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Even if you accept that a best-of for Gregg Allman can focus wholly on his solo career (as this one does) and not include any of his work with the Allman Brothers, this could not by any stretch be considered "the best of Gregg Allman." It's really the best of what he's recorded for Sony, which is really an entirely different animal. That means there's nothing from his three 1970s albums, which most listeners would view as containing his best solo work; the chronological stretch on this comp only covers the last half of the 1980s and the 1990s. Like, say, Rod Stewart, this was a time in which his recordings had really only a shadow of their old power, although (like Stewart) his voice was still in good shape and he didn't stoop to levels as low as Stewart did. Given the pool of what it has to work with, this disc is a reasonable selection, evenly spread between highlights of the I'm No Angel, Just Before the Bullets Fly, and Searching for Simplicity albums. And there are a few extras that might make this worth getting for Allman completists: previously unreleased live cuts from 1987 ("Melissa") and 1998 (his long-lived staple cover of Jackson Browne's "These Days"), a studio outtake from 1985, and "Brother to Brother," a duet with Lori Yates that was on the 1989 Next of Kin soundtrack. Overall, though, it's hardly a guide to even some of his best work, the 1980s tracks suffering from slick period production and unmemorable AOR material. His voice is certainly operating at a level above the quality of many of the songs, and is better served by the occasional cuts on which the blues-soul elements come more to the foreground, like "I've Got News for You" and the cover of "Dark End of the Street."
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Tim Heding, Background Vocal - Tim Heding, Keyboards - Rodney Mills, Producer - David Toler, Drums - Chaz Trippy, Percussion - P. Palmer, Composer - P. Palmer, Lyricist - Rick Rowe, Mastering Engineer - Gregg Allman, Guitar - Gregg Allman, Organ - Gregg Allman, Performer - Dan Toler, Guitar - T. Colton, Composer - T. Colton, Lyricist - Bruce Waibel, Background Vocal - Bruce Waibel, Acoustic Bass
(P) 1987 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Dan Toler, Composer - Dan Toler, Lyricist - Gregg Allman, Performer - Gregg Allman, Composer - Gregg Allman, Lyricist - John Neel, Composer - John Neel, Lyricist - Unknown, Performer - Rodney Mills, Producer - Tony Colton, Composer - Tony Colton, Lyricist
(P) 1988 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Gregg Allman, Performer - Gregg Allman, Composer - Gregg Allman, Lyricist - Unknown, Producer - Unknown, Performer - Stephen Charles Alaimo, Composer - Stephen Charles Alaimo, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Tim Heding, Background Vocal - Tim Heding, Keyboards - Rodney Mills, Producer - G. Allman, Composer - G. Allman, Lyricist - David Toler, Drums - Chaz Trippy, Percussion - Gregg Allman, Guitar - Gregg Allman, Organ - Gregg Allman, Performer - Dan Toler, Guitar - D. Toler, Composer - D. Toler, Lyricist - Bruce Waibel, Background Vocal - Bruce Waibel, Acoustic Bass
(P) 1987 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
S. Diamond, Composer - S. Diamond, Lyricist - Tim Heding, Background Vocal - Tim Heding, Keyboards - Rodney Mills, Producer - David Toler, Drums - Chaz Trippy, Percussion - C. Farren, Composer - C. Farren, Lyricist - Gregg Allman, Guitar - Gregg Allman, Organ - Gregg Allman, Performer - Dan Toler, Guitar - Don Johnson, Vocal - Bruce Waibel, Background Vocal - Bruce Waibel, Acoustic Bass - Ed Calle, Tenor Saxophone
(P) 1987 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
RODNEY MILLS, Producer - RODNEY MILLS, Engineer - MICHAEL CAPLAN, Executive Producer - Rodney Mills, Mixing Engineer - David Toler, Drums - Chaz Trippy, Percussion - Gregg Allman, Composer - Gregg Allman, Vocal - Gregg Allman, Lyricist - Dave Toler, Composer - Dave Toler, Lyricist - Vlado Meller, Engineer - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer - Dan Toler, Composer - Dan Toler, Guitar - Dan Toler, Lyricist - M.CAPLAN, Engineer - The Gregg Allman Band, Performer - Bruce Waibel, Background Vocal - Bruce Waibel, Acoustic Bass - Tim Heding, Background Vocal - Tim Heding, Keyboards
(P) 1988 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
RODNEY MILLS, Producer - RODNEY MILLS, Engineer - MICHAEL CAPLAN, Executive Producer - Rodney Mills, Mixing Engineer - David Toler, Drums - Chaz Trippy, Percussion - Tony Colton, Composer - Tony Colton, Lyricist - Gregg Allman, Composer - Gregg Allman, Vocal - Gregg Allman, Lyricist - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer - Dan Toler, Composer - Dan Toler, Guitar - Dan Toler, Lyricist - M.CAPLAN, Engineer - The Gregg Allman Band, Performer - Bruce Waibel, Background Vocal - Bruce Waibel, Acoustic Bass - Tim Heding, Background Vocal - Tim Heding, Keyboards
(P) 1988 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Chris Carroll, 2nd Engineer - G. Allman, Composer - G. Allman, Lyricist - Charlie Rose, Trombone - T. Smallwood, Composer - T. Smallwood, Lyricist - Johnny Sandlin, Producer - Johnny Sandlin, Engineer - David Hood, Bass - Jim Horn, Baritone Saxophone - Sam Levine, Alto Saxophone - Darron Weasler, Engineer - Vinnie Ciesielski, Trumpet - Harvey Thompson, Tenor Saxophone - Gary Armstrong, Trumpet - Jack Pearson, Guitar - Mark Harrelson, Engineer - Bill Stewart, Drums - Tom Dowd, Mixing Engineer - Gregg Allman, Vocal - Gregg Allman, Performer - Vincent Wojno, Engineer
(P) 1997 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
RODNEY MILLS, Producer - RODNEY MILLS, Engineer - MICHAEL CAPLAN, Executive Producer - Rodney Mills, Mixing Engineer - John Jaworowicz, Composer - John Jaworowicz, Lyricist - David Toler, Drums - Chaz Trippy, Percussion - Gregg Allman, Vocal - Warren Haynes, Composer - Warren Haynes, Lyricist - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer - Dan Toler, Guitar - M.CAPLAN, Engineer - Bruce Waibel, Background Vocal - Bruce Waibel, Acoustic Bass - The Gregg Allman Band, Performer - Tim Heding, Background Vocal - Tim Heding, Keyboards - Henry Jack Williams, Composer - Henry Jack Williams, Lyricist
(P) 1988 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Chris Carroll, 2nd Engineer - Charlie Rose, Trombone - George Soule, Background Vocal - Cindy Richardson-Walker, Background Vocal - Dan Penn, Composer - Dan Penn, Lyricist - Johnny Sandlin, Producer - Johnny Sandlin, Engineer - David Hood, Bass - Ava Aldridge, Background Vocal - Darron Weasler, Engineer - Vinnie Ciesielski, Trumpet - Harvey Thompson, Tenor Saxophone - Harvey Thompson, Baritone Saxophone - Jack Pearson, Electric Guitar - Jack Pearson, Slide Guitar - Jessica Boucher, Background Vocal - Mark Harrelson, Engineer - Bill Stewart, Drums - Scott Boyer, Background Vocal - Kelvin Holly, Electric Guitar - Tom Dowd, Mixing Engineer - Gregg Allman, Vocal - Gregg Allman, Performer - Chips Moman, Composer - Chips Moman, Lyricist - Vincent Wojno, Engineer
(P) 1997 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
RODNEY MILLS, Producer - RODNEY MILLS, Engineer - MICHAEL CAPLAN, Executive Producer - Rodney Mills, Mixing Engineer - David Toler, Drums - Chaz Trippy, Percussion - Gregg Allman, Vocal - Wilbur Terrell, Composer - Wilbur Terrell, Lyricist - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer - Dan Toler, Guitar - M.CAPLAN, Engineer - William Armstrong, Composer - William Armstrong, Lyricist - Bruce Waibel, Background Vocal - Bruce Waibel, Acoustic Bass - The Gregg Allman Band, Performer - Tim Heding, Background Vocal - Tim Heding, Keyboards - Marcus Lewis Daniel, Composer - Marcus Lewis Daniel, Lyricist
(P) 1988 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Chris Carroll, 2nd Engineer - Charlie Rose, Trombone - Preston L. Thall, Drums - Johnny Sandlin, Producer - Johnny Sandlin, Engineer - David Hood, Bass - Jim Horn, Baritone Saxophone - Sam Levine, Alto Saxophone - Darron Weasler, Engineer - Harvey Thompson, Tenor Saxophone - Vinnie Ciesieski, Trumpet - Gary Armstrong, Trumpet - Jack Pearson, Electric Guitar - Mark Harrelson, Engineer - Clayton Ivey, Piano - R. Alfred, Composer - R. Alfred, Lyricist - Tom Dowd, Mixing Engineer - Hank Crawford, Alto Saxophone - Gregg Allman, Vocal - Gregg Allman, Performer - Vincent Wojno, Engineer
(P) 1997 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Steve Buckingham, Producer - Gregg Allman, Performer - Unknown, Performer - J.F. Knobloch, Composer - J.F. Knobloch, Lyricist
(P) 1989 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Gregg Allman, Performer - Unknown, Producer - Unknown, Performer - J. Browne, Composer - J. Browne, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Gregg Allman, Performer - Unknown, Producer - Unknown, Performer - G. Allman, Composer - G. Allman, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Even if you accept that a best-of for Gregg Allman can focus wholly on his solo career (as this one does) and not include any of his work with the Allman Brothers, this could not by any stretch be considered "the best of Gregg Allman." It's really the best of what he's recorded for Sony, which is really an entirely different animal. That means there's nothing from his three 1970s albums, which most listeners would view as containing his best solo work; the chronological stretch on this comp only covers the last half of the 1980s and the 1990s. Like, say, Rod Stewart, this was a time in which his recordings had really only a shadow of their old power, although (like Stewart) his voice was still in good shape and he didn't stoop to levels as low as Stewart did. Given the pool of what it has to work with, this disc is a reasonable selection, evenly spread between highlights of the I'm No Angel, Just Before the Bullets Fly, and Searching for Simplicity albums. And there are a few extras that might make this worth getting for Allman completists: previously unreleased live cuts from 1987 ("Melissa") and 1998 (his long-lived staple cover of Jackson Browne's "These Days"), a studio outtake from 1985, and "Brother to Brother," a duet with Lori Yates that was on the 1989 Next of Kin soundtrack. Overall, though, it's hardly a guide to even some of his best work, the 1980s tracks suffering from slick period production and unmemorable AOR material. His voice is certainly operating at a level above the quality of many of the songs, and is better served by the occasional cuts on which the blues-soul elements come more to the foreground, like "I've Got News for You" and the cover of "Dark End of the Street."
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:08
- Main artists: Gregg Allman
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Epic - Legacy
- Genre: Pop/Rock
(P) 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997, 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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