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 v.— «Texas release Red Book—their sixth studio album. It’s their first CD since 2003’s Careful What You Wish For, which—in music-biz parlance—stiffed, big time.…”It was crystal clear people weren’t ready for another Texas record. It just wasn’t working. I don’t know why.”» —“Our Tiger Baby” by Billy Sloan Sunday Mail (U.K.) Oct. 2, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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