The Original Soundtrack - 10CC*****

Une Nuit A Paris/I'm Not In Love/Blackmail/The Second Sitting For The Last Supper/Brand New Day/Flying Junk/Life Is A Minestrone/The Film Of My Love

The art rock group 10cc continued to maintain their high standard of creativity with The Original Soundtrack, helped by no fewer than four inventive songwriters. Features the UK No. 7 hit Life Is A Minestrone and probably their best known song the UK No. 1 I’m Not In Love. (US:15 UK:4)

“The Original Soundtrack makes a fair claim to be their career high, featuring two big hit singles, a three part mini-opera and a host of other good tracks besides. Criticised at the time for being just too clever and lacking passion, there are grounds for the prosecution but most will surely kick back and enjoy the word-play and melody on display here.”

“I love this album and played it a lot in my mid-teen years on initial release. It still stands up today and shows that intelligence need not be a drawback to making good rock music.”

“First of all, it has the band's absolute classic I'm Not In Love. Second, the clear French influenced song Une Nuit A Paris is another genius song. Also another classic is Life Is A Minestrone. This is an absolute essential if you love the music of the mid-70s; I praise this album highly and it's creativeness.”

“The Original Soundtrack is a strangely overlooked work, fiercely artistic and perhaps a little too clever for it's own good. It does however deserve something of renaissance; it's a hugely bright, intelligent, thought provoking work of art that is far removed from some of the facile dross of that decade. The fact that 10cc managed all this whilst still maintaining popularity as a singles band is fairly unique.”

“10cc really were unique in combining so much humour within so many excellent pop songs. This album surprised me with just how inspired it is. It says it all that their most memorable song, I'm Not In Love, can't really be considered the strongest track on the album. It has it all really: great tunes, lush production, funny lyrics and over the top parodies about music and movies.”

“10cc in their heyday were unsurpassed in creative, experimental songwriting. The beauty of their vocals, the skill of their musicianship, the wryness of their wit, the edginess of their rock, the sadness of their melancholy, the adventurousness of their extended theatrical pieces, all add up to pure creative musical genius.”