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Cool For Cats (other)
Cool for Cats may refer to: * ''Cool for Cats'' (album), a 1979 album by Squeeze ** "Cool for Cats" (song), from the same album * ''Cool for Cats'' (TV series), British TV series that featured music for a teenage audience, 1956–1961 {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cool For Cats (album)
''Cool for Cats'' is the second studio album by the English new wave group Squeeze, released in 1979. ''Cool for Cats'' contains four UK hit singles, more than any other album the band has issued. The album peaked at number 45 in the UK Albums Chart, spending 11 weeks in that listing. Its 1997 CD release, as part of the '' Six of One...'' box set contained two bonus tracks. This collection included the band's first six studio albums, each digitally remastered. In 1998 the six CDs were released individually. In 2007, the album was digitally remastered and released with 5 bonus tracks exclusively in Japan. Each of the 5 tracks came from B-sides from the singles released from the album. Content ''Billboard'' said ''Cool for Cats'' was a "hard-rocking" album with "hard-edged power pop". Alluding to the record, Steven Thomas Erlewine of ''AllMusic'' described ''Cool for Cats'' as "the work of a rock & roll band ..that lathered on the keyboards and herky-jerky rhythms". Critical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cool For Cats (song)
"Cool for Cats" is a song by English rock band Squeeze, released in 1979 as the second single from their album of the same name. The song features a rare lead vocal performance from cockney-accented Squeeze lyricist Chris Difford, one of the only two occasions he sang lead on a Squeeze single A-side (the other was 1989's " Love Circles"). The song, slightly edited from the album track, peaked at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart in 1979, making "Cool for Cats" one of the band's biggest hits. Background "Cool for Cats" was written about the social scene the band experienced in their youth. Band member Glenn Tilbrook recalled: "Originally it was written about the social circle we were moving in at the time, being young and being... we were almost entirely centered in our own little world. I remember hearing Chris sing those lyrics for the first time and thinking he's just nailed what our lives are about now. It's lovely to be able to look back on that and see how we were as youngst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |