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The Allman Brothers Band's best studio album since Brothers and Sisters is a loud, brash, hard-rocking collection of consistently solid if not first-rate songs. The singing is some of the best since Idlewild South, and although they would do better once they brought in Warren Haynes, the dual-guitar lineup of Dickey Betts and Dan Toler is a reminder of what the group had been missing since Duane Allman's death. The music isn't earth-shattering, but it is exciting through and through. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Crazy Love (Lyrics) Dickey Betts The Allman Brothers Band (4:41)
Can't Take It With You (Lyrics) Dickey Betts The Allman Brothers Band (3:32)
Pegasus Dickey Betts The Allman Brothers Band (3:32)
Need Your Love So Bad (Lyrics) John Mertis The Allman Brothers Band (3:43)
Blind Love (Lyrics) B.B. King, Jules Taub The Allman Brothers Band (6:05)
Try It One More Time (Lyrics) The Allman Brothers Band (5:03)
Just Ain't Easy (Lyrics) Gregg Allman The Allman Brothers Band (7:31)
Sail Away (Lyrics) Dickey Betts The Allman Brothers Band (4:01)

Credits

Dan Toler (Guitar), Dan Toler (Guitar (Electric)), Butch Trucks (Percussion), Gregg Allman (Vocals (Background)), Gregg Allman (Clavinet), Gregg Allman (Organ), Mimi Hart (Vocals), Butch Trucks (Vocals (Background)), David Goldflies (?), Dan Toler (Guitar (Acoustic)), Butch Trucks (Conga), David Goldflies (Bass), Mimi Hart (Vocals (Background)), Dickey Betts (Guitar), Dickey Betts (?), Jim Essery (Harmonica), Dickey Betts (Guitar (Electric)), Steve Gursky (Audio Engineer), Tom Dowd (Audio Production), Gregg Allman (Fender Rhodes), Jaimoe Johnson (Drums), Dickey Betts (Vocals), Bonnie Bramlett (Vocals), Jaimoe Johnson (Percussion), Bonnie Bramlett (Vocals (Background)), Gregg Allman (?), Joe Lala (Percussion), Jaimoe Johnson (Conga), Steve Gursky (Engineer), Butch Trucks (Drums), Gregg Allman (Vocals), Butch Trucks (?), Tom Dowd (Producer), Dickey Betts (Slide Guitar), Dickey Betts (Guitar (Acoustic)), Gregg Allman (Keyboards), Dan Toler (?), Dickey Betts (Vocals (Background))
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Enlightened Rogues
Studio album by The Allman Brothers Band
Released February 1979
Recorded December 1978 - January 1979
Criteria Studios, Miami, FL
Genre Southern rock
Label Polydor / Capricorn
Producer Tom Dowd
Professional reviews
The Allman Brothers Band chronology
Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas
(1976)
Enlightened Rogues
(1979)
Reach for the Sky
(1980)

Enlightened Rogues is a studio album by The Allman Brothers Band released in 1979 on the Polydor and Capricorn labels. It was from the first reunion of the band (with new guitarist Dan Toler and bassist David Goldflies) following their 1976 dissolution. The album received strong reviews and moderate sales and was seen as an attempt to return to the dual guitar power of the original lineup. Tom Dowd, who had produced the band's two most successful records in the early 1970s, was brought back to handle production duties. It would also be the last record for Polygram and Capricorn. Capricorn filed for bankruptcy a year later. The band shifted to Arista records for their next release in 1980. Crazy Love was the group's second of three Top 40 hits to date.

Track listing

  1. "Crazy Love" 3:44
  2. "Can't Take It With You" 3:33
  3. "Pegasus" 7:31
  4. "Need Your Love So Bad" 4:01
  5. "Blind Love" 4:37
  6. "Try It One More Time" 5:04
  7. "Just Ain't Easy" 6:06
  8. "Sail Away" 3:34

Personnel

Additional musicians:

  • Joe Lala - Percussion (03,05,06)
  • Bonnie Bramlett - Background Vocals (01)
  • Jim Essery - Harmonica (02,04,05,07)
  • Mimi Hart - Background Vocals (08)



 
 
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