Do Not Bend

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Do Not Bend
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Studio album by
Eric Stewart
Released2003
RecordedTemplar Studios, France
Genre Pop
Length63:51
Label Strawberry Soundtracks
Producer Eric Stewart
Eric Stewart chronology
Frooty Rooties
(1982)		Do Not Bend
(2003)		 Viva la Difference
(2009)

Do Not Bend is the third solo album by British pop musician and songwriter Eric Stewart, a founding member of 10cc.

Eric Stewart British musician

Eric Michael Stewart is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer, best known as a founding member of the rock groups The Mindbenders with whom he played from 1963 to 1968, and likewise of 10cc from 1972 to 1995. Stewart co-owned Strawberry Studios in Stockport, England from 1968 to the early 1980s, where he recorded albums with 10cc and artists like Neil Sedaka and Paul McCartney. Stewart collaborated with McCartney extensively in the 1980s, playing on or co-writing songs for McCartney's solo albums Tug of War (1982), Pipes of Peace (1983), Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984), and Press to Play (1986). Since 1980, Stewart has released four solo studio albums.

10cc English art rock band

10cc are an English rock band founded in Stockport, England, who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians – Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme – who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the name "10cc" in 1972. 10cc featured two songwriting teams, one "commercial" and one "artistic". Stewart and Gouldman were predominantly pop songwriters, who created most of the band's accessible songs. By way of contrast, Godley and Creme were the predominantly experimental half of 10cc, featuring an "art school" sensibility and cinematically-inspired writing.

Contents

Overview

The album was recorded over five years at Stewart's Templar Studios in France, with final sessions for the female backing vocals done at David Gilmour's Astoria Studios in London. Stewart plays all the instruments himself although he is assisted with the backing vocals.

France Republic with majority of territory in Europe and numerous oversea territories around the world

France, officially the French Republic, is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast, Switzerland and Italy to the east, and Andorra and Spain to the south. The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The country's 18 integral regions span a combined area of 643,801 square kilometres (248,573 sq mi) and a total population of 67.02 million. France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban areas include Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lille and Nice.

David Gilmour English guitarist of Pink Floyd

David Jon Gilmour, is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who was a member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. He joined the group as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1968 shortly before the departure of founding member Syd Barrett. Pink Floyd subsequently achieved international success with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall. By the early 1980s, they had become one of the best-selling and most acclaimed acts in music history; by 2012, the band had sold more than 250 million records worldwide, including 75 million units sold in the United States. Following the departure of Roger Waters in 1985, Gilmour assumed leadership of Pink Floyd; they released three more studio albums before disbanding in 2014.

Astoria (recording studio) Houseboat and recording studio

Astoria is a grand houseboat, built in 1911 for impresario Fred Karno and adapted as a recording studio in the 1980s by its new owner, Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour. It is moored on the River Thames at Hampton in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Gilmour purchased the boat in 1986, because he "spent half of [his] life in recording studios with no windows, no light, but on the boat there are many windows, with beautiful scenery on the outside".

Eriс Stewart has said the album's title was inspired by a label posted on a package being mailed by his son Jody. [1] Stewart also wrote a song using the same title that was released on his next solo album Viva la Difference . [2]

<i>Viva la Difference</i> 2009 studio album by Eric Stewart

Viva la Difference is the fourth album by Eric Stewart released in January 2009. Originally, the album was planned to be released in late 2006/early 2007, but because of the restoration of a building he bought the recording of the album was delayed several times.

Release

The album was released through Stewart's own label Strawberry Soundtracks. The first pressing of the album was released on HDCD. A limited edition was also available with the second disc featuring various demos of 10cc songs. The first one was a recreation of the original demo arrangement version for the song "I'm Not in Love" which was made by Stewart after discovering that the original demo for the song no longer existed. The other demos included "The Stars Didn't Show", originally from the album ...Meanwhile with Kevin Godley on lead vocals, "Tek Dis A Woman", a demo for the song "Take This Woman" from Mirror, Mirror for which Stewart was unhappy, [1] and "A Code of Silence", also from Mirror, Mirror. [3]

Im Not in Love 1975 single by 10cc

"I'm Not in Love" is a song by English group 10cc, written by band members Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman. It is known for its innovative and distinctive backing track, composed mostly of the band's multitracked vocals. Released in the UK in May 1975 as the second single from the band's third album The Original Soundtrack, it became the second of the group's three number-one singles in the UK between 1973 and 1978, topping the UK singles chart for two weeks. The song was also the band's breakthrough hit worldwide, reaching number one in Ireland and Canada and number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, as well as reaching the top 10 in Australia, New Zealand and several European countries.

<i>...Meanwhile</i> 1992 studio album by 10cc

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Kevin Godley

Kevin Michael Godley is an English singer, songwriter, musician and music video director. He is known as the drummer of the art rock band 10cc and for his collaboration outside the band with Lol Creme called Godley & Creme.

Track listing

All songs composed by Eric Stewart except where noted

  1. "You Can't Take It With You" – 4:04
  2. "A Friend in Need" – 5:08
  3. "The Gods Are Smiling" – 4:30
  4. "Fred and Dis-Audrey" – 4:13
  5. "I Will Love You Tomorrow" – 5:04
  6. "Sleeping With the Ghosts" – 5:12
  7. "Rappin' with Yves" – 3:21
  8. "Norman Conquest II" – 4:18
  9. "No No Nettie" – 3:13
  10. "Mr Decadent" – 3:50
  11. "Do the Books" – 5:37
  12. "Set in Blancmange" – 5:55
  13. "A Human, Being" – 4:18
  14. "You Are Not Me" – 4:37

Bonus Disc

  1. "I'm Not In Love" (Latino) (Stewart, Graham Gouldman)
  2. "The Stars Didn't Show" (Stewart, Gouldman)
  3. "Tek Dis A Woman"
  4. "A Code of Silence"
  5. "Shine"

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Eric Chatterview". the10ccfanclub.com. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  2. ↑ Answer to question at Eric Stewart website Archived December 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ CD credits for first pressing
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