Can’t think of a good band which had a string of hits in the 1970s heh. Think no further than 10cc and even after they split further hits followed for Kevin Godley (the bearded one) and Lol Crème (the high pitched voiced one).
Firstly the 10cc hits in chronological order. ‘Donna’ ... Read review
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A review by polydeuces on Very Best Of 10cc, The [Remastered] - 10cc April 17th, 2001
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Advantages:
Some excellent singles
Disadvantages:
Sounds a bit tame now
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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Can’t think of a good band which had a string of hits in the 1970s heh. Think no further than 10cc and even after they split further hits followed for Kevin Godley (the bearded one) and Lol Crème (the high pitched voiced one).
Firstly the 10cc hits in chronological order. ‘Donna’ is a simple 1950s feel pop ballad delivered by co-write Lol Crème but with some added depth from the backing. ‘Rubber Bullets’ followed a year later in 1973 and is the first track on the album to cover matters judicial or penal. An odd song about a jail riot to be quelled by force after a dance descends into violence. Well you don’t get that in a Westlife song do you. Another year later and ‘The Wall Street Shuffle’ charted as an anthem to corporate greed and the quest for money. Although the subject matter was quasi-serious 10cc did at least have a good tune behind the meaningful lyrics.
Most songwriting on the album falls into a pattern of Godley and Crème or through Eric Stewart (the cherub faced piano player) with Graham Gouldman (the nondescript guitarist). A rare Godley/Stewart composition is ‘Life Is A Minestrone’ one of three 1975 hits. This is a food as love and life analogy song with a nice guitar feel running through it. The other 1975 hits were ‘Art For Art’s Sake’ and ‘I’m Not In Love’. The latter deservedly featured in the all-time great love songs list. It is a superb pop ballad which was well produced. Proof that simple love songs can’t be beaten.
The fairly standard and uninspiring ‘The Things We Do For Love’ and the airline passengers favourite ‘I’m Mandy, Fly Me’ followed. ‘Mandy’ is an excellently constructed song. Like many 10cc songs it has lyrics which have a sense of purpose without being excessively meaningful. The song has a jangling pop guitar sound with solid drumming from Godley. In 1977 they released ‘Good Morning Judge’ a typically cheery song about a repeat offender in the judicial system. This typifies 10cc being unpredictable in choice of subject matter but then producing the song in a very pop standard fashion.
The following year saw them chart with ‘Dreadlock Holiday’ the anthem to their love of Jamaica, reggae and cricket despite the hostility of the natives. A very clever song in as you would have expected a reggae style. This proved to be the last of the 10cc group hits and the remainder of the album is taken up with Godley and Crème tracks. The first was ‘An Englishman In New York’ which is not the familiar Sting song but a rather uninspired hum-drum effort which was a very minor hit in 1979. Godley and Crème were more successful in 1981 with the ordinary ‘Snack Attack’ and 2 true pop standards ‘Under Your Thumb’ and ‘Wedding Bells’. ‘Under Your Thumb’ is a driving song about a wife who commits suicide after living in a loveless marriage whilst ‘Wedding Bells’ is a more standard love song.
The final track of the album chronologically is ‘Save A Mountain For Me’ which for all the world sounds like a traditional prison chaingang song. Like many of the songs of 10cc and later Godley and Crème this is produced to the highest standard.
10cc and Godley and Crème produced some lasting pop product. They were always new and inventive without being groundbreaking, smart without being too clever. To listen to 20 years on there is a lasting freshness in the songs. If you are over 40 this is an album well worth being in your collection.
Advantages: So Easy To Listen To and some Great Tracks Disadvantages: The Brilliant "Feel The Benefit" is not on this album
...which featured robotics. (This very best of album includes the Godley & Creme "Cry" which is a nice bonus) Back to 10cc..... The period from 1972 to 1979 was when in my opinion their output was at its absolute peak and many great songs were released. Their most recognisable are "I'm Mandy Fly Me", "Dreadlock Holiday", "I'm Not In Love" and "The Wall Street Shuffle".... my favourite though is "The Things We Do For Love" The only obvious negative is ... ...album but the album is still so great that you won't miss the benefit of not having it included! Full track listings and running times: 1. Donna 10cc 2:56 2. Rubber Bullets 10cc 5:19 3. The Dean And I 10cc 3:05 4. The Wall Street Shuffle 10cc 5. Silly Love 10cc 3:58 6. Life Is A Minestrone 10cc 4:42 7. I'm Not In Love 10cc 6:06 8. Art For Art's Sake 10cc 5:54 9. I'm Mandy Fly Me 10cc 5.23 10. The Things We Do For Love 10cc 3:32 11. Good Morning Judge ...
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Advantages: comprehensive Disadvantages: could've been a double cd package instead
...compilation - it includes the very first incarnation of the four members of this band as Hotlegs w/ their single "Neanderthal Man", up to the two remaining members Stewart and Gouldman's final schtick as 10CC w/ the single "Dreadlock Holiday" from the BLOODY TOURISTS album; + this also contains the other half of the band playing as Godley&Creme, w/ their songs "Under Your Thumb", and the mtv overkilled "Cry". The cd also features the full album version ... ...THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK lp, and also from that same album, is their own take on rock opera -the comedic "Une Nuit A Paris (Parts 1 to 3)". Filled with humour on the most of their tracks- at times the band seem to even resemble some coincidental similarities with the other (and my fave'rite) art-rock band SUPERTRAMP in their songs' sound and lyrics. This cd contains the whole set of their familliar/not-so familliar tracks (at least to the non-10CC ...
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Album Notes: 10cc: Eric Stewart, Lol Creme (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Graham Gouldman (vocals, guitar, bass); Kevin Godley (vocals, drums, percussion). Compilation producers: Bas Hartong, Bill Levenson. Digitally remastered by Chris Herles. Includes liner notes by Chris White. Remastered German edition. This 15-track compilation is probably the best of several 10cc compilations available, mostly because it's one of the very few which combines tracks from their first two albums, including the British hits "Donna" and "Rubber Bullets," with their later, better-known material recorded for a different label. As a result, THE VERY BEST OF 10CC gives the fullest overview of this talented group's stretch from snarky pop pastiche ("The Dean and I") to quirky, ironic art pop ("I'm Not In Love," "I'm Mandy, Fly Me," "Art For Art's Sake") to the relatively straightforward commercial pop of their later albums ("Things We Do For Love, "People In Love"). All of these elements are present to some degree in all of their songs, but it's interesting to see the proportions shift over the years. The collection ends with Kevin Godley and Lol Creme's anomalous but interesting post-10cc hit "Cry."
Album Reviews: Uncut (01/03, p.131) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...[The album] remains a winner..."
Titles on disc 1
1.: Donna, Johnny Don't Do It
2.: Rubber Bullets, Sand In My Face
3.: Dean And I, Donna
4.: Wall Street Shuffle, Dean And I
5.: Silly Love, Headline Hustler
6.: Life Is A Minestrone, Speed Kills
7.: Une Nuit A Paris (One night in Paris/Same night in Paris/Later the same night in Paris), Rubber Bullets
8.: I'm Not In Love, Hospital Song
9.: Art For Art's Sake, Ships Don't Disappear (Do They)
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