Argybargy by Squeeze

Argybargy, Squeeze's third album, arrived in 1980 on A&M, and it's the Deptford band's songwriting partnership in full bloom. Chris Difford wrote the lyrics while living in New York with his wife, Glenn Tilbrook set them to music, and the band cut them late in 1979 with John Wood, who had produced Cool for Cats. The songs are sharp and wordy, with hooks that snap shut like a mousetrap.

"Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)" is the one everybody remembers, and "Another Nail in My Heart" and "If I Didn't Love You" sit right beside it among the band's best-known songs. It reached number 32 in the UK and became their first album to chart in America. It was also the last Squeeze record with founding keyboard player Jools Holland until Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti in 1985; he left early in 1981 to go solo.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.