Madness of the West

Madness of the West Artist: The Allman Brothers Band
Label: Bmg/Camden
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 743215696124
EAN: 0743215696124
ASIN: B0000088CZ


Release Date: 1998-03-27

Madness of the West


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Tracks:

  1. Hell & High Water
  2. Mystery Woman
  3. From The Madness Of The West
  4. I Got A Right To Be Wrong
  5. Angeline
  6. Famous Last Words
  7. Keep On Keepin' On
  8. So Long
  9. Brothers Of The Road
  10. Leavin'
  11. Straight From The Heart
  12. The Heat Is On
  13. Maybe We Can Go Back To Yesterday
  14. The Judgement
  15. Two Rights
  16. Never Knew How Much (I Needed You)
  17. Things You Used To Do

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Album Description

Mid-priced collection featuring 17 of the best from theiryears with the Arista label, including the top 40 hit'Straight From The Heart' & the single 'Angeline'. 1998Camden release.

Album Details

Budget Collection from their Later Arista Label Recordings

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Avoid at all costs.......2003-02-06

This album has none of the fire and class of any of the classic ABB releases (basically, anything from 1969 -'73 and from '90 onwards). It's a compilation of tracks from two dire, early-'80s albums recorded for the Arista label, which tried to push the band in a totally unsuitable MOR, Doobie-Brothers-style direction. Only two tracks are worthy of the ABB name - "Leavin'", which has some stinging slide guitar from Dickey Betts, and "The Things You Used to Do", which features strong, soulful vocals from Gregg Allman. Otherwise, the album is full of feeble, synthesizer-swamped pap. Definitely one for newcomers to avoid - go for something from one of the two periods mentioned above instead.

2 out of 5 stars could be worse, slightly underrated.......2000-12-05

this is a really good band, and this is a compilation of some of their worst work. but the musis is still pretty good. half the songs are, at least. the better ones sound more like the songs on the dickey betts & great southern albums than anything else that they have done. the best tracks are hell and high water, brothers of the road, madness of the west, hold your ground, and angeline. they are all dickey betts songs. greg doesnt have anything to add to this album really, although things you used to do isnt bad. this is perhaps their worst album (i have not heard half the songs on win lose or draw yet), but with the reviews that i read about it, i thought it would be equivalent to Bobo's Quest's Greatest Hits or something. the allman brothers worst is better than most bands worst. i recommend any other album they have first, then after that, try to find one of dicky betts solos (except atlantas burning down) and either laid back or searching for simplicity from greg allmans solo projects and duane allmans anthology 1 before this. this is a good band, but 5 good tracks out of 17 isnt that great.

1 out of 5 stars Pass at all costs, unless you are an extreme die-hard.......1999-11-05

This is a compilation of the Brothers material on Arista records in the early 80s. Both albums on Arista are baaaad. I would skip this at all costs. If you are new to the ABB, I would get any one of their first 5 albums: Allman Brothers Band, Enlightened Rogues (or get Beginnings which is the first two on 1 disc), Fillmore Concerts (Live At Fillmore East plus additional songs), Eat A Peach and Brothers & Sisters. Enlightened Rogues was another great one in 1979. If you want to get something from their 90s collection, you might want to start with Seven Turns or An Evening With The Allman Brothers Band - both are a return to form & complete albums from end to end. Mycology is a best-of CD of their material from 1990-1995 & is very nice if you are convinced you won't buy more than a couple of their albums. BOTTOM LINE: PASS ON MADNEST FROM THE WEST.

5 out of 5 stars

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