Artist: 10 CC
Album: HOW DARE YOU! REMASTERED (CD)

Year: 1976/ 1997
Media type: CD

How Dare You! is often considered to be 10cc's finest album, and included UK hit singles "I'm Mandy Fly Me" and "Art For Art's Sake". Released in 1976, it was also the last 10cc album to feature the classic line-up of Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme, with the latter two departing to work on their own musical projects, and eventually becoming music video pioneers. The album was the band's second to feature cover artwork by the Hipgnosis creative team.

In an interview at the time of its release, Gouldman told Melody Maker music newspaper: "It's as different as any album by the same band can be, and I think it's a progression from the last one. I think there's been a progression on every album and I think we've done it again. It's a strange mixture of songs. There's one about divorce, a song about schizophrenia, a song about wanting to rule the world, the inevitable money song, and an instrumental."

TRACKLIST:

01 "How Dare You" (Kevin Godley, Lol Creme) – 4:14
Eric - Steel guitar, lead guitar
Kevin - Drums, congas, cow bell, bongos
Graham - Bass, rizo-rizo
Lol - Rhythm guitars, 12 string, lead guitar, clavinet, moog, marracas, sleigh bells

02 "Lazy Ways" (Creme, Eric Stewart) – 4:20
Eric - Lead vocal, lead guitar, six string bass
Graham - Acoustic guitars, tambourine, backup vocals
Lol - Piano, clavinet, moog, tambourine, backup vocals
Kevin - Drums, triangle, backup vocals

03 "I Wanna Rule The World" (Godley, Creme, Graham Gouldman) – 3:57
Lol - Organ, piano, backup vocals, lead vocals
Kevin - Drums, timpani, marracas, backup vocals
Eric - Lead guitars, backup vocals
Graham - Bass, backup vocals

04 "I'm Mandy Fly Me" (Stewart, Gouldman, Godley) – 5:24
Eric - Lead vocal, lead guitar, piano, whistle, backup vocals
Graham - Bass, zithers, double bass, six string bass, backup vocals
Kevin - Drums, backup vocals
Lol - Lead guitar, moog, vibes, backup vocals

05 "Iceberg" (Gouldman, Godley) – 3:43
Graham - Lead vocal, electric guitars, bass, backup vocals
Kevin - 2nd lead vocal, congas, timpani, backup vocals
Eric - Lead guitars, Levi zip
Lol - Organ, gizmo, backup vocals

06 "Art For Arts Sake" (Stewart, Gouldman) – 5:59
Eric - Lead vocal, piano, electric piano, six string bass, fuzz bass, lead guitar
Graham - Electric guitars, cow bell, tambourine, backup vocals
Lol - 2nd lead vocal, electric guitars, marracas, moog, recorder, backup vocals
Kevin - Drums temple, blocks, backup vocals

07 "Rock 'n' Roll Lullaby" (Gouldman, Stewart) – 3:58
Kevin - Lead vocals, drums, backup vocals
Eric - 2nd lead vocal, lead guitar, pedal steel guitar, piano
Lol - Electric guitars, backup vocals
Graham - Bass, dobro, slide steel guitar, glockenspiel

08 "Head Room" (Godley, Creme) – 4:21
Lol - Lead vocal, lead guitar, electric piano
Kevin - Drums, tambourine, backup vocals
Graham - Bass, backup vocals
Eric - Slide guitar, backup vocals

09 "Don't Hang Up" (Godley, Creme) – 6:16
Kevin - Lead vocal, cabasa, castanets, hand claps, backup vocals
Lol - Piano, electric piano, marracas, hand claps, backup vocals, gizmo, moog
Graham - Bass, Spanish guitar, hand claps, backup vocals
Eric - Lead guitar, backup vocals
Mair Jones - Harp

1997 Reissue bonus track:
10. "Get It While You Can" (Gouldman, Stewart) – 2:53

LINE-UP:

Lol Creme — Vocals, Guitar, Moog, Piano, Percussion, Organ, Clavinet, Recorder, Vibes
Kevin Godley — Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Timpani, Congas, Bongos
Graham Gouldman — Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Glockenspiel
Eric Stewart — Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Bass
Mair Jones — Harp