View source for Bloody Tourists

[[File:Placeholder|video|right|300px]] [[File:Placeholder|right|300px]] 
{{EngvarB|date=November 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name       = Bloody Tourists
| Type       = studio
| Artist     = [[10cc]]
| Cover      = 10cc_bloody.jpg
| Border        = yes
| Released   = September 1978
| Recorded   = [[Strawberry Studios|Strawberry Studios South]]<br><small>([[Dorking]], Surrey, England)</small>
| Genre      = {{Flatlist|
*[[Progressive rock]]
*[[art rock]]
*[[pop rock]]
*[[art pop]]
}}
| Length     = {{Duration|m=49|s=57}}
| Label      = {{Flatlist|
*[[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
*[[Polydor Records|Polydor]] (North America)
}}
| Producer   = {{Flatlist|
*[[Eric Stewart]]
*[[Graham Gouldman]]
}}
| Last album = ''[[Live and Let Live (10cc album)|Live and Let Live]]''<br/>(1977)
| This album = '''''Bloody Tourists'''''<br/>(1978)
| Next album = ''[[Look Hear?]]''<br/>(1980)
{{Singles
 | Name           = Bloody Tourists
 | Type           = studio
 | Single 1       = [[Dreadlock Holiday]]
 | Single 1 date  = 21 July 1978
 | Single 2       = Reds in My Bed
 | Single 2 date  = 10 November 1978
 | Single 3       = From Rochdale to Ocho Rios
 | Single 3 date  = December 1978 (Australia only)
 | Single 4       = For You and I
 | Single 4 date  = January 1979 (U.S. only)
 | Single 5       = [[I'm Not in Love]]" / "For You and I
 | Single 5 date  = 21 September 1979
 }}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name = "AllMusic">{{Allmusic | class = album | id = bloody-tourists-mw0000453655 | label = 10cc: "Bloody Tourists" > Review | first = Donald A | last = Guarisco | accessdate = 23 November 2016}}</ref>
}}

'''''Bloody Tourists''''' is the sixth studio album by the English [[Rock music|rock]] band [[10cc]], released worldwide by [[Mercury Records]] and in North America by [[Polydor Records]] in September 1978. Recorded at [[Strawberry Studios|Strawberry Studios South]] in [[Dorking]], the album was produced by [[Eric Stewart]] and [[Graham Gouldman]] and features cover art created by [[Hipgnosis]] with graphics by [[George Hardie (artist)|George Hardie]]. The cover photograph was taken by [[Aubrey Powell (designer)|Aubrey Powell]] of [[Hipgnosis]].

Two singles, "[[Dreadlock Holiday]]"' and "Reds in My Bed" were extracted from ''Bloody Tourists'', with the first preceding the album. "Dreadlock Holiday" topped the charts in several countries, including the United Kingdom where it became the band's third and last number-one hit.<ref name = "Dreadlock Holiday">{{cite web | title = 10cc – Dreadlock Holiday | publisher = [[Official Chart Company]] | url = http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/dreadlock%20holiday/ | accessdate = 23 November 2016}}</ref> Driven by the success of the lead single, the album reached number 3 in the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name = "UK Albums, weekly" />

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline        = Side one
| extra_column    = Lead vocal
| writing_credits = yes
| title1          = [[Dreadlock Holiday]]
| writer1         = [[Eric Stewart]], [[Graham Gouldman]]
| extra1          = Gouldman
| length1         = 4:28
| title2          = For You and I
| writer2         = Stewart, Gouldman
| extra2          = Stewart
| length2         = 5:20
| title3          = Take These Chains
| writer3         = Stewart, Gouldman
| extra3          = Stewart
| length3         = 2:36
| title4          = Shock on the Tube (Don't Want Love)
| writer4         = Stewart
| extra4          = Stewart
| length4         = 3:38
| title5          = Last Night
| writer5         = Gouldman, [[Rick Fenn]]
| extra5          = Gouldman
| length5         = 3:10
| title6          = The Anonymous Alcoholic
| writer6         = Stewart, Gouldman
| extra6          = Stewart
| length6         = 5:38
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = Side two
| extra_column    = Lead vocal
| total_length    = 49:57
| writing_credits = yes
| title7          = Reds in My Bed
| writer7         = Stewart, [[Stuart Tosh]]
| extra7          = Stewart
| length7         = 4:08
| title8          = Life Line
| writer8         = Gouldman
| extra8          = Gouldman
| length8         = 3:26
| title9          = Tokyo
| writer9         = Stewart
| extra9          = Stewart
| length9         = 4:29
| title10          = Old Mister Time
| writer10         = Stewart, [[Duncan Mackay (musician)|Duncan Mackay]]
| extra10          = Stewart
| length10         = 4:27
| title11          = From Rochdale to Ocho Rios
| writer11         = Gouldman
| extra11         = Gouldman
| length11         = 3:41
| title12          = Everything You've Wanted to Know About!!! (Exclamation Marks)
| writer12         = Stewart
| extra12          = Stewart
| length12         = 4:25
}}
{{Track listing
| collapsed       = yes
| headline        = 1997 Mercury Records remastered edition bonus track
| extra_column    = Lead vocal
| total_length    = 54:58
| writing_credits = yes
| title13          = Nothing Can Move Me
| writer13         = Stewart, Gouldman
| length13         = 4:02
}}
{{Track listing
| collapsed       = yes
| headline        = 2008 Japan SHM-CD bonus tracks
| extra_column    = Lead vocal
| total_length    = 62:46
| writing_credits = yes
| title13          = Dreadlock Holiday
| note13           = long version
| writer13         = Stewart, Gouldman
| extra13          = Gouldman
| length13         = 5:01
| title14          = Nothing Can Move Me
| writer14         = Stewart, Gouldman
| length14         = 4:04
| title15          = For You and I
| note15           = DJ edit
| writer15         = Stewart, Gouldman
| extra15          = Stewart
| length15         = 3:51
}}

==Personnel==

===10cc===
{{Expand list|date=November 2016}}
;"Dreadlock Holiday"
*[[Graham Gouldman]] – lead vocal, backing vocals, electric guitar, bass, [[cabasa]]
*[[Eric Stewart]] – backing vocals, electric piano, organ, [[maraca]]
*[[Rick Fenn]] – backing vocals, electric guitar, organ
*[[Stuart Tosh]] – backing vocals, drums, [[tambourine]]
*[[Duncan Mackay (musician)|Duncan Mackay]] – synthesizer
*[[Paul Burgess (musician)|Paul Burgess]] – [[Cowbell (instrument)|cow bells]], [[Conga|congas]], [[marimba]], [[Triangle (musical instrument)|triangle]], [[Bell#Usage_as_musical_instruments|bells]], [[timbales]]

===Technical personnel===
*Keith Bessey – engineer
*Tony Spath – engineer
*Melvyn Abrahams – mastering
*[[Hipgnosis]] – cover design and photos
*[[George Hardie (artist)|George Hardie]] – graphics

==Charts==

{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1978)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{Album chart | Australia | 3 | artist = 10cc | album = Bloody Tourists | accessdate = 23 November 2016}}
|-
{{Album chart | Canada | 75 | chartid = 0071b | artist = 10cc | album = Bloody Tourists | accessdate = 23 November 2016}}
|-
{{Album chart | Netherlands | 2 | artist = 10cc | album = Bloody Tourists | accessdate = 23 November 2016}}
|-
{{Album chart | Germany4 | 12 | id = 7321 | artist = 10cc | album = Bloody Tourists | accessdate = 23 November 2016}}
|-
{{Album chart | New Zealand | 2 | artist = 10cc | album = Bloody Tourists | accessdate = 23 November 2016}}
|-
{{Album chart | Norway | 4 | artist = 10cc | album = Bloody Tourists | accessdate = 23 November 2016}}
|-
{{Album chart | Sweden  | 3 | artist = 10cc | album = Bloody Tourists | accessdate = 23 November 2016}}
|-
{{Album chart | UK2 | 3 | artist = 10cc | date = 1978-10-07 | accessdate = 23 November 2016 | refname = "UK Albums, weekly"}}
|-
{{Album chart | Billboard200 | 69 | artist = 10cc | artistid={{BillboardID|10cc}} | refname = "US Billboard 200"}}
|}

{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1978)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
| UK Albums (OCC)<ref name = "UK Albums, year-end">{{cite book | year = 1979 | chapter = Top 200 LPs in 1978 | editor1-last = Scaping | editor1-first = Peter | title = BPI Year Book 1979: A Review of the British Record and Tape Industry | publisher = [[British Phonographic Industry]] | place = London | pages = 182–185 | isbn = 0-906154-02-2}}</ref>
| align="center" | 50
|}

{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry | type = album | region = Canada | artist = 10cc | title = Bloody Tourists | award = Platinum | relyear = 1978 | accessdate = 23 November 2016 | autocat = yes}}
{{Certification Table Entry | type = album | region = New Zealand | artist = 10cc | title = Bloody Tourists | id = 2829 | award = Platinum | relyear = 1978 | recent = website | accessdate = 23 November 2016 | autocat = yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}

==References==
{{Reflist|4}}

==External links==
*[http://www.10ccworld.com/ 10ccworld]

{{10cc|state=collapsed}}
[[Category:10cc albums]]
[[Category:Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis]]
[[Category:1978 albums]]
[[Category:Progressive rock albums]]
[[Category:Art rock albums]]
[[Category:Mercury Records albums]]
[[Category:Polydor Records albums]]