10cc (album)

10cc
10cc
Studio album by 10cc
Released	July 1973
Recorded	1972
Studio	Strawberry Studios, Stockport, England
Genre	Art rock; pop rock; glam rock;
Length	34:28
Label	UK
Producer	10cc
10cc chronology
Singles from 10cc
	"Donna"; Released: September 1972; "Johnny, Don't Do It"; Released: December 1972; "Rubber Bullets"; Released: March 1973; "The Dean and I""; Released: August 1973; "Headline Hustler"; Released: March 1974 (US);

10cc is the debut album by the British rock band 10cc, first released in 1973. It was recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport, which was part-owned by guitarist and engineer Eric Stewart, and released on Jonathan King's UK Records label. The album reached number 36 in the UK Albums Chart.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+^[2]

Release and promotion

Three of its four UK singles reached the Top 10 in the charts, including the Number One hit "Rubber Bullets", which also topped the chart in Australia. The fifth single "Headline Hustler" was released only in the American market to promote a tour in the USA.

The closing track, "Fresh Air for My Mama", was a reworking of "You Didn't Like It Because You Didn't Think of It", the B-side of 1970's "Neanderthal Man", an international hit by the band under its former name of Hotlegs.

Some versions of the album have an altered running order.

The 2000 CD reissue of the album featured all the b-sides of the album's singles. The album in its entirety along with 2000's bonus cuts appeared, along with 10cc's second album, "Sheet Music" and all its released bonus cuts, on 2004 10cc – The Complete UK Recordings, on Varèse Sarabande Records.

Critical reception

Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "If you only know the forty-five-rpm version of 'Rubber Bullets,' then you missed their best rhyme: 'balls and chains' with 'balls and brains.' A calculated, devilishly clever version of what the Beach Boys ought to be doing. Or the Bonzo Dog Band should have done. Or something."^[2]

Record World said of "Headline Hustler" that "'Paperback Writer' goes the daily route. Englishmen take on Beatles-ish overtones to rock out their saga of a budding Jack Anderson."^[3]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Johnny, Don't Do It"	Lol Creme Graham Gouldman Kevin Godley	3:36
2.	"Sand in My Face"	Creme Gouldman Godley	3:36
3.	"Donna"	Creme Godley	2:53
4.	"The Dean and I"	Creme Godley	3:03
5.	"Headline Hustler"	Eric Stewart Gouldman	3:31

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Speed Kills"	Stewart Creme Gouldman Godley	3:47
7.	"Rubber Bullets"	Creme Gouldman Godley	5:15
8.	"The Hospital Song"	Creme Godley	2:41
9.	"Ships Don't Disappear in the Night (Do They?)"	Stewart Gouldman	3:04
10.	"Fresh Air for My Mama"	Stewart Creme Godley	3:04

German 1993 CD re-release bonus track

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"18 Carat Man of Means"	Godley Creme Gouldman Stewart	3:27

2000 Repertoire CD reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Hot Sun Rock" (instrumental)	Stewart Gouldman	3:01
12.	"4% of Something"	Stewart Creme	4:01
13.	"Waterfall"	Stewart Gouldman	3:44
14.	"Bee in My Bonnet"	Stewart Gouldman	2:03
15.	"Rubber Bullets" (single version)	Godley Creme Gouldman	4:09

Personnel

10cc

Eric Stewart – lead electric guitar, slide guitar, Moog synthesizer, vocals
Lol Creme – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, grand piano, synthesizer, Mellotron, percussion, vocals
Graham Gouldman – bass, acoustic guitar, Dobro guitar, electric guitar, tambourine, vocals
Kevin Godley – drums, percussion, vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	43
UK Albums (OCC)^[5]	36

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[6]	Silver	60,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Ofjord, Michael. 10cc at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 15 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. 23 March 1974. p. 1. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 307. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
^ "British album certifications – 10cc – 10cc". British Phonographic Industry. 4 February 1977.

[1] Ofjord, Michael. 10cc at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[CG-2] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 15 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[rw-3] "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. 23 March 1974. p. 1. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[aus-4] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 307. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[ac_UK2_-5] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

[United_Kingdom10cc10ccalbumCertRef-6] "British album certifications – 10cc – 10cc". British Phonographic Industry. 4 February 1977.

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