Ten Notes on a Summer's Day

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{{Infobox album

| name = Ten Notes on a Summer's Day

| type = Studio

| artist = Crass

| cover = Ten Notes on a Summer's Day (Crass album - cover art).jpg

| alt =

| released = 1986

| recorded = Winter 1984 – Summer 1985

| venue =

| studio = Southern Studios, Wood Green, London

| genre = Avant-garde

| length = 20:03
32:31 (Crassical Collection)

| label = Crass Records

| producer = Penny Rimbaud

| prev_title = Yes Sir, I Will

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = Best Before 1984

| next_year = 1986

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative covers

| type = album

| cover = Crassical_Collection_Ten_Notes.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = Cover of the remastered 'Crassical Collection' rerelease

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{{Music ratings

|rev1=AllMusic

|rev1Score={{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last1=Raggett|first1=Ned|title=Crass - Ten Notes On A Summer's Day: The Swansong|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ten-notes-on-a-summers-day-the-swansong-mw0000604180|website=allmusic.com|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=2017-05-13}}

| rev2 = Classic Rock

| rev2score = {{Rating|7|10}}{{cite magazine |title=Crass - Ten Notes on a Summer's Day - The Swansong |magazine=Classic Rock |date=July 2012 |last=Batcup |first=Tim |issue=172 |page=102 }}

|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=2 |page=603}}

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Ten Notes on a Summer's Day is the sixth and final studio album by the English punk rock group Crass, though members of the group subsequently collaborated and recorded under other names.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fie47qSuTsoC&q=Ten+Notes+on+a+Summer%27s+Day+crass+rough+guide&pg=PA1796|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|first=Rough|last=Guides (Firm)|date=August 18, 2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781858284576|via=Google Books}}{{cite web |title=Crass |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/crass/ |website=Trouser Press |accessdate=18 August 2020}} It was released in 1986 and consists of a vocal and instrumental version of the same tracks in an avant-garde musical style.

The album was remastered and re-released as the sixth and final part of the Crassical Collection.{{Cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/11795/crass-the-crassical-collection|title=Crass - The Crassical Collection|website=www.punknews.org|date=21 January 2013 }} The version of track 1 on the Crassical Collection CD has the opening notes from the instrumental version dubbed over the "What happened to Crass?" speech at the beginning of the vocal mix. The vocal mix also seamlessly fades into the Instrumental mix.

Track list

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|title1=Ten Notes on a Summer's Day

|length1=9:47

|title2=Ten Notes on a Summer's Day

|note2=instrumental

|length2=10:17

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{{track listing

|headline = Crassical Collection bonus tracks

|title3=37

|note3 = remix

|length3=2:02

|title4=Pills and Ills

|length4=5:20

|title5=Rocky Eyes

|length5=1:52

|title6=Outro

|length6=2:37

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References

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