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The Allman Brothers Band’s 25 All-Time Greatest Songs
Guitar World – July 2017
1. Whipping Post (Live) (1971 – At Fillmore East)
2. Blue Sky (1972 – Eat a Peach)
3. Midnight Rider (1970 – Idlewild South)
4. Dreams (1969 – The Allman Brothers Band)
5. It’s Not My Cross to Bear (1969 – The Allman Brothers Band)
6. Melissa (1972 – Eat a Peach)
7. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (Live) (1971 – At Fillmore East)
8. Jessica (1973 – Brothers and Sisters)
9. Revival (1970 – Idlewild South)
10. Ramblin’ Man (1973 – Brothers and Sisters)
11. Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More (1972 – Eat a Peach)
12. Les Brers in A Minor (1972 – Eat a Peach)
13. Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’ (1970 – Idlewild South)
14. Statesboro Blues (Live) (1971 – At Fillmore East)
15. Mountain Jam (Live) (1972 – Eat a Peach)
16. Nobody Knows (1991 – Shades of Two Worlds)
17. Little Martha (1972 – Eat a Peach)
18. One Way Out (1972 – Eat a Peach)
19. Come and Go Blues (1973 – Brothers and Sisters)
20. Black Hearted Woman (1969 – The Allman Brothers Band)
21. Seven Turns (1990 – Seven Turns)
22. You Don’t Love Me (Live) (1971 – At Fillmore East)
23. No One to Run With (1994 – An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: 2nd Set)
24. Hot ‘Lanta (1971 – At Fillmore East)
25. Stormy Monday (1971 – At Fillmore East)
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Whipping post (live)
Blue Sky
The Allman Brothers Band – 18 Best Songs
Derived from the great book “Counting Down Southern Rock: The 100 Best Songs” by C. Eric Banister
Banister created a Southern Rock top 200 list, I took the 18 songs by The Allman Brothers & created this list.
1. Ramblin’ Man (1973 – Brothers and Sisters)
2. Whipping Post (Live) (1971 – At Fillmore East)
3. Dreams (1969 – The Allman Brothers Band)
4. Midnight Rider (1970 – Idlewild South)
5. Blue Sky (1972 – Eat a Peach)
6. Melissa (1972 – Eat a Peach)
7. Statesboro Blues (Live) (1971 – At Fillmore East)
8. Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More (1972 – Eat a Peach)
9. Seven Turns (1990 – Seven Turns)
10. Good Clean Fun (1990 – Seven Turns)
11. Southbound (1973 – Brothers and Sisters)
12. Gambler’s Roll (1990 – Seven Turns)
13. Jessica (1973 – Brothers and Sisters)
14. Little Martha (1972 – Eat a Peach)
15. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (1970 – Idlewild South)
16. Mountain Jam (Live) (1972 – Eat a Peach)
17. Revival (1970 – Idlewild South)
18. It’s Not My Cross to Bear (1969 – The Allman Brothers Band)
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- Spotify playlist
- Counting Down Southern Rock: The 100 Best Songs
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Ramblin’ Man
Dreams
The 20 Greatest Allman Brothers Band Songs: Critic’s Picks
Billboard looks back at the 20 greatest Allman Brothers songs in roughly chronological order.
Dreams (1969 – The Allman Brothers Band)
It’s Not My Cross to Bear (1969 – The Allman Brothers Band)
Whipping Post (1969 – The Allman Brothers Band)
Black Hearted Woman (1969 – The Allman Brothers Band)
Midnight Rider (1970 – Idlewild South)
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (1970 – Idlewild South)
Revival (1970 – Idlewild South)
Blue Sky (1972 – Eat a Peach)
Melissa (1972 – Eat a Peach)
Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More (1972 – Eat a Peach)
Little Martha (1972 – Eat a Peach)
Mountain Jam (Live) (1972 – Eat a Peach)
Jessica (1973 – Brothers and Sisters)
Ramblin’ Man (1973 – Brothers and Sisters)
Southbound (1973 – Brothers and Sisters)
Just Ain’t Easy (1979 – Enlightened Rogues)
No One to Run With (1994 – Where It All Begins)
Soulshine (1994 – Where It All Begins)
High Cost of Low Living (2003 – Hittin’ the Note)
Old Before My Time (2003 – Hittin’ the Note)
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It’s Not My Cross to Bear
Soulshine
Top 10 Allman Brothers Band Songs
Blues Rock Review – October 2020
1. Whipping Post (Live) (1971 – At Fillmore East)
2. Les Brers in A Minor (1972 – Eat a Peach)
3. Dreams (1969 – The Allman Brothers Band)
4. Blue Sky (1972 – Eat a Peach)
5. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (Live) (1971 – At Fillmore East)
6. Midnight Rider (1970 – Idlewild South)
7. Come and Go Blues (1973 – Brothers and Sisters)
8. Jessica (1973 – Brothers and Sisters)
9. Black Hearted Woman (1969 – The Allman Brothers Band)
10. Little Martha (1972 – Eat a Peach)
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Les Brers in A Minor
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (Live)
Top 10 Allman Brothers Band Songs
Ultimateclassicrock.com 2012
1. Ramblin’ Man (1973 – Brothers and Sisters)
2. Whipping Post (Live) (1971 – At Fillmore East)
3. Jessica (1973 – Brothers and Sisters)
4. Midnight Rider (1970 – Idlewild South)
5. Statesboro Blues (Live) (1971 – At Fillmore East)
6. Melissa (1972 – Eat a Peach)
7. Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More (1972 – Eat a Peach)
8. Blue Sky (1972 – Eat a Peach)
9. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (1970 – Idlewild South)
10. Dreams (1969 – The Allman Brothers Band)
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Jessica
Midnight Rider
Top 10 Allman Brothers Band Songs
Classicrockhistory.com 2016
1. Whipping Post (1969 – The Allman Brothers Band)
2. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (Live) (1971 – At Fillmore East)
3. One Way Out (1972 – Eat a Peach)
4. Blue Sky (1972 – Eat a Peach)
5. Nobody Knows (1991 – Shades of Two Worlds)
6. Jessica (1973 – Brothers and Sisters)
7. Ramblin’ Man (1973 – Brothers and Sisters)
8. Rockin’ Horse (2003 – Hittin’ the Note)
9. Melissa (1972 – Eat a Peach)
10. Don’t Want You No More (1969 – The Allman Brothers Band)
10. It’s Not My Cross to Bear (1969 – The Allman Brothers Band)
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One Way Out
Nobody Knows
The 10 Best Allman Brothers Songs
Stereogum 2017
1. Whipping Post (1969 – The Allman Brothers Band)
2. Jessica (1973 – Brothers and Sisters)
3. Mountain Jam (Live) (1972 – Eat a Peach)
4. Midnight Rider (1970 – Idlewild South)
5. Little Martha (1972 – Eat a Peach)
6. Trouble No More (1972 – Eat a Peach)
7. Blue Sky (1972 – Eat a Peach)
8. No One to Run With (1994 – Where It All Begins)
9. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (1970 – Idlewild South)
10. Woman Across the River (2003 – Hittin’ the Note)
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Woman Across The River
Trouble No More
Some statistics
Songs on all 7 lists
- Whipping Post (1969 – The Allman Brothers Band OR 1971 – At Fillmore East)
- In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (1970 – Idlewild South OR 1971 – At Fillmore East)
- Blue Sky (1972 – Eat a Peach)
- Jessica (1973 – Brothers and Sisters)
Songs on 6/7 lists
- Midnight Rider (1970 – Idlewild South)
Songs on 5/7 lists
- Dreams (1969 – The Allman Brothers Band)
- Melissa (1972 – Eat a Peach)
- Little Martha (1972 – Eat a Peach)
- Ramblin’ Man (1973 – Brothers and Sisters)
Albums with most entrees
- Eat a Peach (1972) – 8 songs
- At Fillmore East (1971) – 6 songs
- The Allman Brothers Band (1969) – 5 songs
- Idlewild South (1970) – 4 songs
- Brothers and Sisters (1973) – 4 songs
- Hittin’ the Note (2003) – 4 songs
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“Back Where It All Begins” from “An Evening With The Allman Brothers (Second Set).
Dreams is my No. 1; the live version of Whipping Post is overrated. Also love Not My Cross to Bear and High Cost of Low Living (all ranked on the “Critics’ List”). I’d also suggest that Stormy Monday live is the best version of an incredible blues tune, and who doesn’t love Blue Sky?