All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Recording information: 1978 - 1982.

True to its title, this collection of a dozen songs present the stunning array of Squeeze's singles during the group's first run, from 1978 to 1982. The five albums which these songs also called home are no less dazzling and represent a genuinely impressive series of peaks (anyone unfamiliar with their long players would do well to start with ARGY BARGY and EAST SIDE STORY). Squeeze had a more substantial string of hits in their British homeland than in America, but they rose admirably to the challenge of conquering the States. On SINGLES, every song is saturated with compelling and never-cliched hooks. In addition, songwriters Tilbrook and Difford offer some of the most literary wordplay ever to grace the pop song format.