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10cc
Studio album by
10cc
ReleasedJuly 1973
Recorded1972
StudioStrawberry Studios, Stockport
Genre
Length34:28
LabelUK
Producer10cc
10cc chronology
10cc
(1973) 		Sheet Music
(1974)
Singles from 10cc
  1. "Donna" b/w "Hot Sun Rock"
    Released: September 1972
  2. "Johnny Don't Do It" b/w "4% Of Something"
    Released: December 1972
  3. "Rubber Bullets" b/w "Waterfall"
    Released: March 1973
  4. "The Dean and I" b/w "Bee in My Bonnet"
    Released: August 1973
  5. "Headline Hustler"
    Released: March 1974 (US only)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]

10cc is the debut album by British rock band 10cc. It was recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport, which was part-owned by guitarist and engineer Eric Stewart, and released on Jonathan King's UK Records [No: UKAL 1005] label. The album reached No.36 in the UK.

Release and promotion

The album was recorded in the aftermath of the success of the singles "Donna" and "Rubber Bullets", which charted #2 and #1 both in UK and Ireland respectively. The closing track, "Fresh Air for My Mama", was a reworking of a section from the song "You Didn't Like It Because You Didn't Think of It", the B-side of 1970's "Neanderthal Man", an international hit by the band under its former name of Hotlegs.

A total of four singles were released in the UK while the fifth single "Headline Hustler" was released only for the American market to promote then-current tour over there.

Some future versions of the album had an altered running order.

The 2000 CD reissue of the album featured all the b-sides of the album's singles. The album in its entirety along with 2000's bonus cuts appeared, along with 10cc's second album, "Sheet Music" and all its released bonus cuts, on 2004 "10cc - The Complete UK Recordings," on Varèse Sarabande Records.

Critical reception

Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "If you only know the forty-five-rpm version of 'Rubber Bullets,' then you missed their best rhyme: 'balls and chains' with 'balls and brains.' A calculated, devilishly clever version of what the Beach Boys ought to be doing. Or the Bonzo Dog Band should have done. Or something."[2]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Johnny, Don't Do It"
Creme with Godley3:36
2."Sand in My Face"
  • Godley
  • Creme
  • Gouldman
Godley with Creme and Gouldman3:36
3."Donna"
  • Creme
  • Godley
Creme with Godley2:53
4."The Dean and I"
  • Creme
  • Godley
Creme with Godley3:03
5."Headline Hustler"
Gouldman with Stewart3:31
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Speed Kills"
  • Creme
  • Stewart
  • Godley
  • Gouldman
Creme, Stewart, Godley and Gouldman3:47
2."Rubber Bullets"
  • Creme
  • Godley
  • Gouldman
Creme with Godley and Gouldman5:15
3."The Hospital Song"
  • Creme
  • Godley
Creme with Godley2:41
4."Ships Don't Disappear in the Night (Do They?)"
  • Stewart
  • Gouldman
Stewart with Godley3:04
5."Fresh Air for My Mama"
  • Godley
  • Creme
  • Stewart
Godley with Creme and Stewart3:04

German 1993 CD Re-Release one bonus track

  1. "18 Carat Man of Means"

2000 Repertoire CD Reissue includes five bonus tracks

  1. "Hot Sun Rock" (Stewart, Gouldman)
  2. "4% of Something" (Stewart, Creme)
  3. "Waterfall" (Stewart, Gouldman)
  4. "Bee in My Bonnet" (Stewart, Gouldman)
  5. "Rubber Bullets (Single Version)" (Godley, Creme, Gouldman)

Personnel

  • Eric Stewart – electric lead guitar (all tracks), slide guitar (2, 5, 9), Moog synthesizer (5, 6, 9), backing vocals (all tracks), lead vocals (5, 6, 9, 10)
  • Lol Creme – electric (1-7, 10) and acoustic (4) guitars, grand piano (1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10), Fender Rhodes electric piano (2, 4, 8-10), Moog synthesizer (1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10), Mellotron (6, 9, 10), maracas (5, 6, 10), backing vocals (all tracks), lead vocals (1-4, 6-8, 10)
  • Graham Gouldman – bass (all tracks), electric (6-8) and acoustic (2-4, 7, 9) guitars, Dobro (2), tambourine (2-6, 8), backing vocals (all tracks), lead vocals (2, 5-7)
  • Kevin Godley – drums (all tracks), percussion (2, 4-8, 10), backing vocals (all tracks), lead vocals (all but 5), vibraphone (2, 8), drum stick (9)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1973) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[3] 36
US Billboard 200[4] 201

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[5] Silver 60,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Ofjord, Michael. 10cc at AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 15 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  4. ^ "10cc Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  5. ^ id MUST BE PROVIDED for UK CERTIFICATION.
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