Ten Years After is not a very well known band, and a lot of people have never even heard of them. They were part of the second British Blues invasion between 1966-1975. They had a very underrated front man, Alvin Lee, who is a very good guitarist. They did play Woodstock, and are in the movie playing their jam of I'm Coming Home, that's very good. These guys are a very good live band, and they're probably at their bast when they're on stage performing. This is a very talented, and very underrated band, so I hope you give them a listen, and I hope you like what you hear.
Overall this record is superb, and is a must have. I think it' probably
TYA's best. Their other really good album is their s/t, which I'll
probably review it pretty soon. If you like bluesy rock, and like a
whole lotta guitar then this is the album for you. These guys are
probably one of the most underrated bands, so if you ever want to start
listening to a new band then try these guys out, chances are you'll love
it.
If you want to read a review track by track from this album you can go here
Review by sputnik*music
And at last, this time around there was no doubt these guys were gonna
be a major act. Good lads, they seem to have realized all of the
mistakes they made on Stonedhenge, and this time you're in for a
listen of your lifetime! No more stupid grooves or Leo Lyons solo spots.
No more trippy quiet guitar sounds and no more muddy, ear-destructive production.
What you are presented with is a gruff, rip-roaring, tearing-at-the-walls
progressive blues album which boasts brilliant production - AT LAST!
I may be a little biased towards this album, but really, you must realise
it was a grandiose effort for the boys. Ten Years After was a homemade
album of four guys getting together to play a couple of covers; Undead
was a live album made by the same boys; Stonedhenge was a first
try, but a failure; and this, this is absolutely fantastic. Well, not absolutely.
Ten Years After never made an album that was 'absolutely' fantastic. Forget
about 'absolutely'. But this is definitely fantastic in the fantastic Ten
Years After way.
Where was I? Ah yes, Ssssh. The only real trouble with that album
is an ungly cover and the fact that you never can remember how many 's'
you have to write between the capital one and the 'h'.
Apart from that,
Apart from that, there are some great blues numbers, some great ballads and some great heavy
rockers the likes of which were not to be found previously. The very album
opener ('Bad Scene') is not just heavy - it's practically hardcore punk:
a breathtaking speed and a gruff guitar tone that predicts the Ramones
but also kinda outdates them. But there are also tricky changes in signature,
a special jazzy middle-eight, Alvin's trademark solos, strange electronically
encoded vocals and... well, you get my drift. There's everything that Stonedhenge
sorely lacked.
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Review by ONLY SOLITAIRE
THE BAND
Alvin Lee : vocals, guitar
Leo Lyons : bass
Ric Lee : drums
Chick Churchill : keyboards
1. Bad Scene(3:20)
2. Two Time Mama (2:05)
3. Stoned Woman (3:25)
4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl Sonny Boy Williamson(6:34)
5. If You Should Love Me(5:25)
6. I Don't Know That You Don't Know My Name(1:50)
7. The Stomp(4:34)
8. I Woke Up This Morning(5:25)
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