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- Artist: 10cc
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- Release Date: November 06, 2006
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Rock
Review
Where to begin? The superbly remastered sound that transforms even the most familiar cut (and, let's face it, most of this stuff has been reissued so often, you'd need to be deaf not to know it backwards) into a whole new listening experience? The 33-song selection that revives the greatest hits alongside some of the greatest bits, to present a truly well-rounded examination of the full 10cc experience? The gleeful dip into both pre- and post-band history that places both "Neanderthal Man" and "Cry," and "Groovy Kind of Love" and "Bridge to Your Heart," into some kind of context? The two songs that premier Kevin Godley and Graham Gouldman's new project, GG06? A lone Gouldman four-song re-creation of his late-'60s Graham Gouldman Thing solo album? For anybody with even a passing fascination with the self-styled worst band in the world, Greatest Hits & More is such a treat that, no matter how many other "best-of" collections you already own, this is the only one you need. The first disc is dedicated to the hits, from "Donna" to "Ready to Go Home," plus the aforementioned Hotlegs, Wax and Godley & Creme monsters, and all of them sounding so fresh that one wonders just what tapes were used for past 10cc remasters? Certainly none that sounded this good. From there, disc two meanders through the album catalog, picking up the epics "Une Nuit a Paris" and "Feel the Benefit" among others. Godley & Creme's "Wedding Bells" and "Under Your Thumb" follow; more from the duo would have been welcome, but instead, Gouldman serves up fresh versions of "No Milk Today," "Bus Stop," "For Your Love" and "Heart Full of Soul" (the latter from his And Another Thing solo album, the remainder newly recorded). All four are delightful, but the real excitement lies with the final two cuts, by GG06 -- "Son of Man," which takes a skewed History Mix-style look back at the birth of 10cc (among other things), and an edited version of "Beautifulloser.com," a moody ballad previously available only on the duo's website. In fairness, it's not the best song they could have selected ("Johnny Hurts" or "Hooligan Crane" would have made better choices), but still the promise of the pairing remains electrifying. This collection proves what a hard act they have to follow, after all. So far, GG06 look like they can do it. ~ Dave Thompson, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Donna | Lol Creme, |
10cc | (2:59) |
| Rubber Bullets | Graham Gouldman, |
10cc | (4:45) |
| The Dean and I | Lol Creme, |
10cc | (2:53) |
| The Wall Street Shuffle | Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart | 10cc | (3:54) |
| Silly Love | Eric Stewart | 10cc | (3:18) |
| Life Is a Minestrone | Eric Stewart, Lol Creme | 10cc | (4:29) |
| I'm Not in Love | Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart | 10cc | (6:04) |
| Art for Art's Sake | Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart | 10cc | (4:22) |
| I'm Mandy Fly Me | Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, |
10cc | (5:24) |
| The Things We Do for Love | Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart | 10cc | (3:30) |
| Good Morning Judge | Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart | 10cc | (2:54) |
| Dreadlock Holiday | Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart | 10cc | (4:30) |
| Ready to Go Home | Andrew Gold, Graham Gouldman | 10cc | (3:29) |
| Cry | Lol Creme, |
Godley & Creme, 10cc | (3:58) |
| Neanderthal Man | Eric Stewart, Lol Creme, |
Hotlegs, 10cc | (4:21) |
| Bridge to Your Heart | Wax UK, 10cc | (4:02) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Johnny Don't Do It | Graham Gouldman, Lol Creme, |
10cc | (3:52) |
| Old Wild Men | 10cc | (3:18) | |
| The Worst Band in the World | Graham Gouldman | 10cc | (2:51) |
| People in Love | Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart | 10cc | (3:45) |
| Feel the Benefit (Pt. 1: Reminisce and Speculate/Pt. 2: A Latin Break/P | Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart | 10cc | (12:32) |
| Don't Hang Up | Lol Creme, |
10cc | (6:18) |
| The Second Sitting for the Last Supper | Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, |
10cc | (4:26) |
| Une Nuit a Paris: Same Night in Paris (Pt. 1: One Night in Paris/Pt. 2: The | 10cc | (8:40) | |
| Under Your Thumb | Godley & Creme, 10cc | (3:43) | |
| Wedding Bells | Godley & Creme, 10cc | (3:26) | |
| A Groovy Kind of Love | Carole Bayer Sager, Toni Wine | The Mindbenders, 10cc | (2:01) |
| No Milk Today | Graham Gouldman | Graham Gouldman, 10cc | (3:13) |
| Bus Stop | Graham Gouldman | Graham Gouldman, 10cc | (3:26) |
| For Your Love | Graham Gouldman | Graham Gouldman, 10cc | (2:34) |
| Heart Full of Soul | Graham Gouldman | Graham Gouldman, 10cc | (3:15) |
| Beautifulloser.com [Edited Version] | Graham Gouldman, |
10cc | (5:37) |
| Son of Man | Graham Gouldman, |
10cc | (5:01) |
