Cool For Cats
by Squeeze

Cool For Cats by Squeeze
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 10,382nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 71 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (147th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,488th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,382nd)

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Squeeze bestography

Cool For Cats is ranked 3rd best out of 20 albums by Squeeze on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Squeeze is East Side Story which is ranked number 2663 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 587.

Squeeze album bestography « Higher ranked (4,064th)
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This album (10,382nd)
Cool For Cats
Lower ranked (11,476th) »
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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 10,382nd | 1970s rank: 1,488th | 1979 rank: 147th

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73/100 (from 71 votes)
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30 hours ago PurplePiePete  Ratings distribution  1,81680/100
 
70/100
 
01/20/2026 17:57 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,76870/100
 
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11/27/2025 01:24 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,10633/100
 
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10/25/2025 09:47 Imaybeparanoid  Ratings distribution  7,34371/100
 
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10/20/2025 06:29 NowhereMan  Ratings distribution  1,43178/100

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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.

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80/100
From 10/29/2018 16:57 | #223495
Cool For Cats and Up The Junction are classic tracks.
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From 06/22/2016 20:31 | #169501
199th of 1979? Come on, people.
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85/100
From 06/20/2016 16:33 | #169265
Essential album from an era of great British bands and music. Cool for cats, is full of fantastic songs, especially, up the junction, and the title track, but there's plenty of other wonderful tracks here. Classic stuff.
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From 04/22/2013 20:39 | #74193
Insanely catchy bunch of songs by a group coming into their zone. Slightly Drunk -> Goodbye Girl -> Cool For Cats is one hell of a sequence to end the record.
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Best Albums of 1979
1. London Calling by The Clash
2. The Wall by Pink Floyd
3. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
4. Fear Of Music by Talking Heads
5. Off The Wall by Michael Jackson
6. Entertainment! by Gang Of Four
7. Breakfast In America by Supertramp
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