Tony Christie - We Still Shine [White]

We Still Shine finds Tony Christie, the Yorkshire singer with half a century of hits behind him, finally making the country album he has long dreamed of, now on white vinyl.

Released in 2024, the album sees him reunite with long-time producer and close friend Graeme Pleeth to explore a love of country music they had planned to tackle for years. That warm baritone, long associated with big, romantic ballads, slips into country-flavoured arrangements as if it had been waiting all along, and the result feels more like a homecoming than a detour.

Home Home Home opens the record with open-hearted warmth, Early Morning Memphis gives the Southern imagery a road-weary glow, We Still Shine sets out the album's resilient, grateful mood, and That's What Friends Are For closes things on a note of easy companionship.

Eleven songs, all of them delivered with the ease of a singer who has nothing left to prove and plenty left to say. It is gentle, melodic country-pop that sits comfortably beside the veteran's classic recordings, and it suggests a career still finding new corners to explore. Fans of his big ballads will find the voice instantly familiar, and anyone who likes a well-told song will find something to enjoy. The white vinyl looks as bright as the title promises.

Tracklist

1. Home, Home, Home
2. Early Morning Memphis
3. Just Like Yesterday
4. Angel Eyes
5. Hangin' Around
6. We Still Shine
7. In the Times of My Weakness
8. It's Been a While Since I Missed You
9. Sail Away
10. Once Upon a Time
11. That's What Friends Are for