release date: May 1977
format: cd
[album rate: 2,5 / 5]
Track highlights: 1. "Good Morning Judge" (2,5 / 5) - 2. "The Things We Do for Love" - 4. "People in Love" (3 / 5) - 9. "Feel the Benefit (Parts 1, 2, & 3)" (2,5 / 5)
5th studio album by 10cc released on Mercury Records and produced by the band. This was the first album release by 10cc after Gofley and Creme had left. The band has never been a favourite of mine but it seems they were always around in the 1970s. You cannot neglect the fact that they were extremely popular and somehow they were always able to have at least one really good song on each of their albums. In retrospect it only seems almost bizarre that they made this music at the same time as Ramones released Leave Home, Elvis Costello and The Clash launched their debut albums, as well as all the others of the British punk era - it all exploded and yet there was still room for Pink Floyd, Bowie, Eno et al with new frontier music. 10cc was already a pop / rock dinosaur - not revolutionary, not 'art' enough to be avantgarde and yet still labelled progressive enough to be anything but just mainstream pop. It's like the band flourished in its own little bubble, which became ever smaller and smaller as new artists attracted its fans.
[ allmusic.com 4 / 5 stars ]
