Greatest Hits - Squeeze

Squeeze are a band I came across when their best hits were a long way behind them and as such I was sort of playing catch up, of former boyfriend introduced me to them, literally in the sense of singer Glen Tilbrook many moons ago one night in a bar in London. There is a chance they may be writing some new stuff for this year but such rumours have done the rounds before. 1 Take Me I'm Yours 2 Goodbye Girl 3 Cool For Cats 4 Up The Junction 5 Slap & Tickle 6 Another Nail In My Heart 7 Pulling Mussels (From The Shell) 8 Tempted 9 Is That Love? 10 Labelled With Love 11 Black Coffee In Bed 12 ...  Read the complete review

This isn't Squeeze's first "greatest hits", and nor was it their last. Their first was released in 1982 and their most recent in just 2007. Squeeze were formed in London in 1974 and their core original members were Glenn Tilbrook, Chris Difford, Jools Holland, Gilson Lavis and John Bentley. Their line-up changed over the years with Holland leaving in 1980 and returning for two albums in the mid 1980s when the band reformed. The band's most successful period commercially was 1979 when they scored two number two singles with "Cool For Cats" and "Up the Junction" and while both songs still receive airplay today, neither ...  Read the complete review