Idlewild South
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| Studio album by The Allman Brothers Band | ||||
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Publication |
1970 |
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| Label (s) | Atco Records, Capricorn Records | |||
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Title (number) |
7th |
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running time |
30:48 |
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Studio (s) |
Capricorn Sound Studios, Atlantic South-Criteria Studios, Regent Sound Studios |
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Idlewild South is the second studio album by the Allman Brothers Band and was released in September 1970 in the USA on Atco Records (SD 33-342), Capricorn Records Series. It is one of the first Southern Rock albums .
background
Due to the constant touring following the release of the first album The Allman Brothers Band , the recordings took place in several studios. With the exception of Please Call Home , which was created in cooperation with Joel Dorn , it was produced by Tom Dowd and is thus the first album of a longer musical collaboration between the producer and the group. With Midnight Rider and In Memory of Elizabeth Reed , two of the band's most famous songs are included here. On Hoochie Coochie Man is the only studio recording vocals by bassist Berry Oakley to hear, two years later was killed. In addition to the band's usual line-up, Thom Doucette is also represented as a harmonica player. The title of the album refers to a ranch in Georgia that the group frequented.
Track list
- Revival (Dickey Betts) - 4:04
- Don't Keep Me Wonderin ' (Gregg Allman) - 3:40
- Midnight Rider (Gregg Allman, Robert Payne) - 3:00
- In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (Dickey Betts) - 6:54
- Hoochie Coochie Man ( Willie Dixon ) - 4:54
- Please Call Home (Gregg Allman) - 4:00
- Leave My Blues At Home (Gregg Allman) - 4:15
Chart successes
Despite the extensive tour following the debut album The Allman Brothers Band , Idlewild South achieved only moderate chart success with 38th place on the Billboard 200 , the single Revival only reached 92nd place on the Billboard Hot 100 .
reception
The album received mostly positive reviews, but did not achieve the desired success in the form of significant chart placements. Bruce Eder called Idlewild South on Allmusic as the best album of the whole band history. It got five out of five stars in the rating. Robert Christgau gave the album a B +, described the vocal part of Berry Oakley on Hoochie Coochie Man as a relief from Gregg Allman's one-dimensional singing and particularly highlighted Midnight Rider . Ed Leimbacher wrote in Rolling Stone that the album would be a big step forward for the band, but was disappointed with the second side of the recording.