| Clever Clogs | ||||
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| Released | 2008 | |||
| Recorded | March 2007 | |||
| Venue | Shepherd's Bush Empire (London, England) | |||
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| Label | Proper | |||
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| DVD edition cover | ||||
 Original DVD edition featuring subcredit | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
Clever Clogs (subtitled Live in Concert) is a live and video album by 10cc released in 2008.
The album was recorded and released by the 10cc touring band, led by the only original member Graham Gouldman, a fact highlighted by the sub-credit "featuring Graham Gouldman and friends" which appears on the album cover, with established 10cc members Rick Fenn and Paul Burgess together with Mick Wilson and Mike Stevens.
The 10cc touring band and the album are notable in featuring not only 10cc material, but also songs from Gouldman's song-writing and musical career, including Wax and GG/06 songs.
Clever Clogs is also features the original 10cc member Kevin Godley who makes a guest appearance and sings two songs. 'The album was produced and the live concert directed by Bafta winner Robin Bextor for New Wave Pictures.
The cover art for the album, with the new band's logo, was designed by long-time 10cc collaborator Storm Thorgerson. [2]
The live and video albums were originally released separately in 2008. The DVD edition included three additional songs not present on the CD version. In 2014 the album was reissued by Wienerworld Presentation as a separate CD and a CD+DVD pack.
All tracks composed by Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart, except where indicated:
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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| Netherlands MegaCharts [3] | 26 |
10cc are a British rock band formed in Stockport in 1972. The group initially consisted of four musicians – Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme – who had written and recorded together since 1968. The group featured two songwriting teams. Stewart and Gouldman were predominantly pop songwriters, who created most of the band's accessible songs. Godley and Creme were the predominantly experimental half of 10cc, featuring art and cinematically inspired writing.
Kevin Michael Godley is a British singer, songwriter, musician and music video director. He is known as the singer and drummer of the art rock band 10cc and later as part of collaboration duo Godley & Creme with Lol Creme.
Godley & Creme were an English rock duo formally established in Manchester in 1977 by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. The pair began releasing music as a duo after their departure from the rock band 10cc. In 1979, they directed their first music video with the single "An Englishman in New York". After this, they became involved in the production of videos for artists such as Ultravox, the Police, Yes, Duran Duran, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Huey Lewis and the News and Wang Chung, as well as directing the groundbreaking video for their 1985 single "Cry". The duo split at the end of the 1980s. Both have since been involved in music videos, TV commercials, and sporadic music projects.
Graham Keith Gouldman is an English singer, musician and songwriter, best known as the co-lead singer and bassist of the art rock band 10cc. He has been the band's only constant member since its formation in 1972. Before 10cc, Gouldman worked as a freelance songwriter and penned many hits for major rock and pop groups, including the Yardbirds, the Hollies, Herman's Hermits and Ohio Express.
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