How Dare You! (album)
| How Dare You! | ||||
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| Studio album by 10cc | ||||
| Released | January 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Studio | Strawberry Studios, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England | |||
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| Length | 42:53 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | 10cc | |||
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| Singles from How Dare You! | ||||
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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".[1] 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."[2]
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Track listing
| Side one | ||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
| 1. | "How Dare You" | instrumental | 4:14 | |
| 2. | "Lazy Ways" |
| Stewart | 4:20 |
| 3. | "I Wanna Rule the World" |
| Creme | 3:57 |
| 4. | "I'm Mandy Fly Me" |
| Stewart | 5:24 |
| 5. | "Iceberg" |
| Gouldman and Godley | 3:43 |
| Side two | ||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
| 6. | "Art for Art's Sake" |
| Stewart with Creme | 5:59 |
| 7. | "Rock 'n' Roll Lullaby" |
| Godley and Stewart | 3:58 |
| 8. | "Head Room" |
| Creme | 4:21 |
| 9. | "Don't Hang Up" |
| 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)
References
- ↑ Art for Arts Sake at Discogs (list of releases)
- ↑ Melody Maker interview quoted in CD liner notes
- ↑ Guarisco, Donald A. "10cc How Dare You review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 17 October 2011.