Charting the Charts: Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)

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Here's a look at how Squeeze's 1981 album fared in various publications:

1981
Date	Billboard 200	CashBox 200	Rolling Stone 100
May 30	148	122
Jun 6	128	108
Jun 13	106	90
Jun 20	86	82
Jun 27	78	76	82
Jul 4	68	74
Jul 11	62	73	33
Jul 18	61	72
Jul 25	55	69	31
Aug 1	49	62
Aug 8	48	56	29
Aug 15	45	55
Aug 22	44	54	25
Aug 29	53	67
Sep 5	66	73	25
Sep 12	58	76
Sep 19	52	74	13
Sep 26	52	71
Oct 3	67	85	22
Oct 10	83	92
Oct 17	91	118	31
Oct 24	120	141
Oct 31	141	179	40
Nov 7	164
Nov 14	198		56
Nov 26			70
Dec 10			79

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Smash Hits, May 14, 1981, p. 36

CashBox, May 16, 1981, p. 16

From Robert Christgau: "They're finally beginning to show the consistency that's the only excuse for obsessive popcraft. The songs are imaginative, compassionate, and of course hooky--the warped organ on "Heaven" bespeaks divine intervention. And with Elvis Costello coproducing, the music is quite punchy, though I wouldn't go so far as to say it rocks. B+" Note: the album was listed at number 6 on the Village Voice's 1981 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.

The album landed on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Best Albums of the Eighties in the #81 position.