6 Bullets (2012)

10cc has been subjected to countless compilations over the years – the hits get recycled regularly and the early stuff for Jonathan King's U.K. Records gets shuffled around – but they've never had a testament to their weird work until the 2012 box set Tenology. Running four CDs and one DVD, Tenology is certainly generous, but a case could be made that it could have been even longer, encompassing a disc of their early work making bubblegum for Strawberry Studios (in lieu of that, the 2003 Castle compilation, Strawberry Bubblegum serves as an excellent supplement to this), but what is here shows that 10cc was far stranger, savvier, funnier, and wilder than "I'm Not in Love" and "The Things We Do for Love" might suggest…

On his previous albums British musician Steve Thorne was assisted by a line-up of well-known progressive rock musicians, who certainly lifted the quality of the music to a higher level. Steve Thorne knows how to write fine tunes and provide them the necessary arrangements and instrumentations to make it more than just ordinary songs. This CD demands the listener's full attention to be fully appreciated.
Another collection of quality tunes on this 2012 release featuring guests Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel), Nick D'Virgilio (Spock's Beard, Big Big Train) and Martin Orford (IQ, Jadis).