Ssssh

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Ssssh.
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Studio album by
Ten Years After
Released26 September 1969 [1]
RecordedJune 1969
Studio Morgan, London
Genre Blues rock, psychedelic rock
Length32:44
Label Deram
Producer Alvin Lee, Ten Years After
Ten Years After chronology
Stonedhenge
(1969)		Ssssh.
(1969)		 Cricklewood Green
(1970)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Rolling Stone (negative) [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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 ]

Contents

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

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

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [13] Gold50,000^

^ 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.
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