Cool for Cats (album)

album by Squeeze

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.

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

Track listing

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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)

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

Bonus tracks (2007 Japanese remaster)

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(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

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  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.