The Original Soundtrack

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Ken Barnes gave the album a rave review in Rolling Stone, commenting, “Musically there’s more going on than in ten Yes albums, yet it’s generally as accessible as a straight pop band (though less so than the two preceding 10cc LPs).” He particularly praised the album for being ambitious without being excessive or pretentious, and for its lyrical content. a b "Graham Gouldman interviewed by Justin Hayward, BBC2, 1995". Minestrone.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007 . Retrieved 10 August 2010. When the three-month production deal with Kasenetz-Katz ended, Gouldman returned to New York to work as a staff songwriter for Super K Productions and the remaining three continued to dabble in the studio. Speaking in the BBC Four documentary I'm Not in Love: The Story of 10cc in 2015, Stewart explained that the band, three years into a five-year contract with King, were earning a mere 4% [ clarification needed] of royalties. [ citation needed] Creme made it clear that the band had fully intended to sign with Richard Branson's fledgling Virgin label, with the band's records to be released in the US through Atlantic. Stewart and Creme were about to go on holiday with their wives (Stewart and Creme are brothers-in-law through marriage), however, and had left their manager Harvey Lisberg with power of attorney to accept the Branson offer. No sooner had they left the country, but another higher bid arrived from Phonogram and was accepted by the management team, including Lisberg. Creme said that he felt "horrified, embarrassed and disgusted – to this day I still am". [25]

The band signed with Warner Bros. Records, producing a new 10cc offering entitled Look Hear?. The lead single "One-Two-Five" failed to chart in the native UK and the album proved to be less successful than previous 10cc albums. In the aftermath of the tour in support Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman and the rest of the band members again embarked on a number of side projects. hear serving as a theme song from an old movie, with the words "over and over" being repeated over and over again. National Top 100 Singles for 1975". Kent Music Report. 29 December 1975 . Retrieved 15 January 2022– via Imgur. Gaunt, Jeremy (12 August 2013). "10cc still exploring darker side of human nature, pop-style". Reuters . Retrieved 23 June 2023. It is true to say that the second part of this album is weaker. But how the hell is it possible to write twice "One Night In Paris"

one song and make it all seem so natural. "Brand New Day" eases up a bit with a more theatrical, symphonic sounding band when I was quite young. For that reason, I love this album, mostly for personal nostalgic reasons, and I have Robert Christgau panned the album, remarking of the song “I’m Not in Love”: “stretching your only decent melody (a nonsatirical love song) over six tedious minutes, is that a joke?” Deceptive Bends Print Signed by Aubrey Powell - ST. Pauls Gallery". stpaulsgallery.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023 . Retrieved 18 June 2023.

takes the style made famous by The Beatles and takes it up a few more levels, and even manages, most of the time, toJaws hit the floor,” remembers Gouldman. “I don’t know what they expected. Sheet Music featured more concise songs. This had two major, long pieces. But I think they were pleased.” Formed in 1972, 10cc were at once commercial, at once strange - Described as the 'missing link between the Beatles and Blur', it was rare to have four talented writers, singers and multi-instrumentalists all under one roof; but in Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Lol Creme and Kevin Godley, 10cc had just that - They released some of the most inventive and elaborate pop music ever to emerge from Britain. I should have attended their concert at the Belgian university at the time of touring for this album. Unfortunately, their décor