Graham Gouldman (10CC): Love And Work (CD)

Graham Gouldman (10CC)

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Label:: Rosala
Year of recording ca.:: 2012
UPC/EAN:: 5037300775784
Release date:: 28.1.2013

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Graham Gouldman, ehemals Bassist und Sänger von 10cc, ist als einer der besten Songwriter des Vereinigten Königreichs bekannt. In seiner fast fünf Dekaden umfassenden Karriere hat er unter anderem den Yardbirds mit „For Your Love“ (1965) zu einem Welthit verholfen, „Look Through Any Window“ und „Bus Stop“ für die Hollies geschrieben, „No Milk Today“ und „Listen People“ für die Herman’s Hermits und „Tallyman“ für Jeff Beck.

Als 1972 10cc das Licht der Welt erblickte, war Gouldman bis in die frühen 80er mit dem Verfassen von Hits wie „Donna“, „The Wall Street Shuffle“, „Rubber Bullets“, „I'm Mandy“, „Fly Me“, „Art For Art's Sake“, „The Dean and I“, „Life Is A Minestrone“, „I'm Not In Love“, „Good Morning Judge“, „The Things We Do For Love“, und „Dreadlock Holiday“ beschäftigt.

In den 80ern gründete Gouldman mit dem amerikanischen Singer-Songwriter Andrew Gold die Pop-Band Wax, die zwischen 1984 und 1996 vier Alben veröffentlichte und mit „Bridge To Your Heart“ in UK einen Hit landete. In der Zeit zwischen Konzerten schrieb Gouldman zudem Songs mit Gary Barlow (Take That), Paul Carrack (Mike and the Mechanics), Chris Difford (Squeeze), Suggs (Madness), Kirsty MacColl sowie Tim Rice und verbrachte einige Zeit in Nashville, wo er beispielsweise mit Gary Burr („Country songwriter of the year 2005“) zusammenarbeitete. Außerdem arbeitete er als Co-Songwriter mit der britischen Band McFly an deren Nr. 1 - Album Wonderland (2005).

Love And Work, sein erstes Solo-Album seit 2004, ist seinem kürzlich verstorbenen ehemaligen Wax-Partner Andrew Gold gewidmet. Die Single Daylight schrieb er über seinen Freund Gold, der auf dem Track „Cryin’ Time Again“ an Piano und Dobro zu hören ist. Mit Love And Work beweist Gouldman aufs Neue, warum seine eingängigen Songs und Botschaften seit fast 50 Jahren Musikliebhaber auf der ganzen Welt begeistern.

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Dedicated to his former Wax partner Andrew Gold, with whom he recorded four albums between 1984 and 1996, ‘Love And Work’ is Gouldman’s first solo album since 2000’s ‘And Another Thing’.

‘Love And Work’ includes the recently acclaimed single ‘Daylight’, which was written about Gold, as Gouldman explains, “I was in the middle of a songwriting session with the song’s co-writer and producer Chris Braide and I started talking about my dear friend Andrew, who passed away in June 2011. The idea struck us that we should write about him. I am so happy to have written this and have dedicated my new album to Andrew's memory.”

Gold also appears on the album, playing piano and Dobro on the track ‘Cryin' Time Again’.

In a career spanning almost five decades, Gouldman is renowned as one of the UK’s finest songwriters. Having penned The Yardbirds 1965 hit ‘For Your Love’, Gouldman’s songwriting career was up-and running. Gouldman would then go on to write ‘Heart Full of Soul’ and ‘Evil Hearted You’ for The Yardbirds, before writing the hits ‘Look Through Any Window’ and ‘Bus Stop’ for The Hollies, ‘No Milk Today’ and ‘Listen People’ for Herman's Hermits, ‘Pamela, Pamela’ for Wayne Fontana and ‘Tallyman’ for Jeff Beck.

In between writing more hit songs, the late ‘60s saw Graham spend time in New York writing and recording for the Kasenetz-Katz hit factory and invest with Eric Stewart in Strawberry Studios, Stockport.

Back in the UK, after his spell in New York, Graham decided to get future 10cc collaborators Eric, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme together to complete the Kasenetz-Katz recordings. The four of them then produced and played on two Neil Sedaka albums, ‘The Tra La Days Are Over’ and ‘Solitaire’, both of which were recorded and produced at Strawberry Studios.

In 1972, 10cc was officially born, keeping Gouldman occupied for the next decade with world-wide hits such as ‘Donna’, 'The Wall Street Shuffle', 'Rubber Bullets', 'I'm Mandy, Fly Me', ‘Art For Art's Sake', 'The Dean and I', 'Life Is A Minestrone', 'I'm Not In Love', 'Good Morning Judge', ‘The Things We Do For Love’, and 'Dreadlock Holiday'.

Taking a break from 10cc in the early ‘80s, Graham formed Wax with American singer-songwriter Andrew Gold, releasing four albums between 1984 and 1996 and enjoying the UK hit ‘Bridge To Your Heart’.

Since putting together the third incarnation of 10cc in the early 2000s with fellow band members Rick Fenn, Paul Burgess (from the mid-70s line-up), Mick Wilson, Mike Stevens and, occasionally, Keith Haymen, Gouldman has taken the music of 10cc around the world.

In between touring, Gouldman has also written songs with the likes of Gary Barlow, Tim Rice, Paul Carrack, Chris Difford, Suggs and the late Kirsty MacColl, as well as spending time in Nashville writing with, among others, Country Songwriter of the Year Gary Burr. Gouldman also co-wrote with McFly for their No 1 album ‘Wonderland’.

In addition, 2006 saw Graham and Kevin Godley reunite to write & record for the first time in 30 years under the moniker GG06.

Talking about ‘Love And Work’, Gouldman said, “When I had sequenced and listened to the album I realised, that in the most part, I had taken my own musical trip down memory lane accompanied by the two most important things in my life, Love and Work.”