Careful What You Wish For (Texas album)

Careful What You Wish For is the seventh album by Scottish rock band Texas, released 20 October 2003. The album went on to achieve gold status in the UK for 100,000 copies sold.[1]

Careful What You Wish For
Studio album by Texas
Released	20 October 2003
Recorded	2002–2003
Studio	Olympic Studios, West London SARM West Studios, London Whitfield Street Recording Studios, London Elevator Studios, Liverpool Phase One Studios, Toronto
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	42:38
Label	Mercury
Producer	Johnny McElhone Trevor Horn Ian Broudie Ceri "Sunship" Evans
Texas chronology
The Greatest Hits (2000) Careful What You Wish For (2003) Red Book (2005)
Singles from Careful What You Wish For
"Carnival Girl" Released: 6 October 2003 "I'll See It Through" Released: 8 December 2003

Release and reception

Only two singles were produced from Careful What You Wish For. The first was the hit UK Top 10 single, "Carnival Girl" which reached #9 on the UK Singles Charts and was also a hit in other European countries.

A second single, "I'll See It Through" was released in December 2003. However, the single was less successful than the release of "Carnival Girl", only debuting at #40 on the UK Singles Charts. After this their record label, Mercury Records, decided not to release a third single from the album, and this led Texas to re-enter the studio to start work on their next album, Red Book (2005).

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Telephone X"	Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri, Eddie Campbell, Tony McGovern	Johnny McElhone, Trevor Horn
2.	"Broken"	McElhone, Spiteri, Guy Chambers	McElhone, Ian Broudie
3.	"Carnival Girl" (featuring Kardinal Offishall)	McElhone, Spiteri, Jason Harrow	McElhone
4.	"I'll See It Through"	McElhone, Spiteri, Chambers	McElhone
5.	"Where Did You Sleep?"	McElhone, Spiteri, Chambers	McElhone
6.	"And I Dream"	McElhone, Spiteri	McElhone
7.	"Careful What You Wish For"	McElhone, Spiteri	McElhone
8.	"Big Sleep"	McElhone, Spiteri	McElhone
9.	"Under Your Skin"	McElhone, Spiteri, McGovern	McElhone
10.	"Carousel Dub" (featuring Suncycle)	McElhone, Spiteri, Suncycle, Ceri Evans	McElhone
11.	"Place in My World" (featuring Dolomite)	McElhone, Spiteri, Evans, Williamson	McElhone, Ceri Evans
12.	"Another Day"	McElhone, Spiteri	McElhone

Personnel

Texas

• Sharleen Spiteri - vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
• Ally McErlaine - guitar
• Johnny McElhone - guitar, bass, piano, keyboards
• Tony McGovern - guitar, vocals
• Eddie Campbell - piano, keyboards
• Neil Payne - drums (track 3)

Production

• Tim Young - mastering
• Johnny Mac - producer

Chart positions

Weekly charts Chart (2003) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[2] 46 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[3] 10 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[4] 7 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[5] 23 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[6] 88 French Albums (SNEP)[7] 5 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 25 Irish Albums (IRMA)[9] 35 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[10] 35 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 28 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 6 UK Albums (OCC)[13] 5

Year-end charts Chart (2003) Position French Albums (SNEP)[14] 187 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 82 UK Albums (OCC)[16] 184

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France	—	88,100[17]
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[18]	Gold	20,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[19]	Gold	100,000^^
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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3. "Ultratop.be – Texas – Careful What You Wish For" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
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12. "Swisscharts.com – Texas – Careful What You Wish For". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
13. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
14. "Top de l'année Top Albums 2003" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
15. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2003". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
16. "2003 UK Albums Chart" (PDF). ChartsPlus. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
17. http://www.infodisc.fr/Ventes_Albums_Tout_Temps.php?debut=5100
18. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Texas; 'Careful What You Wish For')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
19. "British album certifications – Texas – Careful What You Wish For". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Careful What You Wish For in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.