Ssssh

Ssssh.
Studio album by Ten Years After
Released	September 1969 [1]
Recorded	June 1969
Studio	Morgan, London
Genre	Blues rock, psychedelic rock
Length	32:44
Label	Deram
Producer	Alvin Lee, Ten Years After
Ten Years After chronology
Stonedhenge (1969) Ssssh. (1969) Cricklewood Green (1970)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Rolling Stone	(negative) [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]
The Village Voice	B [5]

Ssssh is the third studio album by the British blues rock band Ten Years After, released in 1969. The album peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard 200 ^[6] and No. 4 on the UK charts.^{[ citation needed ]}

Track listing

All songs composed by Alvin Lee, except where noted.

Side one

1. "Bad Scene" – 3:20
2. "Two Time Mama" – 2:05
3. "Stoned Woman" – 3:25
4. "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" (Sonny Boy Williamson) – 6:34

Side two

1. "If You Should Love Me" – 5:25
2. "I Don't Know That You Don't Know My Name" – 1:56
3. "The Stomp" – 4:34
4. "I Woke Up This Morning" – 5:25

Personnel

Ten Years After

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

Charts

Chart (1969-70)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [7]	17
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [8]	14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9]	6
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [10]	16
UK Albums (OCC) [11]	4
US Billboard 200 [12]	20

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [13]	Gold	50,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Album Reviews" (PDF). New Musical Express. 27 September 1969. p. 10. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
2. "Ssssh - Ten Years After". AllMusic .
3. Gerson, Ben (18 October 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone (44). San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.: 42.
4. Nathan Brackett; Christian David Hoard (2004). The new Rolling Stone album guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 807. ISBN   978-0-7432-0169-8.
5. Christgau, Robert (11 December 1969). "Consumer Guide (5)". The Village Voice . Retrieved 29 June 2016.
6. "allmusic ((( Ssssh > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". AllMusic . Retrieved 26 July 2010.
7. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 6087". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
8. 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.
9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Ten Years After – Ssssh." (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
10. "Norwegiancharts.com – Ten Years After – Ssssh.". 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.
13. "Canadian album certifications – Ten Years After – Ssssh". Music Canada.

External links

• "Ten Years After - Ssssh. (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 26 July 2010.