Ten Years After (Tommy Keene album)
1996 studio album by Tommy Keene
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Ten Years After is Tommy Keene's fourth studio album, released in 1996.[2][3] It was his first for Matador Records (Catalog #OLE 177).
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| Released | February 27, 1996 | |||
| Genre | Power pop, rock | |||
| Label | Matador[1] | |||
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Production
The album was produced by Adam Schmitt.[4]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Chicago Tribune | [6] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [7] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [8] |
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."[5] 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.
- "Going Out Again" – 2:19
- "Turning on Blue" – 4:16
- "Today and Tomorrow" – 4:29
- "Your Heart Beats Alone" – 4:03
- "If You're Getting Married Tonight" – 2:21
- "On the Runway" – 2:55
- "We Started Over Again" – 3:14
- "Silent Town" – 4:02
- "Good Thing Going" – 2:54
- "Compromise" – 3:03
- "You Can't Wait for Time" – 2:11
- "Before the Lights Go Down" – 3:57
- "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
- Tommy Keene – vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Brad Quinn – bass, backing vocals
- John Richardson – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Adam Schmitt – bass guitar on "Silent Town", backing vocals on "Going Out Again" and "Compromise"
- Jay Bennett – guitar on "Turning on Blue" and "We Started Over Again"
- Justin Hibbard – guitar on "You Can't Wait for Time" and "Before the Lights Go Down"
- Eric Peterson – guitar on "Your Heart Beats Alone"
- Eric Heywood – pedal steel guitar on "If You're Getting Married Tonight"
Production
- Adam Schmitt – recording, mixing, mastering
- Jonathan Pines – mastering, assistant engineer
- Bob DeMaa – assistant engineer
- Steve Carr – recording, mixing
Additional credits
- Recorded, mixed and mastered at Private Studios, Urbana, Illinois, and Pachyderm, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
- Recorded and mixed at Hit and Run, Rockville, Maryland
- Tommy Keene – photography
- Arlene Elkins – photography (live shot)
- Mike Lundsgaard – photography (tube station)
- Tannis Root – art direction, design