Sheet Music

Kind of like the lighter Beatles tunes but without the musicality or depth, Similar to the harmonizing of the Beach Boys but mostly focused on the lyrics which are often silly and incomprehensible. Lighter hearted like Klaatu but without the same level of wittiness. There is actually a bit more here than is apparent at the first few listens, but it's still pretty raw. They have a couple of standout hits ("I'm Not In Love", "TheThings We Do For Love") but those hits aren't on this album. They are not--in their own words--"The Worst Band In The World", but it would be easy to mistake them for this based on the intro.

nice enough

Overall fun, but not particularly memorable. ★★★

Where's the Sheet Music jukebox musical? Broadway is calling. To be honest I'm really not sure why this is on the list. I grimaced through most of it. There is a fine line between maximalist and annoying. This crossed over to annoying.

You know, it was weird as hell but they took a swing and I respect them for that. Definitely entertaining

Unsure why this made the list

Обязательно переслушаю, этот альбом какое то открытие

28/10/2026 This is on the high end of 3 for me, just on the cusp. Spotify listeners: 8.1 million

The only song I know by 10cc (and I had to look them up because I didn't recognize the band name) is "I'm Not In Love" (if you don't recognize it by the band or song name, look it up - I guarantee you've hear it in the doctor's office or on an elevator). So when I listened to this album, it was not what I was expecting at all. It sounds like it wants to be a rock opera album that was made popular at the time by bands like The Who and Queen, but it's a goofy version of it. In order to get the whole effect of the album, you have to look at the lyrics too, and they are pretty non-sensical. So while it sounds like it's trying to be a rock opera, it seems to be just a bunch of non-related songs strung together. It's not bad, but it's not anything I'd want to listen to again. I suppose it made the list for its originality and creativity, but it certainly doesn't seem like a classic.

didn’t love it but it was kind of a fun vibe ? maybe if it was summer and i was happy :/

Way too twee for me. Cute pop grates.

Occasionally too twee and quirky, but overall pleasant.

Dated humour.

I only know one 10cc song, which is I'm Not in Love. This album sounded nothing like that song. It wasn't bad. It wasn't something I'd ever need to hear again though.

BUENO

I wasn't expecting this. Interesting that this album came out in 1974, the year before Queen released A Night at the Opera. This album bears a lot of similarities. Inventive, interesting, and very listenable. Although no true classics emerge, I'm glad I've heard the album and will listen to it again.

It was a musical journey.

Music is nice lyrics are distractingly ass

Not really a great album but it was at least fun.

Did not know 10cc were this weird

There is so much to dislike about this album I'm afraid that I just don't like this style of music. The tongue in cheek nature of the tracks I listened to grated, as did the whole concept of Hotel pissed me off And I'm afraid that I didn't finish it. It annoyed me that much: and I've finished almost everything on this list Horrible album

Not quite what I was expecting. I was thinking it would be some 70s yacht rock. But I kinda dug it and would revisit. 3.5/5 rounded to 4.

What and excellent surprise

really energetic and cool, I think I will listen to more by them and prog rock seems to be one of my favorite genres

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

They're not the worst band in the world, but I can't decide if they were trying to be Dad Rock, Yacht Rock, or Frank Zappa. It's a fun little experimental album by a band with a lackluster name, but I can't see myself listening to this one again. Favorite Track: "The Worst Band In The World".

A bizarre album that has no idea if it wants to be pop or rock or something entirely different… and I enjoyed myself! Some songs like "Hotel" were not for me, but other tracks like "Somewhere in Hollywood" made up for it. This record is strange and experimental-ish in an amusing way, not in a head-scratching way. I was also impressed when I realised its release date was 1974; not what I was expecting from this time period, though perhaps that's only cause I've barely listened to music from the 70's. Not the most incredible project out there, but a decent spread of art rock and pop that doesn't take itself too seriously!

Number: 285 Familiarity: Aware (2) Rating: 3 Before: ======= Hm 10cc, Art Rock? I never would have put those two words together. But then again, I don't think I've ever listened to this particular album from them, though I assume I at least have skimmed through it before. After : ======= Interesting. Probably would have been more interesting in 1974.

454/1089 clockwork creep is kinda weird and theatrical, i like that about it. it was a fun album that started a little slow but had a couple highlights and ended well faves: clockwork creep, somewhere in hollywood 45/100

First album I bought so of course it’s a 5/5

Terrible

Very enjoyable and kind of goofy, I liked it but I don't think I'll be going back to it regularly 3/5

Not my thing at all. A bit boring and immature for my liking.

I’m not in love………… with this album

This one took a couple of listens and reading of some of the positive reviews to click, and I am glad that I stuck with it, because there is a lot to love here. The production sounds great, the music is frequently inventive, and the lyrics are as smart as they are completely stupid. I can't give this 5 stars though because some of the humour does not land at all and I can see this being extremely annoying if I am not in the right mood for it.

I remember the name 10cc but can't remember what songs I've heard and currently don't have any songs by them liked on Spotify. Wonder if I'll recognize anything from this one. After the first 3 songs I was already tired of this. Words that come to mind - pointless, goofy, dorky, silly, stupid - but none of this in good way. Sort of reminded me of the Frank Zappa record I heard on here. Oh and here comes a song called "Silly Love". It never got better through the end of the album. Sometimes this reminded me of Queen in it's sound - but Freddy Mercury is a much better singer and their music is usually much more interesting. The Kinks had many songs that were humourous but they also had a bigger point - like Apeman as one example - and musically and lyrically and vocally they were so much better than this. I mean, was this necessary to listen to before I died? I don't think so. I don't need to hear any of this again. Liked songs on Spotify: 0/10 Rating: 1/5 (should be zero)

There is one good song on this (Somewhere in Hollywood).

bit weird, nothing amazing but I like that it is different

nice

Very busy. I can hear those beatles influences, and they because of this have bits that sound like queen, cheap trick, elo, jellyfish. There is also B Wison vocal styling if not mistaken. So should like. But they are too clever by half, it's all over the place in it's h so knowing quirky way. Was 4 songs in and thought had been listening for hours and the whole thing when looked is less than 40 minutes, not a good sign. Just all over theplace, little cohesion. 2 Star

Actually this is quite interesting, not exactly what I expected. Super awesome to recognise "the worst band in the world" as being heavily sampled by J Dilla in "Workin On it" so thats very cool, crazy song. Def at least 2, maybe even 3 stars cause why not

At times it seemed like they were ripping off the Beatles. At other times, the Beach Boys. And they did a horrible job in both cases.

Butt secks

Classic 1970's pop rock. A decent album with some funny lyrics. Pop was somehow better back then than it is today.

3 stars

Didn't get past more than two songs because of life, but it sounded weird AF from what I heard

-Tracks longer than 3:59: Sadly, yes -Long tracks interesting or special: No -Album shorter than 58 minutes: Yes -Will listen to album again: While I appreciate that the lyrics to these songs makes me feel like 10cc doesn’t take themselves too seriously and made me smile at times, I can’t say I really enjoyed any other aspect of the music.

Really interesting. I’ve always heard that 10cc are for music nerds, and I definitely get that.

Before 10cc would drop one of the greatest songs ever made with I'm Not in Love on their album The Original Soundtrack, they released a much more joyful and bright sophomore album with Sheet Music. I haven't ever really been a big fan of 10cc's music outside of a few tracks and this album does not change my perception on the band whatsoever. This album is all over the place and extraordinarily scattered in terms of ideas and cohesion. I feel like 10cc puts themselves up on a pedestal when it comes to their music despite never actually coming anywhere near it in quality. They have only done it on a few small occasions and Sheet Music is absolutely not one of them. Sorry to any 10cc fan out there but this is not for me.

Fine

3.5. This was quirky and weird in a fun way.

A pleasant surprise. I've never heard of 10cc and liked every song on this. It was unique and catchy and never predictable. It reminded me a bit of the 90's band "Jellyfish"

1.5 - Started out kinda good and became a “nope” real fast.

Weird pop-rock noise that takes clear inspiration from contemporary and previous (60s) greats. The singing, guitar, and other instruments are surprisingly good for how goofy and eclectic the album becomes. The Wall Street Shuffle finds a (terribly clichéd) riff and sticks with it. The vocals switch constantly between goofy, disco-anticipating falsetto, standard good soft-rock, and low, almost growled bass. And all within just a few seconds. Cool, eh? Nice section that I think is intended to be a piano solo, yet the melody remains pretty understated. A pretty confusing opener that is at once cool and confusing as heck. Another wacky, poppy, rocky piece in The Worst Band In The World. Lots of falsetto and what I can only assume are different vocalists riffing off each other. Weird short guitar solo that tries (and fails) to go somewhere. The line “But we’re workin’ on it” punctuates the chorus nicely. After all that rock, 10cc reckon you need a break with roughly 90 seconds of stupid alien-sounding synths, and so they give you Hotel. Part 2 of the song, if you can make it that far, is such a sharp contrast that your ears may bleed. (Mine did.) A Latin-inspired fast dance, with hand percussion easily taking the spotlight. Reminiscent of Cecilia (S&G), yet somehow sounding drastically more modern and slightly whiter. I’m unconvinced by Old Wild Men; its vague resemblance to King Crimson, and Queen in the latter half, kind of saves it. Great guitarwork toward the end. And despite the beginning and end being confusing to high hell, the juxtaposition works decently. Ending side 1, we have the deliberately bizarre Clockwork Creep. (Tickaticka time bomb, right kids?) This song, more than the vast majority of music I’ve ever listened to, is near impossible to compare to another song. What is this whimsy and glee? I’ve never experienced such a foreign commodity. Silly Love… is that Geddy Lee on the mic? Such brazen drive here. Heavily harmonised, mixed and recorded to maximise aural interest, a fast pace that manages to excite and demoralise (in equal parts). It seems 10cc’s guitar solos are slowly improving, too. A solid one in the middle, and a knock-out corker in the outro. Delightful. Somewhere In Hollywood, the longest track by a good margin, sounds like an experimental-era Beach Boys track. You even got the Brian Wilson vocals (and Wilson/Love/Jardine backings). Then there are a bunch of intense, fun, contrasting song sections, some of which sport orchestral accompaniment. The up-tempo part at around 3:20 is the strongest. And the la-la-(you-better-lie-low)s take the runner-up prize. Unfortunately, the song is very clearly overindulgent, and it suffers for that. Did you miss that Latin-esque style? You remember, the one that sounded almost like appropriation back in Hotel? Well, it comes back with a vengeance in Baron Samedi, a goofy track that manages to remain technically good but also lacks a solid hook that would make me want to recommend the song to friends. The Sacro-Iliac... wha-... huh. I'm befuddled. Is this an extended cut of Tommy if he became a doctor instead of a pinball wizard? Another mysterious cut in the ever-mysterious Sheet Music. The grand finale, Oh Effendi, again smells of Tommy and a bit of mixed Beach Boys output. I like the wobbly guitar lines. The song cuts off suddenly after the line "Goodbye friends / There's no more goodies in the pipeline", and then I was sad. 4/5 Key tracks: The Wall Street Shuffle, Clockwork Creep, Silly Love

I hated it less as it went on but also why is this on here

Proto-they might be giants

Raros los tipos. Me gustó el album. Corto y consistente, con cosas de humor. Bastante entretenido 6/10

There's some albums you love and some you undoubtedly hate. And then there are those that don't exist in either of those camps. This is Sheet Music. I didn't like it, but I was consistently curious about it. The music zigged when I wanted it to zag. The writing is kind of bonkers. The musicians are on point. It's an altogether interesting listen. The kind of thing that I'll never return to, but I'm not disappointed having sat with this.

I always seem to get 10cc and Supertramp mixed up. I don't know why because they are completely different musically. This album shows the variety that 10cc play. I do quite like it. Obviously there are the 2 hits here, and the rest are reasonable. Its a good solid album. Worth a 3.

Absolutely pathetic song writing. I was shocked at how bad / lazy / childish / nonsensical this is.

Is is just me or is this just an embarrassing listen in the 21st century? My dad had a copy and I remember listening to it many times, but I cant remember if my seven or eight year old aelf enjoyed it or not. Fast forward to 2026 for a play and ithe first thing which hits me is the lyrics may well be clever, but they were not particularly funny, maybe a bit zany. Sadly, the subtleties the band were trying hard to elicit were lost on me and the whole sorry show came across as over indulgent twaddle. That said it wasn't technically rubbish, just annoying in ways it shouldn't have been.

Meh

2.5

Sometimes the quirkiness of this band overshadows their songwriting talents but sometimes it really works and honestly when they start rocking out it's really a fun album songs like Wall Street Shuffle, Hotel and Silly Love and Baron Samedi really show off their songwriting craft as well as their quirkiness in a absolute fire fashion. But then you got songs like Worst Band in the World and The Sacro-iliac that makes you just want to roll your eyes at the whole project I know that's part of the point of worst band in the world but it was definitely a choice to put that second. All in all I really did enjoy the album as a whole there's a lot of fun in it even though there are tracks that just really pull it down from being a strong four, maybe if it wasn't so all over the place but quite frankly that is kind of the energy that Stewart, Gouldman, Godly, and Creme obsession. (7.95) ★★★½

Too theatrical. 2 stars

This is a pretty lousy album that mostly sounds like Dollar General Queen. I mostly knew 10cc from their yacht rock hit "I'm Not in Love", which is way preferable to whatever they're doing here. "Hotel" and "Old Wild Men" were okay, but the rest was a hard pass. 2 stars.

Shit Music. It’s not as if this band are total bobbins. They did do some good stuff in the 70s… like I’m Not In Love, Dreadlock Holiday, Things We Do For Love, being Neil Sedaka’s house band for his hot streak of comeback albums. Godley and Crème did some good music videos in the 80s. Graham Gouldman wrote Bus Stop for the Hollies and did a good collab with Andrew Gold also in the 80s. Eric Stewart appeared in Its A Wonderful Life I think. But when they all join forces they do have the habit of writing some of the most viciously annoying, lamely goofy, forced wacky music of the 20th century - Oohhh Donna off of their debut, Clockwork Crap off of here. It is absolutely mystifying how this one out of all of their albums managed to gatecrash the 1001 list.

I hear a dash of Rush, a pinch of Queen, and a splash of Beatles in this album. I hear other bands in the mix too, some I that I can’t yet put my finger on (undoubtedly they’ll come to me tonight when I’m trying to go to sleep). Fun! I think I will revisit this someday!

Feels like Beatles inspired classic rock. I like the off-kilter lyrics and variation in the tracks.

For det meste bare masete og irriterende.

Kukt! Sterk 3er

Ah.. En deilig åpenbaring. Artsy og humoristisk 60-tallsmusikk. Kanskje jeg kommer tilbake og oppjusterer.

Har ikke hørt på 10cc før, og ble positivt overrasket. Livlig og oppfinnsomt, men dette er ikke musikk jeg tar med meg videre.

This was fine. I think 10cc are somewhat of an underrated band. They have some interesting choices of sound, and feel experimental which I really appreciate. We listened to this in the car and I don't think I really digested it fully. But it was interesting none the less. It felt very 70s though.

Ben-type beat

Surprisingly good! Felt like a slightly more experimental and less annoying version of Queen or ELO. This was a nice discovery for me.

Dilla!

interessante e vario

Bello, album molto vario

Not quite my jam

O álbum me surpreendeu por ser muito variado nas música e até mesmo dentro das mesmas canções. Uma surf music consegue se fundir com uma viagem espacial densa com naturalidade. Kuba Auri.

Rocking, loud and in your face refreshes what it means to bring the eccentric flair.

31

Production technology evolved in big leaps more than as a gradual, smooth flow. In the early/mid-seventies we were getting Todd Rundgren, Pink Floyd, 10cc … notes for a longer essay perhaps. So the phenomenal production of this album, combined with some really elaborate compositions make for a fairly interesting and entertaining work. And some of the most perfectly executed vocals and instrumentation you’ll ever hear. And that’s the problem. It’s very much “overworked,” they sanded and polished it down so much that the feeling and any discernible edge is gone. Which is why this is a pop album and not a rock album I suppose. Rock has, at its core and as its most defining characteristic, a rebellious, underground quality. Difficult to describe, but the sinister, outsider attitude of the music and musicians gives rock its appeal. This ain’t it. But who’s to say that everything should be rock, or that it’s somehow the best or has an elite place in music? I think the term “rockist” has been coined for that attitude. And I am 100% not going to justify my own rockist leanings. One of the great things about doing this project is getting away from it more and more through exposure to all the stuff I wouldn’t necessarily listen to because of rockist bias (in my defense, not all my own doing). So as it relates to Sheet Music, I think it would be better if the band took their foot off the production pedal and felt the music a little more.

liked most of it. pretty good. 3.5

I like music to be moving / sad / powerful / joyful - I do not like music to be funny. Its not what I am looking for. I enjoyed large parts of this album - some great hooks and melodies- but found the humour/ novelty elements took me out of the music too much.

Hmm... prog pop? Some light-hearted, Beatles-esque attempts at song variation, with prog rock composition thrown in. Gets a bit annoying by track 6. It's not Dreadlock Holiday or I'm not in Love. Maybe they can be quite good when they focus on a good tune and melody. Merit for the album being on this list? Was this groundbreaking in 1974? Queen, ELO, Mike Oldfield inspiration? Hmm...

Not really sure what I just listened to, but it was enthusiastic?

I was disappointed to see this album as the 10cc entry into the 1001 albums list, rather than “The Original Soundtrack” or “Deceptive Bends”, but I can at least understand its inclusion, since the band seems to think it’s their best album. Maybe this is just catching me today in a state where I am not feeling it, but this album really came across as very precious and arty. Probably a two star listening experience overall, but docked a star for reminding me way too much of Sparks while not coming up with an album half as “good” as that group was capable of.

Music to turn off immediately

Goofy like a bad musical. Hard to believe they wrote "I'm Not In Love", which is such a great song. Points for trying a lot of different things. 2.5/5.0: Mixed.

they tried alot of things, most of them didnt work but points for trying.

Meh. First song is pretty good then a bit shit really

Groupe connu par le tube ‘I’m not in love’ que j’apprécie beaucoup, mais qui n’est malheureusement pas dans cet unique album du groupe proposé par le générateur. Les morceaux sont plus originaux que la moyenne (sonorités expérimentales, harmonies vocales qui font penser à Queen, structure). Et n’ont pas grand chose à voir avec le tube que je connais. L'album est assez inégal, mais il reste suffisamment intriguant pour me donner envie de l’écouter une seconde fois. =>3/5

I like objectively bad music. That being said, I actually enjoyed this album.

On this record, a person named Lol Creme plays a Gizmo.

Let me down a bit. I initially enjoyed it but found it a little bland overall.

I always thought of 10cc as more of an 80s band, but that's just probably when I discovered them, because this music is pure 70s.

Standard British rock. There's some interesting music, but overall it's not very memorable.

Doesn’t fully hit the highs of Original Soundtrack or How Dare You! But 10cc does rip