Description
Side 1
- “In Quintessence”
- “Someone Else’s Heart”
- “Tempted”
- “Piccadilly”
- “There’s No Tomorrow”
- “Heaven”
- “Woman’s World”
Side 2
- “Is That Love”
- “F-Hole”
- “Labelled With Love”
- “Someone Else’s Bell”
- “Mumbo Jumbo”
- “Vanity Fair”
- “Messed Around”
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.
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.
