10cc: 10cc
Greg Shaw, Rolling Stone, 22 November 1973
A NEW STRAIN of music has been developing of late, unheralded except by those who delight in new studio techniques applied in loving parody to old pop cliches. Roy Wood, with Wizzard and on his solo LP Boulders, has already done much in this vein, but he is no contender against the combined talents of Jonathan King and his latest sensation, 10cc.
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