Blog: Direct Current

Taking a breather from her long-running Scottish pop/rock band Texas, frontwoman and founder Sharleen Spiteri released her fine solo debut Melody in 2008, a very retro collection of 60's-styled original songs co-produced by Bernard Butler (Duffy) that went on to sell more than 300k copies worldwide (and without a U.S. release). When it came time to think about another Texas album, though, Spiteri realized she wasn't quite ready to go back just yet. In what she describes as a "happy accident", she decided that the chance to do a diverse album of classic movie cover songs [...]

• Shaleen Spiteri - "Take My Breath Away" ... » Sharleen Spiteri - Movie Songbook Sample....mp3