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Since Ten Years After's albums weren't stand-alone classics, this double CD of their prime years is the best bet for those who like the band but don't want to sit through some pretty mediocre and monotonous stuff to get to the best bits. The 26 cuts are pretty well chosen, including naturally their most famed songs: "I'm Going Home" (the live Woodstock version), "I'd Love to Change the World," and the British hit "Love Like a Man." Even as it draws from the cream of their work, it can't quite make the argument for them as a major band, but it does show that they were a more versatile act than many would remember. There are some reasonable pop- and folk-rock-flavored songs from the pen of Alvin Lee; a fair amount of jazz influence from time to time, as on "Me and My Baby" and "Woman Trouble"; a song ("50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain") that borrows rather too liberally from the Rolling Stones, "Sympathy for My Devil"; and even a bit of Grateful Dead-like vocal harmony on "Hear Me Calling." There's still, of course, quite a bit of blues-rock, flash guitar, and boogie, which sound better when broken up by more subdued and varied cuts and also benefit from the wise decision not to include too many covers. It's also nice that the collection includes both sides of two 1968 singles, although those were released on LP in the early '70s as part of Alvin Lee & Company.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Mike Vernon, Producer - Ten Years After, MainArtist - Mcleod, Composer - Gus Dudgeon, Producer
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
Mike Vernon, Producer - Ten Years After, MainArtist - Gus Dudgeon, Producer - Al Kooper, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
Mike Vernon, Producer - Ten Years After, MainArtist - WILLIE DIXON, ComposerLyricist - Gus Dudgeon, Producer
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
Mike Vernon, Producer - Ten Years After, MainArtist - WILLIE DIXON, ComposerLyricist - Gus Dudgeon, Producer - RALPH BASS, ComposerLyricist - Sonny Boy Williamson II, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
Alvin Lee, ComposerLyricist - Mike Vernon, Producer - Ten Years After, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Decca Music Group Limited
Alvin Lee, ComposerLyricist - Mike Vernon, Producer - Ten Years After, MainArtist - Gus Dudgeon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1972 Decca Music Group Limited
Alvin Lee, ComposerLyricist - Mike Vernon, Producer - Ten Years After, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Decca Music Group Limited
Alvin Lee, ComposerLyricist - Mike Vernon, Producer - Ten Years After, MainArtist - Roy Thomas Baker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1968 Decca Music Group Limited
Alvin Lee, ComposerLyricist - Mike Vernon, Producer - Ten Years After, MainArtist - Roy Thomas Baker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chick Churchill, ComposerLyricist - Ric Lee, ComposerLyricist - Leo Lyons, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Decca Music Group Limited
Alvin Lee, ComposerLyricist - Mike Vernon, Producer - Ten Years After, MainArtist - Roy Thomas Baker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1969 Decca Music Group Limited
Alvin Lee, ComposerLyricist - Mike Vernon, Producer - Ten Years After, MainArtist - Roy Thomas Baker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1969 Decca Music Group Limited
Alvin Lee, ComposerLyricist - Mike Vernon, Producer - Ten Years After, MainArtist - Roy Thomas Baker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1968 Decca Music Group Limited
Alvin Lee, ComposerLyricist - Mike Vernon, Producer - Ten Years After, MainArtist - Roy Thomas Baker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Smith, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1972 Decca Music Group Limited
DISC 2
Alvin Lee, Producer, ComposerLyricist - ANDY JOHNS, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ten Years After, Producer, MainArtist - Chris Wright, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1969 Chrysalis Records Ltd.
Alvin Lee, ComposerLyricist - GENE PAUL, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ten Years After, MainArtist - Gary Olazabal, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Osborne, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edwin H. Kramer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Blackstead, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1970 Warner Bros.
Album review
Since Ten Years After's albums weren't stand-alone classics, this double CD of their prime years is the best bet for those who like the band but don't want to sit through some pretty mediocre and monotonous stuff to get to the best bits. The 26 cuts are pretty well chosen, including naturally their most famed songs: "I'm Going Home" (the live Woodstock version), "I'd Love to Change the World," and the British hit "Love Like a Man." Even as it draws from the cream of their work, it can't quite make the argument for them as a major band, but it does show that they were a more versatile act than many would remember. There are some reasonable pop- and folk-rock-flavored songs from the pen of Alvin Lee; a fair amount of jazz influence from time to time, as on "Me and My Baby" and "Woman Trouble"; a song ("50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain") that borrows rather too liberally from the Rolling Stones, "Sympathy for My Devil"; and even a bit of Grateful Dead-like vocal harmony on "Hear Me Calling." There's still, of course, quite a bit of blues-rock, flash guitar, and boogie, which sound better when broken up by more subdued and varied cuts and also benefit from the wise decision not to include too many covers. It's also nice that the collection includes both sides of two 1968 singles, although those were released on LP in the early '70s as part of Alvin Lee & Company.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 02:35:42
- Main artists: Ten Years After
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Hip-O (UC)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2002 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2002 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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