Reach for the Sky (The Allman Brothers Band album)

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Reach for the Sky
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Studio album by The Allman Brothers Band
Released August 1980
Recorded May 1980
Studio Pyramid Eye Recording Studio, Lookout Mountain, Georgia
Genre Southern rock
Length 35:09
Label Arista
Producer
  • Mike Lawler
  • Johnny Cobb
The Allman Brothers Band chronology
Enlightened Rogues
(1979)
Reach for the Sky
(1980)
Brothers of the Road
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 2.5/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars[2]

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Reach for the Sky is the seventh studio album by the rock group the Allman Brothers Band, released in 1980. It was the last album to feature drummer Jai Johanny Johanson until his return on the Seven Turns album.

Reach for the Sky was the first Allman Brothers Band album to be released by a label other than Capricorn Records. It was their second album with Dan Toler on guitar and David Goldflies on bass. The band recorded the album at Pyramid Eye Studios in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, a studio that Scott McClellan founded. The back cover photograph shows the band atop Sunset Rock on Lookout Mountain's western brow in Tennessee.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Hell & High Water" (Dickey Betts) – 3:37
  2. "Mystery Woman" (Gregg Allman, Dan Toler) – 3:35
  3. "From the Madness of the West" (Betts) – 6:37
  4. "I Got a Right to Be Wrong" (Betts) – 3:44

Side two

  1. "Angeline" (Betts, Johnny Cobb, Mike Lawler) – 3:43
  2. "Famous Last Words" (Betts, Bonnie Bramlett) – 2:48
  3. "Keep On Keepin' On" (Betts, Toler) – 4:11
  4. "So Long" (Allman, Toler) – 6:54

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[4] 92
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[5] 74
US Billboard 200[6] 27

References

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  5. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0261b." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  6. "The Allman Brothers Band – Chart history" Billboard 200 for The Allman Brothers Band. Retrieved January 22, 2024.