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10CC - Super 2 (1990)

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10cc were an English Art Rock/Pop band that achieved their greatest commercial success during the 1970s. The band initially comprised four members, Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, who had written and recorded together for about three years before taking on the name of 10cc in 1972. The lineup featured two strong songwriting teams who injected their songs with sharp wit and lyrical dexterity. The more "commercial" team of Stewart and Gouldman were generally fairly straightforward "pop" songwriters, who created some of the group's most accessible material. The experimental half of 10cc was Godley and Creme, who brought a distinctive "art school" sensibility and a more "cinematic" writing style to the group. All four members were skilled multi-instrumentalists, vocalists, writers and producers and each could perform convincingly as lead singers. This twofer CD of 10cc's first two albums, 1973's self-titled effort & 1974's "Sheet Music", is a splendid release for sure and contains all of the tracks from each of their first two albums.

"10CC" (1973)
01. Rubber Bullets
02. Donna
03. Johnny Don't Do It
04. Sand In My Face
05. Speed Kills
06. The Dean And I
07. Ships Don't Disappear In The Night (Do They)
08. The Hospital Song
09. Fresh Air For My Mama
10. Headline Hustler
"Sheet Music" (1974)
11. The Wall Street Shuffle
12. The Worst Band In The World
13. Hotel
14. Old Wild Men
15. Clockwork Creep
16. Silly Love
17. Somewhere In Hollywood
18. Baron Samedi
19. The Sacro-Iliac
20. Oh Effendi
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