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] It reached number 28 on the Billboard albums chart.[6]

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

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "An Anthology album review". AllMusic. Rovi Corp. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
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 2012-05-12.
6. "Billboard 200 – Week of February 10, 1973". Billboard. Retrieved June 22, 2023.