''Squeeze This!'' is the second studio album by American accordion band

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, released in 1994 on

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. This was the only TDA album to be released on Flying Fish, as the rest of the band's

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was released by the

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-based independent label Globe Records.

Overview

With a significantly reduced line-up from the seventeen members on TDA's debut ''

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'', ''Squeeze This!'' captured the group at their transition from a loose ensemble of accordionists into a tighter rock band, featuring a noticeably stronger emphasis on original material under the new leadership of primary singer-songwriter Paul Rogers rather than the

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that made up the majority of the preceding album. In addition to their rock, pop and polka originals, ''Squeeze This!'' covers such broad styles as ska, swing and bluegrass. Critical reception to ''Squeeze This!'' was largely positive. The ''

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'' praised the album as "fun", putting particular emphasis on the original songs that "inhabit a loopy middle ground between

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and

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" and making note of the "stylistically credible" musicianship, something which '' The Santa Cruz Sentinel'' also echoed, dismissing the "novelty" tag and calling them "inspired performers".

Track listing

Personnel

;Those Darn Accordions *Linda "Big Lou" Seekins - accordion, lead vocals (1, 3, 14), background vocals *Ron "Riff" Borelli - accordion *Patty Brady - accordion, lead vocals (1), background vocals *Art "California Pete" Peterson - accordion, lead vocals (5, 7) *Clyde Forsman - accordion, lead vocals (9) *Suzanne Garramone - accordion, background vocals *Paul Rogers - accordion, lead vocals (2, 3, 6, 8, 13), background vocals *Bill Schwartz - drums, percussion, background vocals *Tom Torriglia - accordion *Lewis Wallace - bass

References

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