Bloody Tourists

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Bloody Tourists
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Studio album by
10cc
ReleasedSeptember 1978
Recorded Strawberry Studios South
(Dorking, Surrey, England)
Length49:57
Label
Producer
10cc chronology
Live and Let Live
(1977)		Bloody Tourists
(1978)		 Greatest Hits 1972–1978
(1979)
Singles from Bloody Tourists
  1. "Dreadlock Holiday"
    Released: 21 July 1978
  2. "Reds in My Bed"
    Released: 10 November 1978 (EU/Jpn)
  3. "From Rochdale to Ocho Rios"
    Released: December 1978 (Aus/NZ)
  4. "For You and I"
    Released: December 1978 (US/Can)
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Bloody Tourists is the sixth studio album by the English rock band 10cc, released worldwide by Mercury Records and in North America by Polydor Records in September 1978. Recorded at Strawberry Studios South in Dorking, the album was produced by Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman.

Contents

Overview

The album is the first 10cc studio album to feature the band as a six piece. The new lineup was already assembled for the tour in support of the band's previous album, Deceptive Bends , but changing Tony O'Malley for Duncan Mackay on the keyboards. The band was solidified with songwriting and lead vocals contributions from other members than the core duo of Stewart and Gouldman. It was also the first 10cc album to feature songs written separately by Stewart and Gouldman.

Cover art

The cover art was again created by Hipgnosis with graphics by George Hardie and shows a map being blown into someone's face. The map is showing the French island Martinique, located in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The cover photograph was taken by Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis. The cover idea had been first presented to Genesis, who rejected it. [3] The cover was also the first to feature the longtime 10cc logo with a star inside the zero.

Release and reception

The first single, "Dreadlock Holiday", backed with non-album track "Nothing Can Move Me", preceded the album and topped the charts in several countries, including the United Kingdom, where it became the band's third and last number-one hit. [4] Driven by the success of the lead single, the album reached number 3 in the UK Albums Chart. [5]

The second single varied in different territories. While most of the countries received "Reds in My Bed", "For You and I" was issued in America where it was also featured on the soundtrack for the film Moment by Moment , while "From Rochdale to Ocho Rios" was released in Oceania. The B-side was "Take These Chains" for all territories.

Record World said the single "For You and I" "is a typically lush production with picturesque lyrics and a pop perfect hook." [6] The Globe and Mail noted that "this is not what you would call progressive music exactly, yet it's probably as advanced as pop gets, in or near the mainstream." [7]

The album was reissued on CD in 1997 adding "Nothing Can Move Me", the B-side to "Dreadlock Holiday", as bonus track. In 2008, the Japanese reissue added additional versions of the album songs as bonus tracks.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Dreadlock Holiday" Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman Gouldman with Stewart4:28
2."For You and I"Stewart, GouldmanStewart5:20
3."Take These Chains"Stewart, GouldmanStewart2:36
4."Shock on the Tube (Don't Want Love)"StewartStewart3:38
5."Last Night"Gouldman, Rick Fenn Gouldman3:10
6."The Anonymous Alcoholic"Stewart, GouldmanStewart and Gouldman5:38
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
7."Reds in My Bed"Stewart, Stuart Tosh Tosh with Stewart4:08
8."Life Line"GouldmanGouldman3:26
9."Tokyo"StewartStewart4:29
10."Old Mister Time"Stewart, Duncan Mackay Stewart4:27
11."From Rochdale to Ocho Rios"GouldmanGouldman3:41
12."Everything You Wanted to Know About!!!"StewartStewart4:25
Total length:49:57
1997 Mercury Records remastered edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalLength
13."Nothing Can Move Me"Stewart, GouldmanStewart4:02
Total length:54:58
2008 Japan SHM-CD bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalLength
13."Dreadlock Holiday" (long version)Stewart, GouldmanGouldman with Stewart5:01
14."Nothing Can Move Me"Stewart, GouldmanStewart4:04
15."For You and I" (DJ edit)Stewart, GouldmanStewart3:51
Total length:62:46

Personnel

Credits sourced from the original album liner notes.

10cc

Additional personnel

Technical personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia—300,000 [20]
Canada (Music Canada) [21] Platinum100,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [22] Platinum100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [23] Platinum15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [24] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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