Love's Crashing Waves
"Love's Crashing Waves" | ||||
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Single by Difford & Tilbrook | ||||
from the album Difford & Tilbrook | ||||
Released | June 1984 (UK) | |||
Genre | New wave | |||
Length | 3:03 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Songwriter(s) | Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook | |||
Producer(s) | Tony Visconti | |||
Difford & Tilbrook singles chronology | ||||
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"Love's Crashing Waves" is a song written by Difford & Tilbrook and released on their 1984 self-titled debut album.
Released as the first single from Difford & Tilbrook, "Love's Crashing Waves" saw moderate commercial success. Though considered the most commercial song on the album, it saw limited chart success: it was the act's only charting single in the UK (reaching number 57), and by 1985 Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook had re-formed their previous (and more popular) band, Squeeze. Difford recalled,
Musically, Glenn did a masterful job of arranging [the songs on Difford and Tilbrook], because they were complicated. "Love's Crashing Waves" was about as commercial as we got on the whole album. And that pissed everybody off, particularly [manager Shep Gordon], who wanted us to be as big as Squeeze.[1]
Squeeze have, on a few occasions, played this song live. Salon's Annie Zaleski described the song as a "sophisto-pop gem".[2]
Track listing
- 7"
- "Love's Crashing Waves" (3:03)
- "Within These Walls of Without You" (2:59)
- 12"
- "Love's Crashing Waves" (3:03)
- "Within These Walls of Without You" (2:50)
- "Love's Crashing Waves (Extended Remix)" (4:50)
References
- ^ Difford, Chris (2017). Some Fantastic Place: My Life In and Out of Squeeze. Orion Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-4746-0569-4. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ Zaleski, Annie (11 March 2020). "Squeeze is no nostalgia act – the UK band is thriving four decades later with its flawless songcraft". Salon. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
External links
- Squeeze, Difford & Tilbrook discography at Squeezenet
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- "If I Didn't Love You"
- "Pulling Mussels (from the Shell)"
- "Farfisa Beat"
- "Is That Love"
- "Tempted"
- "Labelled with Love"
- "Messed Around"
- "Black Coffee in Bed"
- "When the Hangover Strikes"
- "I've Returned"
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- "Loving You Tonight"
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- "Love's Crashing Waves"
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