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THE REVIEW
The most European album by a European band used to winking at the American market, an often little-known masterpiece, Ten Years After even before the Rolling Stones were playing, composing, and beautifully synthesizing genres like Blues, Rock, Rock'n roll, Folk, Psychedelic Rock, and often even Jazz. After the common raw entrance phase into the world of rock, Ten Years After reached their artistic maturity with the albums "Sshhhhh," "Stonedhenge," "Cricklewood Green," and "A Space in Time."
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Ten Years After's album Cricklewood Green is praised as a European rock masterpiece that skillfully blends Blues, Rock, Folk, Psychedelic Rock, and Jazz. The band reached artistic maturity with this release, showcasing a sophisticated synthesis of genres. Recognized as an often underrated gem, it reflects the band's progression beyond their raw early phase. The album holds importance as part of a series of influential works that defined their career.Tracklist Lyrics
02 Working on the Road (04:15)
I've been working on the road about fifteen years
Been blowing my mind, I've been blasting my ears
Don't you know, babe?
I've been sleeping all day and working all night
I made a lot of money, but it don't feel right
Don't you know, babe?
Well, I've seen the world and it's seen me
In a strange kind of way I guess I'm free
Don't you know, babe?
Well, I've seen it bad and I've seen it good
But, now, I want to clear my blood
Don't you know, babe?
I've got a feeling for home
Somewhere that I call my own
Well, I tried to live the way I should
I've shed some tears and sweated blood
Don't you know, babe?
And I think it's time I took a break
'Cause I have took all I can take
Don't you know, babe?
I've got a feeling for home
Somewhere that I call my own
Take me home, babe
Ten Years After
Ten Years After are an English blues-rock band strongly associated with the late-1960s British blues boom and the Woodstock era, led by guitarist/singer Alvin Lee.12 Reviews
Other reviews
By Nixon
Each song on this record does not exceed in slender, gummy experimentation, but they roll like a tank in a soap shop.
Our friends succeed in their attempt to build a sonorous zeugma, adapting the sound to the thunder’s clamor.
By pier_paolo_farina
The strengths of the quartet were primarily the spectacular guitar playing of the leader Alvin Lee.
An album where rock still breathes, respects its dynamics, drags without deafening.
By BobAccioReview
Sugar the Road and Walking on the Road obliterate every heaviness and ominous foreboding.
Love Like A Man... forms the perfect sound carpet for the layers offered by the trails of Alvin Lee’s guitar - the chorus serves to let the song breathe.
