Black And Blue UMC/POLYDOR

Squeeze ’s songwriting duo are back in harness, toting a rock opera they wrote in the ’70s with an all-new album to come. Given their near-constant strife, it’s a miracle. But as they insist, “the thing that always brings us together is the songs…”

From The Bottom Of An Old Grandfather Clock (reissue, 2004) DEAD OCEANS

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