Ten Years After (Tommy Keene album)

Infobox Album
Name = Ten Years After
Type = studio
Artist = Tommy Keene


Released = February 27, 1996
Recorded =
Genre = Power pop, rock
Length =
Label = Matador
Producer =
Reviews = *"Allmusic" Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fzfixqlhldae Link]
*ARTISTdirect Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,226291,00.html Link]
*Piero Scaruffi (mixed) [http://www.scaruffi.com/vol4/keene.html Link]
Last album = "Based on Happy Times"
(1989)
This album = "Ten Years After"
(1996)
Next album = "Isolation Party"
(1998)

"Ten Years After" is Tommy Keene's fourth studio album, and his first for Matador Records (catalog #OLE 177-2). It was released in 1996.

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" – 1:28 (Pete Townshend)
#*Originally recorded by The Who, 1965note: The final track ("It's Not True") does not appear on the CD's track list

Personnel

The band

*Tommy Keene — Vocals, guitar, keyboards
*Brad Quinn — Bass guitar, back-up vocals
*John Richardson — Drums, percussion

Additional musicians

*Adam Schmitt — Bass ("Silent Town"), back-up vocals ("Going Out Again", "Compromise")
*Jay Bennett — Guitar ("Turning on Blue", "We Started Over Again")
*Justin Hibbard — Guitar ("You Can't Wait for Time", "Before the Lights Go Down")
*Eric Peterson — Guitar ("Your Heart Beats Alone")
*Eric Heywood — Pedal steel guitar ("If You're Getting Married Tonight")

Production

*Adam Schmitt — Recording, mixing, mastering
*Jon 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
*Ed Morgan — Manager
*"Many thanks: John Richardson, Brad Quinn, Bobby Keene, Ed Morgan, Sharon Marsh, Mike Lundsgaard, Joanna Sobol, Gerard & Chris, Billy Siegle, Adam Schmitt, Jesse Valenzuela, Phillip Rhodes, Robin Wilson, Steve Carr, Bill Leen, Scott Johnson, Rick Purcell, Jonathan Pines, Jay Bennett, Edward "B" Hargrove, Mike Leach, Rick Gerson, Eric Heywood, Bob Kimball, Josh Grier, The Crush, Dobro courtesy of One F"