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Why this album mattered
Babylon And On (1987) is a Squeeze album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #36 and charted for 29 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Hourglass", "853 5937".
The music
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Hourglass
- 2
Footprints
- 3
Tough Love
- 4
The Prisoner
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- 6
In Today's Room
- 7
Trust Me to Open My Mouth
- 8
Striking Matches
- 9
Cigarette of a Single Man
- 10
Who Are You?
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- Oct 3, 1987#106
- Oct 10#69
- Oct 17#59
- Oct 24#51
- Oct 31#46
- Nov 7#46
- Nov 14#42
- Nov 21#37
- Nov 28#37
- Dec 5#36
- Dec 12#36
- Dec 19#37
- Dec 26#39
- 1988
- Jan 2, 1988#39
- Jan 9#43
- Jan 16#45
- Jan 23#46
- Jan 30#50
- Feb 6#48
- Feb 13#55
- Feb 20#63
- Feb 27#70
- Mar 5#82
- Mar 12#83
- Mar 19#103
- Mar 26#113
- Apr 2#144
- Apr 9#191
- Apr 16#200
A rocket up the chart — jumping 37 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #106, exploded upward for 10 weeks to reach #36 and fell quickly across 29 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
