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A Great "Best Of" from the Allmans Great 1990s Comeback

01/20/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you were only going to own one album from the Allman Brothers great comeback of the 1990s (which would be a mistake), this would be the one. This CD highlights the 3 critically acclaimed studio albums and 2 live outputs from the Allmans Epic records output since 1990. Unlike most classic rockers still recording & touring, the ABB have reunited to make some of their most inspired and well rounded albums of their career. Although, the ABB move through familiar ground, they have added layered harmony vocals ala Crosby, Stills & Nash or the Band to their classic sound. Warren Haynes and Dickey Betts make the classic note-for-note running harmony guitar sound come across fresh after all these years. Seven Turns, End of the Line, Back Where It All Begins & No One to Run With rank in the top 10 or so songs ever recorded by any version of this band. This CD would complement Decade of Hits in your collection very well, if you don't want to venture farther into their fine 30 year collection."

Excellent "Hits" package of 1990-1995 ABB Material

06/23/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"While most of the music on the CD got a good bit of radio air-play when these songs were new, EPIC records never really got behind this excellent version of the Allman Brothers. Some critics have felt like they surpassed even the acclaimed original version of the band, with the legendary Duane Allman. Even if you don't feel that way after a spin or two from this CD, you will happy you bought it. Seven Turns, End of the Line, No One to Run With (probably the biggest radio "hit" on this disc), and Good Clean Fun all represent the ABB at their very best--powerful blues/gospel vocals laid on top of twin-guitar rock n blues. The acoustic reading of Midnight Rider will give you a good idea of how much this version of the ABB added to the older classics. An old live nugget, Every Hungry Woman, is even thrown in as a bonus."

A good collection, despite record co. mistakes

Francis King | Calgary, AB, Canada | 07/14/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The 1989-97 version of the Allman Brothers Band, which included guitarist/vocalist Warren Haynes and bassist Allan Woody, came as close as is humanly possible to recreating this group's original, glorious, creative beginnings. Haynes was (and still is) a peerless player, equally capable on standard or slide, and the late, great Woody brought a solid, inventive style that reminded us all of original bassist Berry Oakley. This lineup produced three studio albums - Seven Turns, Shades of Two Worlds and Where It All Begins - that continue to stand up as artistic, creative and energetic. I'd put them up against anything the group ever recorded. So what about this collection? Well, it's a bit of a head-scratcher. Most importantly, the band's label at that time simply screwed up when it assembled the CD, putting in studio versions of the songs that are advertized as live in concert . This means casual collectors are denied the chance to hear the full, glorious 15-minute take on Nobody Knows. Secondly, most fans know an ABB album isn't complete without an instrumental, and Mycology cruelly leaves off Kind Of Bird, surely the most jaw-dropping, bee-bop-influenced composition this group will ever produce. Still, an Allman Brothers Band is like sex; even when it's bad, it's still pretty good."