Reach for the Sky
Studio album by
The Allman Brothers Band
ReleasedAugust 1980
RecordedMay 1980
StudioPyramid Eye Recording Studio, Lookout Mountain, Georgia
GenreSouthern rock
Length35:09
LabelArista
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
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]
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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

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William (2011). "Reach for the Sky - The Allman Brothers Band | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  2. ^ Carson, Tom (2011). "The Allman Brothers Band: Reach for the Sky : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 4, 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  3. ^ Saulnier, Jason (27 April 2010). "Dan Toler Interview". Music Legends. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 15. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0261b". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  6. ^ "The Allman Brothers Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
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