Biography
10cc are an English rock band founded in Stockport who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians – Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme – who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the name “10cc” in 1972. 10cc featured two songwriting teams, one “commercial” and one “artistic”. Stewart and Gouldman were predominantly pop-songwriters, who created most of the band’s accessible songs. By way of contrast, Godley and Creme were the predominantly experimental half of 10cc, featuring an Art School sensibility and cinematically inspired writing. Every member of 10cc was a multi-instrumentalist, singer, writer and producer, and the writing teams frequently switched partners, so that Godley/Gouldman or Creme/Stewart compositions were not uncommon. After Godley and Creme left the band in 1976, Gouldman and Stewart were the main creative forces behind 10cc. Stewart left the band after 1995 and Gouldman continues to lead a touring version of 10cc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10cc
Album & Cover
Sheet Music is the second album by Stockport rock band 10cc. It was released in 1974 and yielded the hit singles “The Wall Street Shuffle” and “Silly Love”. The album reached No.9 in the UK and No.81 in the United States. It was produced by 10cc, engineered and mixed by Eric Stewart. Three singles were taken from the album and were all released in 1974. “The Worst Band in the World” failed to chart, while “The Wall Street Shuffle” made number 10 in the UK and number 1 in the Netherlands “Silly Love” made number 24 in the UK. Kevin Godley nominated Sheet Music as his favourite 10cc album to record. Graham Gouldman has also expressed that he considers Sheet Music as the best 10cc album. On the 10ccworld website he writes: “Our best album, epitomising what 10cc was all about. Unique songwriting and production.” The album was produced by 10cc, engineered and mixed by Eric Stewart. In a 2006 interview ex-drummer Kevin Godley said: “We’d really started to explode creatively and didn’t recognise any boundaries. We were buzzing on each other and exploring our joint and individual capabilities. Lots of excitement and energy at those sessions and, more important, an innocence that was open to anything.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheet_Music
Cover Location: Odeon Cinema, The Broadway, High Road, London, UK
Who Did What: Photography – A. Powell/S. Thorgerson. Graphics – G. Hardie. Hand-Tinting M. Tate
Label: UK Records UKAL 1007(UK). UK AUKS 53107(US)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
| Side On The Wall Street Shuffle The Worst Band in the World Hotel Old Wild Men Clockwork Creep |
Side Two Silly Love Somewhere in Hollywood Baron Samedi The Sacro-Iliac Oh Effendi |
Credits
Eric Stewart – guitars, keyboards, vocals
Graham Gouldman – bass guitar, guitar, percussion, vocals
Lol Creme – guitar, keyboards, percussion, vocals
Kevin Godley – drums, percussion, vocals
