How Dare You! (album)

For the Electric Six album, see How Dare You? (Electric Six album).

How Dare You! is the fourth album by British band 10cc. Released in 1976, it included UK hit singles "I'm Mandy Fly Me" and "Art for Art's Sake".^[3] The album was the band's third to have cover artwork by the Hipgnosis creative team.

How Dare You!
Studio album by 10cc
Released	January 1976
Recorded	1975
Studio	Strawberry Studios, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England
Genre	Art rock[1] pop[2]
Length	42:53
Label	Mercury
Producer	10cc
10cc chronology
100cc (1975) How Dare You! (1976) Deceptive Bends (1977)
Singles from How Dare You!
"Art for Art's Sake" Released: November 1975 "I'm Mandy Fly Me" Released: March 1976

It was also the last 10cc album by the original line-up of Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme (the latter two departed shortly thereafter to form Godley & Creme), until the four reformed (albeit briefly) for the 1992 album ...Meanwhile.

Writing and recording

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."^[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	C[5]
Jerk Music Critic	[6]
Uncut	[7]

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."^[5]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"How Dare You"	Kevin Godley Lol Creme	instrumental	4:14
2.	"Lazy Ways"	Creme Eric Stewart	Stewart	4:20
3.	"I Wanna Rule the World"	Godley Creme Graham Gouldman	Creme	3:57
4.	"I'm Mandy Fly Me"	Stewart Gouldman Godley	Stewart	5:24
5.	"Iceberg"	Gouldman Godley	Gouldman and Godley	3:43

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
6.	"Art for Art's Sake"	Stewart Gouldman	Stewart, Gouldman and Creme	5:59
7.	"Rock 'n' Roll Lullaby"	Gouldman Stewart	Godley and Stewart	3:58
8.	"Head Room"	Godley Creme	Creme and Stewart	4:21
9.	"Don't Hang Up"	Godley Creme	Godley	6:16

Bonus tracks

Bonus tracks on the 1997 CD edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
10.	"Get It While You Can"	Gouldman Stewart	Stewart	2:53

Bonus tracks on Japanese 2008 CD edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
10.	"Art for Art's Sake (Single Edit)"	Stewart Gouldman	Stewart and Creme	4:11
11.	"Get It While You Can"	Gouldman Stewart	Stewart	2:53
12.	"I'm Mandy Fly Me (Single edit)"	Stewart Gouldman Godley	Stewart	4:40

Personnel

Credits sourced from the original album liner notes.

10cc

• 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)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1976) Peak position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[8] 15 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[9] 5 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] 7 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[11] 1 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[12] 7 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 10 UK Albums (OCC)[14] 5 US Billboard 200[15] 46

Year-end charts Chart (1976) Position Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[16] 40 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[17] 10 UK Albums (OCC)[18] 19

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[19]	Gold	20,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.