Cool for Cats (album)

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Cool for Cats
Studio album by
Released4 April 1979 (1979-04-04)
Recorded1978 and 1979
StudioOlympic Studios, Britannia Row Studios and Sound Techniques (London, UK)
Genre
Length38:12
LabelA&M
ProducerJohn Wood and Squeeze
Squeeze chronology
Squeeze
(1978)
Cool for Cats
(1979)
Argybargy
(1980)
Singles from Cool for Cats
  1. "Goodbye Girl"
    Released: 2 November 1978
  2. "Cool for Cats"
    Released: 9 March 1979
  3. "Up the Junction"
    Released: 18 May 1979
  4. "Slap and Tickle"
    Released: 31 August 1979

Cool for Cats is the second studio album by British band Squeeze. It was released on 4 April, 1979 through A&M Records. It went to number 45 in the United Kingdom but did better in Australia where it peaked at number 18 on the charts.

Track listing[change | change source]

All songs written by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook except "Hop, Skip & Jump", by Difford and Jools Holland.[2]

  1. "Slap and Tickle" – 4:00
  2. "Revue" – 2:30
  3. "Touching Me Touching You" – 2:25
  4. "It's Not Cricket" – 2:35
  5. "It's So Dirty" – 3:11
  6. "The Knack" – 4:34
  7. "Hop, Skip & Jump" – 2:46
  8. "Up the Junction" – 3:12
  9. "Hard to Find" – 3:37
  10. "Slightly Drunk" – 2:41
  11. "Goodbye Girl" – 3:08
  12. "Cool for Cats" – 3:39

Bonus tracks (1997 reissue)[change | change source]

  1. "I Must Go" – 2:16
  2. "Ain't It Sad" – 3:29

Bonus tracks (2007 Japanese remaster)[change | change source]

(Note: These bonus tracks precede the 1997 bonus tracks on the album.)

  1. "Saints Alive" – 2:30
  2. "All's Well" – 2:27
  3. "Christmas Day" – 3:53
  4. "Going Crazy" – 3:53
  5. "Blood and Guts" – 5:01

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Squeeze: Cool for Cats". Billboard. Vol. 91, no. 16. 21 April 1979. p. 62. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  2. "Squeeze (2) - Cool For Cats". discogs. Retrieved 19 May 2018.