East Side Story (album)

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East Side Story
East Side Story cover
Studio album by Squeeze
Released May 15, 1981
Genre Rock
Length 49:03
Label A&M Records
Producer Roger Bechirian
Elvis Costello
Professional reviews
Squeeze chronology
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(1980)		 East Side Story
(1981)		 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 by Elvis Costello, another by Dave Edmunds, a third by Nick Lowe and the fourth possibly by Paul McCartney. Ultimately it was largely produced by Costello and Roger 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, and psychedelia 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.


Contents

[edit] Track listing

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

  1. "In Quintessence" – 2:55 Produced by Dave Edmunds, assisted by Neil King
  2. "Someone Else's Heart" – 3:00
  3. "Tempted" – 4:00
  4. "Piccadilly" – 3:26
  5. "There's No Tomorrow" – 3:27
  6. "Heaven" – 3:49
  7. "Woman's World" – 3:42
  8. "Is That Love" – 2:31
  9. "F-Hole" – 4:41
  10. "Labelled With Love" – 4:44
  11. "Someone Else's Bell" – 3:08
  12. "Mumbo Jumbo" – 3:13
  13. "Vanity Fair" – 3:09
  14. "Messed Around" – 2:42

[edit] Bonus Tracks (1997 reissue)

  1. "The Axe Has Now Fallen" – 3:51
  2. "Looking for a Love" (James Alexander, Zelda Samuels) – 3:00 Produced by Nick Lowe

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Additional Personnel

[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1981 Billboard Pop Albums 44

Single

Year Single Chart Position
1981 "In Quintessence" Billboard Mainstream Rock 39
1981 "Tempted" Billboard Mainstream Rock 8
v • d • e
Squeeze
Chris Difford • Glenn Tilbrook • John Bentley • Stephen Large • Simon Hanson
Paul Gunn • Harry Kakoulli • Jools Holland • Gilson Lavis • Paul Carrack • Don Snow • Chris Holland • Keith Wilkinson • Andy Metcalfe • Matt Irving • Pete Thomas • Kevin Wilkinson • Ashley Soan • Hilaire Penda •
Management and Producers
Miles Copeland III • John Cale • John Wood • Roger Bechirian • Elvis Costello • Dave Edmunds • Nick Lowe • Phil McDonald • Laurie Latham • Eric "ET" Thorngren • Steve Forward • Tony Berg • Peter Smith
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