Modern Man Blues. 10cc. Bass cover.

Followup to yesterday's Rubber Bullets. Band commentary there.
From 'Deceptive Bends', the fifth studio album by rock band 10cc, released in 1977.
The band started recording sessions for the fifth album in late summer of 1976 with the song "People in Love", at that time referred to as "Voodoo Boogie". But with the tensions in the band rising the track was considered "awful" when assembled, and Kevin Godley and Lol Creme decided to temporarily split with Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman to start work on what would later become their debut project Consequences. As their work progressed Godley and Creme decided to leave the group.
Stewart recalled: "I had a big challenge ahead of me to prove to the record world that we were not just 5cc, as some of the British media had graciously called us. The music was simpler than some of the previous 10cc albums, it was far more direct, streamlined and positive. The whole album was recorded very (in our terms) quickly. I was on a mission, and flying higher and faster than I had ever been before, and I knew by then that we had a very strong album. The new songs played a big part in the equation of course, I was out to prove also that we could write a hit album without Kevin and Lol ... we did!
The cover design was provided by Hipgnosis. The title of the album was taken from a sign warning of dangerous curves in the southbound A24 between Leatherhead and Dorking in Surrey. Gouldman said in 1977: "Every day I used to travel down from London and see the sign, 'Deceptive Bends.' It struck me to be quite a subtle word the Department of Transport was using, and Eric agreed it was a nice title." The sign is no longer there.
The shooting of the diver pictures were quite elaborate. They rented a specific large room for the that session... and the divers suit, although inhabited by a strong fellow, turned out to be nearly too heavy for him to also lift and hold the girl. Divers suits are meant for the 1/6 of surface gravity under water. The jetty walk was shot on location at Hammersmith at the Thames. The sea and the sky pictures were taken from external stockphoto, but carefully chosen only after decision on the right photographs. When the photography magazine ZOOM brought an article about Hipgnosis, they featured this poster on the front cover.
The first single taken from the album, "The Things We Do for Love", reached No. 1 in Canada, No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart, No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 where it was later certified Gold and became the band's best selling single there.
There apparently is an oboe on this track somewhere.
If you like these guys I also have a cover of 'You've Got A Cold', 'Don't Turn Me Away' and 'One, Two, Five' here.