How Dare You! (album)

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How Dare You! is the fourth album by British band 10cc. Released in 1976, it included UK hit singles "I'm Mandy Fly Me" and "Art for Art's Sake". The album was the band's third with cover artwork by the Hipgnosis creative team.

It was also the last 10cc album by the original line-up of Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme (as the latter two would depart to work on their own musical projects), until it shortly reformed for the 1992 album ...Meanwhile.

Writing and recording

In an interview at the time of its release, Gouldman told Melody Maker music newspaper: "It's as different as any album by the same band can be, and I think it's a progression from the last one. I think there's been a progression on every album and I think we've done it again. It's a strange mixture of songs. There's one about divorce, a song about schizophrenia, a song about wanting to rule the world, the inevitable money song, and an instrumental."

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Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"How Dare You"	Lol Creme Kevin Godley	instrumental	4:14
2.	"Lazy Ways"	Eric Stewart Creme	Stewart	4:20
3.	"I Wanna Rule the World"	Creme Graham Gouldman Godley	Creme	3:57
4.	"I'm Mandy Fly Me"	Stewart Gouldman Godley	Stewart	5:24
5.	"Iceberg"	Gouldman Godley	Gouldman and Godley	3:43

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
6.	"Art for Art's Sake"	Stewart Gouldman	Stewart with Creme	5:59
7.	"Rock 'n' Roll Lullaby"	Stewart Gouldman	Godley and Stewart	3:58
8.	"Head Room"	Creme Godley	Creme	4:21
9.	"Don't Hang Up"	Creme Godley	Godley	6:16

Bonus tracks

1997 Reissue bonus track

10. "Get It While You Can" (Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart) – 2:53

Japan Bonus tracks

10. "Art for Art's Sake" (Single Edit)

11. "Get It While You Can"

12. "I'm Mandy Fly Me" (Single Edit)

Personnel

10cc

• Eric Stewart – lead guitar (all tracks), backing vocals (3, 4, 7-9), lead vocals (2, 4, 6, 7), piano (4, 6, 7), bass guitar (2, 7), electric piano (7), pedal steel (7)

• Lol Creme – backing vocals (2-7, 9), moog synthesizer (1, 2, 4, 7, 9), piano (2, 3, 9), lead vocals (3, 6, 9), rhythm guitar (1, 7, 8), lead guitar (1, 4, 9), maracas (1, 7, 9), clavinet (1, 2), organ (3, 5), gizmotron (5, 9), electric piano (8, 9), sleigh bells (1), tambourine (2), vibraphone (4), recorder (6)

• Graham Gouldman – bass guitar (1, 3-5, 7-9), backing vocals (2-6, 8, 9), rhythm guitar (2, 5, 6, 9), tambourine (2, 6), zither (4), lead vocals (5), cowbell (6), glockenspiel (7), slide guitar (7)

• Kevin Godley – backing vocals (all but 1), drums (1-4, 6-8), lead vocals (5, 7, 9), congas (1, 5), timpani (3, 5), cowbell (1), bongos (1), triangle (2), maracas (3), temple blocks (6), tambourine (8), castanets (9), cabasa (9)

Additional musician

• Mair Jones – harp (9)