10cc - The Ultimate Collection (2003) (320)

Artist: 10cc

Title: The Ultimate Collection

Year Of Release: 2003

Label: Universal Distribution [CCM068221-2]

Genre: Rock, Art Rock, Prog Pop, Soft Rock

Quality:  MP3 320kbps stereo

Total Time: 2:51:47

Total Size: 339.21 MB



For a band whose useful lifespan ran to nine albums, 10cc have been oddly represented by the compilations market. Their first two albums, of course, have been reissued and rejigged in virtually every conceivable permutation; the next four have at least been bled for the hits on a near-annual basis. But a super-rare Japanese four-CD box set notwithstanding, no attempt has ever been made to truly illustrate the band's entire career, from "Donna" to demise. Welcome, then, The Ultimate Collection, which not only does a fine job in unearthing all you need to know about those nine original albums, it also splits the discs in such a way that the first one gives you all the hits you remember, while the second serves up the songs that you very likely missed altogether. And a third, by way of a frustratingly incomplete bonus, pads on a few stray Godley-Creme and Wax hits, to remind us what three of the members did next. It's a worthy approach that suffers primarily through the indeed declining quality of the music. The latter-day 10cc did not stop having hits because the times had changed, and fashions shifted -- the group's last hit, "Dreadlock Holiday," landed as late as 1978. They stopped having hits because they stopped writing them, and disc two simply bristles with great ideas, executed poorly. There are some fun moments to be had, and anyone with even an ounce of respect for what 10cc originally achieved does it owe it to themselves to play the package through at least once. But if you already own your favorite 10cc records, this collection will give you nothing more that you need.





CD 1

01] Donna

02] Rubber Bullets

03] The Dean And I

04] The Wall Street Shuffle

05] Silly Love

06] Life Is A Milestrone

07] I'm Not In Love

08] Art For Art's Sake

09] I'm Mandy Fly Me

10] Lazy Ways

11] The Things We Do For Love

12] People In Love

13] Good Morning Judge

14] Dreadlock Holiday

15] Anonymous Alcoholic



CD 2

01] Tokyo

02] Reds In My Bed

03] For You And I

04] It Doesn't Matter At All

05] One Two Five

06] Les Nouveaux Riches

07] Don't Turn Me Away

08] The Power Of Love

09] Memories

10] Run Away

11] 24 Hours

12] Feel The Love

13] Food For Thought

14] Welcome To Paradise

15] Woman In Love



CD 3

01] Godley & Creme / Five O'Clock in the Morning

02] Godley & Creme / An Englishman in New York

03] Godley & Creme / Under Your Thumb

04] Godley & Creme / Wedding Bells

05] Godley & Creme / Cry

06] Godley & Creme / A Little Piece of Heaven

07] Wax / Right Between the Eyes

08] Wax / Building a Bridge to Your Heart