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It's hard to envision a scenario more nightmarish than the one that faced Squeeze when they headed into the studio to record their first album. Armed with a promising debut EP called Packet of Three, Squeeze signed with A&M and teamed the group with underground star John Cale, who helmed debuts by the Stooges and the Modern Lovers and would seemingly be a good fit as a producer (not to mention that the band took its name from Squeeze, the final album by Cale's Velvet Underground, albeit an album recorded long after he and Lou Reed had both left the band). He was anything but. Cale terrorized Squeeze, throwing out all of their existing material and insisting that they write new music on the spot, preferably songs that followed his half-baked idea of positioning the group as a bunch of "Gay Guys," after his suggested title for the album. Despite the bodybuilder on the cover -- the one who presumably represents the bodybuilder on "Strong in Reason" -- and a very healthy dose of sex in the lyrics, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook didn't steer the band in that direction, but did push Squeeze to a tense, chaotic sound that brought them closer to punk than perhaps they actually were. Often, it's hard not to read that coiled nervous energy as a reaction to the impossible situation they were trapped within -- sometimes, this was to their benefit, as it gives "Sex Master" some true menace and invigorates the Motown bass bounce of "Remember What," but it also results in the band knocking out atonal, assaultive jumbles like "The Call" and the self-consciously strange instrumental "Wild Sewerage Tickles Brazil," both seemingly written to impress John Cale. They may have impressed Cale, but not A&M, who opted to add two Squeeze-produced tracks to the final album: the frenetic "Bang Bang" and "Take Me I'm Yours." Tellingly, these were the two songs here that truly hinted in the tight, sharp, and tuneful direction that they would soon follow and, not so coincidentally, they were the two singles pulled from the record.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Chris Difford, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Glenn Tilbrook, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Cale, Producer - Jools Holland, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Squeeze, MainArtist - Harry Kakoulli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gilson Lavis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 A&M Records Limited
Chris Difford, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Glenn Tilbrook, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Cale, Producer - Jools Holland, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Squeeze, MainArtist - Harry Kakoulli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gilson Lavis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 A&M Records Limited
Chris Difford, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Glenn Tilbrook, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Cale, Producer - Jools Holland, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Squeeze, MainArtist - Harry Kakoulli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gilson Lavis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 A&M Records Limited
Chris Difford, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Glenn Tilbrook, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Cale, Producer - Jools Holland, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Squeeze, MainArtist - Harry Kakoulli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gilson Lavis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Harris Kakoulli, ComposerLyricist - David Leslie Gilson Lavis, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 A&M Records Limited
Chris Difford, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Glenn Tilbrook, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Cale, Producer - Jools Holland, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Squeeze, MainArtist - Harry Kakoulli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gilson Lavis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 A&M Records Limited
Chris Difford, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Glenn Tilbrook, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jools Holland, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Squeeze, Producer, MainArtist - Harry Kakoulli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gilson Lavis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 A&M Records Limited
Chris Difford, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Glenn Tilbrook, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Cale, Producer - Jools Holland, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Squeeze, MainArtist - Harry Kakoulli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gilson Lavis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 A&M Records Limited
Chris Difford, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Glenn Tilbrook, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Cale, Producer - Jools Holland, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Squeeze, MainArtist - Harry Kakoulli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gilson Lavis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 A&M Records Limited
Chris Difford, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Glenn Tilbrook, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Cale, Producer - Jools Holland, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Squeeze, MainArtist - Harry Kakoulli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gilson Lavis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 A&M Records Limited
Chris Difford, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Glenn Tilbrook, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Cale, Producer - Jools Holland, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Squeeze, MainArtist - Harry Kakoulli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gilson Lavis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 A&M Records Limited
Chris Difford, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Glenn Tilbrook, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Cale, Producer - Jools Holland, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Squeeze, MainArtist - Harry Kakoulli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gilson Lavis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 A&M Records Limited
Chris Difford, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Glenn Tilbrook, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Cale, Producer - Jools Holland, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Squeeze, MainArtist - Harry Kakoulli, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gilson Lavis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 A&M Records Limited
Chronique
It's hard to envision a scenario more nightmarish than the one that faced Squeeze when they headed into the studio to record their first album. Armed with a promising debut EP called Packet of Three, Squeeze signed with A&M and teamed the group with underground star John Cale, who helmed debuts by the Stooges and the Modern Lovers and would seemingly be a good fit as a producer (not to mention that the band took its name from Squeeze, the final album by Cale's Velvet Underground, albeit an album recorded long after he and Lou Reed had both left the band). He was anything but. Cale terrorized Squeeze, throwing out all of their existing material and insisting that they write new music on the spot, preferably songs that followed his half-baked idea of positioning the group as a bunch of "Gay Guys," after his suggested title for the album. Despite the bodybuilder on the cover -- the one who presumably represents the bodybuilder on "Strong in Reason" -- and a very healthy dose of sex in the lyrics, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook didn't steer the band in that direction, but did push Squeeze to a tense, chaotic sound that brought them closer to punk than perhaps they actually were. Often, it's hard not to read that coiled nervous energy as a reaction to the impossible situation they were trapped within -- sometimes, this was to their benefit, as it gives "Sex Master" some true menace and invigorates the Motown bass bounce of "Remember What," but it also results in the band knocking out atonal, assaultive jumbles like "The Call" and the self-consciously strange instrumental "Wild Sewerage Tickles Brazil," both seemingly written to impress John Cale. They may have impressed Cale, but not A&M, who opted to add two Squeeze-produced tracks to the final album: the frenetic "Bang Bang" and "Take Me I'm Yours." Tellingly, these were the two songs here that truly hinted in the tight, sharp, and tuneful direction that they would soon follow and, not so coincidentally, they were the two singles pulled from the record.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 12 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 00:41:38
- Artistes principaux : Squeeze
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Label : EMI
- Genre : Pop/Rock Rock
© 1978 A&M Records Limited ℗ 1978 A&M Records Limited
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