Squeeze - The Complete Squeeze BBC Sessions (2CD) (2008)

Artist: Squeeze
Title: The Complete Squeeze BBC Sessions
Label: Mercury
Genre: Rock
Bitrate: 192kbit av.
Time: 01:50:44
Size: 159.88 mb

There aren't many bands that have weathered as well as Squeeze. They've notched up 17 studio albums and over 20 hit singles and were on the road for 25 years, retired and then reformed last year to do it all again. Formed in 1974, the band comfortably straddled Punk and New Wave, finding mainstream success in the 80s. The songwriting partnership of Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook was one of the most fruitful in UK pop history, they wrote over 1000 songs together and were considered the finest songwriters of their generation, the Lennon and McCartney of the 80s.

This double CD features the complete BBC Sessions. 17 years of BBC studio recordings have thrown up some classic moments; acoustic versions of some of their biggest hits and live to air recordings, giggles and all.

"We always work best when we keep things simple", said Chris Difford in 1993, "we know that in the end, it really does come down to the singer and the song". This 2CD of sessions recorded in the under-the-gun atmosphere of the BBC studios, is a fine example of just that. 

DISC 1:

1. Cat On A Wall (John Peel Session 1977) 3:26
2. Model (John Peel Session 1977) 5:14
3. All Fed Up (John Peel Session 1977) 3:53
4. Sex Master (John Peel Session 1977) 2:39
5. Bang Bang (John Peel Session 1978) 2:01
6. Ain't It Bad (John Peel Session 1978) 3:40
7. I Must Go (John Peel Session 1978) 2:03
8. The Knack (John Peel Session 1978) 3:44
9. Onto The Dance Floor (Kid Jenson 1982) 3:41
10. Elephant Girl (Kid Jenson 1982) 3:23
11. I Can't Hold On (Kid Jenson 1982) 3:28
12. Apple Tree (Kid Jenson 1982) 4:59
13. She Doesn't Have To Shave (Saturday Sequence 1989) 3:11
14. Footprints In The Frost (Saturday Sequence 1989) 3:08
15. Is That Love (Saturday Sequence 1989) 2:13
16. Melody Motel (Saturday Sequence 1989) 3:51

DISC 2:

1. Take Me I'm Yours (Live BBC Session 1992) 3:13
2. Up The Junction (Live BBC Session 1992) 2:43
3. Pulling Mussels (From The Shell) / Labelled With 7:23
Love (Live BBC Session 1992)
4. Tempted (Live BBC Session 1992) 3:50
5. Third Rail (Nicky Campbell 1993) 3:40
6. Cold Shoulder (Nicky Campbell 1993) 5:54
7. Loving You Tonight (Nicky Campbell 1993) 4:55
8. Some Fantastic Place (Nicky Campbell 1993) 4:37
9. Third Rail (Emma Freud 1994) 3:29
10. Hourglass (Emma Freud 1994) 4:00
11. Tempted (Emma Freud 1994) 4:16
12. Some Fantastic Place (Simon Mayo 1994) 4:07
13. Tempted (Simon Mayo 1994) 4:03