This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Sure, Chris Difford and Glenn Tillbrook — the singers, songwriters, leaders and two remaining original members of Squeeze — are a wee bit past their prime. Then again, so are Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello, if we’re being technical.
Like those members of their English pop brethren, however, it isn’t so much that they’ve changed as the times have changed around them. D&T still have a way with a wry lyric, a deft touch with a bright, bubbly melody, and those instantly identifiable, desert-dry harmonies. OK, so none of these tracks is quite as memorable as Tempted or Cool For Cats. It’s not like Elvis has written another Watching The Detectives lately, is it? Still, in a year when pop is tops again, Domino is a pleasant reminder of who got the ball rolling.
