Glenn Tilbrook (1,646 views)

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Glenn Martin Tilbrook (31 Aug 1957 - )
Member Of: Squeeze (1974 - 1982, 1985 - 1999, 2007-present), Difford & Tilbrook (1982-1985)
Vocal Range: G♯2 - F5

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{Vocal Summary}As singer, composer, and lead guitarist of English new wave act Squeeze, Glenn Tilbrook has been both the "face" and the driving force behind the band since its beginnings in the 1970s. Possessing a clear, smooth tenor voice perfect for Squeeze's hooky power-pop offerings, Tilbrook often sings an octave above co-writer Chris Difford, and thus tends to avoid using his lower register too much. In fact, overall Tilbrook is a rather conservative vocalist, seldom belting above some (very nice-sounding) A4s and generally sticking to his comfort zone range-wise. However, this lack of extreme theatrics has also played a part in keeping his voice preserved into his older years, staying consistent in both studio and live performances for over four decades. A talented singer who overall seems to prefer playing to his strengths.
Written by BassSquared.

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{Album Ranges}U.K. Squeeze (1978): E3 - A4
Cool for Cats (1979): B2 - A4
Argybargy (1980): C♯3 - A4
East Side Story (1981): C♯3 - A4 - C5
Sweets from a Stranger (1982): B2 - B4 - C5
Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti (1985): D3 - B♭4 - C5
Babylon & On (1987): D3 - A4 - C5
Frank (1989): F3 - B♭4
Play (1991): C3 - B4
Some Fantastic Place (1993): E3 - A4 - D5
Ridiculous (1995): E♭3 - A4
Domino (1998): C3 - A4
Cradle to the Grave (2015): D3 - A4
The Knowledge (2017): C3 - G♯4

Difford & Tilbrook:
Difford & Tilbrook (1984): C3 - A4 - C5

Solo:
The Incomplete Glenn Tilbrook (2002): C♯3 - G♯4 - F5
Transatlantic Ping Pong (2004): A2 - G♯4 - E5
Pandemonium Ensues (2009): B2 - B4
Happy Ending (2014): G♯2 - A4 - C♯5

Significant High Notes:

F5 ("Up the Creek")
E5 ("Untouchable")
D5 ("It's Over", "Wagon Train")
C♯5 ("Kev and Dave", "This Is Where You Ain't")
C5 ("By Your Side", "Hourglass", "Morning", "Some Americans", "Someone Else's Heart", "Trust Me to Open My Mouth", )
B4 ("Action Speaks Faster", "Big Beng", "Crying in My Sleep", "Everything in the World", "Footprints", "Hope Fell Down", "I Can't Hold On", "If It's Love", "Picking Up the Pieces", "The Prisoner", "Rupert", "She Makes Me", "She's Gone", "Tempted" live Sunday Night 1989, "Voodoo Child" live Houston 2009, "Wicked and Cruel", "You Can't Hurt the Girl")
B♭4 ("Hits of the Year", "I Can't Hold On", "Letting Go", "Nirvana", "Out of Touch", "She Doesn't Have to Shave", "Some Fantastic Place", "Still", "Tracks of My Tears" live Sheffield 2014, "There's No Tomorrow")
A4 ("859-5937", "Action Speaks Faster", "Annie Get Your Gun", "Backtrack", "Beachland Ballroom", "Best of Times", "Big Beng", "Black Coffee in Bed", "By Your Side", "Can of Worms", "Cradle to the Grave", "Crying in My Sleep", "Cupid's Toy", "Daphne", "The Day I Get Home", "Domestic Distortion", "Electric Trains", "Everybody Sometimes", "Everyday People", "Everything in the World", "First Thing Wrong", "Get Smart", "Gone to the Dogs", "Got to Me", "G.S.O.H. Essential", "Hard to Find", "Harper Valley PTA", "Heaven", "Hope Fell Down", "Hostage", "Hourglass", "House of Love", "I Do Not Miss You (Nostalgia #2)", "If It's Love", "Images of Loving", "In Today's Room", "I Think I'm Go Go", "It's Over", "It's So Dirty", "Jolly Comes Home", "Lost for Words", "Man for All Seasons", "Melancholy Emotion", "No Place Like Home", "Observatory", "Out of Control", "Peter", "Peyton Place", "Piccadilly", "Picking Up the Pieces", "Pinocchio", "The Prisoner", "Reinventing the Wheel", "Relentless Pursuit", "Remember What", "Revue", "Rose I Said", "Satisfied", "Sex Master", "She Doesn't Have to Shave", "She's Gone", "Sleeping With a Friend", "Slightly Drunk", "Some Americans", "Summer Song (Espionage)", "Tears for Attention", "Tempted" live Sunday Night 1989, "There for Her", "Through the Net", "Tomorrow's World", "Tracks of My Tears" live Sheffield 2014, "The Truth", "Walk Away", "Who Are You", "Wicked and Cruel", "You Can't Hurt the Girl", "You See Me")
G♯4 ("Action Speaks Faster", "Annie Get Your Gun", "Break My Heart", "Everything in the World", "Got to Me", "Great Escape", "Grouch of the Day", "Hackensack", "Harper Valley PTA", "Hop Skip & Jump", "House of Love", "I Can't Get Up Anymore", "I Can't Hold On", "Images of Loving", "It's Over", "I've Returned", "Last Call for Love", "Little Ships", "Love Circles", "Love Hope & Strength", "Love's Crashing Waves", "Man for All Seasons", "Melody Motel", "Morning", "Mud Island", "Observatory", "The Ones", "On My Mind Tonight", "Open", "Play On", "Please Please Me" live Abbey Road 2013, "Private Number", "Separate Beds", "She Makes Me", "Slaughtered Gutted and Heartbroken", "Sunday Street", "There Is a Voice", "(This Could Be) The Last Time", "This Road", "This Is Where You Ain't", "Whenever We Meet", "Where I Can Be Your Friend", "Woman's World", "Wonderful", "You Can't Hurt the Girl")
G4 ("859-5937", "Albatross", "Bang Bang", "Backtrack", "Beachland Ballroom", "Beautiful Game", "Best of Times", "Binga Bong!", "Black Sheep", "By Your Side", "The Call", "Can of Worms", "Cat on a Wall", "Cigarette of a Single Man", "Cold Shoulder", "Cruel", "Cupid's Toy", "Crying in My Sleep", "Departure Lounge", "Domino", "Don't You Want Me", "Dr. Jazz", "Electric Trains", "Elephant Girl", "Evaline", "Every Story", "Farfisa Beat", "First Thing Wrong", "Footprints", "Fruit Cake", "Genitalia of a Fool", "Get Up Stand Up", "Get Smart", "Gone to the Dogs", "Goodbye Girl", "G.S.O.H. Essential", "Happy Days", "Happy Disposition", "Heaven Knows", "Hits of the Year", "Honeytrap", "Hot Shaved Asian Teens", "Hourglass", "I Learnt How to Pray", "Innocence in Paradise", "In Quintessence", "Interest & Love", "Interviewing Randy Newman", "It's Too Late", "I Want You", "I Won't See You", "Jolly Comes Home", "King George Street", "Letting Go", "Little Ships", "Lovely Day", "Melancholy Emotion", "Melody Motel", "Messed Around", "Misadventure", "Morning", "A Moving Song", "Mumbo Jumbo", "Neptune", "Nightride", "Nirvana", "Once Upon a Time Ago", "One Day I'll Fly Away" live Uttoxeter 2012, "The Ones", "Only 15", "Onto the Dance Floor", "Other World", "Out of Touch", "Persephone", "Peyton Place", "Please Be Upstanding", "Points of View", "Product" live Holmfirth 2009, "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)", "Ray & Me", "Relentless Pursuit", "Remember What", "Rose I Said", "Rough Ride", "Sex Master", "A Short Break", "Slap and Tickle", "Slaughtered Artist", "Sleeping With a Friend", "Some Fantastic Place", "Sound Asleep", "Still", "Stranger than the Stranger on the Shore", "Summer Song (Espionage)", "Sunny", "Suspicious Minds" live Northallerton 2014, "Talk to Him", "Tears for Attention", "There at the Top", "There Is a Voice", "There's No Tomorrow", "Third Rail", "This Road", "This Summer", "Top of the Form", "Touching Me Touching You", "Tough Love", "Tracks of My Tears" live Sheffield 2014, "Trust Me to Open My Mouth", "The Truth", "To Be a Dad", "Untouchable", "Up the Creek", "Voodoo Child" live Houston 2009, "Wagon Train", "The Waiting Game", "Walk Away", "Walk a Straight Line", "We Went Thataway", "When the Hangover Strikes", "When Love Goes to Sleep", "Who Are You", "Wicked and Cruel", "Without You Here")
F♯4 ("859-5937", "A&E", "Another Nail in My Heart", "Big Beng", "Black Coffee in Bed", "Black Sheep", "The Call", "Can of Worms", "Cigarette of a Single Man", "Cold Shoulder", "Cradle to the Grave", "The Day I Get Home", "Dolly My Love", "Domestic Distortion", "Donkey Talk", "Elephant Girl", "The Elephant Ride", "Evaline", "Every Story", "Everything", "Farfisa Beat", "F-Hole", "Goodbye Girl", "Got to Me", "Great Escape", "Grouch of the Day", "Haywire", "Hope Fell Down", "Hostage", "I Can't Get Up Anymore", "If I Didn't Love You", "If It's Love", "I'm At Home Tonight", "Interviewing Randy Newman", "In the Morning", "Is That Love", "It's So Dirty", "I've Returned", "Jesus Was a Cross Maker", "King George Street", "Labelled With Love", "Last Call for Love", "Little King", "Lost in Space", "Model", "Mud Island", "Mumbo Jumbo", "No Place Like Home", "One Day I'll Fly Away" live Uttoxeter 2012, "On My Mind Tonight", "Other World", "Out of Control", "Open", "Parallel World", "Persephone", "Peter", "Piccadilly", "Pinocchio", "Play On", "The Prisoner", "Ray", "Reinventing the Wheel", "Separate Beds", "She Doesn't Have to Shave", "She's Gone", "Slightly Drunk", "Some Fantastic Place", "Spanish Guitar", "Strong in Reason", "Sunday Breakfast Treat", "Sunday Street", "Talk to Him", "Temptation for Love", "Tempted" live Sunday Night 1989, "There at the Top", "(This Could Be) The Last Time", "This Is Where You Ain't", "Through the Net", "To Be a Dad", "Tomorrow's World", "Two Forks", "Vicky Verky", "Walk Away", "Weather With You" live Harlow 2014, "Whenever We Meet", "When the Hangover Strikes", "When Love Goes to Sleep", "Woman's World", "You See Me")
F4 ("Beachland Ballroom", "Daphne", "Departure Lounge", "Don't You Want Me", "Everybody Sometimes", "Fingertips", "Fruit Cake", "Genitalia of a Fool", "Heaven Knows", "Hello There", "I Learnt How to Pray", "I'm At Home Tonight", "In Quintessence", "Interest & Love", "Is That Love", "I Think I'm Go Go", "I Want You", "I Won't See You", "The Knack", "Last Time Forever", "Letting Go", "Misadventure", "Once Upon a Time Ago", "One Dark Moment", "Only 15", "Patchouli", "Revue", "Rose I Said", "Satisfied", "Snap, Crackle and Pop", "Still", "Some Americans", "Someone Else's Bell", "Take Me I'm Yours", "Tears for Attention", "The Waiting Game", "What's Wrong With This Picture?")


Significant Low Notes:

E3 ("Albatross", "Another Nail in My Heart", "The Apple Tree", "Bang Bang", "Bongo Bill", "Cat on a Wall", "Cruel", "Departure Lounge", "Domestic Distortion", "Don't You Want Me", "Donkey Talk", "The Elephant Ride", "Every Story", "Everything", "Final Score", "Great Escape", "Grouch of the Day", "Haywire", "Hello There", "Innocence in Paradise", "Interviewing Randy Newman", "In the Morning", "It's Over", "Is That Love", "I Won't See You", "Jesus Was a Cross Maker", "King George Street", "Labelled With Love", "Last Time Forever", "Letting Go", "Little Ships", "Lovely Day", "Man for All Seasons", "Model", "A Moving Song", "No Place Like Home", "Observatory", "Once Upon a Time Ago", "One Day I'll Fly Away" live Uttoxeter 2012, "On My Mind Tonight", "Onto the Dance Floor", "Parallel World", "Peter", "Piccadilly", "Points of View", "Private Number", "Reinventing the Wheel", "Rupert", "She Makes Me", "Someone Else's Bell", "Summertime Blues" live Maidstone 2013, "Temptation for Love", "There for Her", "This Is Where You Ain't", "Tomorrow's World", "Touching Me Touching You", "Tough Love", "Untouchable", "Vanity Fair", "Weather With You" live Harlow 2014, "We Went Thataway", "When Love Goes to Sleep", "Where I Can Be Your Friend", "You See Me")
E♭3 ("The Apple Tree", "Beautiful Game", "Black Sheep", "Hackensack", "I Can't Hold On", "Politics & Beer", "Snap, Crackle and Pop", "Sunday Breakfast Treat", "Temptation for Love")
D3 ("Big Beng", "Binga Bong!", "Black Sheep", "Cat on a Wall", "Cradle to the Grave", "Evaline", "Everybody Sometimes", "Everyday People", "Footprints", "G.S.O.H. Essential", "Happy Disposition", "Honeytrap", "Hope Fell Down", "Hostage", "I Learnt How to Pray", "Interest & Love", "Jesus Was a Cross Maker", "A Moving Song", "Mumbo Jumbo", "Nightride", "Only 15", "On My Mind Tonight", "Other World", "Play On", "Ray & Me", "Satisfied", "Stranger than the Stranger on the Shore", "Sunday Breakfast Treat", "Tears for Attention", "There''s No Tomorrow", "This Strange Effect", "Tracks of My Tears" live Sheffield 2014, "Voodoo Child" live Houston 2009, "Wagon Train", "What's Wrong With This Picture?", "Wichita Lineman")
C♯3 ("Donkey Talk", "Observatory", "Parallel World", "Persephone", "Separate Beds", "Up the Junction", "Woman's World", "Wonderful")
C3 ("Genitalia of a Fool", "I Must Be In a Good Place Now", "Patchouli", "Points of View", "Satisfied", "Without You Here")
B2 ("Cruel", "The Elephant Ride", "Everyday People", "She Makes Me", "Up the Junction", "Vanity Fair")
B♭2 ("Hackensack", "I Must Be In a Good Place Now", "Politics & Beer")
A2 ("Bongo Bill", "Dennis", "Domestic Distortion", "She's Gone")
G♯2 ("Dennis")

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{Questionable Notes}
F♯5 "Black Coffee in Bed" [2]
D5 "Beachland Ballroom" [2]
C♯5 "Daphne" [2]
C5 "Break My Heart" [5], "Who Are You" [2]
B4 "The Day I Get Home" [2]

B2 "Sunday Breakfast Treat" [1]
A2 "There for Her" [2] [4]
G2 "Binga Bong!" [2], "Too Close to the Sun" [2]
F2 "Best of Times" [2]
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.

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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.