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Ten Years After formed in Nottingham, England, in 1966 around guitarist and vocalist Alvin Lee, bassist Leo Lyons, drummer Ric Lee, and keyboardist Chick Churchill. The four musicians developed a forceful mixture of electric blues, jazz improvisation, boogie, and rock, earning attention through club and festival performances before releasing their self-titled debut album on Deram Records in 1967.
The live album Undead followed in 1968 and introduced “I’m Going Home,” a concert centerpiece built around Alvin Lee’s speed, rhythmic control, and call-and-response exchanges with the band. Stonedhenge and Ssssh arrived in 1969, moving Ten Years After beyond the British blues boom through original compositions, studio experiments, and increasingly expansive arrangements.
The band’s August 1969 appearance at Woodstock became the defining public image of its early career. The performance of “I’m Going Home” appeared in the festival film and on the soundtrack, exposing Ten Years After to an international audience. Cricklewood Green and Watt followed in 1970 with “Love Like a Man,” “50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain,” “Working on the Road,” “Think About the Times,” and “I’m Coming On.”
A Space in Time appeared in 1971 and produced “I’d Love to Change the World,” the group’s only Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 single. Rock & Roll Music to the World followed in 1972, and the double album Recorded Live documented the band’s early-1970s concert repertoire. Positive Vibrations closed the original studio run in 1974 before the group separated the following year.
The original quartet reunited periodically and recorded About Time in 1989. After Alvin Lee left the touring group, Joe Gooch joined Leo Lyons, Chick Churchill, and Ric Lee for Now in 2004 and Evolution in 2008. Marcus Bonfanti and Colin Hodgkinson later joined Churchill and Ric Lee, recording A Sting in the Tale in 2017 and the live album Naturally Live.
The Bonfanti-Hodgkinson-Churchill-Ric Lee lineup ended in 2024. Ric Lee launched another Ten Years After lineup in 2025 with guitarist and vocalist Samuel C. Lees, bassist and vocalist Craig Fletcher, and keyboardist and violinist Dave Burgoyne. The group introduced harmony vocals into its live sound and released a new recording of “I’d Love to Change the World” in October 2025.
Also in 2025, Chrysalis released a three-disc deluxe edition of Ssssh. The collection paired the original album with new stereo mixes and a previously unreleased Finnish radio recording from Helsinki on December 3, 1969. Ten Years After remained active on European stages in 2026, while the official band site reported that the current lineup was working on a new album.
Complete List Of Ten Years After Songs From A to Z
0–E
- “32-20 Blues (Live)” – Naturally Live (Deluxe Edition) (2023)
- “50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain” – Cricklewood Green (1970)
- “A Sad Song” – Stonedhenge (1969)
- “About Time” – About Time (1989)
- “Adventures of a Young Organ” – Ten Years After (1967)
- “Angry Words” – Evolution (2008)
- “As the Sun Still Burns Away” – Cricklewood Green (1970)
- “(At the) Woodchopper’s Ball” – Ten Years After (Expanded Edition) (2002)
- “Baby Won’t You Let Me Rock ‘n’ Roll You” – A Space in Time (1971)
- “Bad Blood” – About Time (1989)
- “Bad Scene” – Ssssh (1969)
- “Boogie On” – Stonedhenge (Expanded Edition) (2002)
- “Changes” – Now (2004)
- “Choo Choo Mama” – Rock & Roll Music to the World (1972)
- “Choo Choo Mama (Live)” – Recorded Live (1973)
- “Circles” – Cricklewood Green (1970)
- “Classical Thing” – Recorded Live (1973)
- “Convention Prevention” – Rock & Roll Music to the World (1972)
- “Diamond Girl” – A Sting in the Tale (2017)
- “Don’t Want You Woman” – Ten Years After (1967)
- “Extension on One Chord” – Recorded Live (1973)
F–J
- “Faro” – Stonedhenge (1969)
- “Feel It for Me” – Ten Years After (1967)
- “Going Back to Birmingham” – Positive Vibrations (1974)
- “Going to Chicago” – About Time (1989)
- “Going to Try” – Stonedhenge (1969)
- “Gonna Run” – Watt (1970)
- “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl” – Ssssh (1969)
- “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Live in Helsinki, 1969)” – Ssssh (2025 Deluxe Edition) (2025)
- “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Live)” – Recorded Live (1973)
- “Guitar Hero” – A Sting in the Tale (2017)
- “Hard Monkeys” – A Space in Time (1971)
- “Hear Me Calling” – Stonedhenge (1969)
- “Hear Me Calling (Single Version)” – Stonedhenge (Expanded Edition) (2002)
- “Help Me” – Ten Years After (1967)
- “Help Me (Live)” – Recorded Live (1973)
- “Here They Come” – A Space in Time (1971)
- “Highway of Love” – About Time (1989)
- “Hobbit” – Recorded Live (1973)
- “Hold Me Tight” – Ten Years After (Expanded Edition) (2002)
- “Hundred Miles High” – Now (2004)
- “I Can’t Keep from Cryin’ Sometimes (Part 1)” – Recorded Live (1973)
- “I Can’t Keep from Cryin’ Sometimes (Part 2)” – Recorded Live (1973)
- “I Can’t Keep from Crying Sometimes” – Ten Years After (1967)
- “I Can’t Keep from Crying Sometimes (Live in Helsinki, 1969)” – Ssssh (2025 Deluxe Edition) (2025)
- “I Can’t Keep from Crying Sometimes/Extension on One Chord/I Can’t Keep from Crying Sometimes (Reprise)” – Undead (Expanded Edition) (2002)
- “I Can’t Live Without Lydia” – Stonedhenge (1969)
- “I Don’t Know That You Don’t Know My Name” – Ssssh (1969)
- “I Get All Shook Up” – About Time (1989)
- “I May Be Wrong, But I Won’t Be Wrong Always” – Undead (1968)
- “I May Be Wrong, But I Won’t Be Wrong Always (Live in Helsinki, 1969)” – Ssssh (2025 Deluxe Edition) (2025)
- “I Never Saw It Coming” – Evolution (2008)
- “I Say Yeah” – Watt (1970)
- “I Think It’s Gonna Rain All Night” – Evolution (2008)
- “I Want to Know” – Ten Years After (1967)
- “I Wanted to Boogie” – Positive Vibrations (1974)
- “I Woke Up This Morning” – Ssssh (1969)
- “I’d Love to Change the World” – A Space in Time (1971)
- “I’d Love to Change the World (2025 Re-recording)” – I’d Love to Change the World single (2025)
- “I’ll Make It Easy for You” – Now (2004)
- “I’m Coming On” – Watt (1970)
- “I’m Going Home” – Undead (1968)
- “I’m Going Home (Live in Paris)” – Positive Vibrations (Expanded Edition) (2004)
- “I’m Going Home (Live)” – Recorded Live (1973)
- “I’m Going Home (Single Version)” – Stonedhenge (Expanded Edition) (2002)
- “I’ve Been There Too” – A Space in Time (1971)
- “If You Should Love Me” – Ssssh (1969)
- “Iron Horse” – A Sting in the Tale (2017)
- “It’s Getting Harder” – Positive Vibrations (1974)
K–O
- “King of the Blues” – Now (2004)
- “Land of the Vandals” – A Sting in the Tale (2017)
- “Last Night of the Bottle” – A Sting in the Tale (2017)
- “Let the Sky Fall” – A Space in Time (1971)
- “Let’s Shake It Up” – About Time (1989)
- “Long Time Running” – Now (2004)
- “Look into My Life” – Positive Vibrations (1974)
- “Look Me Straight into the Eyes” – Positive Vibrations (1974)
- “Losing the Dogs” – Ten Years After (1967)
- “Love Like a Man” – Cricklewood Green (1970)
- “Love Until I Die” – Ten Years After (1967)
- “Me and My Baby” – Cricklewood Green (1970)
- “Miss Constable” – A Sting in the Tale (2017)
- “My Baby Left Me” – Watt (1970)
- “My Imagination” – Evolution (2008)
- “No Title” – Stonedhenge (1969)
- “No Title (Live in Helsinki, 1969)” – Ssssh (2025 Deluxe Edition) (2025)
- “Nowhere to Run” – Positive Vibrations (1974)
- “Once There Was a Time” – A Space in Time (1971)
- “Once There Was a Time (Live in Frankfurt)” – Positive Vibrations (Expanded Edition) (2004)
- “One of These Days” – A Space in Time (1971)
- “One of These Days (Live)” – Recorded Live (1973)
- “Outside My Window” – About Time (1989)
- “Over the Hill” – A Space in Time (1971)
P–T
- “Portable People” – Ten Years After (Expanded Edition) (2002)
- “Positive Vibrations” – Positive Vibrations (1974)
- “Positive Vibrations Radio Advert” – Positive Vibrations (Expanded Edition) (2004)
- “Reasons Why” – Now (2004)
- “Religion” – Rock & Roll Music to the World (1972)
- “Retired Hurt” – A Sting in the Tale (2017)
- “Rock & Roll Music to the World” – Rock & Roll Music to the World (1972)
- “Rock & Roll Music to the World (Live in Frankfurt)” – Positive Vibrations (Expanded Edition) (2004)
- “Rock Your Mama” – Ten Years After (Expanded Edition) (2002)
- “Rock Your Mama” – Undead (Expanded Edition) (2002)
- “Saturday Night” – About Time (1989)
- “Scat Thing” – Recorded Live (1973)
- “She Keeps Walking” – Evolution (2008)
- “She Lies in the Morning” – Watt (1970)
- “She Needed a Rock” – Evolution (2008)
- “Silly Thing” – Recorded Live (1973)
- “Silverspoon Lady” – A Sting in the Tale (2017)
- “Skoobly-Oobly-Doobob” – Stonedhenge (1969)
- “Slip Slide Away” – Evolution (2008)
- “Slow Blues in ‘C'” – Recorded Live (1973)
- “Speed Kills” – Stonedhenge (1969)
- “Spider in My Web” – Ten Years After (Expanded Edition) (2002)
- “Spider in Your Web” – Undead (1968)
- “Spoonful” – Ten Years After (1967)
- “Spoonful” – Undead (Expanded Edition) (2002)
- “Spoonful (Live in Helsinki, 1969)” – Ssssh (2025 Deluxe Edition) (2025)
- “Spoonful (Live in Paris)” – Positive Vibrations (Expanded Edition) (2004)
- “Standing at the Crossroads” – Undead (Expanded Edition) (2002)
- “Standing at the Station” – Rock & Roll Music to the World (1972)
- “Standing at the Station (Live in Amsterdam)” – Positive Vibrations (Expanded Edition) (2004)
- “Stone Me” – Positive Vibrations (1974)
- “Stoned Alone” – A Sting in the Tale (2017)
- “Stoned Woman” – Ssssh (1969)
- “Sugar the Road” – Cricklewood Green (1970)
- “Summertime/Shantung Cabbage” – Undead (1968)
- “Suranne Suranne” – A Sting in the Tale (2017)
- “Sweet Little Sixteen” – Watt (1970)
- “Sweet Little Sixteen (Live in Atlanta)” – Positive Vibrations (Expanded Edition) (2004)
- “Tail Lights” – Evolution (2008)
- “That’s Alright” – Evolution (2008)
- “The Band with No Name” – Watt (1970)
- “The Hobbit (Live in Helsinki, 1969)” – Ssssh (2025 Deluxe Edition) (2025)
- “The Sounds” – Ten Years After (Expanded Edition) (2002)
- “The Stomp” – Ssssh (1969)
- “The Voice Inside Your Head” – Now (2004)
- “Think About the Times” – Watt (1970)
- “Three Blind Mice” – Stonedhenge (1969)
- “Time to Kill” – Now (2004)
- “Tomorrow I’ll Be Out of Town” – Rock & Roll Music to the World (1972)
- “Turned-Off TV Blues” – Rock & Roll Music to the World (1972)
- “Two Lost Souls” – A Sting in the Tale (2017)
- “Two Time Mama” – Ssssh (1969)
U–Z
- “Uncle Jam” – A Space in Time (1971)
- “Up in Smoke” – A Sting in the Tale (2017)
- “Victim of Circumstance” – About Time (1989)
- “Waiting for the Judgement Day” – About Time (1989)
- “When It All Falls Down” – Now (2004)
- “Why’d They Call It Falling” – Evolution (2008)
- “Wild Is the River” – About Time (1989)
- “Without You” – Positive Vibrations (1974)
- “Woman Trouble” – Stonedhenge (1969)
- “Woman Trouble (U.S. Version)” – Stonedhenge (Expanded Edition) (2002)
- “Woodchopper’s Ball” – Undead (1968)
- “Working in a Parking Lot” – About Time (1989)
- “Working on the Road” – Cricklewood Green (1970)
- “Year 3,000 Blues” – Cricklewood Green (1970)
- “You Can’t Win Them All” – Rock & Roll Music to the World (1972)
- “You Give Me Loving” – Rock & Roll Music to the World (1972)
- “You Give Me Loving (Live)” – Recorded Live (1973)
- “You’re Driving Me Crazy” – Positive Vibrations (1974)
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Ten Years After Studio Albums
Ten Years After (1967)
Stonedhenge (1969)
Ssssh (1969)
Cricklewood Green (1970)
Watt (1970)
A Space in Time (1971)
Rock & Roll Music to the World (1972)
Positive Vibrations (1974)
About Time (1989)
Now (2004)
Evolution (2008)
A Sting in the Tale (2017)
Additional Ten Years After Releases Represented
Undead (live album, 1968)
Recorded Live (live album, 1973)
Ten Years After (expanded edition, 2002)
Undead (expanded edition, 2002)
Stonedhenge (expanded edition, 2002)
Positive Vibrations (expanded edition, 2004)
Naturally Live (live album, 2019; deluxe edition, 2023)
I’d Love to Change the World (re-recorded single, 2025)
Ssssh (deluxe edition, 2025)
Updated July 30, 2026.
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