Sheet Music - 10CC*****

The Wall Street Shuffle/The Worst Band In The World/Hotel/Old Wild Men/Clockwork Creep/Silly Love/ Somewhere In Hollywood/Baron Samedi/The Sacro-Iliac/Oh Effendi

Sheet Music was the follow up album from the British art-rock group 10cc. Every track demonstrates the brilliance of these highly talented songwriters. The Wall Street Shuffle was a UK No.10 hit. (US:81 UK:9)

“This album achieves a perfect fusion of complexity and irregular songwriting while still maintaining an incredible pop sensibility and the catchiest melodies. Every single one of these songs is perfectly executed.”

“With its sparkling production, top draw songwriting and a vice-like grip on pop dynamics, Sheet Music is an album that deserves re-appraisal as a life-affirming exercise in playing by your own rules, while still being accessible and easy to digest.”

“Hugely talented on this their second album they are recording a body of work as opposed to a series of singles and as a result some of the material is quirky to say the least. Every 10cc album has some great tracks and this is no exception.”

“The album is almost flawless. Old Wild Men is simply beautiful. Hotel is quirky, witty pop of the highest order. The Sacro-iliac proves that elementary instrumentation can be the best accompaniment for melody. Oh Effendi has a political, satirical edge but never strays into sermonising. Silly Love is a wickedly barbed story of how to write a love song and contains another fabulously effective power riff. Baron Samedi actually puts bongos to good use. The Worst Band In The World stabs and wounds the ironic heart of the music business with a superbly caustic lyric. Somewhere In Hollywood has some memorable guitar breaks. Even the politically dodgy Clockwork Creep can't be faulted when it comes to originality.”

“This is a bright and productive album, one with choice material, excellent musicianship, and a concept that carries through unabated, from the beginning to the end. It is always refreshing to hear such quality from a group who seem to write and perform in an almost off handed way.”

“Those were the days, inventive, intelligent and witty lyrics, great melodies, first rate production, musicianship supreme, not one filler track included, in fact, faultless in its execution. Now, if only lovers of some of the garbage around these days would listen and learn.”