Formed in 1972, 10cc were at once commercial, at once strange. Described as the "missing link between the Beatles and Blur," it was rare to have four talented writers, singers and multi-instrumentalists all under one roof; but in Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Lol Creme and Kevin Godley, 10cc had just that. They released some of the most inventive and elaborate pop music ever to emerge from Britain.

1976's How Dare You! Was the final album to feature Kevin Godley and Lol Creme and brims with melody and invention: "I'm Mandy Fly Me" is one of the group's most beautiful, complex ballads, and "Art For Art's Sake" offered a swipe at their critics. There's Python-esque tomfoolery on "I Wanna Rule The World," and the straightforward soft-rock of "Lazy Ways." This reissue faithfully replicates the original 1976 Mercury Records U.K. release with legendary Hipgnosis-designed gatefold sleeve and printed inner and is pressed onto high quality 180-gram vinyl.

• 180-gram vinyl
• Hipgnosis-designed gatefold jacket with printed inner sleeve

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A1 How Dare You
A2 Lazy Ways
A3 I Wanna Rule The World
A4 I'M Mandy Fly Me
A5 Iceberg
B1 Art For Arts Sake
B2 Rock 'N' Roll Lullaby
B3 Head Room
B4 Don'T Hang Up