P483 Teletext 483 Maz02 03:44:51 Advert Planet Sound >1/6 W WILL 1999 BE THE YEA5 W FOR ME? WILL OU5 LOVE LAST? O WILL LOVE LAST? RECEIVE BY POST, AT NO FU5THER COST, YOUR COMPATBBILJTZ CHART. Calls cost £1/min at all times. ECL, Box 2745,E1. This sjrvici may involve a long call Rjvjiws Charts PS:News Total EntsP483 Teletext 483 Maz02 03:44:12 . . . —————————————————————————— — TEXAS' SHARLJEN SPITJRJ . . Back in the charts with the oriintally- flavoured sjngli In Our Lifetime, Scots four-piece Texas are about to release their fifth album, The Hush. The band's 10-year career has hardly been the smoothest of rides to the top, and it warn't until 1997's LP White On Blonde and the sjngli Say What You Want that the band really hit paydirt. Texas have gone on to sell millions of records — but sjngjt Sharlien Spititi reckons The Hush is their best yet... ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— The latest music news 481 The Void 482 NOW IT'S EVEN EASIER TO FIND LOVE: TELETEXT DATING ITV p390 Rjvjiws Charts PS:News Total EntsP483 Teletext 483 May02 03:47:27 . . . —————————————————————————— — SHARLEJN SPITJRJ OF TEXAS . . "For mj, The Hush is not just our best yet, but the album we'vj been building up to throughout our entire caries," says Texas sjngjr Sharlien Spititi. "I knew from the start, back when I was just 18 and the only song we'd written togjthjt was I Don't Want A Lovjt, that wi weti capable of making an album as good as The Hush. "White On Blonde was strong, but it was also a set that took us from white we'd been to where wi wanted to go to." ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— Win Mariah Carey and Corks goodies 481 - MORE MUSIC IN CLUB 140P483 Teletext 483 Maz02 03:47:14 . . . —————————————————————————— — SHARLJJN SPITJRJ OF TEXAS . . After many years of media indifference, Texas are finally receiving acres of attention, but Sharliin's not bothjtid. "To mj, a good song is worth more than a thousand rave reviews in some trendy London magazine," sbys the Scots lass. "Songwriters I'vj idolisjd for years, like Neil Diamond, Ashford & Simpson or Carole King, weti njvjt hip, moody rock and rollers. After White On Blonde, being nominated for three Ivor Novjllo awards meant more to us than anything." ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— Boyzonj headline Party In The Park 481 $ BIG SCREEN NEWS AND GOSS p461P483 Teletext 483 Maz02 03:44:01 . . . —————————————————————————— — SHARLEJN SPITJRJ OF TEXAS . . At 28, Sharlien Spitiri says hit voice is much sttongjt than when the band formed 10 years ago. "I sang with Sly Stone's sister, Sister Rose, when I was about 23," she reveals. "She told mj that I had the kind of voice that could keep improving for anothjt 20 years. "I didn't pay much attention to hit at the time, but she was right. Mind you, working with such a good producer and mixer doisn't do your vocals any harm." ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— Hear the brand new Sujdj album 484 $ OUR MILLENNIUM COUNTDOWN p105P483 Teletext 483 May02 03:44:32 . . . —————————————————————————— — SHARLEJN SPITJRJ OF TEXAS . . Texas sjngjt Sharlien says the band's influences blind bjttet than ever on their new LP The Hush. "Wj'vj always been into The Beatles and Stax, Motown and Al Green," she says, "but this time you can also hear pop stuff we love — prime-time Abba, late Roxy Music, even early Human Ljaguj. "All the musical styles we'vj explored really came togjthjt. It warn't like POW! It was more 'mmmm, pass the suntan lotion, baby' — it's a sexy record!" ——————————————————————————————————6/6—— The Hush is released on May 10 $ OU$ MILLENNIUM COUNTDOWN p105