| The First 10 Explosive Years | |
| Type: | Compilation album |
| Artist: | Atomic Rooster |
| Cover: | AtomicRooster_First10.jpg |
| Released: | 1999 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Label: | Angel Air |
| Prev Year: | 1997 |
| Next Title: | Rarities |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
The First 10 Explosive Years is a 1999 compilation album by British rock band Atomic Rooster. It is on the Angel Air record label and, like all their Atomic Rooster and related-artists releases, is derived from original tapes owned and remastered by John Du Cann.
Whilst being a very good compilation for fans of the band, it consists entirely of unlicensed tracks, whose copyright is owned by Sanctuary (who purchased the B&C and Dawn catalogues), EMI and Polydor Records.
It has been reissued and repackaged at least twice:In 2004, it was teamed with The First Ten Explosive Years Volume 2 and released on the Recall Records label (a subsidiary of Snapper Music) as a double CD titled Tomorrow Night.
In 2005, it was reissued on the German Ambitions/Membran International label as disc one in a two-disc set entitled Rebel with a Clause. The second disc was the 11 track reissue of Headline News.