The Hush by Texas

The Hush, Texas's fifth album, arrived in May 1999 with the tricky job of following White on Blonde, the 1997 record that had become the Glasgow band's biggest seller, and it pulled it off: straight in at number one in Scotland and the UK, 43 weeks on the UK Album Chart, triple platinum, and top-ten placings in France, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden.

The twist was that nobody from outside touched the controls. Bassist Johnny McElhone, credited as Johnny Mac, produced it alone, the first Texas album made without outside producers, and they cut it at Park House Studios and at Shar's House, Sharleen Spiteri's home studio, both in Glasgow. The result is sleek, soulful pop-rock, Spiteri's voice smoky and assured over grooves that glide rather than stomp. "In Our Lifetime", "Summer Son" and "When We Are Together" were the singles.

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