The very title of
Spot the Difference suggests there are notable variations between this collection of re-recorded hits and the originals, but a quick listen reveals that
Squeeze are taunting their audience to differentiate these painstaking re-creations from the originals. Apart from the fact that
Glenn Tilbrook and
Chris Difford are several years older -- a fact they take no pains to disguise -- these 15 re-recordings could pass in a pinch for the originals, the arrangements and instrumentation uncannily mimicking the classics. While this hardly supplants those originals,
Spot the Difference is a fun spin for the devoted and a good advertisement for
Squeeze’s reunion tour, proving they still have the knack to entertain. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine