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If you live outside of the UK, chances are you've never heard of Sharleen Spiteri and probably not of her earlier band, the Scottish band called Texas.
A few years ago, Spiteri dropped her band and went solo with Melody, an album that's more 60s pop, a la Nancy Sinatra, than Texas' standard eurodiscopop that made them famous in the late 90s (you should also know that the band started out in 1986 as a bluesy, southern rock band - in honor of their namesake).
Of course, the real reason why I was drawn to Texas was because of Spiteri's white hot looks, but I was never an obsessive fan. So I was surprise to find out that Spiteri is back now with another solo album, this time, all movie covers... and as a cover lover, I approve!
I did get a chance to listen to the whole album, which was released last week, and I'll have to say that it sounds more jazz than I expected. I tend to like the more pop-tracks, like "Xanadu", "Pretty Woman", and "Take My Breath Away" - a number that takes me back to that 80s Berlin song. I love it, don't you?
Anyway, as you can see from the music video of "Xanadu", Sharleen still looks as amazingly hot as she did in the Hush-era.
Here are the tracks and what movies they appear in:
A few years ago, Spiteri dropped her band and went solo with Melody, an album that's more 60s pop, a la Nancy Sinatra, than Texas' standard eurodiscopop that made them famous in the late 90s (you should also know that the band started out in 1986 as a bluesy, southern rock band - in honor of their namesake).
I did get a chance to listen to the whole album, which was released last week, and I'll have to say that it sounds more jazz than I expected. I tend to like the more pop-tracks, like "Xanadu", "Pretty Woman", and "Take My Breath Away" - a number that takes me back to that 80s Berlin song. I love it, don't you?
Anyway, as you can see from the music video of "Xanadu", Sharleen still looks as amazingly hot as she did in the Hush-era.
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| Track | Movie | Originally Artist |
| 1. "Xanadu" | Xanadu (1980) | Electric Light Orchestra and Olivia Newton-John |
| 2. "If I Can't Have You" | Saturday Night Fever (1977) | Yvonne Elliman / The Bee Gees |
| 3. "God Bless the Child" | Schindler's List (1993) | Billie Holiday |
| 4. "Between the Bars" | Good Will Hunting (1997) | Elliott Smith |
| 5. "The Sound of Silence" | The Graduate (1967) | Simon & Garfunkel |
| 6. "What's New Pussycat?" | What's New Pussycat? (1965) | Tom Jones |
| 7. "The Windmills of Your Mind" | The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) | Noel Harrison |
| 8. "Take Me with You" | Purple Rain (1984) | Prince |
| 9. "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" | Cat People (1982) | David Bowie |
| 10. "Many Rivers to Cross" | The Harder They Come (1972) | Jimmy Cliff |
| 11. "Oh Pretty Woman" | Pretty Woman (1990) | Roy Orbison |
| 12. "This One's from the Heart" | One from the Heart (1982) | Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle |
| 13. "Take My Breath Away" | Top Gun (1986) | Berlin |
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