10cc (album)


10cc is the debut album by British rock band 10cc. 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 No.36 in the UK.

Release and promotion

Three of its four UK singles reached the Top 10 in the charts, including #1 hit "Rubber Bullets". 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 , 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."

Track listing

German 1993 CD Re-Release one bonus track

  1. "18 Carat Man of Means"

    2000 Repertoire CD Reissue includes five bonus tracks

  2. "Hot Sun Rock"
  3. "4% of Something"
  4. "Waterfall"
  5. "Bee in My Bonnet"
  6. "Rubber Bullets "

    Personnel

10cc

Weekly charts

Certifications