Cricklewood Green
Studio album by
Ten Years After
Released17 April 1970[1]
Recorded1969
StudioOlympic Studio 1, London
GenreBlues rock, psychedelic rock
Length38:26
LabelDeram
Chrysalis
ProducerAlvin Lee
Ten Years After chronology
Ssssh
(1969) 		Cricklewood Green
(1970) 		Watt
(1970)

Cricklewood Green is the fourth studio album by blues rock band Ten Years After, released in 1970.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[3]

Allmusic gave Cricklewood Green a firmly positive retrospective review, praising each individual track and summarizing that "the band and engineer Andy Johns mix studio tricks and sound effects, blues-based song structures, a driving rhythm section, and Alvin Lee's signature lightning-fast guitar licks into a unified album that flows nicely from start to finish."[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Alvin Lee

Side one

No.TitleLength
1."Sugar the Road"3:59
2."Working on the Road"4:15
3."50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain"7:37
4."Year 3,000 Blues"2:17

Side two

No.TitleLength
5."Me and My Baby"4:12
6."Love Like a Man"7:29
7."Circles"3:55
8."As the Sun Still Burns Away"4:42

CD reissue bonus tracks

No.TitleLength
9."Warm Sun"3:08
10."To No One"3:49

Charts

Chart (1970) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 19
Denmark (Hitlisten) 5
US Top LPs (Billboard) 14

Personnel

Ten Years After

References

  1. ^ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Melody Maker. 18 April 1970. p. 15. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Cricklewood Green - Ten Years After". Allmusic.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Ten Years After". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '70s. Ticknor and Fields. ISBN 0-89919-026-X. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 307. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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