Track Listing

1. Sugar The Road
2. Working On The Road
3. 50000 Miles Beneath My Brain
4. Year 3000 Blues
5. Me And My Baby
6. Love Like A Man
7. Circles
8. As The Sun Still Burns Away
9. Warm Sun
10. To No One

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12189 in Music
• Released on: 2002-04-29
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

CD Description
One of the most noted of the progressive blues bands to emerge from the U.K.'s Summer Of Love in 1967, Ten Years After arguably reached its peak with its appearance at the Woodstock festival in 1969. First released a year later in 1970, CRICKLEWOOD GREEN contains the band's hit single, "Love Like aMan", as well as some of the bluesy guitar workouts, courtesy of the virtuoso Alvin Lee, that made it famous.

Customer Reviews

Clicking in Cricklewood
Given the bewildering number of US tours TYA did, it's surprising that they had enough time to come up with so many good albums. Of the several I've heard (not all, admittedly) this one stands out. The production strikes the perfect balance between bringing out the quality of the individual performers and the energy of the whole. Alvin Lee was clearly on a creative high with his writing and all facets of the band's roots are explored here. Blues, jazz, rockabilly and hard rocking (not heavy metal) are all on show, all superbly done. There's even a fine, gentle, melodic song featuring acoustic guitar ('Circles'). A seven-minute version of their sole UK hit, 'Love Like A Man' is the centrepiece and Leo Lyons' bass playing is especially imaginative on this. The exhilarating workout, 'Working On The Road' is another highlight. I started my TYA collection with this album and I'd recommend anyone else to do the same.

TYA,the transistion
Cricklewood Green,offers the finest example of an explosive late sixties British blues band making the transision to middle seventies ephemeral rock,
just as frontman Alvin Lee was inspired by the likes of John Mayall,Eric Clapton etc. many artists for years to come,would take their cue from this timeless and pivitol collection.Containing blues,hard driving and space exploring guitar solos,through to melodic,
soulsearching acoustic work.It even boasts a Sfi-Fi number(listen carefully,you will hear some of the most wonderfully played acoustic solos you are ever ilkely to come across!),the first one of it's kind I do believe!
To any kind of listener who loves being awestruck
by the power and honesty of blues/rock take my words for it,this album does not dissapoint.

The digi version's worth a look
Often the critic's choice this album received a big boost from TYA's performance at Woodstock. It still holds up with the signature tune 'Love Like A Man' rubbing shoulders with a mix of acoustic, blues, rock and jazz with a psychedelic feel to 'And The Sun Still Burns Away' and the excellent '50000 miles beneath my brain', a blistering version of which can be found on the Live at the Fillmore disc. There are a few irritating noise effects which do date the album but the music wins out in the end.