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Rating: I start with a word that you'll understand only by reading the review: INAUDITA.
In 1969, riding the wave of emerging hard rock, Ten Years After presented to the world their idea of how to interpret the genre with the album "Ssssh". Coming off the production of three blues records, each better than the last, the work is considered the first example of rock played by the group, with good results, although a certain blues influence remains evident.
It starts with "Bad Scene", which immediately makes it clear that Ten Years After have changed. Distorted guitar (an unusual fact for Alvin Lee, who had accustomed us to very clear and clean strokes), driving rhythm, angry voice, and as usual, gut-wrenching solos that leave you speechless.
It's up to "Two Time Mama" to break the tension with a carefree country-rock that brings us back to Earth before "Stoned Woman" ruins everything again. Another decidedly successful example of hard rock, with an attached solo (just for a change) very fast. Like Lee, no one ever before.
Then comes the time for "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl", the only cover on the album, which the band perfectly reinterprets, with Leo Lyons's bass played at decidedly high volumes laying the ideal carpet for... guess what? a memorable guitar solo. It also adds a nice drum section (let's not forget he's there too!).
And as in every respectable hard rock album, a song for your beloved: "If You Should Love Me", which starts on relaxed tones to gradually evolve as the song develops, with Lee's screams declaring all his love for the fortunate one to whom this wonderful song is dedicated.
Here there's also room for the organ (the musical instrument, that is) of Chick Churchill, who in this album remains a bit in the background compared to previous ones.
We stay on topic with "I Don't Know That You Don't Know My Name", a relatively short piece (2 minutes) but still catchy and pleasant.
"The Stomp", with prominent bass marking the rhythm, also leaves space for Churchill in a song that is mainly remembered for the riff running throughout the song.
We close the album beautifully (lasting about 33 minutes) with "I Woke Up This Morning" where the Gibson ES 335 expresses itself in an unheard-of way (and I repeat unheard-of) in the hands of one of the best guitarists my ears have ever heard.
Everything clear now?
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Bad Scene (03:20)
You ruin my day
You ruin my night
You ruin everything I do
You're killing in my way
You're killing in my life
You're killing in everything I do
You're hurting my heart
You're hurting my pride
You're hurting everything I own
You're choking my head
It's choking inside
Why don't you leave my life alone
I just want to do it like it used to be
So, why don't you leave it up to me
I want to tell you if you think it's right
Baby, won't you do it right?
03 Stoned Woman (03:22)
She gonna love him, stoned out of mind all the time
She gonna keep him, stoned out of his mind all the time
She don't see nothing
She just has loving and she keeps on puffing all the time
I keep on praying
She'll just have a flash
She'll hear what I'm saying all the time
Well, she's a stoned woman, baby, it's true
Well, she's a stoned woman
Baby, baby, baby, I don't know, really, what to do
She gonna love him, stoned out of mind all the time
She gonna keep him, stoned out of his mind all the time
She don't see nothing
She just has loving and she keeps on puffing all the time
All the time
I keep on praying
She'll just have a flash
She'll hear what I'm saying all the time
All the time
All the time
All the time
06 I Don't Know That You Don't Know My Name (01:57)
Love is all around, I want you to see it from here
Love is just a sound, I want you to hear it from here
I don't know that you don't know my name
But it's all around us just the same
I don't know that you don't know my name
You don't know that I don't know your name
Love is all around, I want you to live it from here
Love is just a sound, I want to sing it for here
I don't know that you don't know my name
But it's all around us just the same
I don't know that you don't know my name
You don't know that I don't know your name
Peace is all around, I want you to need it from here
Peace is just a sound, I want you to hear it from fear
I don't know that you don't know my name
But it's all around us just the same
I don't know that you don't know my name
You don't know that I don't know your name
07 The Stomp (04:15)
All right, oh, yeah
Come on, baby, yeah
Hey baby, sure love you fine
You got a way of moving, mama
Make me lose my mind
You know, mama, what you got
Something I need, sure need a lot
I got the rhythm, and you sure got the style
So, shake it, mama, please stomp around a while
Shake on
Hey, baby, yes, you're doing fine
You're stomping so good, mama
You got the boys in the line
Foxy mama
You sure got what it takes
And when you're stomping, darling
Boy, it really shakes
Foxy woman
You don't tell no lies
What you got, darling
Sure would like to advertise
Hear the boys say
Look at that, mama, don't she look fine
Love that woman, make her mine
And you know, baby, that's where it's at
Just stomp around, mama
Shake it, shake it out
Shake it, mama, oh, mama, mmm...
Shake it, mama
Mmmmm....., yeah, baby
Mmmmm....., oh, mama, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah
Do the stomp
Stomp around
08 I Woke Up This Morning (05:12)
I woke up this morning
My baby was gone
I woke up this morning, Lord
My baby was gone
I thought that she loved me
It seems that I'm wrong
Yes, I am wrong
I cried every night, darling
For you to come home, yes, I do
I cried every night, darling
For you to come home
I'm feeling so lonely, darling
I'm left all alone
Yes, I'm left all alone
I woke up this morning, Lord
The rain was falling down
I woke up this morning, Lord
The rain was falling down
I'm getting so lonely, darling
Oh, yeah, baby, I wish I could cry
Oh, yes, the rain is falling on the ground
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