45 years ago today (4/2/79), Squeeze released their second album Cool for Cats. The title track is co-founder Chris Difford’s most identifiable song where his cockney accent gives the song a freeform jolt built around the song’s rhythmic interplay. Other standout tracks on the album include “Up the Junction,” a poignant and detailed narrative song that showcases the band’s storytelling prowess, and “Goodbye Girl,” a bittersweet ballad with a memorable chorus. For the title track, check out perhaps the coolest video made in this era outside of Elvis Costello’s “Pump It Up.”
