Mirror Mirror (10cc album)
1995 studio album by 10cc From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1995 studio album by 10cc From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mirror Mirror is the eleventh and final album by British rock band 10cc, released in 1995 and re-titled I'm Not in Love for the 1996 re-release. The album was their first not to be released on a major UK label, this time working with Japanese label Avex following the poor performance of their previous album ...Meanwhile in UK and its relative success in Japan.
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| Released | June 1995 | |||
| Length | 58:01 (14 track version) 65:22 (15-track version) | |||
| Label | Avex UK | |||
| Producer | Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Adrian Lee, Rod Gammons | |||
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Mirror Mirror was again recorded with just two of 10cc's core band members, Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart; however, the album was more a combination of two solo albums than a conventional 10cc production. Gouldman and Stewart played and produced together only one new track – an acoustic reworking of their 1975 hit, "I'm Not in Love", one of only three songs on the album that bore a Stewart-Gouldman joint songwriting credit. The other two Stewart-Gouldman songs were both taken from the sessions of the previous 10cc album ...Meanwhile.[1] Songs written by Stewart were recorded in France, while Gouldman's songs were recorded in London. Both Stewart and Gouldman co-produced their songs with Adrian Lee who also performed on most of the album's tracks.
Gouldman admitted the album was "almost like two-halves of an album", largely a result of the fact that he and Stewart began recording in separate countries:
Vaguely, we intended starting off these tracks and then bring them together, finish them together, which a lot of people do, but it never happened. We got so into what we were doing, we wanted to keep it pure. I don’t like to say we hoodwinked the people, but you could say it’s not quite what it appears to be, and anyone with any sense, who reads the credits, could see that.[2]
— Graham Gouldman
Mirror Mirror included appearances by 10cc's longtime collaborators Rick Fenn on one track and Andrew Gold on two tracks, touring members Steve Pigott and Gary Wallis on one track, and notable guest performances by Paul McCartney on two tracks: "Yvonne's the One" co-written by McCartney and Stewart in February 1985 during the sessions for Paul's Press to Play album, but remade and completed on this album, and "Code of Silence" which also started as a collaboration between McCartney and Stewart.[3] The album also included the new reworked mix of the original recording of "I'm Not in Love" from 1975.
One of Gouldman's songs, "Ready to Go Home", was written after the death of his father, Hyme Gouldman, in 1991. Gouldman later re-recorded the song for his 2000 album, And Another Thing..., when he observed in the liner notes:
It reflects my feelings at the time. I suppose I was trying to put a positive slant on his passing, remembering all the things we had done together and his artistic legacy to me. The last verse of the song best reflects my feelings on this. This song has been recorded by many artists and remains one of my favourites. Very emotional.
— Graham Gouldman
Following the tour to support Mirror Mirror, Stewart announced his departure from 10cc. Gouldman, however, has continued with his own lineup for 10cc as a touring band.
The album was released in several different variations. The original UK (Avex) and European (ZYX, Germany) release featured 14 tracks. For the US edition five tracks were excluded: "Yvonne's the One", "Margo Wants the Mustard", "Blue Bird", "Now You're Gone" and a 1995 acoustic rendition of "I'm Not in Love", but another song was added - "I'm Not in Love: Rework of Art Mix". The Japanese version of the album features 15 tracks, bringing together all of the songs from European and US editions.
Eric Stewart later included his songs from Mirror Mirror on his 2017 best of compilation Anthology.[4]
Mirror Mirror charted only in Japan giving the band their highest chart position there, however the new acoustic version of "I'm Not in Love" released as a single charted at #29[6] giving the band the highest position since "Dreadlock Holiday" in 1978.
Allmusic panned the album, commenting that the claim of "I'm Not in Love" being reworked is dubious, since the track has no noticeable differences from the original recording. They summarized the rest of the album with "songs flashing the group's trademark lyrical wit generally tend toward musical vaporware, while those revealing an occasional glimmer of instrumental creativity go nowhere fast on the songwriting."[5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Yvonne's the One" | Paul McCartney, Eric Stewart | Eric Stewart, Adrian Lee | 4:26 |
| 2. | "Code of Silence" | Stewart | Stewart, Lee | 5:39 |
| 3. | "Blue Bird" | Graham Gouldman | Graham Gouldman, Lee | 4:04 |
| 4. | "Age of Consent" | Stewart | Stewart, Lee | 5:24 |
| 5. | "Take This Woman" | Stewart, Gouldman | Gouldman, Lee | 3:51 |
| 6. | "The Monkey and the Onion" | Gouldman, Tim Rice | Gouldman, Lee | 3:17 |
| 7. | "Everything Is Not Enough" | Stewart | Stewart, Lee | 4:28 |
| 8. | "Ready to Go Home" | Andrew Gold, Gouldman | Gouldman, Lee | 4:37 |
| 9. | "Grow Old with Me" | Gouldman | Gouldman, Lee | 3:22 |
| 10. | "Margo Wants the Mustard" | Stewart | Stewart, Lee | 3:54 |
| 11. | "Peace in Our Time" | Gouldman, Steve Pigott | Gouldman, Lee, Rod Gammons | 4:03 |
| 12. | "Why Did I Break Your Heart?" | Stewart, Gouldman | Stewart, Lee | 5:18 |
| 13. | "Now You're Gone" | Gouldman | Gouldman, Lee | 3:01 |
| 14. | "I'm Not in Love (Acoustic Session '95)" | Stewart, Gouldman | 10cc, Gammons | 3:30 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I'm Not in Love (Rework of Art Mix)" | Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman | 10cc | 5:51 |
| 2. | "Peace in Our Time" | Gouldman, Steve Pigott | Graham Gouldman, Adrian Lee, Rod Gammons | 4:03 |
| 3. | "Ready to Go Home" | Andrew Gold, Gouldman | Gouldman, Lee | 4:37 |
| 4. | "The Monkey and the Onion" | Gouldman, Tim Rice | Gouldman, Lee | 3:17 |
| 5. | "Why Did I Break Your Heart?" | Stewart, Gouldman | Eric Stewart, Lee | 5:18 |
| 6. | "Code of Silence" | Stewart | Stewart, Lee | 5:39 |
| 7. | "Take This Woman" | Stewart, Gouldman | Gouldman, Lee | 3:51 |
| 8. | "Grow Old with Me" | Gouldman | Gouldman, Lee | 3:22 |
| 9. | "Age of Consent" | Stewart | Stewart, Lee | 5:24 |
| 10. | "Everything Is Not Enough" | Stewart | Stewart, Lee | 4:28 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I'm Not in Love (Rework of Art Mix)" | Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman | 10cc | 5:51 |
| 2. | "Peace in Our Time" | Gouldman, Steve Pigott | Graham Gouldman, Adrian Lee, Rod Gammons | 4:03 |
| 3. | "Code of Silence" | Stewart | Eric Stewart, Lee | 5:39 |
| 4. | "Take This Woman" | Stewart, Gouldman | Gouldman, Lee | 3:51 |
| 5. | "Yvonne's the One" | Paul McCartney, Stewart | Stewart, Lee | 4:26 |
| 6. | "The Monkey and the Onion" | Gouldman, Tim Rice | Gouldman, Lee | 3:17 |
| 7. | "Margo Wants the Mustard" | Stewart | Stewart, Lee | 3:54 |
| 8. | "Ready to Go Home" | Andrew Gold, Gouldman | Gouldman, Lee | 4:37 |
| 9. | "Everything Is Not Enough" | Stewart | Stewart, Lee | 4:28 |
| 10. | "Blue Bird" | Gouldman | Gouldman, Lee | 4:04 |
| 11. | "Age of Consent" | Stewart | Stewart, Lee | 5:24 |
| 12. | "Grow Old with Me" | Gouldman | Gouldman, Lee | 3:22 |
| 13. | "Why Did I Break Your Heart?" | Stewart, Gouldman | Stewart, Lee | 5:18 |
| 14. | "Now You're Gone" | Gouldman | Gouldman, Lee | 3:01 |
| 15. | "I'm Not in Love (Acoustic Session '95)" | Stewart, Gouldman | 10cc, Gammons | 3:30 |
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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| Oricon Albums Chart[7] | 46 |
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