10cc / Sheet Music
Artist 10cc
Album Title: Sheet Music
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Art Rock
Format Vinyl 180 gm
Released 05/00/1974
Reissue Date 04/14/2014
Label Not Bad Records
Catalog No BADLP007
Bar Code No 5 060384 460079
Packaging Gatefold LP Sleeve
Tracks
A1. The Wall Street Shuffle (3:58)
A2. The Worst Band In The World (2:50)
A3. Hotel (4:56)
A4. Old Wild Men (3:23)
A5. Clockwork Creep (2:46)
B1. Silly Love (4:02)
B2. Somewhere In Hollywood (6:41)
B3. Baron Samedi (3:49)
B4. The Sacro-Lliac (2:35)
B5. Oh Effendi (2:51)
Date Acquired 09/30/2017
Personal Rating
Acquired from Cheapo Records
Purchase Price 19.99

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Notes

Notes:
Reissue on translucent yellow vinyl in a gatefold sleeve. Sleeve notes by Michael Heatley.
Sticker in Front:
"10CC's Classic 2nd Album On Zingy Yellow 180G Heavywight Vinyl
Gatefold Collector's Editon"

Companies, etc.:
Licensed From – Jonathan King Enterprises
Copyright © – Not Bad Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Not Bad Records

Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode: 5060384460079
Barcode (Printed On Cover): 5 060384 460079

Reviews
AllMusic Review by Dave Thompson:

10cc's second album was the next phase in what guitarist Eric Stewart called the band's "masterplan to control the universe. The Sweet, Slade, and Gary Glitter are all very valuable pop," he proclaimed, "but it's fragile because it's so dependent on a vogue. We don't try to appeal to one audience, or aspire to instant stardom, we're satisfied to move ahead a little at a time as long as we're always moving forward." Sheet Music, perhaps the most widely adventurous album of what would become a wildly adventurous year, would more than justify that claim. "It grips the heart of rock'n'roll like nothing I've heard before," raved Melody Maker, before describing 10cc as "the Beach Boys of "Good Vibrations," the Beatles of "Penny Lane," they're the mischievous kid next door, they're the Marx Brothers, they're Jack and Jill, they're comic cuts characters, and they're sheer brilliance." Stewart certainly agreed -- he told that same paper, 10cc's music was "better than 90% of the sheer unadulterated crap that's in the charts" and, 20 years on, bassist Graham Gouldman continued, "Sheet Music is probably the definitive 10cc album. What it was, our second album wasn't our difficult second album, it was our best second album. It was the best second album we ever did." Three hit singles spun off the record, and most of the other tracks could have followed suit; it says much for Sheet Music's staying power that, no matter how many times the album is reissued, it has never lost its power to delight, excite, and set alight a lousy day.

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