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Greatest Hits 1972–1978
Greatest Hits 1972–1978 is a compilation album by the English rock band 10cc Content The compilation brings together all the band's charting UK singles between 1972 and 1978 and is the first to include the band's recordings both with UK Records and Mercury. "Rubber Bullets", "Life Is a Minestrone" and "Art for Art's Sake" are presented in single edited forms. The cover art for the album was designed by Storm Thorgerson. Release and reception The album was released in time for Christmas 1979 and was intended as a stop-gap between albums, whilst Eric Stewart recovered from his car accident that temporary halted the band's activity. The album was a big success reaching No.5 in the UK charts. A single was released alongside, coupling 10cc biggest hit " I'm Not in Love" with "For You And I" from the ''Bloody Tourists'' album. The single failed to chart. The album was reissued as part of 2017 ''During After - The Best of 10cc and Beyond'' compilation album and ''Before Duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10cc
10cc are an English rock band formed in Stockport in 1972. The group initially consisted of four musicians – Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme – who had written and recorded together since 1968. The group featured two songwriting teams. Stewart and Gouldman were predominantly pop songwriters, who created most of the band's accessible songs. Godley and Creme were the predominantly experimental half of 10cc, featuring art and cinematically inspired writing. Every member of 10cc was a multi-instrumentalist, singer, writer and producer. Most of the band's records were recorded at their own Strawberry Studios (North) in Stockport and Strawberry Studios (South) in Dorking, with most of those engineered by Stewart. From 1972 to 1978, 10cc had five consecutive UK top-ten albums: ''Sheet Music'' (1974), '' The Original Soundtrack'' (1975), '' How Dare You!'' (1976), ''Deceptive Bends'' (1977) and ''Bloody Tourists'' (1978). 10cc also had twelve singles reach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Worst Band In The World
''Sheet Music'' is the second album by the English rock band 10cc. It was released in 1974 on UK records (No: UKAL 1007), and yielded the hit singles " The Wall Street Shuffle" and " Silly Love". The album reached No. 9 in the UK and No. 81 in the United States. Production The album was produced by 10cc, engineered and mixed by Eric Stewart. It includes all possible combinations of co-writing duos between Stewart, Gouldman, Godley and Creme, which the band used to experiment and explore new creativity while making the album. In a 2006 interview, ex-drummer Kevin Godley said: "We'd really started to explode creatively and didn't recognise any boundaries. We were buzzing on each other and exploring our joint and individual capabilities. Lots of excitement and energy at those sessions and, more important, an innocence that was open to anything." While 10cc were recording their album during the night, Paul McCartney was using the Strawberry Studios in the daytime to produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10cc Albums
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Kent Music Report
The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999. The chart was re-branded the Australian Music Report (AMR) in July 1987. From June 1988, the Australian Recording Industry Association, which had been using the top 50 portion of the report under licence since mid-1983, chose to produce their own listing as the ARIA Charts. Before the Kent Report, ''Go-Set'' magazine published weekly Top-40 Singles from 1966, and Album charts from 1970 until the magazine's demise in August 1974. David Kent later published Australian charts from 1940 to 1973 in a retrospective fashion, using state by state chart data obtained from various Australian radio stations. Background Kent had spent a number of years previously working in the music industry at both EMI and Phonogram records and had developed the report initially as a hobby. The Kent Music Report was first release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreadlock Holiday
"Dreadlock Holiday" is a reggae song by 10cc. Written by Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman, it was the lead single from the band's 1978 album, ''Bloody Tourists''. Composition The song was based on real events Eric Stewart and Moody Blues vocalist Justin Hayward experienced in Barbados; and Graham Gouldman experienced in Jamaica. Graham Gouldman commented: "Some of the experiences that are mentioned are true, and some of them are ... fairly true!" Stewart recalled seeing a white guy "trying to be cool and he looked so naff" walking into a group of Afro-Caribbeans and being reprimanded, which became the lyric "Don't you walk through my words, you got to show some respect." Another lyric came from a conversation Gouldman had with a Jamaican, who when asked if he liked cricket replied, "No, I love it!". Music video The music video for the song was directed by Storm Thorgerson. The beach scene in the official video was filmed on the Dorset coast near Charmouth. Reception "Dreadlock H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Things We Do For Love (song)
"The Things We Do for Love" is a song by British band 10cc, released as a single in 1976. It later featured on the album ''Deceptive Bends'' released in 1977 and was the group's first release after the departure of band members Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. Track listing ;UK 7" single :A. "The Things We Do for Love" – 3:32 :B. "Hot to Trot" – 4:28 Personnel *Eric Stewart - lead & backing vocals, electric lead guitar, piano, organ *Graham Gouldman - bass, electric & acoustic rhythm guitars, tambourine, handclaps, backing vocals * Paul Burgess - drums, tambourine, handclaps, gong Chart performance The song was a hit in various countries worldwide, reaching No. 1 in Canada, as well as peaking at No. 6 in the UK, No. 5 in Australia, No. 13 in the Netherlands, No. 2 in Ireland and No. 5 in the US, where it reached gold status and became the band's best-selling single. Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Amy Grant version "The Things We Do for Love" was co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Morning Judge
"Good Morning Judge" is a song by English art rock band 10cc, released as the second single from their 1977 album '' Deceptive Bends''. The song became the group's sixth consecutive Top 10 single in the United Kingdom, reaching No. 5. Music video A music video was produced for the song that revolves around a fictional courtroom trial. It features Eric Stewart as the defendant who is alleged to have committed a grand theft auto, and Graham Gouldman as the judge in a court. Stewart and Gouldman also play various other characters with Paul Burges, including members of the jury. The trial eventually ends with the conviction of the defendant, who is incarcerated. Personnel *Eric Stewart – vocals, piano, Moog synthesizer, backing vocals, slide guitar *Graham Gouldman – bass guitar, electric guitars, tambourine, backing vocals, six-string bass * Paul Burges – drums, tambourine, Wah piano, cabasa Chart performance References External links '10cc - Good Morning Judg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Mandy Fly Me
"I'm Mandy Fly Me" is a single by 10cc released in 1976. It was taken from the '' How Dare You!'' album, and reached No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart. Writing and recording In a radio interview, Stewart recalled the origins of the song: He continued: The album version of "I'm Mandy Fly Me" features an intro in form of one of the bridge sections of the band's 1974 song "Clockwork Creep". The section, whose lyrics are "Oh, no you'll never get me up in one of these again / 'Cause what goes up must come down", is rendered soft and tinny, as if heard playing from a portable transistor radio or an in-flight audio system. Personnel * Eric Stewart - lead vocal, electric piano, grand piano, lead guitar (second solo), whistle, backing vocals * Graham Gouldman - bass guitar, double bass, six string bass, acoustic guitar, zither, backing vocals * Lol Creme - acoustic guitar, lead guitar (first solo), Moog synthesizer, vibraphone, backing vocals * Kevin Godley Kevin Michael Godley (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wall Street Shuffle
"The Wall Street Shuffle" is a single by the British pop/rock band 10cc, released in 1974 on the UK Records label, from the band's 1974 album ''Sheet Music''. It was the most successful single to be released from the album, reaching No. 10 on the UK chart. The song features a classic rock riff and lyrics that deal with Wall Street and the economy. It features several topical cultural references and specifically mentions Getty, Rothschild and Howard Hughes. Track listing 7" vinyl Personnel For "The Wall Street Shuffle": * Eric Stewart – lead guitar, vocals, electric piano, grand piano, Mellotron, organ * Lol Creme – rhythm guitar * Graham Gouldman – bass, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar, percussion * Kevin Godley – drums, percussion Chart performance Weekly charts Year-end charts Covers ABBA singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad recorded a Swedish version called "Guld och gröna ängar" ("Gold and Green Meadows" with Swedish lyrics by Owe Junsjö) on her solo album ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dean And I
"The Dean and I" is a song by the art rock/ pop band 10cc, from their 1973 eponymous debut album, written by Lol Creme and Kevin Godley. The song was released as the fourth single from the album in August 1973 and peaked at #10 on the UK Singles Chart. The single reached the top of the Irish Singles Chart on 20 September 1973. Music and lyrics The first real lines of the song are ''"Hey, kids, let me tell you how I met your mom. We were dancing and romancing at the senior prom"''. The epic poem '' Paradise Lost'' by John Milton is mentioned in the lyrics: "Now who would have guessed Milton's Paradise Lost could be found." The song has been considered a parody of such sock hop songs as by Jerry Lee Lewis " High School Confidential", with the teenage romance ending in a midlife crisis and divorce. Release The album version of the song is slightly longer than the single version. Most of the material cut for the single release is from the introduction where the lyric on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silly Love
"Silly Love" is a song recorded by an English rock band 10cc released as the third and final single from the album ''Sheet Music Sheet music is a handwritten or printed form of musical notation that uses List of musical symbols, musical symbols to indicate the pitches, rhythms, or chord (music), chords of a song or instrumental Musical composition, musical piece. Like ...'' through UK Records in 1974. Personnel * Lol Creme – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Eric Stewart – vocals, lead guitar, electric guitar, grand piano, backing vocals * Kevin Godley – vocals, drums * Graham Gouldman – bass guitar, backing vocals Chart performance Weekly charts Year-end charts References {{Authority control 10cc songs 1974 songs 1974 singles Songs written by Eric Stewart Songs written by Lol Creme UK Records singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna (10cc Song)
"Donna" is the first single by British art pop band 10cc. Released in 1972, it peaked at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was written by Lol Creme and Kevin Godley. Overview "Donna", a parody of doo-wop songs (see also "Donna" by Ritchie Valens), was originally written as a potential B-side to the song "Waterfall". The song features sharp contrasts between falsetto in the chorus (Creme) and deep monotone vocals (Godley) in the verse. The melody line is similar to the Beatles song "Oh! Darling". Band member Eric Stewart has said: "We knew it had something. We only knew of one person who was mad enough to release it, and that was Jonathan King." The song was subsequently released on King's UK Records label. The band had considered releasing it under the name of "Doctor Father Part Two", resurrecting a band name they had used for their 1970 song "Umbopo". Band manager Harvey Lisberg Harvey Brian Lisberg (born 2 March 1940) is an English talent manager and impresario, bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
