"Save a mountain for me" is written as a chain gang working song from the perspective of someone in prison. "Samson" is perhaps G&C's answer to "Dreadlock holiday", the song having a similar reggae style beat. "Cat's eyes" maintains the pop orientation with slightly echoed vocals and a strong hook. "Worm and the rattlesnake" on the other hand has an overtly pop orientation, the light melody and quick pace supporting a "what if" tale of missed romance. In this case, the track is devoid of musical instruments, with both Godley and Crème making the appropriate vocal noises in their place. Once again, they will shy away from anything easy preferring to record another selection of eclectic pieces which may or may not work. "My body the car" lays out the duo's stall right from the start. A drum machine is used on most tracks in place of genuine percussion, but this is really the only pandering to the overtly electronic sounds of the 80's. The duo play all the instruments (and indeed make all the sounds, see later) with the exception of some trumpet on one track. Expect clamshell box packaging.By no means an eagle, but not a turkey eitherĪlthough it was released in 1983, "Birds of prey" remains Godley and Crème's penultimate studio album at time of writing. The History Mix Volume 1 (which features the hit single Cry) and their final album Goodbye Blue Sky fill out the next two CDs and the final disc contains single A-sides, B-sides and an extended version.īody Of Work 1978-1988 will be issued on 8 September 2017 by Caroline International. The next album, 1981’s Ismism (aka Snack Attack) shares space with 1983’s Bird Of Prey on another ‘two-fer’ disc (although a close look at the track listing confirms that the last song on that album – Out In The Cold – is bumped to the start of CD3!).
The first CD combines 1977’s L and its follow-up Freeze Frame. This box features music from Kevin Godley and Lol Creme that spans 10 years. We have the two-CD Eric Stewart Anthology due in mid-July, the Before, During and After four-CD box set a week later, and now Body Of Work 1978-1988, a five-disc Godley & Creme box set scheduled for release in September. There is something of a glut of 10cc related releases in the coming weeks.
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