Spot the Difference [Digipak] *

Rating

Album: Spot the Difference [Digipak] *
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Another Nail in My Heart	More Info...
2)	Black Coffee in Bed	More Info...
3)	Cool For Cats	More Info...
4)	Goodbye Girl	More Info...
5)	Hourglass	More Info...
6)	Is That Love	More Info...
7)	Labelled With Love	More Info...
8)	Loving You Tonight	More Info...
9)	Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)	More Info...
10)	Slap and Tickle	More Info...
11)	Some Fantastic Place	More Info...
12)	Take Me I'm Yours	More Info...
13)	Tempted	More Info...
14)	Up the Junction	More Info...

Album: Spot the Difference [Digipak] *
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Another Nail in My Heart	More Info...
2)	Black Coffee in Bed	More Info...
3)	Cool For Cats	More Info...
4)	Goodbye Girl	More Info...
5)	Hourglass	More Info...
6)	Is That Love	More Info...
7)	Labelled With Love	More Info...
8)	Loving You Tonight	More Info...
9)	Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)	More Info...
10)	Slap and Tickle	More Info...
11)	Some Fantastic Place	More Info...
12)	Take Me I'm Yours	More Info...
13)	Tempted	More Info...
14)	Up the Junction	More Info...

Performer Notes

Personnel: Glenn Tilbrook (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Chris Difford (vocals, guitar); John Bentley (vocals, bass guitar); Stephen Large (keyboards); Andrew J. Jones (synthesizer, percussion); Simon Hanson (drums).
Audio Mixers: Glenn Tilbrook; Andrew J. Jones.
Recording information: Charlton and Albury Court Studios, Deptford.
The very title of Spot the Difference suggests there are notable variations between this collection of re-recorded hits and the originals, but a quick listen reveals that Squeeze are taunting their audience to differentiate these painstaking re-creations from the originals. Apart from the fact that Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford are several years older -- a fact they take no pains to disguise -- these 15 re-recordings could pass in a pinch for the originals, the arrangements and instrumentation uncannily mimicking the classics. While this hardly supplants those originals, Spot the Difference is a fun spin for the devoted and a good advertisement for Squeeze's reunion tour, proving they still have the knack to entertain. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (p.73) - "[I]t's a reminder that songs like 'Take Me I'm Yours' have aged surprisingly well." -- Grade: B

Mojo (Publisher) (p.96) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hese are cleverly faithful copies of the originals....This never less than excellent fun."

Record Collector (magazine) (pp.87-88) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "It is, indeed, quite a challenge to 'spot the difference' between the old and new versions....A cheery little exercise..."

Uncut (magazine) (p.105) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[The album] confirms Chris Difford's meticulous attention to archival detail....Impressively artful forgeries all round..."