Watt is the fifth studio album by the English blues rock band Ten Years After, released in 1970. It was recorded in September 1970 except for the last track, a cover of Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen", which is a recording from the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival.

Watt
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1970
RecordedSeptember 1970
StudioOlympic Sound Studios, London
GenreBlues rock, psychedelic rock
Length37:52
LabelDeram
Chrysalis
ProducerTen Years After
Ten Years After chronology
Cricklewood Green
(1970)
Watt
(1970)
A Space in Time
(1971)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [1]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[2]

Allmusic gave Watt a moderately negative review, saying it "had many of the same ingredients as its predecessor, Cricklewood Green, but wasn't nearly as well thought out." They praised the band for performing as energetically as ever, but contended that Alvin Lee's compositions for the album are uniformly uninspired.[1]

Track listing

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All songs written by Alvin Lee, unless otherwise noted.

Side One

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  1. "I'm Coming On" – 3:44
  2. "My Baby Left Me" – 5:21
  3. "Think About the Times" – 4:36
  4. "I Say Yeah" – 5:14

Side Two

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  1. "The Band with No Name" – 1:34
  2. "Gonna Run" – 5:57
  3. "She Lies in the Morning" – 7:19
  4. "Sweet Little Sixteen" (live) (Chuck Berry) – 4:07

Charts

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Chart (1971) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 13
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) 5
United States (Billboard 200) 21

Personnel

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Ten Years After
Technical

References

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  1. ^ a b "Watt - Ten Years After". Allmusic.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 15 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 307. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.