''A Hundred Thousand in Fresh Notes'' is the third and final studio album from the British duo

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, released on 22 September 1989. The majority of the album was produced by Peter Collins, with four tracks produced by members

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and

Graham Gouldman Graham Keith Gouldman (born 10 May 1946) is an English singer, musician and songwriter, best known as the co-lead singer and bassist of the art rock band 10cc. He has been the band's only constant member since its formation in 1972. Before 10c ...

. "Wherever You Are" was released as the album's lead single, however it failed to generate commercial success in the UK or Europe. The second and final single, "Anchors Aweigh", reached No. 95 in the UK and remained in the charts for two weeks. After the album failed to achieve major commercial success, Gold and Gouldman disbanded and moved on to separate projects.

Critical reception

Upon its release, Paul Lewis of the ''

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'' praised ''A Hundred Thousand in Fresh Notes'' as "excellent" and continued, "The songs are accessible with enough quirky touches to lift them out of the ordinary soft rock bracket. There's little chance of this being a monster seller and that is a pity." The '' Newcastle Evening Chronicle'' commented, "Gouldman and Gold team up again and get off to a fine start with the melodic yet rhythmic 'Anchors Aweigh'. Obviously a lot of thought and care has gone into this album, from composing to performing and producing." Paul Taylor of the ''

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'' noted the album "is not an unqualified success", but added "there is plenty of high quality songwriting and fresh instrumentation outweighing the less-inspired tracks".

Track listing

Personnel

Wax *

– vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, drum programming, percussion *

– vocals, backing vocals, guitars, bass guitar, percussion Additional personnel * Gary Maughn – Fairlight synthesizer * Dave Stewart – additional keyboards * Stephen Ferrara – drums * Scott Handy – saxophones * Judd Lander –

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* John Cameron – string arrangements and conductor *

Miriam Stockley Miriam Arlene Stockley (born 15 April 1962) is a South African singer. She was born in Johannesburg, and her work is influenced by the Music of Africa, African music of her home country. Her distinctive ''vocal warm up#Vocalise, vocalise'' style ...

– backing vocals * Chris Thompson – backing vocals * Mr. Magic – rap Production * Peter Collins – producer (1-3, 5, 6, 9, 10) * Andrew Gold – producer (4, 7, 8, 10), engineer (4, 7, 8, 10) * Graham Gouldman – producer (4, 7, 8, 10) * Ian Taylor – engineer (1-3, 5, 6, 9, 10), mixing Album artwork * Anthony May – photography *

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and Colin Chambers – cover * Nexus – artwork, graphics

References

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