''Cricklewood Green'' is the fourth studio

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records co ...

by blues rock band

Ten Years After Ten Years After are a British rock group, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1968 and 1973, the band had eight consecutive Top 40 albums on the UK Albums Chart. In addition, they had twelve albums enter the US ''Billboar ...

, released in 1970.

Reception

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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."

Track listing

All songs written by Alvin Lee

Side one

#"Sugar the Road" – 3:59 #"Working on the Road" – 4:15 #"50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain" – 7:37 #"Year 3,000 Blues" – 2:17

Side two

#"Me and My Baby" – 4:12 #"

Love Like a Man "Love Like a Man" is a song and hit single by British blues rock group Ten Years After, first released in 1970 and taken from their album ''Cricklewood Green''. Singles chart success The single is the group's only hit in the UK Singles Chart. W ...

" – 7:29 #"Circles" – 3:55 #"As the Sun Still Burns Away" – 4:42

CD reissue bonus tracks

"Warm Sun" – 3:08 #"To No One" – 3:49

Charts

Personnel

;Ten Years After *

Alvin Lee Alvin Lee (born Graham Anthony Barnes; 19 December 1944 – 6 March 2013) was an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as the lead vocalist and lead guitarist of the blues rock band Ten Years After. Early life He w ...

– guitar, vocals *

Leo Lyons Leo David William Lyons (born 30 November 1943) is an English musician, who was most notably the bassist of the blues rock band Ten Years After. Biography Leo Lyons was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in November 1943 and became a profess ...

– bass *

Ric Lee Richard "Ric" Lee (born 20 October 1945) is an English drummer of the blues rock band Ten Years After. Biography Lee was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Was a founding member of his first band, The Falcons. He was also a drumme ...

– drums * Chick Churchill – organ, piano and harpsichord

References

{{Authority control 1970 albums Ten Years After albums Chrysalis Records albums Deram Records albums Albums produced by Alvin Lee Albums recorded at Olympic Sound Studios