SHE'S A BELIEVER
THAT'S WHAT
SHE SAID
WHEN I LOOK IN HER EYES
ALL I SEE IS GOODBYE
Squeeze
is the fifth
and
final studio album
by
recorded in the autumn
of 1972
and released
in February 1973
by Polydor Records.
By this time,
was the only
remaining member
of the group;
he wrote and recorded
the album
almost entirely
by himself.
So In Some Regards
Is A Solo
Doug Yule Album
And Only A
VU Album
By Name Only..
Yule had joined
the Velvet Underground
(replacing founding member John Cale)
in October 1968,
prior to the band
recording their
self-titled third album,
and had also
contributed significantly
to the fourth album,
Loaded.
Following the departures
of the remaining
founding members
(Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison),
Yule was positioned
as the de facto leader
of the band.
Longtime drummer
Maureen Tucker
was slated to appear on
Squeeze
by Yule,
but she was dismissed
by the band's manager,
Steve Sesnick.
Following a brief tour
in the United Kingdom
by Yule
and a backing band
to promote the album,
Yule called it quits,
bringing
the Velvet Underground
to an end
until the 1993 reunion
(from which Yule was excluded).
Squeeze
failed to chart
and quickly fell into obscurity
after its release.
Nick Logan
of the
New Musical Express
dismissed the record as a
"Velvets-in-name-only album".
Recent years have seen
a critical reevaluation,
with some arguing
that the album is
musically overlooked
Album is Now
OUT OF PRINT...
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