Album
Sweets From A Stranger
1982 · Rock, Pop
14 collectors on Gatefold own this
Sweets From A Stranger is an Electronic album by Squeeze, originally released in 1982. On Gatefold: 49 pressings tracked, owned by 14 collectors.
About
Squeeze’s fifth album, released a year after their blue-eyed soul tune “Tempted” became a crossover hit, finds the songwriting team of Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook further exploring their R&B influence. The hit single “Black Coffee In Bed” is a worthy successor to “Tempted,” and though it’s built like a lost mid-’60s Temptations 45, there’s enough distinctive Squeeze-ness to the literary details of Difford’s lyrics and the slight wryness of Tilbrook’s vocal delivery that it escapes coming across as a straight pastiche. That’s not quite true of the Sinatra-style piano jazz ballad “When the Hangover Strike,” but Tilbrook’s vocal performance is so committed and beautiful that it’s hardly an issue. .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Out Of Touch3:50
- A2I Can't Hold On3:34
- A3Points Of View4:13
- A4Stranger Than The Stranger On The Shore3:18
- A5Onto The Dance Floor3:38
- A6When The Hangover Strikes4:31
Side B
- B1Black Coffee In Bed6:12
- B2I've Returned2:36
- B3Tongue Like A Knife4:10
- B4His House Her Home3:25
- B5The Very First Dance3:18
- B6The Elephant Ride3:23
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Synth-Pop / New Wave
- clean
- wistful
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Chris DiffordBAND, GUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR, VOCALS WRITTEN-BY, GUITAR, VOCALS
- Del NewmanARRANGED BY ORCHESTRATED BY
- Don SnowBAND, KEYBOARDS, BACKING VOCALS KEYBOARDS, BACKING VOCALS
- Gilson LavisBAND, DRUMS DRUMS
- Glenn TilbrookBAND, GUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR, VOCALS WRITTEN-BY, GUITAR, VOCALS
- John BentleyBAND, BASS, BACKING VOCALS BASS, BACKING VOCALS
- Elvis CostelloBACKING VOCALS
- Paul YoungBACKING VOCALS
14 collectors on Gatefold own this · 49 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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