Cricklewood Green

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

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

Reception

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

In a retrospective review, Jim Newsom of AllMusic opined 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

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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
1."Me and My Baby"4:12
2."Love Like a Man"7:29
3."Circles"3:55
4."As the Sun Still Burns Away"4:42

Charts

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

Personnel

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Ten Years After

References

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  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.