Changing Faces - The Very Best of 10cc and Godley & Creme
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Changing Faces – The Very Best of 10cc and Godley & Creme was the first compilation that included all the hits from 10cc
and Godley & Creme
. The album featured sixteen tracks including a remixed version of "Snack Attack" by Godley & Creme, that originally featured on their 1981 album Ismism
. The track was also issued as a single with an edit of "Wet Rubber Soup" from The History Mix Volume 1
on the B-side. The single failed to chart. The album was very successful in the UK reaching No.4 and achieving platinum status - selling over 300,000 copies, and was the catalyst to Polydor conducting market research to see if the public would welcome a new album from the band. The results were ...Meanwhile
video for Godley & Creme's "Cry" single from 1985.
The video has since been repackaged as the companion to the "Greatest Hits ... And More
" compilation from 2006, available as a DVD.
10cc
10cc are an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians -- Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme -- who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the "10cc" name...
and Godley & Creme
Godley & Creme
Godley & Creme were an English pop music duo composed of Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. The pair began releasing albums as a duo after splitting from the pop band 10cc. In 1979 they directed their first music video for their own single "An Englishman in New York"...
. The album featured sixteen tracks including a remixed version of "Snack Attack" by Godley & Creme, that originally featured on their 1981 album Ismism
Ismism
Ismism is the fourth album by English band Godley & Creme. The album was released in the US under the name Snack Attack.The album cover originally was in white with the title spelt out via holes in the cover which showed a contrasting colour beneath. Later versions used coloured dots instead of holes...
. The track was also issued as a single with an edit of "Wet Rubber Soup" from The History Mix Volume 1
The History Mix Volume 1
The History Mix Volume 1 is the sixth album by British pop band Godley & Creme. The album was a remix of songs spanning the career of Godley & Creme and their earlier bands, 10cc, Doctor Father and Hotlegs....
on the B-side. The single failed to chart. The album was very successful in the UK reaching No.4 and achieving platinum status - selling over 300,000 copies, and was the catalyst to Polydor conducting market research to see if the public would welcome a new album from the band. The results were ...Meanwhile
...Meanwhile
...Meanwhile is the 10th studio album by British pop band 10cc. It was recorded at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York, The Hit Factory, New York, River Sound Studios, New York, Bill Schner Studio, Los Angeles and Village Recorders, Los Angeles and released in 1992.The album was the band's...
The Cover
The cover featured a composite of all the band's faces placed on top of each other - a reference to the famous morphingMorphing
Morphing is a special effect in motion pictures and animations that changes one image into another through a seamless transition. Most often it is used to depict one person turning into another through technological means or as part of a fantasy or surreal sequence. Traditionally such a depiction...
video for Godley & Creme's "Cry" single from 1985.
Track listing
- 10cc "Dreadlock HolidayDreadlock Holiday-In popular culture:* The song is featured on the first episode, "Killeroo", of the first series of the British cult comedy The Mighty Boosh. Bob Fossil, head of the Zooniverse, dances to the first verse of the song while a confused Howard Moon looks on, before switching it off and explaining "And...
" (Stewart, Gouldman) 1978 - 10cc "The Wall Street Shuffle" (Stewart, Gouldman) 1974
- Godley & Creme "Under Your Thumb" (Godley, Creme) 1981
- 10cc "Life is a Minestrone" (Creme, Stewart) 1975
- Godley & Creme "An Englishman in New York" (Godley, Creme) 1979
- 10cc "Art For Art's Sake" (Stewart, Gouldman) 1975
- 10cc "Donna" (Godley, Creme) 1972
- Godley & Creme "Snack Attack (Remix)" 1987 (Original Version 1981)
- Godley & Creme "Cry" (Godley, Creme) 1985
- 10cc "The Things We Do For Love" (Stewart, Gouldman) 1976
- Godley & Creme "Wedding Bells" (Godley, Creme) 1981
- 10cc "I'm Mandy, Fly Me" (Stewart, Gouldman, Godley) 1976
- 10cc "Good Morning Judge" (Stewart, Gouldman) 1977
- 10cc "Rubber Bullets" (Godley, Creme) 1973
- Godley & Creme "Save a Mountain for Me" (Godley, Creme) 1982
- 10cc "I'm Not in LoveI'm Not in Love"I'm Not in Love" is a song written by Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman of the English group 10cc, from the album The Original Soundtrack. The lyric reveals a narrator in denial about the title's ostensible theme.-The 10cc version:...
" (Stewart, Gouldman) 1975
The Video
Following on from the success of the album, a compilation of videos was assembled and released in 1988. Because many of the early singles didn't have promo films available, the tracklisting differed from the album.- 10cc "Dreadlock Holiday" (Promo)
- 10cc "The Wall Street Shuffle" (Live)
- Godley & Creme "An Englishman in New York" (Promo)
- Godley & Creme "Wedding Bells" (Promo)
- 10cc "The Things We Do For Love" (Promo)
- 10cc "Good Morning Judge" (Promo)
- Godley & Creme "Golden Boy" (Promo)
- 10cc "I'm Mandy, Fly Me" (Promo)
- 10cc "Feel The Love" (Promo)
- 10cc "I'm Not in Love" (Live)
- Godley & Creme - History Mix - featuring "Cry" (Various clips of the promos directed by and featuring them and 10cc)
The video has since been repackaged as the companion to the "Greatest Hits ... And More
Greatest Hits ... And More
Greatest Hits ... And More is the name of a 2006 compilation of songs by English pop group 10cc as well as pre-10cc and post-10cc work by its founding members, Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart and Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, performing as Godley & Creme...
" compilation from 2006, available as a DVD.
Other Info
- The album was TV-advertised.
- Several months after its release Godley & Creme released their seventh and final studio album "Goodbye Blue SkyGoodbye Blue Sky (album)Goodbye Blue Sky was the final album by Godley & Creme. Released in 1988, the album generated two singles, "Little Piece of Heaven" and "10,000 Angels" as well as videos for those two singles....
" which failed to chart. - Following on from the success of the album much of the 10cc back catalogue was issued on cd, except "Ten Out of 10Ten Out of 10Ten Out of 10 is the eighth studio album by 10cc and was released in 1981. It failed to chart in the US or UK. The album marked the first involvement with the band by American singer-songwriter Andrew Gold, who was also invited to join the band, but declined because of other commitments.Gouldman...
", which had been available for several years already. - Phonogram Marketing released another album with slightly different content named "The Very Best Of 10cc and Godley & Creme TV-CD" with EAN 42284540728 in 1991