Released July 1994 Producer Paul Rogers Release date July 1994 Genres Polka, Comedy music | Length 42:20 Artist Those Darn Accordions Label Flying Fish Records | |
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Squeeze This!
(1994) No Strings Attached
(1996) Similar Lawnball, Squeeze Machine, Vongole Fisarmonica, No Strings Attached | ||
Squeeze This! is the second studio album by American accordion band Those Darn Accordions, released in 1994 on Flying Fish Records. This was the only TDA album to be released on Flying Fish, as the rest of the band's discography was released by the Petaluma-based independent label Globe Records.
Contents
Overview
With a significantly reduced line-up from the seventeen members on TDA's debut Vongole Fisarmonica, Squeeze This! captured the group at their transition from a loose ensemble of accordionists into a tighter rock band, featuring a noticeably stronger emphasis on original material under the new leadership of primary singer-songwriter Paul Rogers rather than the cover songs that made up the majority of the preceding album. In addition to their rock, pop and polka originals, Squeeze This! covers such broad styles as ska, swing and bluegrass.
Critical reception to Squeeze This! was largely positive. The Los Angeles Times praised the album as "fun", putting particular emphasis on the original songs that "inhabit a loopy middle ground between The B-52s and Talking Heads" and making note of the "stylistically credible" musicianship, something which The Santa Cruz Sentinel also echoed, dismissing the "novelty" tag and calling them "inspired performers".
Personnel
Songs
1We're an Accordion Band2:52
2The Bowling King3:31
3The Story of Lawrence Welk5:08