release date: May 1974
format: digital
[album rate: 3 / 5]
producer: 10cc
label: UK Records - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: 1. "The Wall Street Shuffle" - 6. "Silly Love" (3 / 5) - 10. "Oh Effendi" (3 / 5)
2nd studio album by 10cc consisting of Eric [Michael] Stewart on guitars, keyboards, and vocals, Graham [Keith] Gouldman on bass, guitar, percussion, and vocals, Lol [Laurence Neil] Creme on guitar, keyboards, percussion, and vocals, and Kevin [Michael] Godley on drums, percussion, and vocals. Stylistically, this is art pop and pop / rock with hints of progressive and symphonic rock. The music doesn't really appeal to me but I must confess that this is the best and most interesting album by the band. Much of the music seem inspired by and comes out as a clone of The Beatles and The Band without coming close to either. The album is enlisted in "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die".
[ allmusic.com 3,5 / 5 stars ]
