How Dare You! (album)

In an interview at the time of its release, Gouldman told Melody Maker music newspaper: "It's as different as any album by the same band can be, and I think it's a progression from the last one. I think there's been a progression on every album and I think we've done it again. It's a strange mixture of songs. There's one about divorce, a song about schizophrenia, a song about wanting to rule the world, the inevitable money song, and an instrumental."[http://www.minestrone.org/lp0004n.htm Melody Maker interview quoted in CD liner notes]

{{Album ratings

| rev1 =Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic | class=album | id=how-dare-you!-mw0000203538 | title=How Dare You! | first=Donald A. | last=Guarisco | accessdate=April 9, 2020}}

| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

| rev2Score = C{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: T|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=T&bk=70|access-date=March 15, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

| rev3 = Jerk Music Critic

| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jerkmusiccritic.com/2020/10/10cc-how-dare-you.html |author=Jerk Music Critic |title=10cc, How Dare You! |access-date=2022-05-30}}

| rev4 = Uncut

| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Lester |first=Paul |date=September 1997 |title=10cc: How Dare You! / Deceptive Bends / Bloody Tourists |magazine=Uncut |page=89 |issue=4}}

}}

Village Voice critic Robert Christgau wrote in his review of the album: "The putrefaction isn't as extreme as on last year's hit album, but the affliction would seem permanent—they don't know whether they're supposed to be funny or pretty, and so nine times out of ten they're neither."

{{Track listing|

| extra_column = Lead vocals

| headline = Side one

| title1 = How Dare You

| writer1 = {{flatlist|

• Kevin Godley
• Lol Creme}}

| length1 = 4:14

| extra1 = instrumental

| title2 = Lazy Ways

| writer2 = {{flatlist|

• Creme
• Eric Stewart}}

| length2 = 4:20

| extra2 = Stewart

| title3 = I Wanna Rule the World

| writer3 = {{flatlist|

• Godley
• Creme
• Graham Gouldman}}

| length3 = 3:57

| extra3 = Creme

| title4 = I'm Mandy Fly Me

| writer4 = {{flatlist|

• Stewart
• Gouldman
• Godley}}

| length4 = 5:24

| extra4 = Stewart

| title5 = Iceberg

| writer5 = {{flatlist|

• Gouldman
• Godley}}

| length5 = 3:43

| extra5 = Gouldman and Godley

}}

{{Track listing|

| extra_column = Lead vocals

| headline = Side two

| title6 = Art for Art's Sake

| writer6 = {{flatlist|

• Stewart
• Gouldman}}

| length6 = 5:59

| extra6 = Stewart, Gouldman and Creme

| title7 = Rock 'n' Roll Lullaby

| writer7 = {{flatlist|

• Gouldman
• Stewart

}}

| length7 = 3:58

| extra7 = Godley and Stewart

| title8 = Head Room

| writer8 = {{flatlist|

• Godley
• Creme}}

| length8 = 4:21

| extra8 = Creme and Stewart

| title9 = Don't Hang Up

| writer9 = {{flatlist|

• Godley
• Creme}}

| length9 = 6:16

| extra9 = Godley

}}

{{Track listing|

| headline =

| extra_column = Lead vocals

| title10 = Get It While You Can

| writer10 = {{flatlist|

• Gouldman
• Stewart}}

| length10 = 2:53

| extra10 = Stewart

}}

{{Track listing|

| headline =

| extra_column = Lead vocals

| title10 = Art for Art's Sake (Single Edit)

| writer10 = {{flatlist|

• Stewart
• Gouldman}}

| length10 = 4:11

| extra10 = Stewart and Creme

| title11 = Get It While You Can

| writer11 = {{flatlist|

• Gouldman
• Stewart}}

| length11 = 2:53

| extra11 = Stewart

| title12 = I'm Mandy Fly Me (Single edit)

| writer12 = {{flatlist|

• Stewart
• Gouldman
• Godley}}

| length12 = 4:40

| extra12 = Stewart

}}

Credits sourced from the original album liner notes.

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• Eric Stewart – lead (2, 4, 6, 7) and backing vocals (3, 4, 7–9), lead guitar (all tracks), piano (4, 6, 7), bass guitar (2, 6), electric piano (4, 6, 7), pedal steel (7), Levi zipper (5)
• Lol Creme – lead (3, 6, 8) and backing vocals (2–7, 9), Moog synthesizer (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9), piano (2, 3, 9), rhythm guitar (1, 6–8), lead guitar (1, 4, 9), maracas (1, 6, 7, 9), clavinet (1, 2), organ (3, 5), Gizmo (5, 9), electric piano (8, 9), sleigh bells (1), tambourine (2), vibraphone (4), recorder (6), handclaps (9)
• Graham Gouldman – lead (5, 6) and backing vocals (2–6, 8, 9), bass guitar (1, 3–5, 7–9), rhythm guitar (2, 5, 6), tambourine (2, 6), zither (4), cowbell (6), glockenspiel (7), slide guitar (7), handclaps (9), Spanish guitar (9)
• Kevin Godley – lead (5, 7, 9) and backing vocals (all but 1), drums (1–4, 6–8), congas (1, 5), timpani (3, 5), cowbell (1), bongos (1), triangle (2), maracas (3), temple blocks (6), tambourine (8), castanets (9), cabasa (9), handclaps (9), bass drum (9)

;Additional musician

• Mair Jones – harp (9)

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