10cc were an incredible band who wrote loads of splendidly tuneful/ catchy songs, & with their elaborate production, they were highly innovative as well. Now, I really don't have any hard feelings in general about Universal's "20th Century Masters Collection", but still, this 2002 installment into the series is indeed somewhat needless & lacking. In addition to not including anything past 1978, this disc doesn't even include anything from their UK Records years/ first two albums, meaning that classics such as "The Dean And I" & "The Wall Street Shuffle" are missing--instead, the disc starts off around the time where the band hit it big stateside in 1975. I don't think it was wise to open this collection with "Life Is A Minestrone", which is repetitive & annoyingly pompous, even though I know it's supposed to be humorous. However, things turn around with "Channel Swimmer" which is a rather strange inclusion in the sense that it was not a hit A-...