One Way Out (The Allman Brothers Band album)

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One Way Out
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ReleasedMarch 23, 2004
RecordedMarch 25–26, 2003
Genre Blues rock, southern rock, jam
Length149:02
Label Sanctuary
Producer Michael Barbiero
Warren Haynes
The Allman Brothers Band chronology
S.U.N.Y. at Stonybrook: Stonybrook, NY 9/19/71
(2003)
One Way Out
(2004)
Stand Back: The Anthology
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Robert Christgau A− [2]

One Way Out is a live album by the Allman Brothers Band. It is the first live album to feature Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks together, although both had appeared separately on previous live albums. It was recorded during the group's annual Beacon Theatre run in New York City on March 25 and 26, 2003, and released a year later. This would be the final album released by the band before they disbanded in 2014.

Contents

The live version of "Instrumental Illness" was nominated for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards, but it lost to "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" by Brian Wilson.

Reception

Writer Robert Christgau awarded the album an A− rating, calling it the Allman Brothers Band's "best live album of their career because both age and youth suit them, and because [...] they're better now than they ever were". [2] Thom Jurek, writing for AllMusic, praised the album's production, comparing the sound quality to that of a live performance and writing that the "listener is in the mix, not in front of it". Jurek additionally stated that the album "is essential for anyone interested in rock & roll". [1]

In an article for All About Jazz, C. Michael Bailey commented on the novelty of the music, favorably comparing the Allman Brothers Band to others in the jam band movement, 1970s pop radio, and American rock band Little Feat. Bailey specifically praised the band for "completely reconstitut[ing] into units making new music as opposed to simply recapitulating the old". [3] In a separate article for the same publication, Doug Collette called the album "without doubt the document of a truly great rock and roll ensemble playing with as much fire as finesse", and commented on the collaborative nature of the album's production and its improvisational style. [4]

Writing for PopMatters , Adam Williams wrote that One Way Out is "flawless in all respects" and that "all doubts are dispelled as to who the finest live jammers are [...] the Allmans and the Beacon have become synonymous with extended play brilliance." [5]

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Statesboro Blues" Blind Willie McTell At Fillmore East 5:22
2."Don't Keep Me Wonderin'" Gregg Allman Idlewild South 4:12
3."Midnight Rider"Gregg Allman, Robert PayneIdlewild South3:16
4."Rockin' Horse"Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes, Allen Woody, Jack Pearson Hittin' the Note 10:12
5."Desdemona"Gregg Allman, Warren HaynesHittin' the Note13:27
6."Trouble No More" Muddy Waters The Allman Brothers Band 3:45
7."Wasted Words"Gregg Allman Brothers and Sisters 7:51
8."Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" Sonny Boy Williamson  9:01
9."Instrumental Illness" (with 5:36 drum solo)Warren Haynes, Oteil Burbridge Hittin' the Note16:42
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Ain't Wastin' Time No More"Gregg Allman Eat a Peach 6:29
2."Come and Go Blues"Gregg AllmanBrothers and Sisters6:03
3."Woman Across the River" Bettye Crutcher, Allen JonesHittin' the Note6:38
4."Old Before My Time"Gregg Allman, Warren HaynesHittin' the Note5:37
5."Every Hungry Woman"Gregg AllmanThe Allman Brothers Band5:21
6."High Cost of Low Living"Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes, Jeff Anders, Ronnie BurginHittin' the Note8:42
7."Worried Down with the Blues"Warren Haynes, John Jaworowicz 7:58
8."Dreams"Gregg AllmanThe Allman Brothers Band12:49
9."Whipping Post"Gregg AllmanThe Allman Brothers Band15:31

Personnel

The Allman Brothers Band

Production

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [6] 190

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