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Reach for the Sky

Allman Brothers BandAudio CD
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The Allman Brothers are the band that defines the genre known as southern rock, which is best heard on their seminal live album At Fillmore East.

Formed by Duane Allman and Gregg Allman in 1969, they released an eponymous debut album that year which went down well with critics, but wasn’t a success with the public. Idlewild South (1970) was a little more radio-friendly, and another big hit with… Read more in Amazon's Allman Brothers Band Store

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Product Details

  • Audio CD (February 18, 1997)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Razor & Tie
  • ASIN: B000002ZB5
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #419,134 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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

Editorial Reviews

2008 digitally remastered two CD set featuring a pair of albums by Southern Rock legends The Allman Brothers: Reach For The Sky (1980) and Brothers Of The Road (1981). Both albums reached the Billboard Top 50 Albums chart. 18 tracks. Beat Goes On. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

 

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not as bad as some purists think, September 22, 1999
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This review is from: Reach for the Sky (Audio CD)
This album, the band's first for Arista, marked the start of the Brothers downhill slide artistically. Arista deserves some of the blame -- it wanted another Doobie Brothers -- but there are still plenty of very good moments here, such as Hell & High Water (a great autobiographical song of the band's history), Angeline and a typically high-quality Dickey Betts intrumental, From The Madness Of The West. Reach For The Sky certainly couldn't equal what came before (or after, in the 1990s), but it's still a keeper album for me.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Still Enjoyable Although Not Prime Time Material, July 15, 2003
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G. J Wiener (Westchester, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reach for the Sky (Audio CD)
Many critics have bashed this recording as a far cry from the Duane Allman era Allman Brothers Band. Whereas the band did try to imitate the Doobie Brothers and other corporate rock acts on this collection, there are certainly some highlights here.

I like the gospel feel of the opening track, Hell And High Water. Greg and Dickie sound great singing together on this track. Its very reminiscing of sharing old times. From The Madness Of The West is an intriguing instrumental with a nice percussion/drum solo in the middle. Mystery Woman and Angeline are catchy radio friendly tunes.

Maybe not quite on the level of Brothers and Sisters or Idlewide South but there are enough good moments to warrant a three and a half star rating.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Give it a second listen, April 12, 2006
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This review is from: Reach for the Sky (Audio CD)
Compare this to "Fillmore East" "Eat a Peach" and their best works and it is going to come up short- no question. But compare it to the work of most other bands and this still comes up smelling like a rose. Dickey gets off a good instrumental in "From the Madness of the West" and Gregg's 7 minute composition "So Long" is a really great number. There are some songs not up to the usual Allmans standard here but there's still some very good stuff here. 3.5 stars.
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