national singles charts.

As of June 2011, Mothers Heaven remains uncertified in the United Kingdom. However, it has been certified Gold in both France and Switzerland.

Release and reception

Texas is a good name for this band, whose sound is open, brooding and just a bit on the twangy side; if you can imagine a sound somewhere between the dour, minimalist bluesiness of Cowboy Junkies and the yearning, gospel-tinged bombast of early U2, you'll have a good idea what to expect. Singer Sharleen Spiteri has the perfect voice for this kind of thing: it's low-ptched and dark-hued, and is shown off to best effect when she's belting out big, cathartic numbers like the title track and "Why Believe in You." Ally McErlaine is a brilliant slide guitarist who can move from grungy, greasy rock to desolate acoustic Delta blues without missing a beat. It's true that the group still needs to digest its influences a bit -- "Dream Hotel," in particular, sounds like a U2 reject—but most of the time, Texas does a good job of mapping out its own territory. And this is just their second album, remember. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

International release

1. "Mothers Heaven
   Mothers Heaven (song)
   Mother's Heaven is a 1992 promo single released by Scottish alternative rock band Texas, taken from the band's second album of the same name.-Release:In France, the song was released as a single, however did not chart on the French Singles Charts...
   
   "
2. "Why Believe in You
   Why Believe in You
   "Why Believe In You" was the first single to be taken from Scottish band Texas' second album Mothers Heaven. It continued their bad chart run, only managing to reach #66 on the UK Singles Chart for one week only.-CD single :...
   
   "
3. "Dream Hotel"
4. "This Will All Be Mine"
5. "Beliefs"
6. "Alone with You
   Alone with You
   "Alone With You" is the title of the third number-one R&B single by singer Tevin Campbell. The hit song is Tevin's sixth single off his debut album T.E.V.I.N. and second to reach number one on the R&B charts where it stayed for one week. The song didn't chart as well on the Billboard Hot 100...
   
   "
7. "In My Heart
   In My Heart (Texas song)
   "In My Heart" is a song by Scottish band Texas and the second single to be taken from their second studio album Mothers Heaven. It only managed to reach #74 on the UK Singles Chart where it remains their worst chart placing...
   
   "
8. "Waiting"
9. "Wrapped in Clothes of Blue"
10. "Return"
11. "Walk the Dust"

Japanese release

1. "Mothers Heaven"
2. "Why Believe in You"
3. "Dream Hotel"
4. "This Will All Be Mine"
5. "Beliefs"
6. "Alone with You"
7. "In My Heart"
8. "Waiting"
9. "Wrapped in Clothes of Blue"
10. "Return"
11. "Walk the Dust"
12. "How It Feels"
13. "In My Heart (12" Mix)"

Personal

• Recorded at: Park Lane Studios, Glasgow, Scotland.
• Ally McErlaine - guitar
• Johnny McElhone
  Johnny McElhone
  John Francis "Johnny" McElhone is a Scottish guitarist and songwriter.Unusually, he has played with three, otherwise unconnected rock bands, who have all enjoyed a Top 20 presence in the UK Singles Chart. Indeed, two of those groups have repeated that feat in the UK Albums Chart...
  
   - bass
• Sharleen Spiteri
  Sharleen Spiteri
  Sharleen Spiteri is a Scottish recording artist and songwriter, best known as being the lead singer of Scottish rock/blues band Texas. Texas began their career in 1986, and shot to fame in 1989 with their UK Top Ten single, "I Don't Want a Lover" released from Southside...
  
   - vocals, guitar
• Eddie Campbell - keyboards
• Richard Hynd - drums
• Engineer - George Shilling , Kenny MacDonald* , Simon Vinestock
• Mastered By - Bob Ludwig
• Producer - Tim Palmer
• Vocals, Guitar - Sharleen Spiteri
• Voice [Call Out Stuart Kerr Gouranga, Be Happy] - Stuart Kerr
• Written-By - McErlaine* (tracks: 11) , McElhone* , Spiteri*

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	32
French Albums Chart France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	11
Spanish Albums Chart Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	15
Swedish Albums Chart Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	35
New Zealand Albums Chart New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	40
Netherlands Albums Chart MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top...	37
Swiss Albums Chart Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	35