Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti by Squeeze

Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti, released on A&M in 1985, was Squeeze's sixth album and the first since they broke up in 1982. Chris Difford's lyrics and Glenn Tilbrook's tunes were back under the old name, with drummer Gilson Lavis and keyboardist Jools Holland, billed this time as Julian, back in the fold, and Keith Wilkinson, who'd played bass on the 1984 Difford & Tilbrook album, joining up for a stint of more than ten years.

Laurie Latham's production wraps the Deptford band's sharp little songs in thick, shiny mid-'80s gloss, big drums and glassy keys, and "Last Time Forever" and "Hits of the Year" are the ones that got through. Even the title is a gag, Mozart's opera Così fan tutte crossed with the Italian confection, and the sleeve spells it out with a tea cozy, a fan and a tutti-frutti dessert. It reached number 31 in the UK.

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