How Dare You!
by 10cc

From CaptainPain 12/20/2025 14:07 | #312219

Swan Song of the classic 10 CC line-up, perhaps their best album...
After the release of the excellent "The Original Soundtrack" (1975), which became their commercial breakthrough, thanks to the hit Im Not In Love, 10CC naturally wanted to build on the success, and "How Dare You" turned out to be its worthy sequel. The paradox. Despite the fact that when working on it, there was an obvious gap between the two opposing factions within the band (Krim-Godley and Stewart-Gouldman), the performance, arrangements, vocal harmonies and sound engineering undoubtedly made this album one of the band's best albums. There are almost no passing things here, and each track reflects the incredible perfectionism of the musicians.
What I've always liked most about 10CC's music is a special sense of irony and even sarcasm in places, beautiful, layered vocals and whimsical vocal parts that made every song of the band unforgettable, even despite the seemingly deceptive simplicity. For example, listen to the thing a la Zappa - I Wanna Rule The World, and you will understand me.
This time, the hits were I'm Mandy, Fly Me and the ironic Art For Art's Sake ("Art for Art's Sake") The first tune is a fantastic story about a plane crash victim saved from death by the stewardess of his dreams, which sounds against a musical background that mimics the exotic poppy, while the second is a mocking parody of commercial-oriented musicians, performed to the rumbling rhythm of a cowbell...