Watt (album)

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 Ten Years After
Released	December 1970
Recorded	September 1970 Olympic Sound Studios, London
Genre	Blues rock, psychedelic rock
Length	38:05
Label	Deram Chrysalis
Producer	Ten Years After
Ten Years After chronology
Cricklewood Green (1970) Watt (1970) A Space in Time (1971)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+[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

All songs written by Alvin Lee, unless otherwise noted.

Side One

1. "I'm Coming On" – 3:48
2. "My Baby Left Me" – 5:23
3. "Think About the Times" – 4:43
4. "I Say Yeah" – 5:17

Side Two

1. "The Band with No Name" – 1:37
2. "Gonna Run" – 6:02
3. "She Lies in the Morning" – 7:24
4. "Sweet Little Sixteen" (live) (Chuck Berry) – 4:09

Charts

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

Personnel

• Alvin Lee – guitar, vocals
• Leo Lyons – bass
• Ric Lee – drums
• Chick Churchill – organ

References

1. "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 March 15, 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.