Artist: Glenn Tilbrook
Genre(s):
Pop
Rock
Discography:
Past Has Been Bottled
Year: 2007
Tracks: 18
Transatlantic Ping Pong
Year: 2004
Tracks: 12
Singer/composer Glenn Tilbrook teamed with lyricist/guitarist Chris Difford to confidential information Squeeze, one of the most acclaimed and longest-lived bands to emerge from the new wave epoch. Often regarded as the Lennon and McCartney of their generation, the duo's saucy, sophisticated blade of drink down never achieved commercial success commensurate with their critical favor, although singles like "Pull Mussels (From the Shell)," "Tempted," and "Contraband Coffee in Bed" stay timeless religious cult classics. Born August 31, 1957, in London, Tilbrook studied guitar and pianissimo from age sextet forrader and at 13, he made his populace debut at a local talent express. He began writing and playing with Difford in 1973 and the undermentioned year, they formed Squeeze; the group's self-titled, John Cale-produced debut LP followed in 1978, yielding the venial rack up "Contract Me, I'm Yours." 1979's Cool for Cats was Squeeze's U.K. chart breakthrough, generating a couple of act iI singles, "Up the Junction" and the title track. The follow-up, Argybargy, yielded the lesser hits "Some other Nail in My Heart" and "Pull Mussels (From the Shell)," just coagulated the group's decisive standing on the strengh of Difford's wry, literate paronomasia and Tilbrook's crisp, cagey melodies.
Squeeze's chef-d'oeuvre East Side Story followed in 1981, grading the band's biggest U.S. arrive at to date with the memorable "Tempted"; though 1982's Sweets From a Stranger cracked the U.S. Top 40 buoyed by the unmarried "Fatal Coffee in Bed," creative exhaustion forced the band's breakup soon after. A 1983 hits collection, Singles 45's and Under, in the end went pt. Tilbrook straightaway resumed his collaborationism with Difford, however, composing songs for fellow Squeeze alum Jools Holland, as well as Paul Young, Billy Bremner, and Helen Shapiro. The duette likewise mounted Labelled With Love, a transitory 1983 degree musical adapted from their songs. A self-titled 1984 album credited simply to Difford and Tilbrook also appeared, only the following class they reunited Squeeze to press release Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti; 1987's Babylon and On was their biggest U.S. arrive at, notching a pair of Top 40 singles in "Hourglass" and "853-5937," only subsequent efforts appealed near exclusively to their devoted religious cult following.
The '90s base Tilbrook guesting on albums by artists including Aimee Mann and the Soft Boys' Kimberley Rew. He formally kicked off a solo career with the release of the single Parallel of latitude World on his have Quixotic Records in late 2000. The following year brought the release of another undivided, This Is Where You Ain't, and his first base full-length record album, The Incomplete Glenn Tilbrook, which included songs cowritten with Aimee Mann ("Lookout") and Ron Sexsmith ("You See Me").
