SQUEEZE – FRANK LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 UK 1989 DIFFORD TILBROOK

Squeeze – Frank
(A&M Records  1989  AMA5278)
Matrix No’s: A1/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 Nr MINT condition
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”. Though not as commercially successful in the United States, Squeeze had American chart hits with “Tempted”, “Hourglass” and “853-5937”, and they have a dedicated following there and continue to attract new fans. All of Squeeze’s hits were written by band members Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, with the former penning the lyrics and the latter handling the composition. The duo were hailed as “the heirs to Lennon and McCartney’s throne” during their peak of popularity in the early 1980s.

The group formed in Deptford, London, in 1974, and first broke up in 1982. Squeeze then reformed in 1985, and disbanded again in 1999. The band reunited for tours through the United States and United Kingdom in 2007, and this touring version of Squeeze has continued.

Difford and Tilbrook confirmed during interviews at the V Festival in both 2008 and 2011 (and in a 2012 interview with Rolling Stone) that they plan to produce a record of new Squeeze material. In 2010, they issued Spot the Difference, an album of newly recorded versions of older material. Then, during their 2012 tour of the US, Squeeze made available for sale a 4-song CD of new demo recordings; later in 2012, the band’s first new official studio recordings in 14 years were issued as the EP Packet Of Four. Currently, this 4-song CD EP is only available as a bonus disc to purchasers of various live concert recordings of Squeeze’s 2012 UK tour.

Frank is the eighth studio album by new wave group Squeeze, released in 1989. It peaked at number 58 in the UK Albums Chart. The album received some positive reviews but sold poorly, and Squeeze was quickly dropped by the new management at A&M Records. Forced to take offers from different major labels for the first time in their career, the band soon signed with Reprise Records and began working on their next studio album, Play.

Track listing

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

1. “Frank” (Public domain, no author) – 0:15
2. “If It’s Love” – 4:02
3. “Peyton Place” – 4:08
4. “Rose I Said” – 3:36
5. “Slaughtered, Gutted and Heartbroken” – 4:37
6. “(This Could Be) The Last Time” – 3:49
7. “She Doesn’t Have to Shave” – 3:27
8. “Love Circles” – 5:34
9. “Melody Motel” – 3:51
10. “Can of Worms” – 4:47
11. “Dr. Jazz” (Jools Holland) – 4:04
12. “Is It Too Late” – 3:12

Personnel

Squeeze

• Chris Difford – guitar, backing vocals; lead vocals on 5, 8
• Glenn Tilbrook – guitars, lead and backing vocals
• Jools Holland – keyboards, backing vocals; lead vocals on 11
• Keith Wilkinson – bass, backing vocals
• Gilson Lavis – drums

with:

• Barrie St. Johns, Karen Beany, Monique Dyan – backing vocals on 2
• Matt Irving – accordion on 3, 9