Great Playing and Lots of Energy

This album must be thrill for any fan of English heavy blues/hard rock.

I had the album on vinyl years ago, and I recently bought the album again on CD. 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.

A Transitional Album for TYA

I will agree with everything said about this album but what they don't tell you is the persistance of a psychedelic buzz throughout this album. There is a very harmonious combination of blues-based and psychedelic 'noodling' combined with a kind of quirky songwriting style mainly characterized by 'Bad Scene' and 'Stoned Woman'. 'Bad Scene' alternates between garage/psych and changes tempo to a casual jazzy mid section then returns to the faster tempo. TYA like a lot of groups from the era were influenced by the new psychedelic sounds of the time while at the same time keeping their blues/jazz based roots and this CD is probably the best example of this. You also have the perfunctory love songs 'Two Time Mama' & 'If You Should Love Me'. 'The Stomp' is a wonderfully casual boogie number with a nicely understated guitar break. 'Good Morning Little School Girl' was perhaps the most successful song from the album and was played for years as part of their live sets.

Great Music

As the liner notes say this IS the music of Ten Years After. This cd is one of the bands greatest. It came out about the time Alvin and the boys became bonefide stars. The music is blues based with some jazz leanings, very well written and performed. All four musicians are at their peak just prior to Cricklewood Green's release. 10 stars for this cd.

Great album.

I own 3 Ten years after cd's , A space in time, and the live cd. But Ssssh is the best one. 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!

This was one of the first albums I went out & purchased when I went off to college. Anyone who wants to know what British heavy blues/hard rock is all about NEEDS to own this. 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.