Two albums, from 1980 and 1981, by US rocker Billy Squier. ‘The Tale Of The Tape’ spent 3 months in the US Billboard album charts and features ‘The Big Beat’, which has been sampled on many hip hop tracks including Run-DMC’s ‘Here We Go’, Jay-Z’s ‘99 Problems’ and Dizzee Rascal’s ‘Fix Up, Look Sharp’. ‘Don’t Say No’ was a US Top 5 chart album and includes the singles ‘Lonely Is The Night’, ‘The Stroke’, ‘In The Dark’ and ‘My Kinda Lover’. Slipcased and with extensive notes by Alan Robinson.
1. The 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
10. In the Dark
11. The Stroke
12. My Kinda Lover
13. You Know What I Like
14. Too Daze Gone
15. Lonely is the Night
16. Whadda You Want From Me
17. Nobody Knows
18. I Need You
19. Don't Say No