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| ARTIST: | Squeeze |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | A&M Records |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | In Quintessence, Someone Else's Heart, Tempted, Piccadilly, There's No Tomorrow, Heaven, Woman's World, Is That Love, F-Hole, Labelled Wtih Love, Someone Else's Bell, Mumbo Jumbo, Vanity Fair, Messed Around |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 075021325326 |
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Customer Reviews of East Side Story
...one of the great pop albums of all time When I first bought "East Side Story" in 1981, it didn't leave my turn table for over a month. Living in a city which at the time was starving for new music, being hung up on the tired 70's rock and disco, this album was a breath of fresh air. "In Quintessesnce", "Piccadilly", "Is That Love" to name a few of this album's many great cuts are excellent pop songs. It is a shame that "Tempted" is the cut that received all the airplay from the album, because there are at least a half a dozen superior songs on "East Side Story". While some times dark and moody, this album contains some of pop's great lyrics and melodies. Based on this release, as song writers, Chris Difford and Glen Tilbrook were considered by some to be the next Lennon and McCartney. While an unfair comparison from either perspective, Tilbrook's sweet vocals and catchy melodies when merged with Difford's insightful lyrics created many songs to rival some of the Beatles best mid-sixties work. This is a must CD for anyone interested the late seventies/early eighties New Wave sound. Other great Squeeze releases include, "Cool for Cats", "Argybargy", and "Sweets from a Stranger".
THE Definitive English Pop Album
This is without question my favorite album by my favorite band - SQUEEZE. Each track is incredibly different yet the album flows like no other. From the straight ahead pop of "In Quintessence" to the Patsy Cline-ish "Labelled With Love", every song is a gem. Glenn Tilbrook's voice and lead guitar are in fine form, and Chris Difford adds his usual dark edge and humor to the record. Strangely enough, "Tempted" is probably my least favorite cut from the record - I've always though it sounded better in concert with Glenn singing rather than Paul Carrack. Gilson Lavis and John Bentley provide a stellar rhythm section - check out the bass playing on "Someone Else's Heart", and the drum fills on "Mumbo Jumbo". I love this record - I wore out the grooves on the album, and the CD still gets regular airplay in my house. Just a batch of great songs - not a clunker in the bunch....check it out!
Britpop at its finest
When I told my college roommate in 1982 that my favorite band was the Beatles, she immediately sat me down to listen to Squeeze's East Side Story, and the Beatles have been first runner-up ever since. Now, don't let that put you off, because I believe that without the Beatles, none of the great pop/rock music we have today would have been possible. But, this isn't a review of the Beatles, it is a review of East Side Story--early Squeeze's finest moment. Like the Beatles, the song-writing team of Difford and Tilbrook could take a look at life through the glare of a naked lightbulb, and put it to music so it would "have a good beat that you could dance to." Whenever I think of East Side Story, there is not one track that I can single out as the best, because each in its own right is great. If you want to look, not even too hard, you'll see that the lyrics are deep with meaning, but if you just want to tap your toes and sing along, you can do that too, without worrying about how sappy you'll sound as you do. It's Britpop for intelligent people. Long may it live!