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Track Listings
| 1. In Quintessence |
| 2. Someone Else's Heart |
| 3. Tempted |
| 4. Piccadilly |
| 5. There's No Tomorrow |
| 6. Heaven |
| 7. Woman's World |
| 8. Is That Love? |
| 9. F-Hole |
| 10. Labelled With Love |
| 11. Someone Else's Bell |
| 12. Mumbo Jumbo |
| 13. Vanity Fair |
| 14. Messed Around |
| 15. The Axe Has Now Fallen |
| 16. Looking For A Love |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
It's a rare pop band that can fit the word quintessence neatly into a song, but the duo of Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook--the heart of Squeeze--do so with ease. There's a good reason that they've been hailed as the best British songwriting team since Lennon and McCartney, and if they have never scaled the heights of fame-- or of grandeur--that their forebears did, well, that's OK. East Side Story may not be Squeeze's greatest album--their 1982 hits collection, Singles: 45's and Under, may take that honour--it does have their most memorable song, "Tempted". Strangely enough, the tune was written by then-keyboardist Paul Carrack (with Tilbrook and producer Elvis Costello) and sung by Carrack. The rest of the album remains strong, buoyed by the group's bouncy outlook, Costello and coproducer Roger Bechiran's prodding of the group in new directions, and hints of the new-wave- influenced sound Squeeze would develop years later, on Babylon and On. -- Randy Silver
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Ignore the official reviewer's championing of their hits album. East Side Story is very special. Squeeze had managed to ditch their early pop bombast and sound confidently at ease on this disc. Difford and Tillbrook's songwriting moves to where it's firmest; suburbia. Tiny snapshots of English life, teenage tears, middle-aged angst, old ladies living on memories, fumbling sexual liasons and hard decisions; it's all here. Like country and western but from an objective eye and with strong beaty tunes to back it up. As British as a bus shelter on a wet afternoon but far more enjoyable.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Lennon and McCartney, John and Taupin, Jagger and Richards... Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook follow in the long line of great English songwriting partnerships. Never was their craft so finely demonstrated than on their 1981 opus "East Side Story". Since 1978 they had released an album a year - the song quality improving each time. Before this was recorded they lost Jools Holland to a TV career but this led to a happy fringe benefit - the arrival of Paul Carrack. It is he who sings the lead on arguably their finest and certainly their most admired song "Tempted". But there is much more to enjoy besides this perfect pop nugget. "Picadilly" evokes the heady evenings around the West End of London including a taxi cab ride through Soho presumably heading back to their native Deptford, "Vanity Fair" contains some of the best lyrical rhymes Difford ever came up with (screw loose - pineapple juice) and "Is This Love" and huge hit "Labelled With Love" are no slouches either. The only (relatively minor) drawback is the presence of the faintly annoying "F-hole". The diamond in this bagful of gems is the brilliant "Woman's World". I am firmly of the opinion that there wasn't a better feminist pop song throughout the 80's.
Buy it and improve your world.
Buy it and improve your world.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I was turned on by Cool For Cats as a young teenager, catching the very different sound, and the weird modern lyrics.(for early eighties Denmark, this sounded pretty advanced!!)
But if you're looking for a place to start, check out this record.
The smooth sound of Paul Carrack on "Tempted"'s worldclass!!!
Enjoy!!
But if you're looking for a place to start, check out this record.
The smooth sound of Paul Carrack on "Tempted"'s worldclass!!!
Enjoy!!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Excellent Album!
I have to concur with the other positive reviews relating to this album, I own a copy on vinyl and it is superb - probably my most played Squeeze album (and I do own several... Read more
Published 16 months ago by C. P. Whiting
Probably their most complete album
Had to point out the nonsense by the official review that states Carrack wrote Tempted - utter tosh!!!! Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. W. J. Butson
'Tempted' to say this is one of the best albums ever produced...
If you don't own/haven't heard this album, buy it! Seriously, you will not be disappointed. It is often described as 'Squeeze's finest hour' and no wonder, it is a true... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Hannah Stringfellow
And she might not be all there, but her dream's are vanity fair
Squeeze never quite made the mark they could and should have. They made some great singles but their albums were generally not strong enough. Read more
Published on 13 April 2010 by A. Willard
There's no other!
The epithet "perfect pop" is often overused, but in this case it fits exactly.
Difford & Tilbrook brought us, in their fourth studio album, a record of such lyrical and... Read more
Difford & Tilbrook brought us, in their fourth studio album, a record of such lyrical and... Read more
Published on 1 Mar 2010 by Mr. M. Bloomfield
Criminally overlooked
For my money Chris Difford is one of the best, if not the best pop/rock lyricist of all time. Better than Ray Davies. Better than Bob Dylan. Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2010 by Mr. W. J. Griffiths
East is best
'East Side Story' was a surprise success. Considered by some in 1981 as the best album of that year, albeit against less competition than usual, it ranks as the band's best album. Read more
Published on 22 April 2008 by D. J. H. Thorn
SOUTHEAST SIDE STORY
Squeeze were the kings of the new wave when they released the eloquent 'Eastside Story'. They had already enjoyed a string of classic singles and had built up a sizeable following... Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2008 by Mr. Christopher J. Welch
Greatest Squeeze
This album is almost like a greatest hits such is the quality of the material. The lyrics & music will have your head spinning and feet tapping. Read more
Published on 8 Jun 2007 by Gortonandy
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