Gregg Allman - 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Gregg Allman '2002

Tracks list

Tracklist:

[3:54] 01. The Allman Brothers Band - Melissa
[4:28] 02. Gregg Allman - Midnight Rider
[6:18] 03. Gregg Allman - Queen Of Hearts
[3:57] 04. Gregg Allman - These Days
[4:56] 05. Gregg Allman - Multi-Colored Lady
[2:47] 06. Gregg Allman - Please Call Home
[7:30] 07. Gregg Allman - Dreams (Live, 1974)
[4:48] 08. The Gregg Allman Band - Come And Go Blues
[4:49] 09. The Gregg Allman Band - Bring It On Back
[3:53] 10. The Gregg Allman Band - One More Try

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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
Total length: 00:47:06
Main artist: Gregg Allman
Composer: Various Composers
Label: Mercury Records
Genre: Pop/Rock, Rock
© 2002 UMG Recordings Inc. A Mercury Records Release
â„— 2002 UMG Recordings Inc.

This midline-priced best-of surveys Gregg Allmans stop-and-start solo career of
the 1970s, which he conducted during hiatuses in the career of the Allman
Brothers Band that, at the time, were thought of either as temporary or
permanent. The first track, Melissa, actually is an Allmans recording from the
1972 Eat a Peach album that was a minor singles chart entry and that serves as a
good introduction to the set, since it is a Gregg Allman-written and -sung
ballad. Following the success of 1973s Brothers and Sisters, Allman cut a solo
album, the aptly titled Laid Back, from which five tracks have been excerpted,
among them his remake of the Allman Brothers song Midnight Rider, which became a
Top 20 hit. On his own, Allman is a much more mellow performer, contrasting the
rock & roll drive of the band with a ballad style that invites in strings and
horns, as well as the occasional steel guitar, which turns up in his cover of
Jackson Brownes These Days. The version of the Allmans Dreams comes from The
Gregg Allman Tour, a live track that re-conceives the song, even finding room
for a lengthy saxophone solo. The last three tracks come from the only
moderately successful 1977 solo album Playin Up a Storm, recorded at a time when
the Allman Brothers had broken up and Allman had formed his own backup band. The
compilation rescues three appealing ballads from it, and they are in keeping
with the soft tones of the rest of the disc. Gregg Allmans solo forays have
proven to be a sidelight to the career of his main band, but if you are a lover
of his voice who has always wished you didnt have to sit through all those
guitar solos, this is the collection for you.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo



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