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10cc: Bloody Tourists (Polydor)

Jon Young, Feature, January 1979

WHEN LOL Creme and Kevin Godley took their gizmo and went off to make Consequences, the remainder of 10cc (5cc?) seemed to be reeling from shock. Sure, Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman managed to squeeze out a hit single, the drippy 'The Things We Do for Love'. However, their albums told a less deceptive tale, one of rapidly dwindling ideas.

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