01. Johnny Don't Do It (Kevin Godley/Lol Creme/Graham Gouldman) – 3:35
02. Sand In My Face (Godley/Creme/Gouldman/Eric Stewart) – 3:37
03. Donna (Gouldman/Stewart) – 2:53
04. The Dean And I (Godley/Creme) – 3:02
05. Headline Hustler (Gouldman/Stewart) – 3:30
06. Speed Kills (Stewart/Godley/Creme/Gouldman) – 3:46
07. Rubber Bullets (Godley/Creme/Gouldman) – 5:16
08. The Hospital Song (Godley/Creme) – 2:40
09. Ships Don't Disappear In The Night (Do They?) (Gouldman/Stewart) – 3:03
10. Fresh Air For My Mama (Godley/Creme/Stewart)– 3:02

- Graham Gouldman - bass, acoustic guitar, dobro guitar, electric guitar,
 tambourine, vocals
- Kevin Godley - drums, percussion, vocals
- Eric Stewart - lead guitar, slide guitar, moog synthesizer, vocals
- Lol Creme - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, grand piano, synthesizer, 
mellotron, percussion, vocals

Displaying a command of pop styles and satire, 10cc showed that they are a force to be reckoned with on their first album. Hooks abound, harmonies shine, and instrumentation is dazzling without being overdone. Though charges of "self-consciously clever" could be leveled at the group, their command of witty, Anglo-styled pop is so impressive that even those criticisms must be weighed against the mastery of styles. All four members sing lead and are talented songwriters, and this leads to a wide variety of styles that add to their vision. Featuring their number one U.K. hit "Rubber Bullets," 10cc wade through ten selections of satire and parody. One of the best is "Johnny Don't Do It," a parody of all the "death discs" of the late '50s and early '60s (the misunderstood "bad but really good" guy who is killed in a wreck). More contemporary and bitingly sarcastic is "Headline Hustler," a commentary on the ravenous, scandal-hungry media. Medical facilities and the treatment afforded there is given ripe 10cc commentary in "The Hospital Song." ("And when I go, I'll die of plaster casting love.") Whether doing loving parodies of the music they grew up with or satirizing contemporary issues, 10cc show themselves to be top-level purveyors of pop on their debut recording. Some might criticize the group for being too self-satisfied with their own intelligence, but there is no denying the true craftsmanship and humor on their 1973 debut. ---Michael Ofjord, allmusic.com

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01. Dreadlock Holiday (Eric Stewart/Graham Gouldman) – 4:27
02. For You And I (Eric Stewart/Graham Gouldman) – 5:17
03. Take These Chains (Eric Stewart/Graham Gouldman) – 2:35
04. Shock On The Tube (Don't Want Love) (Eric Stewart) – 3:37
05. Last Night (Graham Gouldman/Rick Fenn) – 3:09
06. The Anonymous Alcoholic (Eric Stewart/Graham Gouldman) – 5:37
07. Reds In My Bed (Eric Stewart/Stuart Tosh) – 4:07
08. Lifeline (Graham Gouldman) – 3:26
09. Tokyo (Eric Stewart) – 4:29
10. Old Mister Time (Eric Stewart/Duncan Mackay) – 4:24
11. From Rochdale To Ocho Rios (Graham Gouldman) – 3:40
12. Everything You Wanted To Know About!!! (Eric Stewart) – 4:24

- Eric Stewart - maracas, electric piano, organ, moog synthesizer, guitars, 
grand piano, cow bells, vocals
- Graham Gouldman - basses, acoustic & electric guitar, cabasa, whistle, vocals
- Rick Fenn - electric guitar, organ, moog, bass, vocals
- Paul Burgess - congas, drums, glockenspiel, marimba, tambourine, 
timbales, triangle, bells, drums, vibraphone
- Duncan Mackay - synthesizer, piano, violin, electric piano, 
taurus bass pedals, vocals
- Stuart Tosh - drums, tambourine, cow bells, jingle bells, 
trombone, bongos, congas, vocals

After proving they could keep 10cc alive as a duo act with 1977's successful Deceptive Bends, Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman pressed on in 1978 with Bloody Tourists. Although it scored some notable hits, it was a less consistent and less memorable affair than its predecessor. The problem with Bloody Tourists is that it feels like a group of session musicians trying to come up with songs in the 10cc style instead of a proper 10cc album. The eccentric humor that once flowed freely feels forced on this album: "Reds In My Bed" is a lame stab at Cold War satire that never really succeeds in saying anything while "Shock On The Tube (Don't Want Love)" tries to be daring with its tale of a subway sex fantasy and instead comes off as smutty and dull. Another problem is that the music propping up these narratives is lacking in both hooks and inspiration: the backing track for "Take These Chains" is a dull attempt at rockabilly that sounds like an especially poppy Eagles outtake and "The Anonymous Alcoholic" has a disco-parody portion that merely sounds like a mediocre example of the music it is supposedly sending up. However, the album's singles present a few bright moments: "For You And I" is a lovely ballad that fortifies its attractive melody with some strong vocal harmonies and "Dreadlock Holiday" chronicles the exploits of a hapless tourist in Jamaican against a catchy pop-reggae backdrop. Sadly, these are the first two tracks on the album so when they have passed there isn't much to look forward to. In the end, Bloody Tourists is competent enough to keep the 10cc's hardcore fans happy but the casual listener is advised to track down its hits on a compilation. ---Donald A. Guarisco, AllMusic Review

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01. One-Two-Five (Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart) – 5:08
02. Welcome To The World (Rick Fenn, Duncan Mackay) – 3:39
03. How'm I Ever Gonna Say Goodbye (Fenn, Gouldman) – 3:36
04. Don't Send We Back (Fenn) – 3:15
05. I Took You Home (Stewart) – 5:06
06. It Doesn't Matter At All (Gouldman, Stewart) – 3:59
07. Dressed To Kill (Gouldman, Stewart) – 3:26
08. Lovers Anonymous (Gouldman, Stewart) – 5:02
09. I Hate To Eat Alone (Gouldman) – 2:53
10. Strange Lover (Gouldman, Stewart) – 3:39
11. L.A. Inflatable (Gouldman, Stewart) – 4:26

- Eric Stewart - lead vocals, guitars, electric piano, vocoder, slide lead guitar, marraca, percussion
- Graham Gouldman - lead vocals, bass, guitars, congas
- Paul Burgess - drums, percussion, marimba, timpani
- Duncan Mackay - Yamaha CS80, organ, clavinet duo, harpsichord, vocoder, tubular bells, electric piano
- Rick Fenn - vocals, guitars, lead vocals (04)
- Stuart Tosh - backing vocals, percussion, timpani

With 10cc's last album, Bloody Tourists, having spun off the monster hit "Dreadlock Holiday," it would be a very brave person indeed who could argue that the most consistently inventive band of the previous eight years had finally run out of steam. But there were clues; no follow-up hits on the last album, a certain lack of pizzazz on their most recent tours, and an incapacitating car accident that kept Eric Stewart immobile for almost nine months. Put all that together and, when Look Hear? did finally materialize, the surprise might have been that it was as good as it was. Which, to be honest, wasn't much. It was old news now that the departures of Godley and Creme had robbed the band of the left-field experimentation that made the earlier records such classics; this was the surviving duo's third album since then. But the enthusiasm, too, had gone. Songs on Look Hear? either struggled half-heartedly to amuse (the disco semi-parody "One Two Five," the odd "I Hate to Eat Alone"), or else they didn't do much of anything, beyond nailing a pleasant melody to some gentle words dripped slowly onto the rug. You listened and half of it went in one ear and out the other, and that is still the problem today. It's "OK." It's "not bad." It's "a bit bland." It's "ho hum." Two bonus tracks on the 7-Ts reissue include the single edit of "One Two Five" and its B-side, "Only Child." Neither adds nor subtracts anything from the main attraction, apart from further beautifying what is, surprisingly, the album's first domestic CD release. ---Dave Thompson, AllMusic Review

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A1.a 	Part 1-One Night In Paris 	
A1.b 	Part 2-Same Night In Paris 	
A1.c 	Part 3-Later The Same Night In Paris 	
A2 	I'm Not In Love 	
A3 	Blackmail 	
B1 	The Second Sitting For The Last Supper 	
B2 	Brand New Day 	
B3 	Flying Junk 	
B4 	Life Is A Minestrone 	
B5 	The Film Of My Love

- Lol Creme - vocals, piano, percussion, guitar, mandolin, 
autoharp, gizmo, organ, moog, vibes, violin
- Kevin Godley - vocals, drums, percussion, timpani, 
moog, bongos, marimba, cello
- Graham Gouldman - vocals, bass, guitar, mandolin, 
autoharp, percussion
- Eric Stewart - vocals, guitar, piano, organ, percussion

10cc's third album, The Original Soundtrack, finally scored them a major hit in the United States, and rightly so; "I'm Not in Love" walked a fine line between self-pity and self-parody with its weepy tale of a boy who isn't in love (really!), and the marvelously lush production and breathy vocals allowed the tune to work beautifully either as a sly joke or at face value. The album's opener, "Une Nuit a Paris," was nearly as marvelous; a sly and often hilarious extended parody of both cinematic stereotypes of life and love in France and overblown European pop. And side one's closer, "Blackmail," was a witty tale of sex and extortion gone wrong, with a superb guitar solo embroidering the ride-out. That's all on side one; side two, however, is a bit spottier, with two undistinguished tunes, "Brand New Day" and "Flying Junk," nearly dragging the proceedings to a halt before the band rallied the troops for a happy ending with the hilarious "The Film of Our Love." The Original Soundtrack's best moments rank with the finest work 10cc ever released; however, at the same time it also displayed what was to become their Achilles' heel -- the inability to make an entire album as strong and memorable as those moments. ---Mark Deming, AllMusic Review

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01 – Brand New Day
02 – Dreadlock Holiday
03 – I Wanna Rule The World
04 – Life Is A Minestrone
05 – I’m Not In Love
06 – Rock’N'Roll Lullaby
07 – The Things We Do For Love
08 – Modern Man Blues
09 – People In Love
10 – Wall Street Shuffle
11 – For You And I
12 – Flying Junk
13 – Get It While You Can
14 – Run Away
15 – Take These Chains
16 – Channel Swimmer
17 – Charity Begins At Home
18 – From Rochdale To Ocho Rios

Spectrum's 2012 Dreadlock Holiday: The Collection is a scattershot collection of hits -- the expected "I'm Not in Love" and "The Things We Do for Love," plus "Life Is a Minestrone" and "Wall Street Shuffle" and the title track" -- album tracks and oddities, all adding up to a fitfully entertaining and often quite frustrating sampler. It has too many quirky choices to be representative or function as a good introduction, but if it's seen as merely an affordable grab bag, it does serve up some good tunes. ---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic Review

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01. The Wall Street Shuffle (Stewart/Gouldman) – 3:52
02. The Worst Band In The World (Creme/Gouldman) – 2:45
03. Hotel (Godley/Creme) – 4:54 
04. Old Wild Men (Godley/Creme) – 3:17 
05. Clockwork Creep (Godley/Creme) – 2:43 
06. Silly Love (Creme/Stewart) – 3:57
07. Somewhere In Hollywood (Godley/Creme) – 6:36
08. Baron Samedi (Stewart/Gouldman) – 3:42
09. The Sacro-Iliac (Godley/Gouldman) – 2:30
10. Oh Effendi (Stewart/Godley) – 2:49
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11. 18 Carat Man Of Means (single B-side 1974) (Codley/Creme/Gouldman/Stewart) - 3:26
12. Gismo My Way (single B-side 1974) (Codley/Creme/Gouldman/Stewart) - 3:42
13. Bee In My Bonnet - 2:04 

- Eric Stewart – guitars, piano, organ, vocals (01,04,08)
- Lol Creme – guitars, piano, synthesizer, mellotron, percussion, vocals (02,05,06)
- Graham Gouldman – bass, acoustic guitar, percussion, vocals (09,10)
- Kevin Godley – drums, percussion, vocals (03,04,07,10)

Apparently, working in the same studio as Paul McCartney works a whole lot of wonders. At the very least, it was inspiring for 10cc to be in the same studio - they even got to use the drumkit McCartney used for sessions on his brother Mike McGear's debut. The resulting album is the one the band usually refer to as their masterpiece. I don't necessarily agree - their first three albums are all highly consistent, and my choice of their third as being their best is certainly marginal. Nevertheless, there's no doubt Sheet Music is a great album. One thing's for sure - this is the band's most definitively bizarre album. The Beach Boys and Zappa doo-wop stylings are completely gone. The melodies are here, but 10cc are one band that cannot be content with just having one or two melodies in a song. They figured it was best to try and cram as many as they could into a 4-minute pop song. The best example of that is (ironically) "The Worst Band in the World". The instrumental track is more-or-less the same throughout, with a dry yet echoey guitar riff popping up from time-to-time, but each 'verse' has a different melody. I guess the idea behind the song - of them being the worst band in the world - is that they could barely carry a tune for more than twelve seconds. Lyrically, the highlight of the song is the 'bridge' (song divisions are pretty much useless in this review, since 10cc tend not to use regular song structures, or at least it seems that way), where they sing Never seen the van, leave it to the roadies. Never met the roadies, leave 'em in the van. There are many more brilliant quotes in this song, but if I brought them all up, it would spoil all the fun. ---alltime-records.com

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01. Don’t Ask    play
02. Overdraft In Overdrive
03. Don’t Turn Me Away
04. Memories     play
05. Notell Hotel
06. Les Nouveaux Riches
07. Action Man In A Motown Suit
08. Listen With Your Eyes
09. Lying Here With You
10. Survivor

Personnel
* Eric Stewart — vocals, synthesiser, guitars, bass, slide guitar, pianos,
 percussion, synthesiser strings, rock snare
* Graham Gouldman — vocals, bass, guitars, percussion, double bass, sitar
* Paul Burgess — drums, percussion
* Rick Fenn — guitars, fretless bass, backing vocals ("Don't Ask",
 "Action Man in Motown Suit")
* Marc Jordan — organ, piano, backing vocals, electric piano
* Vic Emerson — synclavier, string synthesiser, piano, electric piano, bass
* Lenni Crookes — sax on "Don't Turn Me Away"
* Simon Phillips — drums on "Survivor" and "Tomorrow's World Today"
* Keith Bessey — maracas on "Survivor"
* Andrew Gold — vocals, bass, guitar, piano, electric piano, synthesizer,
 vocoder, percussion

After the success of Bloody Tourists, and the artsy excess of Look Hear?, Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman gave the rest of the band their walking papers, and recorded this album as a duo. Sounding fresh and energized, this was by far 10cc's best album since 1977's Deceptive Bends. Maintaining a mild case of the quirkiness of old, Stewart and Gouldman embrace some of their finest melodies on this release, allowing the songs to speak for themselves. "Don't Ask" is one of those great little pop songs that you think you've heard somewhere before, but haven't, and it should have been a massive single, but wasn't. "Memories," "Les Nouveaux Riches," and "Overdraft In Overdrive" all utilize a reggae backbeat, but are even more carefree than their 1978 single "Dreadlock Holiday!" Both members share the spotlight throughout, trading off lead and backing vocals with ease. Gouldman's vocals sound more confident than ever, while Stewart still sings like an angel (he'll melt your heart on "Don't Turn Me Away," and "Lying Here With You"). The only weak track in the bunch is the barroom blues track, "Listen With Your Eyes," which was probably written in their sleep. The U.K. and U.S. versions of the albums differ by a few tracks (the U.S. version replaces three songs with tracks recorded with Andrew Gold). Quite possibly the last great 10cc album, and certainly the last to sound like a true collaborative effort between Stewart and Gouldman. ---Steve "Spaz" Schnee, AllMusic Review

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