Tracklist
album info:
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Discs1
Rank−
Released1975-03-11
Record labelMercury UK, Polygram UK
Charts
AddedNovember 15th, 2005
Last updatedDecember 4th, 2016
AboutNot to be confused with Original Soundtrack (album).
The Original Soundtrack is the third studio album by the English art rock band 10cc. It was released in 1975 and peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart. The Original Soundtrack includes the singles "Life Is a Minestrone" and "I'm Not in Love", the latter of which is the band's most popular song.
The album was recorded and produced by the band at Strawberry Studios in 1974 with Eric Stewart engineering and mixing. The album received good reviews when originally released on LP and cassette by Mercury Records in March 1975. The album has since been reissued on several occasions with bonus tracks and has been remastered. The artwork was designed by Hipgnosis and illustrated by artist Humphrey Ocean.
The rest of the album, which was already complete, was released just weeks later.
The album's opening track, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme's "Une Nuit a Paris", is a nine-minute, multi-part "mini-operetta". Its melody can also be heard in the overture to Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical The Phantom of the Opera. In English, the title translates as "One Night in Paris" and the suite is divided into three separate parts:
Part 1 - One Night in Paris
Part 2 - The Same Night in Paris
Part 3 - Later That Same Night in Paris
Lyrically the song tells a tale of a British tourist in Paris, France. The locals attempt to con the man into buying items such as a Swiss watch and photographs. Eventually the man ends up in the red-light district and although he feels ripped off, sleeps with a prostitute. Due to a series of complications, a policeman arrives on the scene and is shot dead.
The album's most famous song, "I'm Not in Love", was built around a simple title by Stewart. The song is noted for its innovative production, especially its richly overdubbed choral backing.
The Original Soundtrack is the third studio album by the English art rock band 10cc. It was released in 1975 and peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart. The Original Soundtrack includes the singles "Life Is a Minestrone" and "I'm Not in Love", the latter of which is the band's most popular song.
The album was recorded and produced by the band at Strawberry Studios in 1974 with Eric Stewart engineering and mixing. The album received good reviews when originally released on LP and cassette by Mercury Records in March 1975. The album has since been reissued on several occasions with bonus tracks and has been remastered. The artwork was designed by Hipgnosis and illustrated by artist Humphrey Ocean.
The rest of the album, which was already complete, was released just weeks later.
The album's opening track, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme's "Une Nuit a Paris", is a nine-minute, multi-part "mini-operetta". Its melody can also be heard in the overture to Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical The Phantom of the Opera. In English, the title translates as "One Night in Paris" and the suite is divided into three separate parts:
Part 1 - One Night in Paris
Part 2 - The Same Night in Paris
Part 3 - Later That Same Night in Paris
Lyrically the song tells a tale of a British tourist in Paris, France. The locals attempt to con the man into buying items such as a Swiss watch and photographs. Eventually the man ends up in the red-light district and although he feels ripped off, sleeps with a prostitute. Due to a series of complications, a policeman arrives on the scene and is shot dead.
The album's most famous song, "I'm Not in Love", was built around a simple title by Stewart. The song is noted for its innovative production, especially its richly overdubbed choral backing.