Playin' Up a Storm explained

Playin' Up a Storm
Type:studio album
Artist:The Gregg Allman Band
Cover:Playin_Up_A_Storm.jpg
Released:May 1977
Studio:Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood, California; United Western Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre:Southern rock
Length:35:22
Label:Capricorn
Producer:Russ Titelman, Lenny Waronker
Chronology:Gregg Allman
Prev Title:The Gregg Allman Tour
Prev Year:1974
Next Title:Two the Hard Way
Next Year:1977

Playin' Up a Storm is the second studio album by the Gregg Allman Band, released in 1977 on Capricorn Records.[1] It peaked at number 42 on the Billboard 200.[2]

Background

Playin' Up a Storm was Allman's second solo studio effort, following 1973's Laid Back. It came after the breakup of the Allman Brothers Band in 1976. During this time, Allman had moved to Hollywood to live with his then-wife Cher. The album was produced by Lenny Waronker and Russ Titelman, and in his memoir, My Cross to Bear, Allman remembered that Waronker was frustrated with his unpunctuality in regards to studio time. The album was released in May 1977, on Capricorn Records. Allman claimed that Phil Walden, owner of Capricorn, was incensed over his move to the West Coast to live with Cher, and only printed 50,000 copies of the LP.[3]

Critical reception

The Rolling Stone Album Guide called the album a "harder-hitting" followup, writing that it "actually eclipsed most of the Allmans' work of the same period."

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Come and Go Blues" (Gregg Allman) – 4:48
  2. "Let This Be a Lesson to Ya'" (Gregg Allman, Malcolm Rebennack) – 3:42
  3. "Brightest Smile in Town" (Ray Charles, Barry De Vorzon, Bob Sherman) – 3:06
  4. "Bring It on Back" (Gregg Allman) – 4:49
Side two
  1. "Cryin' Shame" (Steve Beckmeier, Steve Berlin) – 3:44
  2. "Sweet Feelin'" (Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel, Rick Hall, Candi Staton) – 3:37
  3. "It Ain't No Use" (Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye) – 3:54
  4. "Matthew's Arrival" (Neil Larsen) – 3:50
  5. "One More Try" (Gregg Allman) – 3:53

Personnel

The Gregg Allman Band

Additional musicians

Technical

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gregg Allman | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  2. Gregg Allman. Billboard.
  3. Book: Allman . Gregg . Light . Alan . My Cross to Bear . registration . 2012 . William Morrow . 978-0-06-211203-3. 280 .