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Released
  
August 1985

Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti (1985)
  
Babylon and On (1987)

Release date
  
August 1985

Label
  
A&M Records

Length
  
44:06

Artist
  
Squeeze

Producer
  
Laurie Latham

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Genres
  
Rock music, New wave, Post-punk

Similar
  
Squeeze albums, Rock music albums

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Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti is a 1985 album by the British new wave group Squeeze. It is the band's sixth album, and the first recorded since their breakup in 1982. It reunited songwriters Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford with drummer Gilson Lavis and keyboardist Jools Holland (now credited as "Julian"). Keith Wilkinson, who played bass on the 1984 Difford & Tilbrook album, joined Squeeze for the first time. He would stay with the band for over a decade, making him the longest-lasting bassist in Squeeze's history. Laurie Latham produced the album. The album peaked at number 31 in the UK Albums Chart.

Contents

The album's title is a play on words, combining the name of the Mozart Italian-language opera Così fan tutte with the name of the Italian confection tutti-frutti (also the name of a Little Richard song). The album's cover art expands this into a visual pun, with a picture of a tea cozy (cosi), a fan, and a tutti-frutti dessert.

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 purchase in 1998.

Curiously, the 1997 remaster used the shorter versions of the songs originally issued on vinyl and not the longer versions issued on the first CD.

Track listing

All songs written by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook except as indicated.

  1. "Big Beng" – 4:02
  2. "By Your Side" – 4:24
  3. "King George Street" – 3:48
  4. "I Learnt How to Pray" – 4:47
  5. "Last Time Forever" – 6:24
  6. "No Place Like Home" – 4:26
  7. "Heartbreaking World" (Difford, Jools Holland) – 5:26
  8. "Hits of the Year" – 3:03
  9. "Break My Heart" – 4:50
  10. "I Won't Ever Go Drinking Again (?)" – 5:05

Bonus tracks (1997 reissue)

  1. "Love's a Four Letter Word" – 3:40
  2. "The Fortnight Saga" – 2:39

Personnel

  • Chris Difford – guitar, backing vocals
  • Glenn Tilbrook – guitars, keyboards, horns, lead & backing vocals
  • Jools Holland – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Keith Wilkinson – bass, backing vocals
  • Gilson Lavis – drums
  • Songs

    1Big Beng4:02
    2By Your Side4:24
    3King George Street3:48

    References

    Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti Wikipedia