SQUEEZE – COSI FAN TUTTI FRUTTI LP – Nr MINT A2/B1 UK 1985 NEW WAVE

Squeeze – Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti
(A&M Records  1985  AMA5085)
Matrix No’s: A2/B1 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– some rubbing top & bottom
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Squeeze are a British band that came to prominence in the United Kingdom during the New Wave period of the late 1970s and continued recording successfully in the 1980s and 1990s. They are known in the UK for their hit songs “Cool for Cats”, “Up the Junction”, “Tempted”, “Labelled With Love“, “Black Coffee In Bed“, “Another Nail in My Heart”,”Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)” and “Hourglass”.

Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti is a 1985 album by the British new wave group Squeeze. It is the band’s sixth album, and the first recorded since their breakup in 1982. It reunited songwriters Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford with drummer Gilson Lavis and keyboardist Jools Holland (now credited as “Julian”). Keith Wilkinson, who played bass on the 1984 Difford & Tilbrook album, joined Squeeze for the first time. He would stay with the band for over a decade, making him the longest-lasting bassist in Squeeze’s history. Laurie Latham produced the album. The album peaked at number 31 in the UK Albums Chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook except as indicated.

1. “Big Beng” – 4:04
2. “By Your Side” – 4:24
3. “King George Street” – 3:48
4. “I Learnt How to Pray” – 4:47
5. “Last Time Forever” – 6:26
6. “No Place Like Home” – 4:27
7. “Heartbreaking World” (Difford, Jools Holland) – 5:27
8. “Hits of the Year” – 3:03
9. “Break My Heart” – 4:52
10. “I Won’t Ever Go Drinking Again (?)” – 5:07

Personnel

Squeeze

• Chris Difford – guitar, backing vocals (lead vocal on Track 9)
• Glenn Tilbrook – guitars, keyboards, horns, lead & backing vocals
• Jools Holland – keyboards, backing vocals (lead vocal on Track 7)
• Keith Wilkinson – bass, backing vocals
• Gilson Lavis – drums