Texas Land Top 3 Album On UK Albums Chart

New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Scottish rock band Texas have scored a number three entry in the Official UK Albums Chart with their latest album, Hi. It's Texas' second album released by BMG, their ninth Top 10 record and highest charting in 21 years, since their 2000 Greatest Hits.

Hi features 14 new tracks, three of the songs were written in lockdown, in Scotland, Wales, LA, and Sweden. Collaborations include 'Dark Fire', written with BMG artist Richard Hawley; 'Look What You've Done' is a duet where Spiteri trades verses with Clare Grogan (Altered Images); a reunion with Wu-Tang Clan on the title track, and new single Mr Haze, which samples Donna Summer's 1977 disco smash 'Love's Unkind'.

The record was originally intended to be based on 'lost' outtakes from the sessions for their 1997 chart-topping White On Blonde album but ultimately inspired them to create new material from them.
Said frontwoman Sharleen Spiteri: "Our excitement at finding this treasure trove of songs collided with our excitement back then and, unplanned, new songs started coming. You could say we were inspired by ourselves!"

Selling over 40 million records worldwide, Texas had thirteen top-ten singles on the UK Singles Chart, three Number One albums, and eight UK Top Ten albums on the UK Albums Chart including six times Platinum-certified White On Blonde. Their two million-selling Top 3 debut album Southside turned 30 last year.