Artist: 10CC
Title Of Album: The Ultimate Collection
Year Of Release: 2003
Label (Catalog#): Universal Distribution [CCM068221-2]
Country: England
Genre: Rock, Art Rock, Prog Pop, Soft Rock
Quality: FLAC (tracks +.cue,log,scans)
Bitrate: Lossless
Time: 2:51:47
Full Size: 1,11 GB

For a band whose useful lifespan ran to nine albums, 10cc have been oddly represented by the compilations market. Their first two albums, of course, have been reissued and rejigged in virtually every conceivable permutation; the next four have at least been bled for the hits on a near-annual basis. But a super-rare Japanese four-CD box set notwithstanding, no attempt has ever been made to truly illustrate the band's entire career, from "Donna" to demise. Welcome, then, The Ultimate Collection, which not only does a fine job in unearthing all you need to know about those nine original albums, it also splits the discs in such a way that the first one gives you all the hits you remember, while the second serves up the songs that you very likely missed altogether. And a third, by way of a frustratingly incomplete bonus, pads on a few stray Godley-Creme and Wax hits, to remind us what three of the members did next. It's a worthy approach that suffers primarily through the indeed declining quality of the music. The latter-day 10cc did not stop having hits because the times had changed, and fashions shifted - the group's last hit, "Dreadlock Holiday," landed as late as 1978. They stopped having hits because they stopped writing them, and disc two simply bristles with great ideas, executed poorly. There are some fun moments to be had, and anyone with even an ounce of respect for what 10cc originally achieved does it owe it to themselves to play the package through at least once. But if you already own your favorite 10cc records, this collection will give you nothing more that you need.

TrackList:

CD 1
01] Donna
02] Rubber Bullets
03] The Dean And I
04] The Wall Street Shuffle
05] Silly Love
06] Life Is A Milestrone
07] I'm Not In Love
08] Art For Art's Sake
09] I'm Mandy Fly Me
10] Lazy Ways
11] The Things We Do For Love
12] People In Love
13] Good Morning Judge
14] Dreadlock Holiday
15] Anonymous Alcoholic

CD 2
01] Tokyo
02] Reds In My Bed
03] For You And I
04] It Doesn't Matter At All
05] One Two Five
06] Les Nouveaux Riches
07] Don't Turn Me Away
08] The Power Of Love
09] Memories
10] Run Away
11] 24 Hours
12] Feel The Love
13] Food For Thought
14] Welcome To Paradise
15] Woman In Love

CD 3
01] Godley & Creme / Five O'Clock in the Morning
02] Godley & Creme / An Englishman in New York
03] Godley & Creme / Under Your Thumb
04] Godley & Creme / Wedding Bells
05] Godley & Creme / Cry
06] Godley & Creme / A Little Piece of Heaven
07] Wax / Right Between the Eyes
08] Wax / Building a Bridge to Your Heart

DOWNLOAD LINKS: 10CC - The Ultimate Collection (3CD Remastered Box Set) (2003) FLAC