How Dare You! (album)

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How Dare You!
10cc how dare you.jpg
Studio album by
10cc
ReleasedJanuary 1976
Recorded1975
Studio Strawberry Studios, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England
Genre Art rock [1]
Length42:53
Label Mercury
Producer 10cc
10cc chronology
100cc
(1975)		How Dare You!
(1976)		 Deceptive Bends
(1977)
Singles from How Dare You!
  1. "Art for Art's Sake"
    Released: November 1975
  2. "I'm Mandy Fly Me"
    Released: March 1976

How Dare You! is the fourth album by British band 10cc. Released in 1976, it included UK hit singles "I'm Mandy Fly Me" and "Art for Art's Sake". [2] The album was the band's third to have cover artwork by the Hipgnosis creative team.

Contents

It was also the last 10cc album by the original line-up of Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme (the latter two departed shortly thereafter to form Godley & Creme), until the four reformed (albeit briefly) for the 1992 album ...Meanwhile .

Writing and recording

In an interview at the time of its release, Gouldman told Melody Maker music newspaper: "It's as different as any album by the same band can be, and I think it's a progression from the last one. I think there's been a progression on every album and I think we've done it again. It's a strange mixture of songs. There's one about divorce, a song about schizophrenia, a song about wanting to rule the world, the inevitable money song, and an instrumental." [3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Christgau's Record Guide C [5]
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Village Voice critic Robert Christgau wrote in his review of the album: "The putrefaction isn't as extreme as on last year's hit album, but the affliction would seem permanent—they don't know whether they're supposed to be funny or pretty, and so nine times out of ten they're neither." [5]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."How Dare You"
instrumental4:14
2."Lazy Ways"
Stewart4:20
3."I Wanna Rule the World"
Creme3:57
4."I'm Mandy Fly Me"
  • Stewart
  • Gouldman
  • Godley
Stewart5:24
5."Iceberg"
  • Gouldman
  • Godley
Gouldman and Godley3:43
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
6."Art for Art's Sake"
  • Stewart
  • Gouldman
Stewart, Gouldman and Creme5:59
7."Rock 'n' Roll Lullaby"
  • Gouldman
  • Stewart
Godley and Stewart3:58
8."Head Room"
  • Godley
  • Creme
Creme and Stewart4:21
9."Don't Hang Up"
  • Godley
  • Creme
Godley6:16

Bonus tracks

Bonus tracks on the 1997 CD edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
10."Get It While You Can"
  • Gouldman
  • Stewart
Stewart2:53

Bonus tracks on Japanese 2008 CD edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
10."Art for Art's Sake (Single Edit)"
  • Stewart
  • Gouldman
Stewart and Creme4:11
11."Get It While You Can"
  • Gouldman
  • Stewart
Stewart2:53
12."I'm Mandy Fly Me (Single edit)"
  • Stewart
  • Gouldman
  • Godley
Stewart4:40

Personnel

Credits sourced from the original album liner notes.

10cc
Additional musician

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [18] Gold20,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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  2. ↑ Art for Arts Sake at Discogs (list of releases)
  3. ↑ Melody Maker interview quoted in CD liner notes
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