Laid Back

Gregg Allman | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: May 1, 2001
• Release Date: May 1, 2001
• Label: Universal Motown Records Group
• Copyright: (C) 1973 Universal Records Inc.
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• Total Length: 35:58
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• ASIN: B000W0Z17U
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,200 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Southern Blues Masterpiece, March 18, 1999

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Mike Lewis ([e-mail]) (Macon, Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Laid Back (Audio CD)

Webster's dictionary defines a masterpiece as "An artistic work done with consummate skill". Gregg's "Laid Back" certainly qualifies that definition. Almost as spectacular is the fact that this was his first solo effort. Blues imply melancholy and this album is loaded with it. What sets this music apart from others, is the cleansed feeling it gives you after it ends. It's as if you have been baptized in cool southern waters. "These Days", "Queen of Hearts", "Please Call Home", and "Multicolored Lady" are four of the best but don't miss the rest as this album has more "hits" than some artists collect in their entire career! After I first heard the lyric, "Please don't confront me with my failures, I'm aware of them" from "These Days", I have felt it typifies the mood Gregg was in and what blues was all about. This was released in 1973 but sounds as fresh today as it did then. This is the Gregg Allman I'll remember.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strongest Allman Brothers Solo Project Ever, November 6, 2001

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Eric R. Last "misterrockobscurities" (San Bruno, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Laid Back (Audio CD)

For Allman Brothers fans who have all the band's classic albums in their collection and are still hungry for more, or those who would like to hear some variation from the basic Allman Brothers' sound, this is the album to get. "Laid Back" is an outstanding collection of songs, imaginatively arranged and performed with passion and grace by singer/organ player Gregg. On his first solo outing Gregg strays far from the expected twin-guitar-southern-rock-blues sound, and instead offers horns, jazzy arrangements, strong hints of gospel, and even a Jackson Browne cover ("These Days"), with it all working wonderfully. His next album, "Playin' Up A Storm", is similar but not as strong. After that his solo albums became copies of the Allman Brothers Band sound.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars greg without duane, December 2, 1999

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Eric J. Kallberg (Cleveland, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Laid Back (Audio Cassette)

This was Greg's first recording without his beloved brother,Duane. There is an introspective feel to this release, as shown in a gret cover of Jackson Browne's "These Days." It is a nice departure from the southern rock Allman Brothers sound and "Queen of Hearts" will move the hardest of souls. The strings and horns show a production that Allman Brothers fans have never heard. If I were stranded on a desert island, this is one of the ten I would take with me.