Rock & Roll Music To The World - TEN YEARS AFTER***

You Give Me Loving/Convention Prevention/Turned Off TV Blues/Standing At The Station/You Can't Win Them All/Religion/Choo Choo Mama/Tomorrow I'll Be Out Of Town/Rock & Roll Music To The World

Rock & Roll Music To The World was the last Ten Years After album of new material to make an impression on the charts. This hard rocking band led by ace guitarist Alvin Lee would disband shortly afterwards. (US:43 UK:27)

“Though still managing to offer up some truly solid hard blues rock, their albums are beginning to succumb to commerciality. As with their previous studio effort, this one mixes the good hard rock with comparatively lame commercial pop-rock.”

“By this time Ten Years After were a well oiled machine. Between the locked-in slow burnin' blues and the lightning quick numbers, guitarist Alvin Lee fronted the tight English group with fierce fret board work. Rock & Roll Music To The World showcases them kickin' out blues-rock with authority. Leading off with the six minute swamp stomp of You Give Me Loving, Lee and company charge through nine strong songs.”

“Alvin Lee blisters in the high energy numbers, while bass work will shake the roof. This album flows and becomes an anthem in itself. From the opening number to the closing title track there is simply nothing in here that misses a beat. Turn it up and be mesmerized by the wizard of the electric guitar.”

“This work represents all that TYA & Alvin Lee were striving for throughout their recording career. Gone are the arty pretensions and self indulgent solos. What you have here is a serious group of talented individuals in there prime, lean and mean.”

“Rock & Roll Music To The World offers some blues, some ballads and of course the kind of simple rock & roll tunes Ten Years After will always will be associated with. Sure, this is the album of a band soon running out of steam. The strain of endless touring is beginning to tell, and there's not much inspiration in Alvin Lee's guitar routines. But this is a surprisingly strong album where the band sound tight and relaxed.”

“The rock and roll effects created by Alvin Lee’s magical guitar brings out the best of Ten Years After. A solid rock album with good blues that is quite rare when compared with today's artists.”