Sheet Music (album)

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Sheet Music
Studio album by 10cc
Released May 1974
Recorded 1974 at Strawberry Recording Studios, Stockport, Cheshire, England
Genre Art-rock
Length 37:12
Label UK Records
Producer 10cc
10cc chronology
10cc
(1973)
Sheet Music
(1974)
The Original Soundtrack
(1975)
Singles from Sheet Music
  1. "The Worst Band in the World" b/w "18 Carat Man Of Means"
    Released: 1974
  2. "The Wall Street Shuffle" b/w "Gismo My Way"
    Released: 1974
  3. "Silly Love" b/w "The Sacro Iliac"
    Released: 1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[1]

Sheet Music is the second album by Manchester rock band 10cc. It was released in 1974 on UK records(No: UKAL 1007) 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.

In a 2006 interview ex-drummer Kevin Godley nominated Sheet Music as his favourite 10cc album to record. He 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."[2]

Graham Gouldman has also expressed that he considers Sheet Music as the best 10cc album. In the 10ccworld website he writes: "Our best album, epitomising what 10cc was all about. Unique songwriting and production."

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side One

  1. "The Wall Street Shuffle" (Stewart, Gouldman) – 3:54
    • Lead vocal, lead guitar, piano, organ by Eric Stewart
  2. "The Worst Band in the World" (Gouldman, Creme) – 2:49
    • Lead vocal, guitar, piano by Lol Creme
    • Lead guitar by Eric Stewart
  3. "Hotel" (Godley, Creme) – 4:54
    • Lead vocal by Kevin Godley
    • First lead guitar, synthesiser by Lol Creme
    • Second lead guitar by Eric Stewart
  4. "Old Wild Men" (Godley, Creme) – 3:21
    • First lead vocal, lead guitar, slide guitar by Eric Stewart
    • Second lead vocal by Kevin Godley
    • Guitar, synthesisers by Lol Creme
    • Tambourine, autoharp by Graham Gouldman
  5. "Clockwork Creep" (Godley, Creme) – 2:46
    • Lead vocal, piano by Lol Creme

[edit] Side Two

  1. "Silly Love" (Stewart, Creme) – 4:01
    • Lead vocal, guitar by Lol Creme
    • Lead guitar, piano, vocal by Eric Stewart
  2. "Somewhere in Hollywood" (Godley, Creme) – 6:39
    • Lead vocal by Kevin Godley
    • Lead guitar, piano, synthesisers, vocal by Lol Creme
    • Slide guitar by Eric Stewart
  3. "Baron Samedi" (Stewart, Gouldman) – 3:46
    • Lead vocal, lead guitar, electric piano, marimba by Eric Stewart
    • Second lead guitar, grand piano, mellotron, vocal by Lol Creme
    • Congas, bongos, vocal by Kevin Godley
  4. "The Sacro-Iliac" (Godley, Gouldman) – 2:33
    • Lead vocal by Graham Gouldman
    • Harmony vocal by Kevin Godley
    • Piano by Lol Creme
    • Guitar by Eric Stewart
  5. "Oh Effendi" (Stewart, Godley) – 2:49
    • Lead vocal by Graham Gouldman
    • Second lead vocal by Kevin Godley
    • Lead guitar, vocal by Eric Stewart

[edit] Personnel

[edit] References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Kevin Godley interview at Muzikreviews.com
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