Audio CD review:
Ten Years After - Ssssh

Ten Years After - Ssssh

Band: Ten Years After Title: Ssssh Rating: Release Date: 13 November, 2001 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Bad Scene 2: Two Times Mama 3: Stoned Woman 4: Good Morning Little Schoolgirl 5: If You Should Love Me 6: I Don't Know That You Don't Know My Name 7: The Stomp 8: I Woke Up This Morning

Customer Reviews Great Playing and Lots of Energy I had the album on vinyl years ago, and I recently bought the album again on CD. This album must be thrill for any fan of English heavy blues/hard rock. Somehow my favourites have changed with the time. It seems that some of my old favourites go on a bit too long. It is beyond question that Lee is a terrific guitarist and that Ten Years After was a great band, but Lee's songwriting on this album is mostly very traditional blues/rock, and some songs may sound a little dated. "I Woke Up This Morning" and "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" are still great tracks, but less aggressive songs like "Two Time Mama" and "If You Should Love Me" are my favourites today; especially the great build up on "If You Should Love Me" makes this song a highlight. Great album. But Ssssh is the best one. I own 3 Ten years after cd's , A space in time, and the live cd. Just straight out blues. I stumbled on this one by mistake in a budget bin. I love it!!. Even after all these years, it still goes for the throat! Anyone who wants to know what British heavy blues/hard rock is all about NEEDS to own this. This was one of the first albums I went out & purchased when I went off to college. It belongs in any collection which has "Wheels of Fire" by Cream or any early Led Zeppelin album. In addition to some fine blues-rock jams, some pretty wild sound effects as well. The opening song "Bad Scene" comes out of the gate like a racehorse & the intensity never lets up for a minute. Check out "If You Should Love Me" which starts out as a slow, acoustic blues & builds in layers until it's an all-out rocker with multi-tracked guitars (including some tasty wah-wah)and Alvin screeching like Janis Joplin! My favorite TYA track of all time concludes the album, a great blues romp called "I Woke Up This Morning. " The guitar solo put down on this song is simply among the best ever recorded, by anyone anywhere - no lie. You have to hear it to believe it. The end of the song will have your ears ringing like you had your head in front of Alvin's Marshall stack for the last three hours. Buy this album - you will not be disappointed. . You can see a complete list of all Ten Years After discography, or go back to the Ten Years After tabs