{"id":9675,"date":"2013-05-08T00:36:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T07:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=9675"},"modified":"2013-05-08T00:36:57","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T07:36:57","slug":"10cc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2013\/05\/10cc\/","title":{"rendered":"10CC"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"10cc-M-Review-No25\"10CC<\/h1>\n

In Concert\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

[Wienerworld]<\/p>\n

They\u2019re usually described as \u201cart-rock,\u201d or some variation of that term, but more than anything, 10cc was a smart English pop band. After releasing a handful of well-crafted, durable AM radio hits and deceptively sophisticated albums in the \u201970s, they said their goodbyes in the early \u201980s. While the original quartet\u2014Graham Gouldman, Kevin Godley, Eric Stewart and Lol Creme\u2014reunited in 1991 for one album, they\u00a0quickly fell apart again.<\/p>\n

Since 1999, the working band has featured only Gouldman from the original lineup, and according to the packaging, the two 2012 U.K. concerts captured at two locations\u2014Cardiff, Wales, and Shepherd\u2019s Bush Empire in London\u2014on this live 40th anniversary DVD mark Godley\u2019s first appearances with 10cc in three decades. Some online sources dispute that detail, but either way, the chemistry that allowed 10cc to flourish in their heyday is intact, even without half of the founding members present. On such hits as \u201cThe Things We Do for Love,\u201d \u201cDreadlock Holiday,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m Not in Love\u201d and \u201cRubber Bullets,\u201d the sharp musicianship, catchy hooks, infectious melodies and smooth vocal performances are highly estimable, and the addition of deeper album cuts\u2014\u201cLife Is a Minestrone,\u201d anyone?\u2014will come as good news to longtime fans.<\/p>\n

One of the highlights of the set, which contains no fewer than 17 hit songs, however, has nothing to do with 10cc. Prior to forming the band, Gouldman had already established a lucrative career as a songwriter, and his versions of tunes made famous by the Hollies (\u201cBus Stop,\u201d \u201cLook Through Any Window\u201d), Herman\u2019s Hermits (\u201cNo Milk Today\u201d) and the Yardbirds (\u201cFor Your Love\u201d) are positively charming in\u00a0this context. \u2013Jeff Tamarkin<\/p>\n

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