Squeeze “Argy Bargy” 1980. Squeeze released two different albums on this day, May 15th: “East Side Story” in 1981 and “Round and A Bout” in 1990, but we do not have either of those albums so “Argy Bargy,” the band’s third studio album, it is.

This LP is the US release, differing slightly from the UK version in its Side 2 track order: “If I Didn’t Love You” moves up to the first slot, shifting “Farfisa Beat” to track two. The best known track is of course “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell),” which reached #44 on the UK charts. It did not chart in the US, though the band did perform it on Saturday Night Live in 1982.

Poppy, peppy upbeat new wave, melodic and harmonic, Squeeze received much critical acclaim and moderate commercial success over a very long, if somewhat changeable (21 different members floated in and out from 1975 to 2015!), career.