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Right now for the album; Frank, was released in 1989. It was an instant flop. During the supporting tour for Frank, their label A&M ditched Squeeze. Soon after Holland left the band to concentrate on his career in music and entertainment (for the BBC).
So for those that dont know, ... Read review
Advantages: A musical lesson in the history of british guitar pop.Musically&lyrically cool&catchy.Retro appeal Disadvantages: Not their best album, but definitely doesnt deserve to have flopped as much as it did.
...for those that dont know, Frank is lyrically and musically like the lighter Elvis Costello and the attractions stuff mixed with some of the high points of the Beautiful south. Some of the high points of this album are songs like 'She doesnt have to shave' 'Franks Bag' and 'If It's Love' but the rest of the album is charming too.
Their songs might not be much in the way of a deviation from traditional british guitar pop but they do ... ...good songs that now do sound a bit 80s (and retro in a good way). If you are a fan of The Pretenders, Costello, Blondie, The Jam and Crowded House, then this band (and album) will really appeal to you.
Before I start reviewing the album, I think some may need a re-cap of who exactly Squeeze are. As although they are mega famous and have been around for ages, not many people seem to know who they are!. So here follows things to note about these guys:
-Squeeze bridged the gap between British guitar pop and the post-punk movement in 1974 when they formed. -Taking influences from The Beatles and The Kinks, Squeeze became the spiritual home of songwriters Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook (who were dubbed the rightful musical next of kins to Lennon and McCartney). -Difford wrote the lyrics and the Tilbrook made the sweet music. -Difford and Tilbrook subtle songwriters that stuck to the rules of traditional pop songwriting techniqies, but fattened them up with killer lyrics. -Squeeze are a responsible for "Take Me I'm Yours" and "Up the Junction". -Squeeze also houses the legendary piano skills of Jools Holland but he left the band in late 1980 to form the Millionaires. -Difford and Tilbrook ended their time with squeeze in 1982 but not their collaboration as a strong songwriting duo. They went on to write for Paul Young, Billy Bremner and Jools Holland. - In 1985 the band reunited to do a charity gig, which made Difford, Tilbrook and Holland to permanently re-form.
Right now for the album; Frank, was released in 1989. It was an instant flop. During the supporting tour for Frank, their label A&M ditched Squeeze. Soon after Holland left the band to concentrate on his career in music and entertainment (for the BBC).
So for those that dont know, Frank is lyrically and musically like the lighter Elvis Costello and the attractions stuff mixed with some of the high points of the Beautiful south. Some of the high points of this album are songs like 'She doesnt have to shave' 'Franks Bag' and 'If It's Love' but the rest of the album is charming too.
Their songs might not be much in the way of a deviation from traditional british guitar pop but they do offer a lot in the way of catchy clever feel good songs that now do sound a bit 80s (and retro in a good way). If you are a fan of The Pretenders, Costello, Blondie, The Jam and Crowded House, then this band (and album) will really appeal to you.
Advantages: It's stunningly good Disadvantages: None
, with the majestic "Whole Lotta Love", which features such lyrical gems as "Swing for me baby, I wanna be your back-door man". It also features incredible guitar playing from Jimmy Page, who at times uses violin bows; and "that guitar solo" which Noel Gallacher completely failed to play in Oasis's diabolical cover version on their recent live album, "Familiar to Millions".
Other highlights include the quite frankly superb "Lemon Song", with its key lyric, "Squeeze me baby, till the juice runs down my leg" - refering to the lemon, of course - and the triumphant Moby Dick.
All in all, it's a stunning album. If you think IV is good, you'll be amazed by this, which is, in my opinion, Led Zepp's best album. As has been said many times, music would be different without them. ...
Advantages: All the hits, great value Disadvantages: Doesn't include the band's highly regarded 1990s work
a great chorus and should have done better.
The last two songs on "Greatest Hits" are from the band's 1989 album "Frank" which was a patchy affair. Holland had left the band again and it showed. "If it's Love" is a typical Squeeze song with Difford's lyrics reflecting on domestic life once more and beautifully sung by Tilbrook. "Love Circles" also reflects on domestic life but this time is sung by Difford, who isn't able to convey emotions the way Tilbrook can. Sadly I think it's a shame that "Greatest Hits" finishes with this song as its quite simply a fairly ordinary song not particularly sung well and it fails to hint at the great music Squeeze still had in them.
There are other Squeeze compilations available which feature music released after 1992 and I would recommend them over this so you can hear some of the excellent music they ...
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