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London, United Kingdom (1974 – 1998, 2007 – present)
Squeeze is a British rock band that came to prominence in the new wave period of the late 1970s.
The group formed in London in 1974. The two main writing partners in the band, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, are widely considered to be among the finest melodic pop songwriters of their generation and have often been compared with the legendary Lennon-McCartney partnership, although unlike The Beatles, Difford and Tilbrook’s direct collaboration on songs continued through most of the group’s career.
The original lineup of the band also included pianist Jools Holland, who went on to become a popular solo artist and bandleader, and is now best known as the host of the critically-acclaimed and highly successful British music TV show Later with Jools Holland. Squeeze’s lineup in the 1980s also featured the lead vocals of Paul Carrack, who was one of the lead singers of Ace - whose hit “How Long?” reached #3 in the U.S. charts and also a vocalist with Mike and The Mechanics as well as a solo artist.
Since the release of their last album, 1998’s Domino, no new Squeeze material has been produced. Glenn and Chris have each subsequently embarked on solo careers, with South East Side Story released in 2006 containing a number of reworked Squeeze tracks.
In 2007 Glenn and Chris announced that they were reforming Squeeze for some concerts in the USA and Britain. These dates are to support a new Greatest Hits CD and DVD (Essential Squeeze- released 30/04/07) Glenn Tilbrook is also releasing his original demos on CD, the first of these (The Past Has Been Bottled) is also released on 30/04/07.
The group formed in London in 1974. The two main writing partners in the band, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, are widely considered to be among the finest melodic pop songwriters of their generation and have often been compared with the legendary Lennon-McCartney partnership, although unlike The Beatles, Difford and Tilbrook’s direct collaboration on songs continued through most of the group’s career.
The original lineup of the band also included pianist Jools Holland, who went on to become a popular solo artist and bandleader, and is now best known as the host of the critically-acclaimed and highly successful British music TV show Later with Jools Holland. Squeeze’s lineup in the 1980s also featured the lead vocals of Paul Carrack, who was one of the lead singers of Ace - whose hit “How Long?” reached #3 in the U.S. charts and also a vocalist with Mike and The Mechanics as well as a solo artist.
Since the release of their last album, 1998’s Domino, no new Squeeze material has been produced. Glenn and Chris have each subsequently embarked on solo careers, with South East Side Story released in 2006 containing a number of reworked Squeeze tracks.
In 2007 Glenn and Chris announced that they were reforming Squeeze for some concerts in the USA and Britain. These dates are to support a new Greatest Hits CD and DVD (Essential Squeeze- released 30/04/07) Glenn Tilbrook is also releasing his original demos on CD, the first of these (The Past Has Been Bottled) is also released on 30/04/07.
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Big Squeeze: The Very Best of Squeeze (disc 1)
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East Side Story
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Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)
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Another Nail In My Heart
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Goodbye Girl
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Take Me I'm Yours
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Black Coffee in Bed
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Labelled With Love
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Annie Get Your Gun
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Hourglass
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If I Didn't Love You
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Heaven Knows
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Shoutbox
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theparlez wrote:
Surprised Tempted is ahead of Up The Junction and Cool For Cats. I'll have to do something about that! :)
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BarbicanMusic wrote:
Catch Chris Difford in the spectactular one-off event 'Songs In The Key of London' at the Barbican centre on Tues 9 March- click here for more details! http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=9950
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Smallsy1982 wrote:
Isle of Wight 10, Thursday night, Cool For Cats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Up The Junction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG, FFS.
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Monsieur_Oizo wrote:
words and melody... sooo Cool for Cats =)
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llamagesicht wrote:
hah, if I could scrobble my childhood Argybargy would have thousands of plays.
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TheClash57 wrote:
Cool For Cats = Orgasmic
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Rissacakes wrote:
These guys have definitely hijacked my heart.
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vjsupersaint wrote:
Come join us at Unsigned Christmas. A group designed for raising awareness of new artists taking Christmas & all music into a new decade. The Unsigned Christmas album has the top tunes to be heard this Christmas. http://www.last.fm/group/Unsigned+Christmas
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djackmanson wrote:
The Sweeney's doing ninety 'cause they got some place to go They've got a gang of villans in a shed down at Heafrow
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DanAbnrml9 wrote:
@apocalypseplz09, I completely agree. I've always felt that in sound/outlook, Fountains of Wayne was the closest contemporary to Squeeze. They're two of my favorite bands, makes sense.
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Difuzija wrote:
it's cool for cats
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apocalypseplz09 wrote:
they kind of remind me of Fountains of Wayne...in a way
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Lesscities wrote:
No place like home is very underrated I think..Good song.. And we here in Germany had the "Ültje" peanuts advertisement- campaign with the "Cool for cats" song:-)
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JakeJustice wrote:
why do they have so few scrobbles
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calefan wrote:
Cool For Cats indeed! Their crowning achievement!
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coolbeanie wrote:
They only have 1 million scrobbles? That doesn't seem right.
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brownieboy wrote:
Cool for cats
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TMaltheus wrote:
anybody else notice how rhythmic squeeze's pop sensibilities are? its all in the way tillbrook sings tiffords lyrics within the melody and the beat. they are the only band that gives me this particular kind of satisfaction.
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harryscoffin wrote:
cool for cats is my favourite squeeze album..... every song is lyrically brilliant....
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Rissacakes wrote:
Squeeze was one of the greatest things that ever happened to the music industry.
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