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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 /TiVo
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Kevin Godley, ComposerLyricist - Laurence Neil Creme, 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
Graham Gouldman, ComposerLyricist - Eric Stewart, ComposerLyricist - 10CC, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Mercury Records Limited
Kevin Godley, ComposerLyricist - Laurence Neil Creme, ComposerLyricist - Graham Gouldman, ComposerLyricist - Eric Stewart, ComposerLyricist - 10CC, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Mercury Records Limited
Kevin Godley, ComposerLyricist - Laurence Neil Creme, ComposerLyricist - 10CC, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Mercury Records Limited
Graham Gouldman, ComposerLyricist - Eric Stewart, ComposerLyricist - 10CC, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Mercury Records Limited
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 - Laurence Neil Creme, ComposerLyricist - 10CC, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Mercury Records Limited
Kevin Godley, ComposerLyricist - Graham Gouldman, ComposerLyricist - 10CC, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Mercury Records Limited
Kevin Godley, ComposerLyricist - Laurence Neil Creme, ComposerLyricist - 10CC, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Mercury Records Limited
Album review
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 /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:57
- Main artists: 10cc
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1997 Mercury Records Limited ℗ 1996 Mercury Records Limited
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