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''Deceptive Bends'' is the fifth studio album by the British rock band
10cc 10cc are an English rock music, rock band formed in Stockport, southeast of Manchester, in 1972. The group initially consisted of four musicians, Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, who had written and recorded togethe ...
, released in 1977. It was the first album released by the band after the departure of founding members Kevin Godley and Lol Creme and produced the hit single " The Things We Do for Love".


History

The band started recording sessions for the fifth album in late summer of 1976 with the song " People in Love", at that time referred to as "Voodoo Boogie". But with the tensions in the band rising the track was considered "awful" when assembled, and Kevin Godley and Lol Creme decided to temporarily split with
Eric Stewart Eric Michael Stewart (born 20 January 1945) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer, best known as a founding member of the rock groups the Mindbenders with whom he played from 1963 to 1968, and likewise of ...
and Graham Gouldman to start work on what would later become their debut project '' Consequences''. As their work progressed Godley and Creme decided to leave the group. As Stewart and Gouldman were left as a duo they opted to try recording " Good Morning Judge", which debuted live at the Knebworth Festival on 21 August 1976 with the original line-up, and later " The Things We Do For Love". Satisfied with the results they continued to run the band with the assistance of drummer Paul Burgess, who had already worked with 10cc, acting as second drummer to Kevin Godley on tour. Stewart recalled: "I had a big challenge ahead of me to prove to the record world that we were not just 5cc, as some of the British media had graciously called us. The music was simpler than some of the previous 10cc albums, it was far more direct, streamlined and positive. The whole album was recorded very (in our terms) quickly. I was on a mission, and flying higher and faster than I had ever been before, and I knew by then that we had a very strong album. The new songs played a big part in the equation of course, I was out to prove also that we could write a hit album without Kevin and Lol ... we did!" The album was the first by 10cc to be recorded in the newly built Strawberry Studios South, though the original recording attempts with Godley and Creme were made in the original Strawberry Studios now referred as North.


Cover and title

The cover design was provided by Hipgnosis. The title of the album was taken from a sign warning of dangerous curves in the southbound A24 between
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and
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in Surrey. Gouldman said in 1977: "Every day I used to travel down from London and see the sign, 'Deceptive Bends.' It struck me to be quite a subtle word the Department of Transport was using, and Eric agreed it was a nice title."'10CC not pleased with pop image' Morristown (New Jersey) Daily Record, 10 July 1977 p. J14 The sign is no longer there.


Release

The first single taken from the album, " The Things We Do for Love", reached No. 1 in Canada, No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart, No. 5 on the
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where it was later certified Gold and became the band's best selling single there. ''Deceptive Bends'' itself was also a success, performing better than previous 10cc albums in a number of countries. The album was reissued and remastered on CD in 1997 with b-sides as bonus tracks. An early "Voodoo Boogie" version of "People in Love" that featured a more offbeat arrangement and prominent backing vocals by Creme, was later included in 10cc's limited-edition box set ''Tenology'' in 2012.


Track listing

All tracks written by
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and Graham Gouldman.


Side one


Side two


Bonus tracks on 1997 CD reissue


Personnel

Credits sourced from the original album liner notes.


10cc

*
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– lead (1, 2, 4, 5, 7–9), co-lead (6) and backing vocals (1–3, 5, 6, 8, 9), electric lead (all tracks) and rhythm guitars (3, 9), slide guitar (1, 3–5), piano (1, 2, 4–6, 8, 9), Fender Rhodes electric piano (3, 6, 9), organ (2, 3, 6),
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(1, 9), maracas (8, 9) * Graham Gouldman – lead (3, 5, 6, 9) and backing vocals (all tracks), bass guitar (all tracks), fuzz bass (7, 8), electric lead (1, 9) and rhythm guitars (all tracks), 12-string acoustic guitar (9), acoustic guitar (2–4, 9), organ and dobro (5), autoharp (9), tambourine (1, 2), handclaps (2), triangle (6), guiro (8) * Paul Burgess – drums (all tracks), tambourine (1, 2, 4, 9), cabasa (1, 6, 9), "wah" piano (1),
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and handclaps (2), congas (3, 9), triangle and piano stool (3), bell-tree and roto-toms (4), wood blocks and
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(6), agogô (8), claves (9)


Additional musicians

* Del Newmanstring arrangements (4, 9) * Jean Alain Roussel – Fender Rhodes electric piano and organ (8) * Tony Spath – piano (7),
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(5)


Charts performance


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications


References

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