East Side Story
Squeeze (2)
1981
East Side Story is a Rock album by Squeeze (2), originally released in 1981. On Gatefold: 56 pressings tracked, owned by 11 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Art Rock
- clean
- earnest
- witty
About
"A beat group," occasional Squeeze keyboardist Paul Carrack once described them. <i>East Side Story</i> took their post-British Invasion sensibility down eclectic paths that led them, if not to their own <i>Revolver</i>, at least something like their <i>Imperial Bedroom</i>. (Pal Elvis Costello produced all but one of the 14 tracks here.) The most famous song would be "Tempted," which musically puns on the Motown heroes by way of lines traded among Carrack, guitarist Glenn Tilbrook and Costello himself. Elsewhere, Tilbrook matches lyricist Chris Difford's trademark home-sour-home stories with evocations of the Zombies, rockabilly, Booker T. and the MGs and anything else that tickles his fancy. "Every hook she catches," Tilbrook sings of a radio-tuned housewife in "Woman's World." She would like this album, too.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1In Quintessence2:57
- A2Someone Else's Heart3:03
- A3Tempted4:04
- A4Piccadilly3:29
- A5There's No Tomorrow3:51
- A6Heaven3:51
- A7Woman's World3:44
Side B
- B1Is That Love2:34
- B2F-Hole4:52
- B3Labelled With Love4:44
- B4Someone Else's Bell3:11
- B5Mumbo Jumbo3:13
- B6Vanity Fair2:45
- B7Messed Around2:43
Credits
Performers
- Del NewmanARRANGED BY ORCHESTRATED BY
- John BentleyBASS BACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Gilson LavisDRUMS
- Chris DiffordGUITAR VOCALS
- Glenn TilbrookGUITAR VOCALS
- Paul CarrackKEYBOARDS VOCALS
- Elvis CostelloBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
11 collectors on Gatefold own this · 56 pressings tracked on Gatefold