Bloody Tourists

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Bloody Tourists
Studio album by 10cc
Released	September 1, 1978
Genre	Rock
Label	Mercury
Producer(s)	Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
10cc chronology
Deceptive Bends (1977)	Bloody Tourist (1978)	Look Hear? (1980)

Bloody Tourists was the sixth studio album by 10cc and the second to be produced following the band's 1976 split. It yielded the singles "Dreadlock Holiday", which reached No.1 in the UK in August 1978, and "Reds In My Bed", which did not chart.

"Dreadlock Holiday" was inspired by The Moody Blues singer Justin Hayward's experiences while on holiday in the Caribbean. [1]

Bloody Tourists, which featured cover art created by Hipgnosis, reached No.3 in the UK album charts and No. 69 in the United States.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Dreadlock Holiday" (Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart) – 4:31
2. "For You and I" (Gouldman) – 5:25
3. "Take These Chains" (Gouldman, Stewart) – 2:41
4. "Shock on the Tube (Don't Want Love)" (Stewart) – 3:48
5. "Last Night" (Rick Fenn, Gouldman) – 3:20
6. "Anonymous Alcoholic" (Gouldman, Stewart) – 5:51
7. "Reds in My Bed" (Stewart, Stuart Tosh) – 4:14
8. "Lifeline" (Gouldman) – 3:30
9. "Tokyo" (Stewart) – 4:33
10. "Old Mister Time" (Duncan Mackay, Stewart) – 4:36
11. "From Rochdale to Ocho Rios" (Gouldman) – 3:48
12. "Everything You Wanted to Know About!!!" (Stewart) – 4:31

[edit] Personnel

• Graham Gouldman — organ, bass, guitar, percussion, electric piano, tambourine, vocals
• Eric Stewart — guitars, piano, piano, moog synthesizer, vocals
• Rick Fenn — guitar, vocals
• Paul Burgess — percussion, vonga, drums, glockenspiel, marimba, tambourine, timbales, triangle, bells, drums, vibraphone, backing vocals
• Duncan Mackay — synthesizer, piano, violin, keyboards, electric piano, backing vocals
• Stuart Tosh — drums, percussion, tambourine, vocals, bells
• Rick McCollum — guitars, bass, saxophone, tambourine, backing vocals
• Kate Spath — cello
• Tony Spath — piano