10cc (album)

January 2014 August 2024 10cc Album 10cc 10ccalbum.jpg yes July 1973 1972–1973 Strawberry Studios, Stockport, England Art rock pop rock glam rock 34:28 UK 10cc 10cc Sheet Music 1974 10cc album Donna September 1972 Johnny, Don't Do It December 1972 Rubber Bullets March 1973 The Dean and I" August 1973 Headline Hustler March 1974 (US) Allmusic 4.0 5album 10cc-mw0000311059 10cc Michael Ofjord 10 April 2020 Christgau's Record Guide B+Christgau Robert Robert Christgau 1981 Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies Ticknor & Fields 089919026X Consumer Guide '70s: T https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=T&bk=70 15 March 2019 robertchristgau.com 10cc is the debut album by the British rock band 10cc, first released in 1973. 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 label. The album reached number 36 in the UK Albums Chart. 2 Release and promotion January 2026 Three of its four UK singles reached the Top 10 in the charts, including the Number One hit "Rubber Bullets", which also topped the chart in Australia. The fifth single "Headline Hustler" was released only in the American market to promote a tour in the USA. The closing track, "Fresh Air for My Mama", was a reworking of "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. Some versions of the album have 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." Record World said of "Headline Hustler" that "'Paperback Writer' goes the daily route. Englishmen take on Beatles-ish overtones to rock out their saga of a budding Jack Anderson."Record World 23 March 1974 2023-03-17 Hits of the Week 1 https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/74/RW-1974-03-23.pdf Track listing Side one Johnny, Don't Do It Lol Creme Graham Gouldman Kevin Godley 3:36 Sand in My Face Creme Gouldman Godley 3:36 Donna Creme Godley 2:53 The Dean and I Creme Godley 3:03 Headline Hustler Eric Stewart Gouldman 3:31 Side two Speed Kills Stewart Creme Gouldman Godley 3:47 Rubber Bullets Creme Gouldman Godley 5:15 The Hospital Song Creme Godley 2:41 Ships Don't Disappear in the Night (Do They?) Stewart Gouldman 3:04 Fresh Air for My Mama Stewart Creme Godley 3:04 German 1993 CD re-release bonus track Side two 18 Carat Man of Means Godley Creme Gouldman Stewart 3:27 2000 Repertoire CD reissue bonus tracks Hot Sun Rock Stewart Gouldman instrumental 3:01 4% of Something Stewart Creme 4:01 Waterfall Stewart Gouldman 3:44 Bee in My Bonnet Stewart Gouldman 2:03 Rubber Bullets Godley Creme Gouldman single version 4:09 Personnel 10cc Eric Stewart – lead electric guitar, slide guitar, Moog synthesizer, vocals Lol Creme – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, grand piano, synthesizer, Mellotron, percussion, vocals Graham Gouldman – bass, acoustic guitar, Dobro guitar, electric guitar, tambourine, vocals Kevin Godley – drums, percussion, vocals Charts Weekly charts Chart (1973) PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)Kent David David Kent (historian) Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 illustrated Australian Chart Book St Ives, N.S.W. 1993 0-646-11917-6 30743UK2 36 19730109 true 19 May 2020 Certifications United Kingdom 10cc 10cc album Silver 1977 4 February 1977 55-39-2 yes References Category:10cc albums Category:1973 debut albums Category:UK Records albums Category:Mercury Records albums Category:Repertoire Records albums Category:Albums recorded at Strawberry Studios