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Rating: Poor |
The moment for a 10cc live album would have been when they toured 'The Original Soundtrack' with one of the most adventurous—not to mention musically extravagant—shows of their time. Instead, they waited another two years, until the newly reduced Eric Stewart/Graham Gouldman leadership hit the road to promote their first LP since the split, 'Deceptive Bends,' buoyed by the fact that the hits just kept coming.
It's a fun listen on its own terms, a vinyl package that wraps a hard-hitting rock show around a good selection of hits. But it's also an unsatisfying endeavor, as it duplicates all but one track from "Deceptive Bends," then avoids any reference to the Godley/Creme era by limiting the hits to Stewart and Gouldman compositions alone.
That it contains one track previously regarded no higher than a B-side ('Waterfall') is a benefit of this approach; unfortunately, you also realise just how straightforward and rocky the duo's writing could be, and '10CC In Concert' emerges less as a document of a great live performance than a desperate résumé, the surviving band members so determined to prove their own worth that they've forgotten what made the band so special in the first place.
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