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Bloody Tourists

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Released
  
September 1978

Bloody Tourists (1978)
  
Look Hear? (1980)

Release date
  
1 September 1978

Length
  
49:57

Artist
  
10cc

Label
  
Polydor Records

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Recorded
  
Strawberry Studios South (Dorking, Surrey, England)

Genres
  
Rock music, Art rock, Progressive rock, Art Pop

Producers
  
Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman

Similar
  
10cc albums, Rock music albums

10cc bloody tourists 2008 remaster full album


Bloody Tourists is the sixth studio album by the English rock band 10cc, released worldwide by Mercury Records and in North America by Polydor Records in September 1978. Recorded at Strawberry Studios South in Dorking, the album was produced by Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman and features cover art created by Hipgnosis with graphics by George Hardie. The cover photograph was taken by Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis.

Contents

Two singles, "Dreadlock Holiday"' and "Reds in My Bed" were extracted from Bloody Tourists, with the first preceding the album. "Dreadlock Holiday" topped the charts in several countries, including the United Kingdom where it became the band's third and last number-one hit. Driven by the success of the lead single, the album reached number 3 in the UK Albums Chart.

10cc dreadlock holiday


10cc

"Dreadlock Holiday"
  • Graham Gouldman – lead vocal, backing vocals, electric guitar, bass, cabasa
  • Eric Stewart – backing vocals, electric piano, organ, maraca
  • Rick Fenn – backing vocals, electric guitar, organ
  • Stuart Tosh – backing vocals, drums, tambourine
  • Duncan Mackay – synthesizer
  • Paul Burgess – cow bells, congas, marimba, triangle, bells, timbales
  • Technical personnel

  • Keith Bessey – engineer
  • Tony Spath – engineer
  • Melvyn Abrahams – mastering
  • Hipgnosis – cover design and photos
  • George Hardie – graphics
  • Songs

    1Dreadlock Holiday4:28
    2For You and I5:20
    3Take These Chains2:39

    References

    Bloody Tourists Wikipedia