Ten Notes on a Summer's Day

Ten Notes on a Summer's Day is Crass' final album under the Crass name.[5][1] It was released in 1986 and consists of a vocal and instrumental version of the same tracks in an avant-garde musical style.

Ten Notes on a Summer's Day
Studio album by Crass
Released	1986
Recorded	Winter 1984 - Summer 1985
Studio	Southern Studios, Wood Green, London
Genre	Avant-garde
Length	20:03 32:31 (Crassical Collection)
Label	Crass Records[1]
Producer	Penny Rimbaud
Crass chronology
Yes Sir, I Will (1983) Ten Notes on a Summer's Day (1986) Best Before 1984 (1986)
Alternative covers
Cover of the remastered 'Crassical Collection' rerelease

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Classic Rock	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]

The album was remastered and re-released as the sixth and final part of the Crassical Collection.[6] The version of track 1 on the Crassical Collection CD has the opening notes from the instrumental version dubbed over the "What happened to Crass?" speech at the beginning of the vocal mix. The vocal mix also seamlessly fades into the Instrumental mix.

Track list

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ten Notes on a Summer's Day"	9:47
2.	"Ten Notes on a Summer's Day" (instrumental)	10:17

Crassical Collection bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
3.	"37" (remix)	2:02
4.	"Pills and Ills"	5:20
5.	"Rocky Eyes"	1:52
6.	"Outro"	2:37

References

1. "Crass". Trouser Press. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
2. Raggett, Ned. "Crass - Ten Notes On A Summer's Day: The Swansong". allmusic.com. Allmusic. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
3. Batcup, Tim (July 2012). "Crass - Ten Notes on a Summer's Day - The Swansong". Classic Rock. No. 172. p. 102.
4. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 2: MUZE. p. 603.CS1 maint: location (link)
5. Guides (Firm), Rough (August 18, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781858284576 – via Google Books.
6. "Crass - The Crassical Collection". www.punknews.org.