Ten Years After
Studio album by
Tommy Keene
ReleasedFebruary 27, 1996
GenrePower pop, rock
LabelMatador[1]
Tommy Keene chronology
Based on Happy Times
(1989) 		Ten Years After
(1996) 		Isolation Party
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Chicago Tribune[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[5]

Ten Years After is Tommy Keene's fourth studio album, released in 1996.[6][7] It was his first for Matador Records (Catalog #OLE 177).

Production

The album was produced by Adam Schmitt.[8]

Critical reception

AllMusic called the album "a must for longtime fans, as well as anyone who appreciates intelligent and well-crafted pop/rock that maintains a sharp edge."[2] Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Keene's smart lyrics and considerable melodic sense are intact but dated — the album is like a flower fossilized in amber."[9] Washington City Paper wrote that the album "finds Keene fulfilling the romantic bard's duty to toy with emotional calamity; the result is a series of dispatches on the skimpy rewards of rekindling a relationship that was doomed from the get-go."[10] CMJ New Music Monthly called it "a solid and inviting, relentlessly tuneful record."[11]

Track listing

All songs written by Tommy Keene, except where noted.

  1. "Going Out Again" – 2:19
  2. "Turning on Blue" – 4:16
  3. "Today and Tomorrow" – 4:29
  4. "Your Heart Beats Alone" – 4:03
  5. "If You're Getting Married Tonight" – 2:21
  6. "On the Runway" – 2:55
  7. "We Started Over Again" – 3:14
  8. "Silent Town" – 4:02
  9. "Good Thing Going" – 2:54
  10. "Compromise" – 3:03
  11. "You Can't Wait for Time" – 2:11
  12. "Before the Lights Go Down" – 3:57
  13. "It's Not True" (Pete Townshend) – 1:28
    • Originally recorded by The Who in 1965, this song does not appear on the CD's or LP's track list.

Personnel

The band

Additional musicians

Production

Additional credits

References

  1. ^ "Tommy Keene – Ten Years After – This Day In Matador History".
  2. ^ a b "Ten Years After – Tommy Keene | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ Reger, Rick (14 March 1996). "Tommy KeeneTen Years After (Matador) (star) (star)..." chicagotribune.com.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 772.
  5. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 625.
  6. ^ "Tommy Keene | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ^ Holmes, Dave (November 29, 2017). "Tommy Keene Should Have Been Bigger. But He Didn't Need to Be". Esquire.
  8. ^ "Tommy Keene". Trouser Press. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Ten Years After". EW.com.
  10. ^ "Ten Years After". Washington City Paper. February 23, 1996.
  11. ^ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly: 40. March 1996.
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