Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics

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U.K. Squeeze

  • U.K. Squeeze [A&M, 1978] B

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U.K. Squeeze [A&M, 1978]
Musically, the instrumental is the only boring cut on the whole first side, but the record as a whole is a case study in excitingly adequate hard rock craftsmanship spoiled by trashy literature. When a band obviously influenced by Queen, Rock Scene, muscle mags, and boarding-school porn finishes off by advising their postpunk admirers to "get smart," it sounds like they want 'em to stop reading Hustler and start reading Oui. B