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TEXAS - 'INNER SMILE' (MERCURY)

boybart@hotmail.com | Dublin, Ireland | 01/28/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"They may have been purveyors of mediocre white soul for the last year or so but this is the first decent Texas track in a long while. 'Inner Smile' is a damned decent tune shouldered by an infectious little groove. Sharleen Spiteri, ever possessed of an impressive pair of lungs, is on fine vocal form and the whole kit and caboodle just burrows into your bonce and refuses to budge. The remixes are suberb."

A great tune to play over and over...

ziz | 09/20/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"a wonderful effort from texas (the band). you'll find yourself singing "yeah, yeah, yeah" over and over again - both as an affirmation of the song's infectiousness and because the words are in the chorus and has a habit of sticking in your head.the song itself is lush and melodic. sharleen's vocals sound wonderful and wrap around you. the arrangement is top rate. a suprising song to include on a greatest hits album as you would've thought it would be lead single from an album (i'm a believer that most greatest hits added tracks are album wannabe's that didn't make the initial cut).since this is the only way to get the song w/o buying the greatest hits album, you may want to consider splurging.the remixes are solid - not fantastic. they do sound different from the single - with different arrangements and deletion of some of the vocals. not sure i'd recommend the single for the remixes, but (once again) i would for the title cut."