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Squeeze

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Squeeze: New Wave’s Literate Hitmakers
With their classic albums, explore how Squeeze’s Difford and Tilbrook turned sharp, witty narratives and melodic hooks into some of new wave’s most literate and enduring songs in the '70s and early '80s.
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Four Albums, One Way Out - Featuring Trixies Pt 2
Songs of 1981 - Featuring Tempted
Songs About Starting Over - Featuring The Prisoner
Songs About Home & Family - Featuring His House, Her Home
Christmas Songs - Featuring Last Christmas
Deep Cuts ('79 to '81) - Featuring Separate Beds
Headscratchers: Weird New Wave Songs - Featuring Wild Sewerage Tickles Brazil
Songs Featured in Movies - Featuring Tempted
Summer Songs - Featuring Pulling Mussels
Modern Songs That Sound Like New Wave Classics - Featuring Cool For Cats
Songs of 1981 - Featuring Tempted
Songs Featured in Movies - Featuring Tempted
A Song is a Friend You Haven't Met Yet - Featuring I Learned How to Pray

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