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East Side Story was originally planned as a double album with each side produced by a different "hot" producer — Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe , Dave Edmunds , and Paul McCartney were the proposed lineup. And while only Elvis Costello (along with Roger Bechirian ) ended up doing the job, save for one track by Edmunds , Costello's push for decidedly un-Squeeze-like material and sympathetic production style resulted in not only the band's most diverse but also their most creatively rewarding album to date. East Side Story is definitely packed with the band's trademark bouncy Brit-pop numbers like "In Quintessence," "Piccadilly," "Is That Love," and "Mumbo Jumbo," but the standouts come from the unexpected turns — the country lament of "Labeled With Love," the trippy near-psychedelia of "There's No Tomorrow," the lush and delicate "Woman Work" and "Vanity Fair," and the soulful groove of "Tempted" (the song the band is probably best known for, sung by newly added member Paul Carrack