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. Image File history File links 10cc_bloody. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... 10cc is a British rock music group who achieved their greatest commercial success during the 1970s. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rock is a form of popular music from the mid 20th century which typically features a vocal melody (often with vocal harmony) that is supported by accompaniment of electric guitars, a bass guitar, and drums, often with a strong back beat. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes . ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 2_stars. ... 10cc is a British rock music group who achieved their greatest commercial success during the 1970s. ... Deceptive Bends is an album released on January 1, 1977 by rock band 10cc. ... Look Hear? is the seventh studio album by 10cc, released in 1980. ... 10cc is a British rock music group who achieved their greatest commercial success during the 1970s. ... Dreadlock Holiday was a popular single by 10cc. ...

"Dreadlock Holiday" was inspired by The Moody Blues singer Justin Hayward's experiences while on holiday in the Caribbean. [1] The Moody Blues are a British rock band originally from Birmingham, England. ... Justin Hayward (born David Justin Hayward, 14 October 1946, in Swindon, Wiltshire), is an English musician, best known as a singer, guitarist and composer in the rock band, The Moody Blues. ...

Bloody Tourists, which featured cover art created by Hipgnosis, reached No.3 in the UK album charts and No. 69 in the United States. Hipgnosis was a British art design group that formed in 1968 which specialized in creating cover art for rock albums, most notably for Pink Floyd, Genesis, Led Zeppelin & Black Sabbath. ...

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

Dreadlock Holiday was a popular single by 10cc. ... Graham Gouldman is a British songwriter and musician, known for penning a string of hit songs in the late 1960s and as a member of pop group 10cc in the 1970s. ... Eric Stewart is a musician and songwriter most known for his tenure in 10CC in the 1970s. ... Rick Fenn Rick Fenn is an English rock guitarist. ... Stuart Tosh was born in Aberdeen, Scotland September 26, 1951. ...

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
• Kate Spath — cello
• Tony Spath — piano