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Album Review: Seven Turns

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The Allman Brothers Band's comeback album, and their best blues-based outing since Idlewild South that restored a lot of their reputation. With Tom Dowd running the session, and the group free to make the music they wanted to, they ended up producing this bold, rock-hard album, made up mostly of songs by Dickey Betts (with contributions by new keyboardman Johnny Neel and lead guitarist Warren Haynes), almost every one of them a winner. Apart from the rippling opening number, "Good Clean Fun," which he co-authored, Gregg Allman's contribution is limited to singing and the organ, but the band seem more confident than ever, ripping through numbers like "Low Down Dirty Mean," "Shine It On," and "Let Me Ride" like they were inventing blues-rock here, and the Ornette Coleman-inspired "True Gravity" is their best instrumental since "Jessica." ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Good Clean Fun (Lyrics) Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Johnny Neel The Allman Brothers Band (5:09)
Let Me Ride (Lyrics) Dickey Betts The Allman Brothers Band (4:36)
Low Down Dirty Mean (Lyrics) Dickey Betts, Johnny Neel The Allman Brothers Band (5:30)
Shine It On (Lyrics) Dickey Betts, Warren Haynes The Allman Brothers Band (4:51)
Loaded Dice (Lyrics) Dickey Betts, Warren Haynes The Allman Brothers Band (3:29)
Seven Turns (Lyrics) Dickey Betts The Allman Brothers Band (5:05)
Gambler's Roll (Lyrics) Warren Haynes, Johnny Neel The Allman Brothers Band (6:44)
True Gravity Dickey Betts, Warren Haynes The Allman Brothers Band (7:58)
It Ain't over Yet (Lyrics) Johnny Neel, Doug Crider The Allman Brothers Band (4:54)

Credits

Gregg Allman (Guitar), Gregg Allman (Organ (Hammond)), Gregg Allman (Vocals), Gregg Allman (Vocals (Background)), The Allman Brothers Band (Main Performer), Dickey Betts (Guitar (Acoustic)), Dickey Betts (Guitar), Dickey Betts (Guitar (Electric)), Dickey Betts (Guitar (Rhythm)), Dickey Betts (Vocals), Dickey Betts (National Steel Guitar), Dickey Betts (Soloist), Warren Haynes (Guitar), Warren Haynes (Guitar (Electric)), Warren Haynes (Guitar (Rhythm)), Warren Haynes (Vocals), Warren Haynes (Slide Guitar), Warren Haynes (Soloist), Mark Morris (Percussion), Tom Dowd (Producer), Danny Goldberg (Management), Roger Hughes (Assistant Engineer), Roger Hughes (Assistant), Jaimoe Johnson (Percussion), Jaimoe Johnson (Drums), Jay Mark (Engineer), Butch Trucks (Drums), Butch Trucks (Tympani [Timpani]), Allen Woody (Bass), Allen Woody (Guitar), Allen Woody (Fretless Bass), Allen Woody (String Bass), Johnny Neel (Synthesizer), Johnny Neel (Piano), Johnny Neel (Harp), Johnny Neel (Vocals (Background)), Johnny Neel (Wurlitzer), Johnny Neel (Ensoniq), Bud Snyder (Engineer), Bud Snyder (Production Coordination), Andrew Roshberg (Engineer), Andrew Roshberg (Assistant Engineer), Kirk West (Artwork), Kirk West (Photography), Duane Betts (?)
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Seven Turns
Studio album by The Allman Brothers Band
Released October 1990
Recorded April 1990
Criteria Studios, Miami, FL
Genre Blues-rock, Southern-rock
Length 48:20
Label Epic
Producer Tom Dowd
Professional reviews
The Allman Brothers Band chronology
Brothers of the Road
(1981)
'''Seven Turns'''
(1990)
Shades of Two Worlds
(1991)

Seven Turns is a 1990 album by the Allman Brothers Band. The album was well-received, and it was their first release since 1981. It peaked at #53: hit singles were Good Clean Fun (#1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks); Seven Turns (#12) and It Ain't Over Yet (#26).

Track listing

  1. "Good Clean Fun" (Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Johnny Neel) – 5:09
  2. "Let Me Ride" (Betts) – 4:36
  3. "Low Down Dirty Mean" (Betts, Neel) – 5:30
  4. "Shine It On" (Betts, Warren Haynes) – 4:51
  5. "Loaded Dice" (Betts, Haynes) – 3:29
  6. "Seven Turns" (Betts) – 5:05
  7. "Gambler's Roll" (Haynes, Neel) – 6:44
  8. "True Gravity" (Betts, Haynes) – 7:58
  9. "It Ain't Over Yet" (Doug Crider, Neel) – 4:54

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