A Space In Time - TEN YEARS AFTER****

One Of These Days/Here They Come/I'd Love To Change The World/Over The Hill/Baby Won't You Let Me Rock & Roll You/Once There Was A Time/Let The Sky Fall/Hard Monkeys/I've Been There Too/Uncle Jam

A Space In Time provided another platform to showcase the skills of Alvin Lee regarded as one of the world’s leading guitarists. Despite his input Ten Years After never quite attained the commercial heights to match his talent. (US:17 UK:36)

“This is certainly their best, most commercial and at the same time most experimental work, but still in keeping with their familiar blues roots. If you like early 70s rock music with a shot of blues and psychedelica, than you can't go wrong with this album. It also contains the minor hit single I'd Love To Change The World, which would be worth alone the purchase.”

“I found this one very inconsistent; another Jekyll/Hyde type release with a mix of some good hard rock, and some real commercial duds. There is enough of the good to substantially outweigh the bad, but be advised that it is there.”

“It is a good consistent release. With some nice guitar playing and some singing that is good but can get dull at times. I just found it highly unoriginal and quite boring towards the end, but it is fun overall.”

“It's a remarkable fusion with great songs, outstanding performance, wonderful bluesy organ and piano, and then Alvin Lee's solo guitar as the cream on the cake.”

“Alvin Lee is, on any given day, my favourite axeman of all-time. And I'd Love To Change The World is one of the few excessively lead guitar driven songs that actually works. Lee's licks are so unbelievably scorching, you almost don't mind all that hippie claptrap. The rest of the record aims for a more laid-back, stoned blues sound, with some success.”

“This album is just a great blend of acoustic and electric guitar playing, one great song after the next, with some of the best guitar playing you'll ever hear.”

“A Space In Time is the best studio album from a band that was better live than in the studio. When Alvin Lee plays in a spontaneous fashion, the results are often amazing. The safe environment of the studio, to my ears, causes this great guitarist to hold back a bit. That said, there are still some epic guitar moments, especially that fantastic break on I'd Love To Change The World, pure guitar heaven.”