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Is this the perfect prank? Squeeze re-record their old hits and check to see if anyone notices. Hardcore fans now have a compare/contrast game to play and casual fans can decide which versions they prefer. Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook were such great craftsman and their songs so sturdy that it would take plenty to spoil their pop genius. With that knowledge, they attack songs that have made the radio a better place for years. “Another Nail In My Heart,” “Goodbye Girl,” “Pulling Mussels (From A Shell),” “Tempted,” and “Up The Junction” sound just as vital several decades removed. They alter without reinventing. It would be just as easy to believe these were not so much new recordings as alternate takes from the original albums. It also makes for great proof that anyone checking out their reunion tours will be hearing a band that can still pull off everything that made them noteworthy in the first place.

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Youth Revisited

New material will be great when it comes, but with their musical creativity never in question, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook had two aims with this brilliant idea. Firstly, to "own" a piece of the many musical gems they have created. They admit to this. Secondly, to prove that they still have all of the technical talent and physical ability to sing, play, and produce a record exactly as they did in their youth on the major record labels. I've always wanted to see if a musical artist could pull something like this off. These aren't just alternate takes from the same day, studio, and producer. These are self-produced versions decades removed from the originals, but so faithful to the originals it scares me. I'm sure it was a painstaking process. Imagine the Beatles if they were all still with us, going into a studio and attempting to record "A Hard Day's Night" again in 1994 and making it sound like the 1964 original. The result would be quite interesting. How about Rembrandt duplicating one of his early masterpiece paintings thirty years later? Both paintings would still be almost priceless today. Squeeze fans will think Gilson Lavis is providing the beat on "Another Nail in My Heart", and Jools Holland is doing the piano solo on "Pulling Mussels From the Shell". Difford & Tilbrook surprisingly sound 21 years old on "Cool for Cats" and "Up the Junction" respectively. Now let's have fun spotting some of those tiny differences. The biggest is that Tilbrook does the lead vocal on "Loving You Tonight", achieving something he could never do on "Tempted": He sings the song every bit as good as (and maybe better than) Paul Carrack. Carrack guests on "Tempted" and sings it straight, but some slight phrasing differences are revealed. In the chorus of "Another Nail...", D & T shorten the vocal note on the words "found" and "tough". "Black Coffee in Bed" has less echo on the guitar solo, and the preaching vocals during the fade out are more soulful and clear. Tilbrook does nearly perfect copies of all the guitar solos, with split seconds of differences here and there making it interesting. John Bentley on bass is at his early 1980s best. I believe I notice a difference in the synth pattern on "Goodbye Girl". Recorded DIY style with updated technology and equipment, I find I prefer the sound profile of many of these cuts slightly over the originals I have loved. This project has pressed the reset button on this band, bringing back the feeling of energetic New Wave freshness, and preparing the current lineup for the time when new material is to be recorded, and supporting tour commenced.

Nearly note-perfect, but why?

I can't tell you how long I've been waiting for a new Squeeze album (11 years). I got this instead. Don't get me wrong, these songs are some of my favorite songs in the whole world. But I already own them. And I already know them inside and out. You can't "trick" me, Squeeze, so if this is a prank, it's for the casual listener. And you can't get me to prefer these versions, either, not at this stage in the game. I understand them wanting to own their greatest hits--Sinatra did the same thing when he re-recorded some of his biggest Capitol songs for his new label Reprise. But in Sinatra's case, his singing was a little looser, and the arrangements, while faithful to the originals, at least benefited from advances in stereo recording that had come along in the meantime--which means I actually prefer the Reprise versions of those songs in most cases. These new Squeeze recordings actually sound flatter to me--and I've been listening through both through headphones. Too bad they couldn't have "re-interpreted" them in some way, but I know that would have defeated the purpose. Maybe a two-disc set, one with these and another one of the songs, re-imagined for 2010. Glenn and Chris, how 'bout a sequel?

Some Fantastic Album

Re-recordings of some of Squeeze's best. The sound is crisp and powerful. If you've seen them live the past few years, you know how tight this current line-up is and you'll want this album. If you haven't, you've missed out and you need this album.

Biography

Formed: 1974

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '10s

As one of the most traditional pop bands of the new wave, Squeeze provided one of the links between classic British guitar pop and post-punk. Inspired heavily by the Beatles and the Kinks, Squeeze was the vehicle for the songwriting of Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, who were hailed as the heirs to Lennon and McCartney's throne during their heyday in the early '80s. Unlike Lennon and McCartney, the partnership between Difford and Tilbrook was a genuine collaboration, with the former writing the...
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