two-decade-plus contribution to the fine art of the praiseworthy pop single. And why not? Like all the other conceivably-inseparable Great British double acts--Morecamb...
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group Devo--has shaken up the marimbas between some spicy ditties from The Iguanas (eg "Boom, Boom, Boom" and "Crimson & Clover"). The score cues may be brief, but are sewn together to make the whole thing groove seamlessly. After a while the plink-plonk of synth xylophones and rattling percussion win you over to the realisation this is a mighty fine road-trip soundtrack. It's all quite fluffy and un-demanding--exactly the sort of thing you want for a quiet drive. --Paul Tonks
two-decade-plus contribution to the fine art of the praiseworthy pop single. And why not? Like all the other conceivably-inseparable Great British double acts--Morecambe and Wise, Keegan and Brooking, beans and toast--Squeeze's songwriting duopoly of Chris Difford (words) and Glen Tilbrook (music) were seemingly conjoined by God to fulfil a divine purpose for mankind. In this case, it was to provide amiably clever-clever popular music which struck the hearts, tickled the ribs, moistened the eyes and tapped the feet of both the bloke down the pub and the lady washing the dishes at home (hey, this was the late 1970s and early 1980s remember). Difford and Tilbrook were (and--although conspicuously absent from the airwaves these days--remain) indecently adept at narrating a good domestic yarn over a suitably pithy couplet. It would be true to say that the working-class soap-operetta of "Up the Junction", Paul Carrack's candid tale of tormented infidelity on "Tempted" and even--thanks to the latter-day culture of laddishness--the comic-strip "Cool for Cats" remain unwrinkled by the passing of time. But so does everything else here. Good pop music, after all, doesn't have a sell-by-date. The second CD focuses on that extinct concept "the B side" and is home not only to many more songs which could have been "A sides" for anyone else but also to all manner of lunchbreak lunacy. "Squabs on Forty Fab" brilliantly parodied the then (1981) fashionable medley single (as popularised by the likes of Stars on 45 and Hooked on Classics) by stitching together several Squeeze hit songs over a disco beat. "Trust" was a Burundi beat pastiche of Adam and the Ants. "Suites from Five Strangers" was a collage of madcap musical sketches from each individual band member. And so on. They could be fools for a day but, more often than not, they were kings. --Kevin Maidment
two-decade-plus contribution to the fine art of the praiseworthy pop single. And why not? Like all the other conceivably-inseparable Great British double acts--Morecambe and Wise, Keegan and Brooking, beans and toast--Squeeze's songwriting duopoly of Chris Difford (words) and Glen Tilbrook (music) were seemingly conjoined by God to fulfil a divine purpose for mankind. In this case, it was to provide amiably clever-clever popular music which struck the hearts, tickled the ribs, moistened the eyes and tapped the feet of both the bloke down the pub and the lady washing the dishes at home (hey, this was the late 1970s and early 1980s remember). Difford and Tilbrook were (and--although conspicuously absent from the airwaves these days--remain) indecently adept at narrating a good domestic yarn over a suitably pithy couplet. It would be true to say that the working-class soap-operetta of "Up the Junction", Paul Carrack's candid tale of tormented infidelity on "Tempted" and even--thanks to the latter-day culture of laddishness--the comic-strip "Cool for Cats" remain unwrinkled by the passing of time. But so does everything else here. Good pop music, after all, doesn't have a sell-by-date. The second CD focuses on that extinct concept "the B side" and is home not only to many more songs which could have been "A sides" for anyone else but also to all manner of lunchbreak lunacy. "Squabs on Forty Fab" brilliantly parodied the then (1981) fashionable medley single (as popularised by the likes of Stars on 45 and Hooked on Classics) by stitching together several Squeeze hit songs over a disco beat. "Trust" was a Burundi beat pastiche of Adam and the Ants. "Suites from Five Strangers" was a collage of madcap musical sketches from each individual band member. And so on. They could be fools for a day but, more often than not, they were kings. --Kevin Maidment
two-decade-plus contribution to the fine art of the praiseworthy pop single. And why not? Like all the other conceivably-inseparable Great British double acts--Morecambe and Wise, Keegan and Brooking, beans and toast--Squeeze's songwriting duopoly of Chris Difford (words) and Glen Tilbrook (music) were seemingly conjoined by God to fulfil a divine purpose for mankind. In this case, it was to provide amiably clever-clever popular music which struck the hearts, tickled the ribs, moistened the eyes and tapped the feet of both the bloke down the pub and the lady washing the dishes at home (hey, this was the late 1970s and early 1980s remember). Difford and Tilbrook were (and--although conspicuously absent from the airwaves these days--remain) indecently adept at narrating a good domestic yarn over a suitably pithy couplet. It would be true to say that the working-class soap-operetta of "Up the Junction", Paul Carrack's candid tale of tormented infidelity on "Tempted" and even--thanks to the latter-day culture of laddishness--the comic-strip "Cool for Cats" remain unwrinkled by the passing of time. But so does everything else here. Good pop music, after all, doesn't have a sell-by-date. The second CD focuses on that extinct concept "the B side" and is home not only to many more songs which could have been "A sides" for anyone else but also to all manner of lunchbreak lunacy. "Squabs on Forty Fab" brilliantly parodied the then (1981) fashionable medley single (as popularised by the likes of Stars on 45 and Hooked on Classics) by stitching together several Squeeze hit songs over a disco beat. "Trust" was a Burundi beat pastiche of Adam and the Ants. "Suites from Five Strangers" was a collage of madcap musical sketches from each individual band member. And so on. They could be fools for a day but, more often than not, they were kings. --Kevin Maidment
group Devo--has shaken up the marimbas between some spicy ditties from The Iguanas (eg "Boom, Boom, Boom" and "Crimson & Clover"). The score cues may be brief, but are sewn together to make the whole thing groove seamlessly. After a while the plink-plonk of synth xylophones and rattling percussion win you over to the realisation this is a mighty fine road-trip soundtrack. It's all quite fluffy and un-demanding--exactly the sort of thing you want for a quiet drive. --Paul Tonks
Label / Distributor: Universal Music TV / Universal Music
Pieces in Set: 1
Studio / Live: Studio
Stereo: Stereo
Format: Performer
EAN: 606949325329
Catalogue Number: 4932532
Additional notes
Album Notes: BIG SQUEEZE: VERY BEST OF is an excellent two-CD set that offers a fine overview of English new wave popsters Squeeze. Squeeze classics like \"Up the Junction,\" \"Tempted,\" and \"Pulling Mussels (from the Shell) are featured on disc one, while disc two concentrates on the band's unjustly overlooked B-sides.
Advantages: Cool for cats, up the junction, other strong songs Disadvantages: A bit patchy
...The title track of Squeeze’s second album Cool For Cats (1979), produced by John Wood, along with the likes of Slap And Tickle, It’s Not Cricket and the ambiguous It’s So Dirty (actually a put down of sexist attitudes) continued Chris Difford’s obsession with nights out with the lads looking for birds and booze. Cool For Cats and Up The Junction both made number 2 in the UK charts, the latter a sad tale of young marriage doomed to failure sung by Tilbrook to one of his most enchanting melodies. Slap And Tickle also made number 24 when released as a single, confirming Squeeze’s new found popularity as pop’s heirs to Ian Dury’s Cockney crown.
The album also included The Knack, Slightly Drunk and Revue amongst others and was a very strong set, a distinctive step forward from their first album....
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Advantages: Listen to the legend Disadvantages: none
...Garth Brooks - The Legend
Scarecrow has been along time in the making its Garths first cd for 4 years following Sevens.
Song included on the album are duets with George Jones "Beer Run", Trisha Yearwood "Squeeze Me In".
Garth also pays tribute to Billy Joel with "Mr. Midnight," and the Beatles with "Wrapped Up In You".
Also "Why Ain't I Running" and also the great track "The Storm" which im a sure will turn into classic garths songs.
Includes the Theme from Frequency, entitled "When You Come Back To Me Again."
IF and a big if this is Garth's last album, I would have to say its one of my favourites and it ranks up there with "No Fences" and "Ropin' The Wind".
If you liked "Sevens" like me and i thought one of his best albums and would be very hard to beat, Garth proved me wrong.
This is a great follow up album, But we had to wait...
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Advantages: Unique pop, strong songs, Take Me I'm Yours Disadvantages: A bit patchy
...Squeeze were a motley crew; the angelic Glenn Tilbrook sung in a light, melodic style that complemented his looks and played slick, fluid lead guitar, while lyricist Chris Difford looked and sounded rougher, playing scratchy, churning rhythm guitar and singing in a gruff, low pitched, deadpan style. Jools Holland, invariably dressesd in sharp suit and a selection of colourful ties, came over as the archetypal wide boy complete with shades, huge cigar and fast talking stage raps. Harry Kakoulli, with shoulder length hair, and the powerfully built Gilson Lavis completed a visual image that defied stereotyping.
Squeeze’s first single after signing to the major A&M label, Take Me I’m Yours, was a complete break from punk, sung in octave unison by Tilbrook and Difford against a disco beat and Holland’s swirling synthesisers. It was a hit...
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