Product Description

10cc's third album is their first after their break with novelty-minded pop impresario Jonathan King, and as a result, it's less cute and bouncy than either 10CC or SHEET MUSIC. This doesn't mean that the music is less melodic, or that thegroup's satiric intent is duller, but THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK is a more subtle, mature record.
The group was rewarded with their first US hit, the exquisitely lovely and understated "I'm Not In Love", surely one of the oddest love songs--in both arch concept and minimal execution--of the era. Elsewhere, Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Lol Creme, and KevinGodley get their first opportunity to stretch out compositionally on the surprising extended suite "Une Nuit a Paris" and the lyrically acute "The Second Sitting for the Last Supper". While not all of 10cc's new fans got all of the jokes, art pop aficionados swear by this album.

Track Listing

1. Une Nuit A Paris (Part 1) / The Same Night In Paris (Part 2) / Later The Same Night In Paris (Part 3)
2. I'm Not In Love
3. Blackmail
4. The Second Sitting For The Last Supper
5. Brand New Day
6. Flying Junk
7. Life Is A Minestrone
8. The Film Of My Love
9. Channel Swimmer
10. Good News

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2783 in Music
• Released on: 1996-09-09
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 48 minutes

Customer Reviews

Almost perfect.....
This is one of those albums that just grabs you. Absolutely superb lyrics and musicianship although the jokes are a wee bit hard to get for the uninitiated!

Seriously up there among the best ever albums.

The original 1975 classic
10cc had already hit their stride before this album, so they deserve credit for stretching the boundaries of their genius even further. Like many, I fell in love with "I'm Not In Love" first, awed by both the quality of the song and the ethereal multi-voice arrangement behind it. I then proceeded to fall in love with every other song in turn and I still think of it as having a hierarchy of greatness: no. 2, "Life Is A Minestrone"; no. 3 "The Second Sitting For The Last Supper"...etc. Each track is distinct. Some, such as "Blackmail", are unique.

As for the ambitious, three-part "Un Nuit A Paris", I read a claim that it was considered as a possible single and that it influenced Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" which was recorded several months later. Regardless of the truth of this, I'm glad it wasn't released and I'm sick of hearing "Bohemian Rhapsody".

More to the point, if you want guaranteed quality pop, this album will do the trick.

10CC Original Soundtrack
Ratings only go to five stars? I LOVE this album!

Every band worth its salt has a defining moment in its career. 10cc had several - and this album is the zenith of them all. Freed from the clutches of Jonathan King - musically - the change of pace from the previous studio album "Sheet Music" was marked, yet it's unmistakeably 10cc.

Most will know "I'm not in Love" as the lead track but it is a real struggle to find any track that is less than excellent on this album. And don't forget all those intro' and fade overdubs on the track were done on 1970's equipment, like running the space shuttle, with a full compliment of tiles, on a pack of D size batteries.

"Une nuit @ Paris" (Godley and Creme in full technicolour), "Blackmail" - what a track - "Brand New Day" and the superb pastiche "Film of my love" - all 11/10 efforts included here...and there's more.

There was only one more "proper" 10cc album after this - "How dare you" - actually, that's not fair because the 10 out of Ten and Windows in the jungle phase wasn't bad - but to have any real understanding of pop rock in the 1970's, you need to own this album. I have three (legit) copies...but don't be caught with less than one.