Ricks Road

Ricks Road
Studio album by Texas
Released	1 November 1993
Recorded	1992-1993
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	47:48
Label	Mercury Vertigo (Europe)
Producer	Paul Fox
Texas chronology
Mothers Heaven (1991) Ricks Road (1993) White on Blonde (1997)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Ricks Road is the third album by Scottish rock band Texas. The album was released on 1 November 1993 by Mercury Records. The album peaked at number 18 in the UK and spent two weeks on the UK Albums Chart.^[2] It was certified Silver (for 60,000 copies sold) by the British Phonographic Industry in October 1997. In Australia, the album peaked at number 96 on the ARIA Albums Chart.^[3]

The album included three UK Top 40 singles; "So Called Friend" (#30), "You Owe It All To Me" (#39), and "So In Love With You" (#28).

Track listing

All songs written by Johnny McElhone and Sharleen Spiteri except as indicated.

International release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"So Called Friend"	Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri	3:42
2.	"Fade Away"	McElhone, Spiteri	3:03
3.	"Listen to Me"	McElhone, Spiteri	5:02
4.	"You Owe It All to Me"	McElhone, Spiteri	3:41
5.	"Beautiful Angel"	McElhone, Spiteri	3:20
6.	"So in Love with You"	McElhone, Spiteri	4:44
7.	"You've Got to Live a Little"	McElhone, Spiteri, Paul Fox	3:12
8.	"I Want to Go to Heaven"	McElhone, Spiteri	3:23
9.	"Hear Me Now"	McElhone, Spiteri, Ally McErlaine	4:11
10.	"Fearing These Days"	McElhone, Spiteri	4:18
11.	"I've Been Missing You"	McElhone, Spiteri	3:13
12.	"Winters End"	McElhone, Spiteri, Eddie Campbell	4:18

US/Canadian release

1. "So Called Friend"
2. "Fade Away"
3. "Listen to Me"
4. "You Owe It All to Me"
5. "Beautiful Angel"
6. "So in Love with You"
7. "You've Got to Live a Little"
8. "I Want to Go to Heaven"
9. "Hear Me Now"
10. "Fearing These Days"
11. "Tired of Being Alone" (Al Green)
12. "Winters End"

Personnel

Texas

• Vocals, Guitar - Sharleen Spiteri
• Guitar - Ally McErlaine
• Bass - Johnny McElhone
• Piano, Organ [Wurlitzer, B3], Backing Vocals - Eddie Campbell
• Drums, Percussion - Richard Hynd

Other Personnel

• Engineer [Assistant] - Chris Laidlan, Matt Westfield, Pete Lewis
• Engineer, mixed by - Ed Thacker
• Mastered by - Bob Ludwig
• Producer - Paul Fox
• Arranged by [String] - Campbell, Jimmy Z, McElhone, Fox
• Written by - McErlaine (tracks: B3), Campbell (tracks: B6), McElhone, Fox (tracks: B1), Spiteri

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "Texas". Chart Stats. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
3. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.