Texas Fever Explained

Texas Fever
Type:	EP
Artist:	Orange Juice
Cover:	Texas fever.jpg
Released:	March 1984
Genre:	Post-punk
Length:	20:40
Label:	Polydor
Producer:	Dennis Bovell (except "A Sad Lament" produced by Martin Hayles)
Prev Title:	Rip It Up
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	The Orange Juice
Next Year:	1984

Texas Fever is a 1984 EP released by the Scottish post-punk band Orange Juice.^{[1] [2]} It was re-issued on CD in 1998 and again in 2014.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Edwyn Collins; except where indicated

1. "Bridge" – 3:38
2. "Craziest Feeling" (Edwyn Collins, Frank Want) – 3:02
3. "Punch Drunk" (Malcolm Ross) – 3:34
4. "The Day I Went Down to Texas" – 2:42
5. "A Place in My Heart" – 3:01
6. "A Sad Lament" – 4:43

CD Re-Issue Bonus Tracks

1. "Leaner Period"
2. "Out For the Count"
3. "Move Yourself"

Personnel

Orange Juice

• Edwyn Collins  – guitar, vocals, songwriting
• Malcolm Ross – guitar, vocals, keyboards, songwriting
• David McClymont – bass guitar, keyboards
• Zeke Manyika – drums, vocals, percussion, songwriting

Technical

• Will Gosling - engineer
• Robert Sharp - sleeve photography

Notes and References

1. Micallef . Ken . Gorgeous George by Edwyn Collins . Rolling Stone . Oct 19, 1995 . 719 . 153.
2. Robinson . Peter . Orange Juice . Melody Maker . Apr 4, 1998 . 75 . 14 . 44.
3. Web site: Home Domino - Domino.