Sharleen Spiteri: 'All The Times I Cried'

Their more recent singles have been as buffed and polished as an heiress's fingernails, but at their best Texas were master craftsmen: purveyors of neatly-constructed, well-sung pop songs that didn't skimp on melody. If there's still a Guilty Pleasures club night in 2028, 'Say What You Want' and 'Summer Son' will bring the house down.

Now, with Texas's stock having fallen in recent years, Sharleen Spiteri is releasing a solo album inspired by classic pop from the fifties and sixties - a smart choice that would have been even smarter if Duffy and Winehouse hadn't beaten her to it. Still, there's no quibbling with the authentic sixties melodrama of the lead single, which takes its musical cues from The Shangri-Las and Burt Bacharach. 'All The Times I Cried' is lacking in gritty soulfulness, but it's still a prime example of what Spiteri's built a two-decade career on: a neatly-constructed, well-sung pop song that doesn't skimp on melody.


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