- East Side Story (album)
Infobox Album
Name = East Side Story
Type = Studio album
Artist =Squeeze
Released =May 15 1981
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 49:03
Label =A&M Records
Producer =Roger Bechirian Elvis Costello
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:56jweal04xg7 link]
*Robert Christgau (B+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=squeeze link]
* "Rolling Stone " Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/squeeze/albums/album/112132/rid/6067920/ link]
Last album = "Argybargy " (1980)
This album = "East Side Story" (1981)
Next album = "Sweets from a Stranger " (1982)"East Side Story" is the fourth studio album by New Wave group
Squeeze . The initial concept was for a double-LP with one side produced byElvis Costello , another byDave Edmunds , a third byNick Lowe and the fourth possibly byPaul McCartney . Ultimately it was largely produced by Costello andRoger Bechirian , and released on one disc.However, Edmunds did produce the album's opening track, and sessions with Lowe yielded "Looking For A Love". This latter track (and one other album outtake produced by Bechirian and Costello) was appended to a 1997 UK CD reissue of "East Side Story", as part of the band's "
Six of One... " box set. The set included the band's first six studio albums, all digitally remastered. A year later, each separate CD (including the expanded "East Side Story") was made available for individual purchase.The album was a definite break with Squeeze's "New Wave" sound, as it contained songs influenced by
rockabilly , R&B,blue-eyed soul ,Merseybeat , andpsychedelia among other genres. It also contained Squeeze's last top 10 UK single, "Labelled With Love". This was a track that Costello allegedly had to fight to have recorded, as Tilbrook in particular initially felt that the song was too country-and-western sounding for Squeeze's image."East Side Story" was the first album for new keyboardist
Paul Carrack . He would sing lead on the track "Tempted", which became one of Squeeze's best-known songs, and Squeeze's first U.S. chart hit. Shortly after the release of this album, Carrack would leave the band for a solo career, but he returned to Squeeze for a time in the early 1990s, playing and singing on the "Some Fantastic Place " album.Track listing
All songs written by
Chris Difford andGlenn Tilbrook except as indicated.
# "In Quintessence" – 2:55 "Produced byDave Edmunds , assisted by Neil King"
# "Someone Else's Heart" – 3:00
# "Tempted " – 4:00
# "Piccadilly" – 3:26
# "There's No Tomorrow" – 3:27
# "Heaven" – 3:49
# "Woman's World" – 3:42
# "Is That Love " – 2:31
# "F-Hole" – 4:41
# "Labelled With Love " – 4:44
# "Someone Else's Bell" – 3:08
# "Mumbo Jumbo" – 3:13 "
# "Vanity Fair" – 3:09
# "Messed Around " – 2:42Bonus Tracks (1997 reissue)
#
- "The Axe Has Now Fallen" – 3:51
# "Looking for a Love" (James Alexander,Zelda Samuels ) – 3:00 "Produced byNick Lowe "Personnel
*John Bentley – bass, backing vocals
*Paul Carrack – keyboards, vocals
*Chris Difford –rhythm guitar , vocals
*Gilson Lavis – drums
*Glenn Tilbrook –lead guitar , keyboards, vocalsAdditional Personnel
*
Elvis Costello - vocals
*Del Newman - stringarrangements Charts
AlbumSingle
- "The Axe Has Now Fallen" – 3:51
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