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
Look Hear? is the seventh studio album by 10cc, released in 1980. It reached No. 35 in the UK and No. 180 in the United States. The album, recorded at the band’s Strawberry Studios South in Dorking, Surrey, was the first by 10cc since its 1976 split to include songs written by neither Graham Gouldman or Eric Stewart. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_Hear%3F
The cover art underwent significant alteration for the album’s U.S. release: the prominent display of the words “Are you normal” was replaced by a photo of a sheep relaxing on a beach, a similar image of which had appeared only as a small insert on the UK cover. The couch had to be built as there were none available.
Cover Location: North Shore, Honolulu, Hawaii
Who Did What: Photography – A. Powell. Graphics – G. Hardie. Typography – S. Thorgerson.
Label: Warner Bros. BSK 3442(US), Mercury 9102505(UK)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
| Side One One-Two-Five Welcome To The World How’m I Ever Gonna Say Goodbye Don’t Send We Back I Took You Home |
Side Two It Doesn’t Matter At All Dressed To Kill Lovers Anonymous I Hate To Eat Alone Strange Lover L.A. Inflatable |
Credits
Engineer – Eric Stewart, Tony Spath
Mastered By – Melvyn Abrahams
Producer – 10cc
