Cricklewood Green
by Ten Years After

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Cricklewood Green by Ten Years After
Year: 1970
Release date: 1970-04-17
Overall rank: 5,413th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 88 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (95th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (859th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,413th)

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Cricklewood Green is ranked as the best album by Ten Years After.

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- This album (5,413th)
Cricklewood Green Lower ranked (5,526th) »
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Cricklewood Green rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,413th | 1970s rank: 859th | 1970 rank: 95th  Overall chart history
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Cricklewood Green ratings

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Cricklewood Green forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 09/08/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5429): By Steppenwolf666
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Steppenwolf666 () 1. by by (1971) 3. (1973) 4. by (1969) 6. by (1968) 7. (1970) 8. by by by (1974) 11. by (1970) 13. by (1970) 14. by by by (1971) 17. by (1972) 19. by (1969) 21. by (1974) 22. by by (1970) 25. (1973) 26. by by (1992) 28. by…”
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From dihansse 01/08/2023 17:39 in My discoveries per year
“For 1970 I have only listened to an album on my wishlist: and what a great and classic album it is. By far the best tracks are Love Like A Man but also 50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain. Apart from the two last tracks which are a bit inferior to the rest, that rest is also very good so the album…”
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From 08/12/2015 10:56 | #147568 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I really don't get how this can be the top TYA's album here. Maybe because of the hit "Love Like a Man"? It's not bad, but it's very hard rock oriented, has less of the typical TYA's style (jazzy rhythms, dark bluesy feel), and still Ssssh (which is also quite hard rock oriented) has more memorable riffs, bass lines and vocals.
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From 05/23/2016 11:19 | #166713 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I think this is their most consistent album - every track is either good or great. Undead, Stonedhenge, Ssshh, Watt and R'n'R' music to the world aren't far behind though.
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From 01/31/2021 06:07 | #265396 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This TYE release starts to step outside the lively blues-rock corner they more-or-less painted themselves in, but doesn't go far enough. This group can't help but fall back on their repetitive, jamming sound, and it holds them back from more signature songs and releases.

If this isn't quite your cup of tea, I'd suggest checking out 'A Space In Time' - the group's biggest commercial success. If this IS your jam, check out Shhh, Watt, and the rest of the TYE catalogue - there's much more where Cricklewood Green's sound came from.
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From 01/22/2022 14:48 | #279832 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I have always dug TYA, and this album is a perfect rendition of the multitude of possibilities of capable musicians to create a diverse album without being goofy. Sadly Alvin joined the upstairs band way to early, he is sorely missed.
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From 10/12/2022 14:31 | #290396 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
For me, love like a man is the outstanding track on this very consistent album. Prefer Watt but this is good
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