Sheet Music (10cc album)

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For other uses, see Sheet music (disambiguation).

Sheet Music is the second album by Manchester rock band 10cc. It was released in 1974 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.

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."

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."

Track listing

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

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
   • Acoustic guitar, tambourine, vocals by Graham Gouldman

Personnel

• Eric Stewart – guitars, keyboards, vocals
• Lol Creme – guitar, keyboards, percussion, vocals
• Graham Gouldman – bass guitar, guitar, percussion, vocals
• Kevin Godley – drums, percussion, vocals