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Squeeze: The Crackerjack Days Are Over

Richard Cook, NME, 17 April 1982

Squeeze's new LP is ready — and if last year's East Side Story is any indication, Sweets From A Stranger will be the best collection of songs released in '82. RICHARD COOK went to Sweden to hear the set live, and talk to them about their transformation from jolly pop kids to arguably the foremost songwriters of their day.

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