Tale of the Tape

Billy Squier | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 1, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: American Beat
• ASIN: B000P46PB4
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,929 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Big Beat

2. Calley Oh

3. Rich Kid

4. Like I'm Lovin' You

5. Who Knows What a Love Can Do

6. You Should Be High, Love

7. Who's Your Boyfriend

8. The Music's All Right

9. Young Girls

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A hard to find gem, April 17, 2000

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Cheryl Miller (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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I am so glad Tale of the Tape has finally been re-relased. I have been searching for this CD for so long. (Of course, it is called "Tale of the Tape" since it originally came out in the pre-CD era) I used to have it on cassette tape in high school, until it completely wore out a few years ago. Since then it has been impossible to find. A true Billy Squier fan's gem of a find. Classic songs that will take you back to the 80's. Who's Your Boyfriend, Like I'm Lovin' You and Callie Oh, all excellent songs. Great guitar, great voice, great music. I think this is his best work ever and shows he is capable of much more than just "Stroke." True Squier fans and 80's reminiscents will both love this CD!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tale of the Tape, April 10, 2007

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pengib (Dover, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tale of the Tape (Audio CD)

I misplaced my old vinyl of Tale of the Tape and was glad to get the CD version. It sounds even better than "back in the day". Even though it's been a number of years, I still remember all the words to all the songs. Fantastic!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A true gem, August 8, 2008

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David Miller (Terre Haute, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tale of the Tape (Audio CD)

The Tale of the Tape offers a rare glimpse into the early, post-Piper years of Billy Squier. In my opinion, Squier is a highly underrated, straightforward rocker. His unique vocals perfectly compliment a stripped-down accompaniment of raw guitars and thundering drums. This CD contains a lot of little-known, yet catchy tunes. Not really a bad song on here. Standing out particularly is the anthemic "The Big Beat" and the girlfriend-gone-astray "Who's Your Boyfriend". If you like simple, gritty hard rock, then I'd highly recommend this.