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10cc is one of those bands that creates problems for the compilers of compilations because they changed record companies, spreading their catalog around. The good news, from the viewpoint of American fans, is that most of the group's U.S. hits reside in the archives of one of the major labels, Universal Music, which is responsible for the 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection series of midline-priced best-of collections. 10cc began life on the UK Records label, for which the band scored a series of British hits in 1972-1974, none of which are featured here. The only one of those to reach the U.S. charts was "Rubber Bullets." Then the group switched to Mercury for the 1975 British hit "Life Is a Minestrone" (included here). They made their American breakthrough with the pop ballad "I'm Not in Love" later that year. (Both it and its non-LP B-side "Channel Swimmer" are included.) "I'm Not in Love" was not really typical of this eclectic, arty band, but subsequent singles scored only modestly in the U.S. (while continuing to hit the Top Ten at home) until another pop ballad, "The Things We Do for Love," restored them to favor in America in early 1977. They remained basically a two-hit wonder stateside, but this collection, which features eight of their nine U.S. chart entries, gives a good sense of their ambitious, conceptual approach to music, an approach that occasionally embraced light, romantic pop tunes like their two big American hits. Of course, a comprehensive collection would have to include the early hits, but for U.S. fans who heard the band on the radio between 1975 and 1979, this inexpensive set should do fine.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Kevin Godley, Drums, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Neil Creme, ComposerLyricist - Graham Gouldman, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lol Creme, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Stewart, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - 10CC, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Mercury Records Limited
Kevin Godley, ComposerLyricist - Graham Gouldman, ComposerLyricist - 10CC, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Mercury Records Limited
Kevin Godley, Synthesizer Programming, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Graham Gouldman, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lol Creme, Piano, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Stewart, Piano, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - 10CC, Producer, Music Production, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Mercury Records Limited
Kevin Godley, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Laurence Neil Creme, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Graham Gouldman, ComposerLyricist - Eric Stewart, ComposerLyricist - 10CC, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Mercury Records Limited
Kevin Godley, Drums, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Graham Gouldman, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lol Creme, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Stewart, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - 10CC, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Mercury Records Limited
Kevin Godley, ComposerLyricist - Laurence Neil Creme, ComposerLyricist - 10CC, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Mercury Records Limited
Graham Gouldman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Eric Stewart, Mixer, Engineer, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - 10CC, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Burgess, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 Mercury Records Limited
Graham Gouldman, ComposerLyricist - Eric Stewart, ComposerLyricist - 10CC, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1977 Mercury Records Limited
Graham Gouldman, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Eric Stewart, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - 10CC, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Burgess, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1977 Mercury Records Limited
Graham Gouldman, ComposerLyricist - Eric Stewart, ComposerLyricist - 10CC, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1979 Mercury Records Limited
Graham Gouldman, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eric Stewart, Producer, ComposerLyricist - 10CC, MainArtist
℗ 1978 Mercury Records Limited
Album review
10cc is one of those bands that creates problems for the compilers of compilations because they changed record companies, spreading their catalog around. The good news, from the viewpoint of American fans, is that most of the group's U.S. hits reside in the archives of one of the major labels, Universal Music, which is responsible for the 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection series of midline-priced best-of collections. 10cc began life on the UK Records label, for which the band scored a series of British hits in 1972-1974, none of which are featured here. The only one of those to reach the U.S. charts was "Rubber Bullets." Then the group switched to Mercury for the 1975 British hit "Life Is a Minestrone" (included here). They made their American breakthrough with the pop ballad "I'm Not in Love" later that year. (Both it and its non-LP B-side "Channel Swimmer" are included.) "I'm Not in Love" was not really typical of this eclectic, arty band, but subsequent singles scored only modestly in the U.S. (while continuing to hit the Top Ten at home) until another pop ballad, "The Things We Do for Love," restored them to favor in America in early 1977. They remained basically a two-hit wonder stateside, but this collection, which features eight of their nine U.S. chart entries, gives a good sense of their ambitious, conceptual approach to music, an approach that occasionally embraced light, romantic pop tunes like their two big American hits. Of course, a comprehensive collection would have to include the early hits, but for U.S. fans who heard the band on the radio between 1975 and 1979, this inexpensive set should do fine.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:44
- Main artists: 10cc
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group This Compilation ℗ 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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