You Didn't Like It Because You Didn't Think Of It is an album by British pop group Hotlegs

Hotlegs

Hotlegs was a short-lived English band best known for its hit single "Neanderthal Man" in 1970. The band consisted of Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, Lol Creme and – briefly – Graham Gouldman...

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The album was released in 1976 after Hotlegs, a three-piece band from Stockport

Stockport

Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground southeast of Manchester city centre, at the point where the rivers Goyt and Tame join and create the River Mersey. Stockport is the largest settlement in the metropolitan borough of the same name...

, near Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

, had added a fourth member, Graham Gouldman

Graham Gouldman

Graham Keith Gouldman is an English songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc.-Early life and 1960s pop career: 1946–1968:Gouldman was born in Broughton, Salford, England...

, changed its name and achieved international chart success as 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...

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The album was a revised version of Hotlegs' debut album, Thinks: School Stinks

Thinks: School Stinks

Thinks: School Stinks is the first album released by British pop band Hotlegs. The album, featuring the band's hit single "Neanderthal Man", was recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport near Manchester and engineered by the studio's co-owners, Eric Stewart and Peter Tattersall...

, which had included the band's hit single "Neanderthal Man". You Didn't Like It Because You Didn't Think Of It was titled after "Neanderthal Man"'s B-side.

The title track had, in 1973, been reworked to form the basis of "Fresh Air For My Mama", the closing song on 10cc's debut album, 10cc

10cc (album)

10cc is the debut album by British rock band 10cc. It was recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport, which was part-owned by guitarist and engineer Eric Stewart, and released on Jonathan King's UK Records label. The album reached No.36 in the UK....

. Parts of the song are also lyrically and melodically similar to parts of Godley and Creme's song "Five O'Clock in the Morning", off Consequences.

"The Loser" had been the B-side of the 1971 single "Lady Sadie", while an additional track, "Today", had first been recorded by Kevin Godley

Kevin Godley

Kevin Godley is a British musician and music video director.He was born in a family of Jewish descent, and went to North Cestrian Grammar School in Altrincham....

 and Lol Creme

Lol Crème

Lol Creme is an English musician and music video director, best known for his work in 10cc. He sings, plays guitar and keyboards.-Biography:...

 in 1969 under the band name of Frabjoy and the Runcible Spoon.

The album cover featured a drawing of the band by Godley and Creme.

Track listing

1. "Um Wah, Um Woh" (Kevin Godley
   Kevin Godley
   Kevin Godley is a British musician and music video director.He was born in a family of Jewish descent, and went to North Cestrian Grammar School in Altrincham....
   
   , Lol Creme
   Lol Crème
   Lol Creme is an English musician and music video director, best known for his work in 10cc. He sings, plays guitar and keyboards.-Biography:...
   
   , 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....
   
   ) – 5:30
2. "Today" (Godley, Creme)
3. "You Didn't Like It Because You Didn't Think Of It" (Godley, Creme, Stewart)
4. "Fly Away" (Godley, Creme) – 2:43
5. "Run Baby Run" (Godley, Creme, Stewart) – 2:50
6. "The Loser" (Godley, Creme Stewart)
7. "Neanderthal Man" (Godley, Creme, Stewart) – 4:19
8. "How Many Times" (Godley, Creme, Stewart) – 3:57
9. "Desperate Dan" (Godley, Creme, Stewart) – 2:12
10. "Take Me Back" (Godley, Creme) – 5:01
11. "Lady Sadie" (Godley, Creme, Stewart)
12. "Suite F.A." (Godley, Creme) – 12:53
    • 1st Movement – On My Way
    • 2nd Movement – Indecision
    • 3rd Movement – The Return

Personnel

• Lol Creme
  Lol Crème
  Lol Creme is an English musician and music video director, best known for his work in 10cc. He sings, plays guitar and keyboards.-Biography:...
  
   – guitar, bass, vocals, keyboards, arranger
• Kevin Godley
  Kevin Godley
  Kevin Godley is a British musician and music video director.He was born in a family of Jewish descent, and went to North Cestrian Grammar School in Altrincham....
  
   – drums, vocals, arranger
• 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....
  
   – guitar, bass, vocals, arranger
• Peter Tattersall – left-handed boogey piano ("Desperate Dan")
• Mike Timoney – organ
• Rod Morton – on-beat tambourine "(Desperate Dan")
• Baz Barker – violin ("How Many Times")
• Ian Brookes – trumpet
• Mike Bell – saxophone
• Brian Day
  Brian Day
  Brian Day, MRCP , FRCS , FRCS , is a physician in Canada and was the 2007-2008 president of the Canadian Medical Association. He is known as Dr. Profit by opponents and Dr. Prophet by supporters for his advocacy of a role for private health care...
  
   – arrangements and conducting
• Cheadle Hulme High School
  Cheadle Hulme High School
  Cheadle Hulme High School is a community secondary co-educational comprehensive day school, located in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Cheadle Hulme High School is often referred to as CHHS...
  
  Choir