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Argybargy

Argybargy
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Studio album by Squeeze
Released February 1980
Recorded 1979 in Chelsea Olympic Studios, London
Genre Rock, new wave
Length 36:14
Label A&M
Producer John Wood, Squeeze
Squeeze chronology
Cool for Cats
(1979)Cool for Cats1979
Argybargy
(1980)
East Side Story
(1981)East Side Story1981
Singles from Argybargy
  1. "Another Nail in My Heart"
    Released: January 1980
  2. "If I Didn't Love You"
    Released: 1980
  3. "Pulling Mussels (from the Shell)"
    Released: April 1980
  4. "Farfisa Beat"
    Released: September 1980 (Denmark/Germany), February 1981 (Switzerland)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 5/5 stars
Christgau's Record Guide B−
Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4/5 stars
Mojo 4/5 stars
Record Collector 4/5 stars
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 4/5 stars
Smash Hits 9/10

Argybargy is the third album by the UK new wave band Squeeze. Argybargy was released in February 1980 peaking at number 32 in the UK Albums Chart spending 15 weeks in that listing.

The track listing below is from the original UK LP release. On the American release, the song order was changed slightly, with "If I Didn't Love You" moved up to the first track of the second side, but the order otherwise remaining the same. All songs written by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook except as indicated.

In 1997, the CD was released in the UK with two bonus tracks, as part of the Six of One... box set. The set included the band's first six studio albums, each digitally remastered. These CDs were made available for individual purchase in 1998.

Argybargy was re-issued in 2008 as a two disc deluxe edition. The first disc includes the original album, the two bonus cuts from the 1997 reissue, and seven additional bonus tracks.

The second disc contains a concert recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon on 9 March 1980, plus a US radio commercial for the album.

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It would be the last album featuring founding member Jools Holland until Squeeze's first reunion album, 1985's Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti.


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