Disagree
5
By Matimus1120
Totally disagree with the author of this album's review. This may be one of ABB's best studio album. Soulshine is not only the best song on this album, but maybe the best song ABB ever recorded in studio, without even a mention by your reviewer. The top five songs show the resilience of this incredible band and the unbelievable music they create!! I do like Seven Turns and Shades of Two Worlds, but this album blows them away!! You got this review wrong!!!
Where it all begins
3
By Seven Cities Blues
Last studio effort from
Dickey Betts . Some great stuff early on as one review states but the cd runs out of inspiration half way through . Not some of their best material over all.
Great album
4
By Uncle Elijah
Even though some people think the Allmans sucked after 1975, they didn't and this album proves they can still put out a good album!
Great - current members of ABB
5
By CaliSea
Love the cover of Stones Heart of Stone it's sooo good!
Very under rated
5
By ananyoumous
This has to be one of the best albums ever created. This is one of the most under rated albums ever to be released. It is just amazing, every song is excellent, you can just play this for hours on end and never feel the need to touch the controls, except maybe to turn up the volume.
Love it
5
By PaulNJ
I just love the first 5 tracks. The whole album is consistent. Back Where it All Begins, No Run to Run With and Soulshine are the 3 best songs. A great return to form!
This ain't half bad!
4
By Metalhead522
Ok, so this isnt the same sound that they had at the beginning. But its hard to keep the same sound when your guitarist and bassist both die, and you've just come out of internal turmoil. This is definitely deserving of a listen. However, you need to listen without expecting a Duane solo or something.
Great albums of all time
5
By rusmo
This is one of the top albums from one of the top bands of all time. Five stars all the way.
iTunes reviews cannot capture what occurred...
5
By Dragonrex
This is the album that brought the band from near death obscurity into a modern, touring jam-band with a worldwide following. Instead of moving on when Duane and Berry died, the band stagnated in drugs and depression. This is the album that brought the band back to life. PERIOD. The ITunes review says. "... after a year of personal and personnel problems..." HA! try a decade of issues!!! The glaring omission was that this was the first real foray into revitalizing the once legenday group with REAL players who could capture the spirit of what Duane and Berry Oakley broght to the band. Sure the Toler brothers and Zakk Wylde were weird and somewhat interesting additions to the group in the 80's, but NOTHING could come close to what Warren Haynes and Allen Woody brought to the group. Look at the amazing Gov't Mule that was spawned from the late night, on the road discussions of these two brand new members of the band. If not for this album, the modern American Jam band scene would not exist the way it does today and the Allman Brothers as a touring band would not exist period. If you're a new convert and have just seen your first show, this is the root of the amazing interplay that Warren and now Derek bring to the band. Buy this and you will see, 1995 was an excellent vintage. This is, after all, "...where is all begins..." again.
Totally...
5
By David Thorough
Underrated album. I am amazed that the iTunes "liner notes" laud "Seven Turns" and "Shades of Two Worlds" ahead of this album. For me, those two albums are definitely the sound of a reincarnated Allman Brothers Band... the new version that came after Duane's death and the various troubles that followed. Since they are my favorite group, I love those albums, but...
When I heard "Where It All Begins" I thought, "Yeah! They HAVE gone back to where it all began." I really thought they reestablished themselves as a great, iconic American band with this album. It was a new version of the original Allman Brothers Band sound, artistry, layered power and jamability. It was like they held a seance in the studio and the spirit of Duane and all the old feelings... sat in on the session!
Temptation Is a Gun, Mean Woman Blues are good songs... but the rest are GREAT songs with probably the first five cuts rising to the top of that heap. How does it possibly get any better than the "title" track... where else do you find a song like that on an album in the '90's? More than a collection of great songs... this album has SOUL!!!
