Texas - Cover Versions, Volume 1 (1989-1999)

Full disclosure: I'm not that much of a fan of the band Texas. I like them about on the "greatest hits" level. That said, I think they're a talented band with an especially gifted singer, Sharleen Spiteri. Recently, I've been working with musical friend Lil Panda, and he turned me on to the idea of compiling a collection of cover versions by Texas. That's what I've made here, with his help. Whether your like Texas's originals or not, they play a great and ambitious bunch of classic songs for their covers, with Spiteri's vocals an obvious highlight. So if you enjoy the music of the blog in general, you should like this.

Here's a list of who did the original versions:

01. Dimples - John Lee Hooker
02. Living for the City - Stevie Wonder
03. It Hurts Me Too - Tampa Red / Elmore James
04. Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
05. Tired of Being Alone - Al Green
06. I Can't Get Next to You - Temptations / Al Green
07. What Goes On - Velvet Underground
08. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
09. I've Got a Feeling - Beatles
10. One Love - Bob Marley
11. Revolution - Beatles
12. You're All I Need to Get By - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
13. Don't You Want Me - Human League
14. Parisian Pierrot - Noel Coward

All but one of the songs here have been officially released: "Sympathy for the Devil." In terms of sound quality, it sounds as good as the rest. Most of the songs are from B-sides or an album of BBC performances. The cover "Tired of Being Alone" was a big hit in 1992. I figure any Texas fan would know that version already. So instead I've included an acoustic version that comes from a B-side.

The band did enough covers for me to make two albums. I plan on posting the second one soon. Each album is about an hour long.

UPDATE: Oops! On March 10, 2021, I updated the mp3 download file. I had a cover of "All These Things that I've Done" by the Killers as the last track. But a commenter noted the timing had to be off, as the Killers didn't even exist as a band yet during the time frame of this album! So I moved that song to the second volume. Then I moved two songs from that one to here in order to keep the album lengths relatively close.

01. Dimples (Texas)
02. Living for the City (Texas)
03. It Hurts Me Too (Texas)
04. Sympathy for the Devil (Texas)
05. Tired of Being Alone [Acoustic Version] (Texas)
06. I Can't Get Next to You (Texas)
07. What Goes On (Texas)
08. Sweet Child O' Mine (Texas)
09. I've Got a Feeling (Texas)
10. One Love (Texas)
11. Revolution (Texas)
12. You're All I Need to Get By (Texas)
13 Don't You Want Me (Texas)
14 Parisian Pierrot (Texas)

https://www63.zippyshare.com/v/ZuqmswEt/file.html

I know Texas is a full band, but my interest is mainly due to the vocals of Sharleen Spiteri, so she gets the cover billing here. The photo of her dates to 1998.