Got to be "Sheet Music", but this one is considerably more crowded with goodies than the debut. "Wall Street Shuffle", "Hotel", "Old Wild Men", "Clockwork Creep" the "Sacro-Iliac" are all marvellous songs. Great album!
― Geir Hongro, Monday, 27 October 2008 00:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Tough one -- I may be partial to "Old Wild Men," but the "Norman Mailer/Wants to nail her" couplet from "Somewhere in Hollywood" deserves some kind of award. In addition to the songs Geir mentions, big ups, too, to "Oh Effendi," the only song in the 10cc catalog that out Little Feats Little Feat.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 27 October 2008 01:07 (fifteen years ago) link
the sacro-iliac for me
― nonightsweats, Monday, 27 October 2008 04:43 (fifteen years ago) link
I prefer the first album to this TBH. Its still good, but there's a couple of tracks I find quite irritating, "Clockwork Creep" for example.
Anyway, 'Somewhere in Hollywood', with 'Wall Street' a close second.
― Phil Will, Monday, 27 October 2008 11:32 (fifteen years ago) link
This album not as good as I thought it was on re-listening - if anyone votes for "Clockwork Creep" they should be taken out and shot down like a dog! Some dodgy "70s" racial stereotyping on quite a few tracks here! Fave tracks: The Wall Street Shuffle, Old Wild Men, Somewhere in Hollywood.
the "Norman Mailer/Wants to nail her" couplet from "Somewhere in Hollywood" deserves some kind of award
Ditto:
"I had a part in the talkiesWhen you were a little girlI've taken Lassie for walkiesWhen she was the pup that vaudeville threw upAnd destiny lead herHand in paw to Somewhere In Hollywood"
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Monday, 27 October 2008 12:32 (fifteen years ago) link
"Clockwork Creep" has a great chorus, even if the lyrics are a bit creepy (I don't care much about lyrics anyway). And the way it was continued into "I'm Mandy Fly Me" two years later was even more brilliant.
― Geir Hongro, Monday, 27 October 2008 15:15 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't care much about lyrics anyway, the song's just irritating as fuck!
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Monday, 27 October 2008 15:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 7 November 2008 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 8 November 2008 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Way too few votes, but correct winner.
― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 8 November 2008 00:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Suspect an Original Soundtrack thread will do better. The only mystery, tho, will be what the 2nd place song is.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 8 November 2008 02:40 (fifteen years ago) link
I know there are some fans of "Wall Street Shuffle" here on ILM, so puzzled nobody voted for that one.
― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 8 November 2008 10:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Just recently discovered this album (only knew their "greatest hits" so far). I hear a lot of Zappa and Steely Dan in there. Faves so far are "Old White Men" (that slow drip chorus) and "The Sacro-Iliac".
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 09:03 (four years ago) link