Frank (Squeeze album)
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| Released | 24 August 1989 | |||
| Studio | The Chocolate Factory and Nomis Studios (London, UK) | |||
| Genre | Post-punk[1] | |||
| Length | 45:19 | |||
| Label | A&M[2] | |||
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| Singles from Frank | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| Hi-Fi News & Record Review | A:1[5] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
Frank is a studio album by new wave group Squeeze, released in 1989.[7][8] The album sold poorly, and Squeeze was dropped by A&M Records while on tour.[7] Forced to take offers from different major labels for the first time in their career, the band soon signed with Reprise Records and began working on their next studio album, Play.
Frank peaked at number 58 in the UK Albums Chart.[9] It peaked at No. 113 on the Billboard 200.[10]
Production
Frank was recorded live in the studio with producer Eric "E.T." Thorngren.[11]
Critical reception
Trouser Press called the album the band's best since Argybargy, writing: "Relocating its original magic with memorably inventive material and spirited delivery, Squeeze here seems exuberantly youthful, as if music-making had suddenly become fun again."[12] Phoenix New Times wrote that Squeeze went "for a live garagey sound that finally gives [Gilson] Lavis' powerhouse drumming center-stage placement."[13] The Rolling Stone Album Guide called the album "well-crafted" but "only occasionally involving."[6]
