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December 14, 2001
Don't Pass Up
This album has been overlooked for too long. Although it's no classic, the band is still pretty stellar. "Can't Lose..." is classic Allman, however, with such a stellar opener it's hard to follow. Performances are a little too forced and the title cut and "Nevertheless" suffer because of a cold Gregg Allman supposedly had during recording. "High Falls" is perhaps the most overlooked song in the Allman catalogue. From start to finish, it's jazzy and dreamy groove sets it apart from other Betts instrumentals, enhanced by Leavel's electric piano.
"Sweet Mama" and "Louisiana Lou" seem like filler materail and would've been more appropriate for Charlie Daniels, but you can't blame the Allmans for trying. ... -
Win, Lose or Draw (Remastered)
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Don't Pass Up
This album has been overlooked for too long. Although it's no classic, the band is still pretty stellar. "Can't Lose..." is classic Allman, however, with such a stellar opener it's hard to follow. Performances are a little too forced and the title cut and "Nevertheless" suffer because of a cold Gregg Allman supposedly had during recording. "High Falls" is perhaps the most overlooked song in the Allman catalogue. From start to finish, it's jazzy and dreamy groove sets it apart from other Betts instrumentals, enhanced by Leavel's electric piano.
"Sweet Mama" and "Louisiana Lou" seem like filler materail and would've been more appropriate for Charlie Daniels, but you can't blame the Allmans for trying. ... -
December 14, 2001
Essential
The thing that still floors me is that this was their first album! The maturity of the playing, arranging, and especially, Gregg Allman's writing, is something even the best bands out there spent years trying to get to and never came close.
Kicking off with the classis "DWYNM/INMCTB" just blows you away. "Blackhearted Woman" and "Trouble No More" are classic. The original "Whipping Post" isn't quite the 22 minute Fillmore version, but it is still as firery as anything to come out from a major rock band.
The real highlight on the album is "Dreams." It could be their greatest song ever with unparalelled performances from Gregg and especially Duane's slide guitar. No Allman fan should be without this album. ... -
December 14, 2001
Essential
2 of 2 Yahoo! Users found this review helpful The thing that still floors me is that this was their first album! The maturity of the playing, arranging, and especially, Gregg Allman's writing, is something even the best bands out there spent years trying to get to and never came close.
Kicking off with the classis "DWYNM/INMCTB" just blows you away. "Blackhearted Woman" and "Trouble No More" are classic. The original "Whipping Post" isn't quite the 22 minute Fillmore version, but it is still as firery as anything to come out from a major rock band.
The real highlight on the album is "Dreams." It could be their greatest song ever with unparalelled performances from Gregg and especially Duane's slide guitar. No Allman fan should be without this album. ... -
December 14, 2001
Good. Not Great.
1 of 1 Yahoo! Users found this review helpful Such little care was taken with this album makes the fact that it is actually a decent album a surprise. The performances were obviously not intended for release until the band fired Betts and decided to quickly fill their record deal with Epic.
The sound and mixes are poor for a release from a major band. The band is not in it's best Allman form, although these performances still blow anybody else away. The song selection is almost all songs written before 1975 with the exception of the best track of the album, "Seven Turns." The album kicks off nice enough the same way their first album did back in 69 but is up and down from there on. Tunes are arranged loosely, specifically "Stand Back" and "Leave My Blues At Home" both of which sound like their still blowing the dust off of them. "Every Hungry Woman" appears for the 4th or 5th time on an Allman release and no new ground is covered. "Ain't Wastin Time No More" is given a sluggish performance from everybody in the band. "High Falls," one of the most overlooked Allman tunes, is magnificent at times but disjointed at other times and Derek and Dickey fail to lock.
While this is still some great music, the real dissapointment is what this album could have been especially after the stellar live albums, "An Evening With" and "2nd Set." No album is going to compare to the Fillmore album, but the Allmans have only themselves to blame for this album's failures: they've been (and still are) too damn good for too long to accept this release. It's still a good buy but it wears its intentions on its sleeves. ...
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This album is essential for any Bland or BB fan. While both have covered the material on this album before, together the music cooks. Extended medleys, crowd accompanyment along with loose arrangments and a great horn section make this essential. It may be no "Live at the Regal," but it's still a lot of fun. A great sequel to their first (and less entertaining) live album together. ...