The Hush
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The Hush is the fifth album by Scottish
rock band Texas
. The album was released in May 1999 via Mercury Records
. It debuted at number one in the United Kingdom. It then fell to number three in its second week but in its third week rose back up to number two. The album spent a total of 43 weeks on the UK Album Charts.
" which debuted at number 4 in the United Kingdom. "Summer Son
" was released as the lead single from the album and the single debuted at number five in the United Kingdom. And the third and final single to be released as a CD Single was "When We Are Together
" which debuted at number twelve on the UK Singles Charts.
In terms of sales, chart positions and certifications, The Hush is Texas' second most successful album to date, after their previous album, White on Blonde
(1997) which had been certified 6x Platinum by the BPI in the United Kingdom. The Hush had received a 3x Platinum certification as of June 2011 in the United Kingdom.
's Texas sculpts studio-perfect summer radio pop. Carbonated drumbeats provide a smooth, soft, cocoa-buttery surface like a well tanned midriff. It spreads out between a tight cotton tee and a pair of skin-squeezing jeans with the top few buttons haphazardly loose, allowing singer/pin-up Sharleen Spiteri's voice to dance across it like the brushing of delicately painted fingernails around the navel and upper pubis. A deep, discotheque bassline fills the sound nicely like two handfuls of pillowy, grade-A breast inflating the top of a red tanktop. A six-figure studio budget paints a shimmer over the sound like an iced- tea- colored tan, grains of fine, white sand, and tongue- tip- sized beads of sweat. Spiteri's seductive falsetto slips effortlessly between post-coital, bangs- in- face tease and professional puckered, glossy, slightly-separated lips like a Revlon commercial- tailored blend of Natalie Imbruglia, Prince, Donna Summer, Everything But the Girl, and a sultry Suede.
"Summer Son" bounces along like two-toned buttocks frollicking under a silk skirt, while the title track slowjams erotically like Spiteri rubbing down her body with her eyes closed, lips blooming to reveal marble teeth and a sentient tongue. Well, no. Really, there's more to this "music" than the singer's looks. Really. Stop looking at that. She's out of our league. Give me that back. I want the artwork!
album (1997), released two years prior. Like White on Blonde, The Hush reached number one on the UK Album Charts, and was successful in terms of sales in the UK. The Hush received a triple platinum status from the BPI, indicating sales of over 900,000 copies in the UK alone.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
rock 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 in May 1999 via Mercury Records
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
. It debuted at number one in the United Kingdom. It then fell to number three in its second week but in its third week rose back up to number two. The album spent a total of 43 weeks on the UK Album Charts.
Background and release
The album included the singles "In Our LifetimeIn Our Lifetime (Texas song)
"In Our Lifetime" is a song by Scottish band Texas and was the first single released prior to their fifth studio album The Hush. It was released worldwide in April 1999 and reached #4 on the UK Singles Chart.-CD1 :#"In Our Lifetime" - 4:10...
" which debuted at number 4 in the United Kingdom. "Summer Son
Summer Son
"Summer Son" is a song by Scottish band Texas and was the second single to be taken from the album The Hush. The song was released on 16 August 1999 in the UK and reached #5 on the Official UK Singles Chart.-CD1 :...
" was released as the lead single from the album and the single debuted at number five in the United Kingdom. And the third and final single to be released as a CD Single was "When We Are Together
When We Are Together (Texas song)
"When We Are Together" is a song by Scottish band Texas and was the third and final single to be taken from the album The Hush. The song reached #12 on the Official UK Singles Chart.-CD1 :#"When We Are Together" - 3:26...
" which debuted at number twelve on the UK Singles Charts.
In terms of sales, chart positions and certifications, The Hush is Texas' second most successful album to date, after their previous album, White on Blonde
White on Blonde
White on Blonde is the fourth album by Texas, released by Mercury Records in 1997. In 1998 Q magazine readers voted it the 86th greatest album of all time...
(1997) which had been certified 6x Platinum by the BPI in the United Kingdom. The Hush had received a 3x Platinum certification as of June 2011 in the United Kingdom.
Reception
ScotlandScotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
's Texas sculpts studio-perfect summer radio pop. Carbonated drumbeats provide a smooth, soft, cocoa-buttery surface like a well tanned midriff. It spreads out between a tight cotton tee and a pair of skin-squeezing jeans with the top few buttons haphazardly loose, allowing singer/pin-up Sharleen Spiteri's voice to dance across it like the brushing of delicately painted fingernails around the navel and upper pubis. A deep, discotheque bassline fills the sound nicely like two handfuls of pillowy, grade-A breast inflating the top of a red tanktop. A six-figure studio budget paints a shimmer over the sound like an iced- tea- colored tan, grains of fine, white sand, and tongue- tip- sized beads of sweat. Spiteri's seductive falsetto slips effortlessly between post-coital, bangs- in- face tease and professional puckered, glossy, slightly-separated lips like a Revlon commercial- tailored blend of Natalie Imbruglia, Prince, Donna Summer, Everything But the Girl, and a sultry Suede.
"Summer Son" bounces along like two-toned buttocks frollicking under a silk skirt, while the title track slowjams erotically like Spiteri rubbing down her body with her eyes closed, lips blooming to reveal marble teeth and a sentient tongue. Well, no. Really, there's more to this "music" than the singer's looks. Really. Stop looking at that. She's out of our league. Give me that back. I want the artwork!
Success of The Hush
The Hush serves as the fifth studio album from Texas. It follows the very successful White on BlondeWhite on Blonde
White on Blonde is the fourth album by Texas, released by Mercury Records in 1997. In 1998 Q magazine readers voted it the 86th greatest album of all time...
album (1997), released two years prior. Like White on Blonde, The Hush reached number one on the UK Album Charts, and was successful in terms of sales in the UK. The Hush received a triple platinum status from the BPI, indicating sales of over 900,000 copies in the UK alone.
Track listing
Personal
- Artwork By [Art Direction And Design] - Lee Swillingham, Stuart Spalding
- Engineer [Recording Engineer] - Eddie Campbell, Johnny Mac, Kenny Macdonald*, Richard Hynd, Sharleen Spiteri
- Mixed By - Mark 'Spike' Stent*
- Other [Agency] - Emma Banks, Helter Skelter
- Other [Crew] - Andy Dockerty, Davie Robertson, Derek Paterson, Fast Eddie, Graham Cochrane, Stevie Marr
- Other [Management Usa] - Tom Bennett
- Other [Management] - GR Management
- Performer [All Instruments By], Programmed By [All Programming By] - Texas
- Performer [Texas Are] - Ally McErlaine, Eddie Campbell, Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri
- Photography - Luis Sanchis
- Producer [Produced By] - Johnny Mac
- Songwriter - McElhone* (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12), Spiteri* (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12)
- Technician [Assistant At The Mix Suite] - Dub (7) , Keith (22) , Stan (20)
Charts
| Chart (1999) | 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... |
1 |
| 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... |
2 |
| Austrian Albums Chart Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
11 |
| German Albums Chart Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
7 |
| 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... |
29 |
| 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... |
42 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... |
7 |
| 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.... |
7 |
| Switzerland Albums Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
5 |
| German Albums Chart Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
7 |
| 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... |
5 |
| 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.... |
7 |
Certifications
- UK: 3× Platinum
- FRA: 2× Platinum
- GER: Gold
- NOR: Gold
- SWE: Gold
- SWI: Platinum