Listen to Dreams by The Allman Brothers Band - Album Reviews, Credits, and Awards

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine review

Spanning four discs and nearly 100 tracks, Dreams is one of those rare box sets that tells a story while delivering the definitive word on its subject. Its success has a lot to do with its status as Polygram/Bill Levinson's sequel to the acclaimed hit Crossroads, which summarized Eric Clapton's winding career perfectly. They follow the same approach here, gathering pre-Allman's recordings from the clan, including cuts by the Allman Joys, selecting the hits from the classic years, and adding stray cuts by solo projects to the mix. It's a smart move and it results in a terrific box that truly offers the definitive word on one of the longest-running dramas in Southern rock. Yes, the Allmans reunited rather successfully after this box, so none of that material is here, but it's not missed -- this is the story of the band.

disc 1

	Track Name/Composer	Time
1.	Shapes of Things Paul Samwell-Smith / Keith Relf / Jim McCarty	2:48
2.	Spoonful Willie Dixon	3:40
3.	Crossroads Robert Johnson	3:33
4.	Cast off All My Fears Jackson Browne	3:25
5.	Down in Texas Eddie Hinton / Marlin Greene	3:07
6.	Ain't No Good to Cry	3:06
7.	B.B. King Medley: Sweet Little Angel/It's My Own Fault/How Blue Can Y John Lee Hooker / Mel London / Jules Taub / B.B. King	7:06
8.	Morning Dew Tim Rose / Bonnie Dobson	3:46
9.	God Rest His Soul Steve Alaimo	3:56
10.	I Feel Free Jack Bruce / Pete Brown	3:31
11.	She Has Funny Cars Marty Balin / Jorma Kaukonen	4:48
12.	Goin' Down Slow Champion Jack Dupree	8:47
13.	Dreams Gregg Allman	4:55
14.	Don't Want You No More Eddie Hardin / Spencer Davis	2:25
15.	It's Not My Cross to Bear Gregg Allman	4:56
16.	Trouble No More Muddy Waters	3:48
17.	Dreams Gregg Allman	7:15

disc 2

	Track Name/Composer	Time
1.	Statesboro Blues Blind Willie McTell	4:06
2.	(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man Willie Dixon	4:57
3.	Midnight Rider Gregg Allman / Robert Payne	2:58
4.	Dimples John Lee Hooker / James C. Bracken	5:02
5.	I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town Will Weldon / Andy Razaf	9:23
6.	Revival Dickey Betts	4:04
7.	One More Ride Dickey Betts / Gregg Allman	2:41
8.	Whipping Post Gregg Allman	22:53
9.	In Memory of Elizabeth Reed Dickey Betts	12:58
10.	Drunken Hearted Boy Elvin Bishop	6:54

disc 3

	Track Name/Composer	Time
1.	You Don't Love Me/Soul Serenade Curtis Ousley / Luther Dixon / Willie Cobbs	19:28
2.	Blue Sky Dickey Betts	5:10
3.	Little Martha Gregg Allman / Duane Allman	2:13
4.	Melissa Steve Alaimo / Gregg Allman	4:02
5.	Ain't Wastin' Time No More Gregg Allman	4:46
6.	Wasted Words Gregg Allman	4:21
7.	Ramblin' Man Dickey Betts	4:48
8.	Southbound Dickey Betts	5:10
9.	Jessica Dickey Betts	7:30
10.	Midnight Rider Robert Payne / Gregg Allman	4:26
11.	One Way Out Sonny Boy Williamson / Marshall Sehorn / Elmore James	7:59
12.	Long Time Gone Dickey Betts	4:30

disc 4

	Track Name/Composer	Time
1.	Can't Lose What You Never Had Muddy Waters	5:52
2.	Come and Go Blues Gregg Allman	4:46
3.	Bougainvillea D. Johnson / Dickey Betts	7:13
4.	Can You Fool Michael Smotherman	3:19
5.	Good Time Feeling Dickey Betts	4:28
6.	Crazy Love Dickey Betts	3:44
7.	Can't Take It With You Dickey Betts	3:34
8.	Just Ain't Easy Gregg Allman	5:01
9.	In Memory of Elizabeth Reed Dickey Betts	10:52
10.	Angeline Dickey Betts / Johnny Cobb / Mike Lawler	3:40
11.	Things You Used to Do Keith England / Gregg Allman	3:42
12.	Nancy Dickey Betts	3:51
13.	Rain Paul McCartney / John Lennon	3:03
14.	I'm No Angel Phil Palmer / Tony Colton	3:41
15.	Demons Dan Toler / David Toler / Gregg Allman	3:28
16.	Duane's Tune Dickey Betts	5:51