An Anthology (Duane Allman album)

An Anthology
Compilation album by Duane Allman
Released	November 1972
Recorded	1968–1971
Genre	Southern rock, rock, blues
Length	1:30:43
Label	Capricorn, Mercury
Producer	Various
Duane Allman chronology
An Anthology (1972) An Anthology Vol. II (1974)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	" [1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+ [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music	[4]

An Anthology is a compilation of recordings featuring guitarist Duane Allman. The double album consists of a selection of songs by various artists that Allman contributed to as a session musician, along with early recordings by his band the Hourglass and his partial-namesake group, the Allman Brothers Band. ^[5] The album also features rare solo work by the guitarist. ^[5]

The album peaked at number 28 on the Billboard albums chart ^[6] during a twenty six-week run on the chart. ^[7]

Critical reception

Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the compilation four and a half stars out of five in his review for the AllMusic website, calling it "an excellent introduction and retrospective." ^[1] He also noted that "by including session cuts, as well as his brief sojourn in Eric Clapton's Derek and the Dominos and a few rare solo tracks, along with a number of representative Allman Brothers songs, the double-album Anthology winds up drawing a complete portrait of Allman." ^[1]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"B.B. King Medley" "Sweet Little Angel" "It's My Own Fault" "How Blue Can You Get?"	Riley B. King/Jules Taub John Lee Hooker Mel London	The Hourglass	7:06
2.	"Hey Jude"	John Lennon/Paul McCartney	Wilson Pickett	4:03
3.	"The Road of Love"	Clarence Carter	Clarence Carter	2:55
4.	"Goin' Down Slow"	St. Louis Jimmy Oden	Duane Allman	8:46

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"The Weight"	Robbie Robertson	Aretha Franklin	2:59
2.	"Games People Play"	Joe South	King Curtis	2:47
3.	"Shake for Me"	Willie Dixon	John Hammond	2:42
4.	"Loan Me a Dime"	Fenton Robinson	Boz Scaggs	13:01
5.	"Rollin' Stone"	McKinley Morganfield	Johnny Jenkins	4:57

Side three

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Livin' on the Open Road"	Delaney Bramlett	Delaney & Bonnie & Friends	3:04
2.	"Down Along the Cove"	Bob Dylan	Johnny Jenkins	3:04
3.	"Please Be with Me"	Scott Boyer	Cowboy	3:49
4.	"Mean Old World"	Walter Jacobs	Eric Clapton and Duane Allman	3:51
5.	"Layla" (alternate mix)	Eric Clapton/Jim Gordon	Derek and the Dominos	7:06

Side four

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Statesboro Blues"	Willie McTell	The Allman Brothers Band	4:18
2.	"Don't Keep Me Wonderin'"	Gregg Allman	The Allman Brothers Band	3:28
3.	"Standback"	Gregg Allman/Berry Oakley	The Allman Brothers Band	3:25
4.	"Dreams"	Gregg Allman	The Allman Brothers Band	7:16
5.	"Little Martha"	Duane Allman	The Allman Brothers Band	2:06

Charts

Chart (1972)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs [7]	28

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "An Anthology album review". AllMusic . Rovi Corp. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
2. CG Book '70s: A
3. DeCurtis, Anthony; George-Warren, Holly; Henke, James (1992). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. p. 10. ISBN   9780679737292 – via Google Books.
4. Larkin, Colin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music. Virgin Books. p. 15.
5. "Duane Allman Released Tracks". Duaneallman.info. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
6. "Billboard 200 – Week of February 10, 1973". Billboard. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
7. Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top LPs, 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 8. Retrieved July 10, 2025.