Cricklewood Green

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B− [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

All songs written by Alvin Lee.

Side one

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

No.	Title	Length
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

Personnel

Ten Years After

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

Charts

Chart (1970)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [4]	19
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [5]	11
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [6]	5
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [7]	8
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8]	8
Italian Albums ( Musica e Dischi ) [9]	17
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [10]	8
UK Albums (OCC) [11]	4
US Billboard 200 [12]	14

References

1. "Album Reviews" (PDF). Melody Maker . 18 April 1970. p. 15. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
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.
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.
5. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5485". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
6. "Gode LP'er". Ekstra Bladet . 28 May 1970. p. 32.
7. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 166. ISBN   978-951-1-21053-5.
8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Ten Years After – Cricklewood Green" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
9. "Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 15 May 2025. Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Ten Years After".
10. "Norwegiancharts.com – Ten Years After – Cricklewood Green". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
11. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
12. "Ten Years After Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 15, 2025.