Ten Out of 10

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Ten Out of 10
Studio album by 10cc
Released	1981
Genre	Rock
Length	44:32 (UK release)
Label	Warner Bros/Mercury
Producer(s)	Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman
Professional reviews
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10cc chronology
Look Hear? (1978)	Ten Out of 10 (1980)	Windows in the Jungle (1983)

Ten Out of 10 is the eighth studio album by 10cc. The track listing varied between UK and U.S. releases, with the U.S. release omitting the last four tracks and replacing them with compositions including three co-written by Andrew Gold.

Recording was split between the band's two studio facilities, Strawberry Studios South at Dorking, Surrey, and Strawberry Studios North at Stockport, Cheshire.

Although the album featured two of the musicians used on 1980s' Look Hear? – drummer Paul Burgess on all but two tracks, guitarist and singer Rick Fenn on two tracks – Ten Out of 10 was clearly a return to the core duo of Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart. A variety of session musicians, including pianist Vic Emerson, were employed for the album, but unlike its predecessor, they were not acknowledged on the album as part of "the group". Instead they were credited by name after the contributions of Gouldman and Stewart, who were identified only as "Graham" and "Eric". The only band member photos on the album were those of Gouldman and Stewart.

The album yielded the following singles: "Les Nouveaux Riches"/"I Hate to Eat Alone" (UK release); "Don't Turn Me Away"/Tomorrow's World Today"; "The Power of Love"/You're Coming Home Again" (released with "Action Man in Motown" as the B-side in some countries); "Memories/"Overdraft in Overdrive" (Holland only); "Run Away"/"Action Man in Motown"; "We've Heard it All Before"/"Overdraft in Overdrive" (UK only).

Cover design for the album was by Visible Ink Ltd, which also created the cover for ABC's The Lexicon of Love (1982).

[edit] UK track listing

1. "Don't Ask" (Graham Gouldman) – 4:03
2. "Overdraft in Overdrive" (Gouldman, Eric Stewart) – 3:25
3. "Don't Turn Me Away" (Stewart) – 5:07
4. "Memories" (Gouldman, Stewart) – 4:33
5. "Notell Hotel" (Gouldman, Stewart) – 4:58
6. "Les Nouveaux Riches" (Stewart) – 5:14
7. "Action Man in a Motown Suit" (Gouldman, Stewart) – 4:46
8. "Listen With Your Eyes" (Gouldman, Stewart) – 3:15
9. "Lying Here With You" (Gouldman) – 3:23
10. "Survivor" (Gouldman, Stewart) – 5:48

[edit] US track listing

1. "Don't Ask"
2. "The Power of Love" (Andrew Gold, Gouldman, Stewart) – 4:14
3. "Les Nouveaux Riches"
4. "Memories"
5. "We've Heard It All Before" (Gold, Gouldman, Stewart) – 3:48
6. "Don't Turn Me Away"
7. "Notell Hotel"
8. "Overdraft in Overdrive"
9. "Tomorrow's World Today" (Gouldman) – 3:14
10. "Run Away" (Gold, Gouldman, Stewart) – 4:07

[edit] Personnel

• Eric Stewart — vocals, synthesiser, guitars, bass, slide guitar, pianos, percussion, synthesiser strings, rock snare
• Graham Gouldman — vocals, bass, guitars, percussion, double bass, sitar
• Paul Burgess — drums, percussion
• Rick Fenn — guitars, fretless bass, backing vocals ("Don't Ask", "Action Man in Motown Suit")
• Marc Jordan — organ, piano, backing vocals, electric piano
• Vic Emerson — synclavier, string synthesiser, piano, electric piano, bass
• Lenni Crookes — sax on "Don't Turn Me Away"
• Simon Phillips — drums on "Survivor" and "Tomorrow's World Today"
• Keith Bessey — maracas on "Survivor"
• Andrew Gold — vocals, bass, guitar, piano, electric piano, synthesizer, vocoder, percussion