(Review from amazon)

In their 1974 album, Ten Years After work hard to recreate their formula for success, throwing in good-time rock & roll (‘Going Down To Birmingham’, complete with lyrics like “boom, boom, boom, boom”, and “say hey, hey, hey, baby”), a lengthy, thoughtful epic (‘Look Me Straight Into the Eyes’, at 6:18 the longest excursion on the disc), a laid-back acoustic love ballad (‘Without You’, even with its dubious lyrics, such as, “I’m just like a grave without the flowers…”), a nod to the band’s nodding off, drug enthused chapter (‘Stone Me’, which announces, to no one’s surprise “I can’t deny… I’m high”), and a Bob Seger ‘Katmandu’ redeux, ‘You’re Driving Me Crazy’. ‘It’s Getting Harder’ brings in some horns to spice up the night, and a couple funky rock tracks with decent riffs (no surprise there) can be found in the opener, ‘Nowhere To Run’ and ‘Look Into My Life’, with lyrics harkening to ’50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain’.

The title track gives one the feeling that you’ve checked into a psychiatric hospital and the staff is trying to calm you down. The track does possess some interesting ponderings, such as Lee’s complaint about “too many wonderers, ponderers and squanderers are wondering, pondering and squandering”.

Another highlight is the closer, ‘I Wanted To Boogie’. It may seem like faux-boogie at first glance, there’s some sweet pickin’ and interestin’ lyrical work going on here. Alvin Lee really churns convincingly on his e-lectric guitar. With each verse beginning with “Well I wanted to boogie…”, and finishing with entertaining mantra’s such as “… but I wasn’t sure if I wanted what you wanted me for”, the song gets your foot tapping and you’re brain cells firing.

‘Positive Vibrations’ proved to be their last studio album before dissolving. Alvin Lee pursued a solo career and the rest of the band didn’t go on without him.

Line-up:
- Leo Lyons / Bass
- Alvin Lee / Guitar and Vocals
- Chick Churchill / Organ
- Ric Lee / Drums

Track List:
01. Nowhere To Run – 4:03
02. Positive Vibrations – 4:20
03. Stone Me – 4:57
04. Without You – 4:00
05. Going Back To Birmingham – 2:37
06. Its Getting Harder – 4:25
07. You’re Driving Me Crazy – 2:26
08. Look Into My Life – 4:18
09. Look Me Straight Into The Eyes – 6:20
10. I Wanted To Boogie – 3:33

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