Careful What You Wish For (Texas album)

Careful What You Wish For
Studio album by
Released20 October 2003
Recorded2002–2003
StudioOlympic Studios, West London
SARM West Studios, London
Whitfield Street Recording Studios, London
Elevator Studios, Liverpool
Phase One Studios, Toronto
Shar's House, Glasgow, Scotland[1]
GenreAlternative rock
Length42:38
LabelMercury
ProducerJohnny McElhone, Trevor Horn, Ian Broudie, Ceri "Sunship" Evans
Texas chronology
The Greatest Hits
(2000)
Careful What You Wish For
(2003)
I Don't Want a Lover: The Collection
(2004)
Singles from Careful What You Wish For
  1. "Carnival Girl"
    Released: 6 October 2003
  2. "I'll See It Through"
    Released: 8 December 2003

Careful What You Wish For is the sixth album by Scottish rock band Texas, released 20 October 2003. Released on the backdrop of their 2000 compilation album The Greatest Hits which had sold over four million copies internationally by the time Careful What You Wish For was released, it spawned two singles, the commercial successful "Carnival Girl", featuring Canadian rapper Kardinal Offishall, and the second single, "I'll See It Through", which failed to match the success of "Carnival Girl".

Due to the lack of commercial success of the second single "I'll See It Through", record label, Mercury Records, decided not to release a third single from the album, prompting the band to re–enter the recording studio to begin work on what would be their next album, 2005's Red Book.[2] The album went on to achieve gold status in the UK for 100,000 copies sold,[3] and achieved Gold certification in Switzerland for sales in excess of 20,000.[4]

  1. ^ "Texas: Careful What You Wish for". Tower Records. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  2. ^ Rescue, Pop (29 December 2014). "Review: "Careful What You Wish For" by Texas (CD, 2003)". Pop Rescue. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  3. ^ "British Phonographic Industry searchable certification database". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  4. ^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch". www.swisscharts.com. Retrieved 30 March 2024.