Cricklewood Green

Cricklewood Green
Cricklewood Green
Studio album by Ten Years After
Released	17 April 1970
Recorded	1969
Studio	Olympic Studio 1, London
Genre	Blues rock, psychedelic rock
Length	38:26
Label	Deram; Chrysalis
Producer	Alvin Lee
Ten Years After chronology

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

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B−^[3]

Allmusic gave Cricklewood Green a firmly positive retrospective review, praising each individual track and summarizing 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[edit]

All songs written by Alvin Lee

Side one[edit]

No.	Title	Length
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[edit]

No.	Title	Length
5.	"Me and My Baby"	4:12
6.	"Love Like a Man"	7:29
7.	"Circles"	3:55
8.	"As the Sun Still Burns Away"	4:42

CD reissue bonus tracks[edit]

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Warm Sun"	3:08
10.	"To No One"	3:49

Charts[edit]

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

Personnel[edit]

Ten Years After

Alvin Lee – guitar, vocals
Leo Lyons – bass
Ric Lee – drums
Chick Churchill – organ, piano and harpsichord

References[edit]

^ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Melody Maker. 18 April 1970. p. 15. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Cricklewood Green - Ten Years After". Allmusic.
^ 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.
^ 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.

[1] "Album Reviews" (PDF). Melody Maker. 18 April 1970. p. 15. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

[allmusic-2] "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.

[aus-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.

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v t e Ten Years After
Chick Churchill Ric Lee Marcus Bonfanti Colin Hodgkinson Alvin Lee Leo Lyons Joe Gooch
Studio albums	Ten Years After Stonedhenge Ssssh Cricklewood Green Watt A Space in Time Rock & Roll Music to the World Positive Vibrations About Time Now
Live albums	Undead Recorded Live Live at the Fillmore East 1970
Compilation albums	Alvin Lee and Company
Singles	"Love Like a Man" "I'd Love to Change the World"