Album
East Side Story
1981 · Rock
24 collectors on Gatefold own this
East Side Story is a Rock album by Squeeze, originally released in 1981. On Gatefold: 56 pressings tracked, owned by 24 collectors.
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
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Art Rock
- clean
- earnest
- witty
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Chris DiffordBAND, GUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR, VOCALS, WRITTEN-BY
- Del NewmanARRANGED BY ORCHESTRATED BY
- Gilson LavisBAND, DRUMS DRUMS
- Glenn TilbrookBAND, GUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR, VOCALS, WRITTEN-BY
- John BentleyBAND, BASS, BACKING VOCALS BASS BASS, BACKING VOCALS
- Paul CarrackBAND, KEYBOARDS, VOCALS KEYBOARDS, VOCALS VOCALS
- Elvis CostelloBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
24 collectors on Gatefold own this · 56 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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