Do Not Bend is the third solo album by British pop musician and songwriter Eric Stewart

Eric Stewart

Eric Stewart is an English musician, songwriter and record producer most known for his tenure with The Mindbenders in the 1960s, and 10cc from 1972 to 1995....

, a founding member of 10cc

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...

. Released in 2003, it did not chart in the UK or US.

The album was recorded over five years at Stewart's Templar Studios in France, with final sessions for the female backing vocals done at David Gilmour

David Gilmour

David Jon Gilmour, CBE, D.M. is an English rock musician and multi-instrumentalist who is best known as the guitarist, one of the lead singers and main songwriters in the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has worked as a producer for a variety of...

's Astoria Studios

Astoria (recording studio)

Astoria is a grand houseboat, adapted as a recording studio by its owner, Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour. It is moored on the River Thames near Hampton Court...

 in London

London

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.

Stewart has said the album's title was inspired by a label posted on a package being mailed by his son Jody.

Track listing

All songs composed by Eric Stewart

1. "You Can't Take It With You" – 4:04
2. "A Friend in Need" – 5:08
3. "The Gods Are Smiling" – 4:30
4. "Fred and Dis-Audrey" – 4:13
5. "I Will Love You Tomorrow" – 5:04
6. "Sleeping With the Ghosts" – 5:12
7. "Rappin' with Yves" – 3:21
8. "Norman Conquest II" – 4:18
9. "No No Nettie" – 3:13
10. "Mr Decadent" – 3:50
11. "Do the Books" – 5:37
12. "Set in Blancmange" – 5:55
13. "A Human, Being" – 4:18
14. "You Are Not Me" – 4:37

Personnel

• Eric Stewart
  Eric Stewart
  Eric Stewart is an English musician, songwriter and record producer most known for his tenure with The Mindbenders in the 1960s, and 10cc from 1972 to 1995....
  
   – vocals, guitar, bass, piano, synthesiser, drums and percussion, steel drums, brass
• Sam Brown – backing vocals
• Helen McRobbie – backing vocals
• Louise Marshall – backing vocals