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Difford & Tilbrook
Difford & Tilbrook
Studio album by Difford & Tilbrook
Released	July 1984
Recorded	1984
Studio	Good Earth Studios and Solid Bond Studios, London, UK
Genre	New wave
Length	38:12
Label	A&M
Producer	Tony Visconti, E.T. Thorngren, Difford & Tilbrook
Squeeze chronology
Singles from Difford & Tilbrook
	"Love's Crashing Waves"; Released: June 1984; "Hope Fell Down"; Released: September 1984; "Picking Up the Pieces"; Released: 1984 (US only);

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Number One	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]
Smash Hits	6/10^[4]

Difford & Tilbrook is the only studio album released by Difford & Tilbrook. Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook were the main songwriters in the new wave band Squeeze until their 1982 breakup. The duo continued to write songs together, and in 1984 released this self-titled effort.

Because Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook have always been the songwriters and only constant members of Squeeze, Difford & Tilbrook is often considered to be a Squeeze album in all but name.^[1] Several remastered tracks from this album have been included on Squeeze compilations such as Piccadilly Collection and Excess Moderation (both released in 1996), and tracks "Hope Fell Down" and "Love's Crashing Waves" have regularly been included in Squeeze setlists since 2010.^[5] Tony Visconti produced the album, but A&M rejected his mix, and brought in Eric Thorngren to do a new mix.

Background

Popdose described the circumstances around the album's recording as "less than ideal". Glenn Tilbrook had recently married Pam Baker who Difford disliked, and had become overly involved with certain aspects of the Difford & Tilbrook project; Difford reported that Baker had requested that she approve and amend his lyrics before she passed them on to Tilbrook. Both men also struggled with illegal substance abuse at the time, with Difford using cocaine and Tilbrook heroin.^[6]^[7]

Track listing

All songs written by Difford and Tilbrook.

Side one

"Action Speaks Faster" – 4:50
"Love's Crashing Waves" – 3:08
"Picking Up the Pieces" – 3:18
"On My Mind Tonight" – 4:08
"Man for All Seasons" – 2:35

Side two

"Hope Fell Down" – 4:22
"Wagon Train" – 3:36
"You Can't Hurt the Girl" – 3:01
"Tears for Attention" – 4:50 (Produced by Eric "ET" Thorngren, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook)
"The Apple Tree" – 4:24

Personnel

Chris Difford – guitar, backing vocals
Glenn Tilbrook – guitar, keyboards, lead & backing vocals
Keith Wilkinson – bass
Debbie Bishop – backing vocals
Andy Duncan – drums, percussion
Guy Fletcher – keyboards, backing vocals
Larry Tollfree – percussion

References

^ ^a ^b Damas, Jason. "Difford & Tilbrook, Difford & Tilbrook". AllMusic. AllMusic Review. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
^ Bursche, Paul (4 August 1984). "Albums: Difford & Tilbrook – Difford & Tilbrook (A&M)" (PDF). Number One. No. 60. London: IPC Magazines Ltd. p. 37. ISSN 0266-5328. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023 – via World Radio History.
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 197.
^ Birch, Ian (5–18 July 1984). "Albums: Difford & Tilbrook – Difford & Tilbrook (A&M)". Smash Hits. Vol. 6, no. 14. Peterborough: EMAP National Publications, Ltd. p. 21. ISSN 0260-3004. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
^ "Squeeze covers of Difford & Tilbrook songs on setlist.fm". The Setlist Wiki. Citi. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
^ "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Squeeze, Part One". Popdose. 22 May 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
^ Difford, Chris (31 August 2017). Some Fantastic Place: My Life In and Out of Squeeze. Hachette UK. ISBN 9781474605694. Retrieved 12 February 2024.