Squeeze emerged from London in the late 1970s and were immediately considered a punk band. Their songs proved otherwise, although their first album, produced by former Velvet Underground member John Cale, attempted to shoe-horn them into that category.
What Squeeze were, was a classic English pop band with two very gifted songwriters. During their heyday in the early 1980s, they were constantly being compared to Lennon & McCartney. While never reaching those heights, they did come up with some of the best songs of the era including Up The Junction, Pulling Mussels (From The Shell), Take Me I'm Yours, Black Coffee In Bed and Cool For Cats.
Always more popular in the UK than the US, they scored their US hit in 1981 with Tempted, sung by Paul Carrack, who had replaced Jools Holland in the band. The group has split up and reunited several times over the years with various lineups, the constants being Difford and Tilbrook.
They are back with their first all of new material in 17 years with Cradle To The Grave.
TRACKS
Artist: Squeeze Song: Take Me I'm Yours (3:49) Composer: Chris Difford - Glenn Tilbrook Album: Squeeze (1978) Label: A&M
Artist: Squeeze Song: Pulling Mussels (From The Shell) (3:59) Composer: Chris Difford - Glenn Tilbrook Album: Argybargy (1980) Label: A&M
Artist: Squeeze Song: Tempted (3:58) Composer: Chris Difford - Glenn Tilbrook Album: East Side Story (1981) Label: A&M
Artist: Squeeze Song: Happy Days (4:37) Composer: Chris Difford - Glenn Tilbrook Album: Cradle To The Grave (2015) Label: Virgin/EMI)
