Texas would go on to release a further two studio albums, Careful What You Wish For in 2003, and Red Book in 2005, both of which were certified gold in the United Kingdom.
[7] In 1989, the band, now also featuring Tony McGovern, Eddie Campbell, Michael Bannister and Neil Payne, released their debut EP, Everyday Now.
Ironically, immediately following the disappointing performance of the album and its singles, Texas released a new cover version of the Al Green classic "Tired of Being Alone" in April 1992.
The single, which was not included on the album, was more successful and returned the band to the UK top 20, peaking at No.
Following an endorsement by then Radio 1 presenter Chris Evans on his Channel 4 show TFI Friday in 1997, Texas came back to the music scene with the international hit "Say What You Want".
White on Blonde became the pinnacle of the band's success, and was certified 6 × Platinum by the BPI for UK sales in excess of 1.8 million copies.
A third and final single, "When We Are Together", was released in November 1999 and narrowly missed the UK top ten (peaking at 12).
The album featured tracks spanning their career, from their 1989 debut to the current day and included three new songs.
By this time, The Greatest Hits album had become a huge success and was eventually certified 6 × Platinum by the BPI for UK sales in excess of 1.8 million copies.
In September 2002, Spiteri gave birth to her daughter, Misty Kyd, although motherhood did not prevent her from working on another album.
In October 2003, Texas released the first single from their upcoming sixth album titled "Carnival Girl" which featured rapping vocals by Canadian artist Kardinal Offishall.
5 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Gold by the BPI for sales of over 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom.
13 in the UK, and was followed by the band's seventh studio album, Red Book, released in November 2005.
Cover songs include Elmore James's "It Hurts Me Too", the Beatles' "I've Got a Feeling", and Ashford & Simpson's "You're All I Need to Get By."
Spiteri's second solo studio album The Movie Songbook was released on 1 March 2010, and peaked at No.
[12] On 8 September 2009, bandmember Ally McErlaine was hospitalised after he collapsed with a massive brain aneurysm at the age of 40.
[13][14] By February 2010, he was recovering well as reported by bandmate Spiteri in The Sunday Mail: "Ally is the most stubborn person I have ever come across, and I think his sheer pigheadedness is the reason he's still here!
[16] Spiteri was also invited to make a series of cameo appearances at different events, all of which involved film scores.
She sang Yvonne Elliman's "If I Can't Have You" for a Saturday Night Fever tribute concert and duetted with Italian singer Mauro Gioia on the "Love Theme from The Godfather".
Spiteri performed a cover of "River Deep – Mountain High" at these gigs as well as a selection of new tracks from The Conversation.
Tracks are written mainly by Spiteri and McElhone, with Richard Hawley and Bernard Butler as collaborators.
To celebrate the band's 25th anniversary, it was announced that some of their biggest hits would be re-recorded for a new album entitled Texas 25.
[20] An Evening with Texas was a more intimate arrangement than previous shows and featured stories told by Spiteri from the band's 25 years together.
Jump on Board performed well commercially in the band's native Scotland, debuting at number one on the Scottish Albums Chart.
[24] A single, also called "Hi", was released in December 2020 and reunited the band with the Wu-Tang Clan after 22 years.
Called "Mr Haze", the track sampled the melody from "Love's Unkind" (which was a top-5 hit for Donna Summer[31] in the late 1970s)[32][33] and was performed on The One Show on BBC One.
[34] Hi is the tenth album released by Texas and includes collaborations with Richard Hawley and Altered Images' Clare Grogan, the latter duetting with Spiteri on the song "Look What You’ve Done".
[38] On 8 June 2023 Texas recorded a video documentary in association with ARTE at the Chateau d'Herouville.
[40] After the release of Texas's 2005 album Red Book the band members confirmed that they would enter a hiatus.
To promote the album, she performed in front of 55,000 fans supporting Paul McCartney on his Up and Coming Tour at Glasgow's Hampden Park.