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The Allman Brothers Band - Reach for the Sky/Brothers Of The Road Audio CD

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Title: Reach for the Sky/Brothers Of The Road
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Release Date: 1997-02-18
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Hell & High Water 2: Mystery Woman 3: From The Madness Of The West 4: I Got A Right To Be Wrong 5: Angeline 6: Famous Last Words 7: Keep On Keepin On 8: So Long 9: Brothers Of The Road 10: Leavin' 11: Straight From The Heart 12: The Heat Is On 13: Maybe We Can Go Back To Yesterday 14: The Judgment 15: Two Rights 16: Never Knew How Much (I Needed You) 17: Things You Used To Do 18: I Beg Of You

Subpar Allmans Still Better Than Most
During this time period everyone in the business knew about the band's inner tumoils and so they were a risk. The folks who are slamming these 2 fine recordings just don't seem to understand the situation for a major recording artist. Therefore the band, in order to get a deal had to try to make hits that teen agers would buy. These recordings don't have some of the excellence of their earlier stuff, but it is still some damn fine music. If you like the Allman's, you'll like this c. d.


BGO's 2 albums 1CD the way to go for ABB's Arista' Years
First thing first- Reach for the Sky is the weakest of all ABB albums. This is not the Allman Brother's of the Fillmore fame- but the ABB of the Arista years. It is just swamped by the dreaded synthesizer, suffers from poor songs and a lack of guitars. Best cut is the instramental "From the Madness of the West" which previews the triple drum drum section of today's ABB. Brothers of the Road is much stronger effort, but still suffers from Arista quest to turn the ABB into the Dobbie Brothers. This album reminds me of more a Gregg Solo/Dickey Solo album than a ABB album. But if you like Gregg's/Dickey's solo stuff, you might like this. .


Synthesizers On An Allman Brothers Album
I have not listened to the album in many years -- in fact, I still have only a vinyl version -- and so I thought this would be as good a time as any to give it another try. Coming as it did on the heels of the band's successful return on Enlightened Rogues, it's unfortunate that Reach For The Sky is so disappointing. My apologies to the other reviewers who feel the album deserves better than it gets, but I have to respectfully disagree. The album is slick and over-produced. As noted in my review title, synthesizers on an Allman Brothers Band album??!! Are you kidding me? And Dickey is listed as playing synthesizer! Neither Dickey's nor Dan Toler's guitar playing is all that original. There is no grit in any of the playing and no fire in the performances. The final cut, So Long, starts out like a 1980s MOR (middle of the road) tune before it starts moving just a little bit. To my ears, this sounds like a Southern rock band that is trying -- and failing -- to sound like the Allman Brothers Band.


Still good!!
The sound is still distinctive. The Allman Brothers create a sold collection of songs. It is not "Eat A Peach",
but it is not suppose to be. "From The Madness of the West" is great little instrumental, as good as "Pegasus" and "Hell And High Water", "Mystery Woman" and "Angeline" are real solid numbers. .


I LIKE ANGELINE ! (but that's about it)
Reach For The Sky (1980) has a few good moments, but it's nothing to write home about. The two Arista Records albums are the weak links in the Allman Brothers Band catalog. I do like Angeline, though. Gregg's vocals are great on that one. Hell And High Water features shout-and-answer co-lead vocals from Gregg and Dickey, and From The Madness Of The West is a fair to middling Dickey Betts instrumental. Get this to complete your ABB collection, but their other albums are much better.


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