Gregg Allman Band ‎– I'm No Angel (1987)

A1 	I'm No Angel 	
A2 	Anything Goes 	
A3 	Evidence Of Love 	
A4 	Yours For The Asking 	
A5 	Things That Might Have Been 	
B1 	Can't Keep Running 	
B2 	Faces Without Names 	
B3 	Lead Me On 	
B4 	Don't Want You No More 	
B5 	It's Not My Cross To Bear

Bass – Bruce Waibel
Drums – David "Frankie" Toler
Guitar – Dan Toler
Keyboards – Tim Heding
Percussion – Chaz Trippy
Vocals, Guitar, Organ – Gregg Allman

Nearly ten years separate Gregg Allman's third and fourth solo albums (not counting Allman & Woman), which is quite a long stretch by anyone's standards. Of course, there were a number of reasons why Allman didn't release an album between 1977's Playin' Up a Storm and 1986's I'm No Angel -- various substance addictions, bad marriage, disappearing bands. By 1986, he had pulled it all together and crafted I'm No Angel, an album designed to be a comeback. After all, the title track alone was a statement of purpose, a declaration of his bad-boy ways. Since this album was released in the midst of the Reagan era, it's not only a little musically tame -- slick surfaces and keyboards dominate -- but the attitude is a little lax, too. On the title track, a song that justifiably became one of his signature tunes, the lyrics say "darn" instead of "damn," which is a little tame for someone like Allman. Still, what matters is the tune, and it's a corker -- so much so that it overshadows many of the other cuts on the record. However, I'm No Angel is, by and large, a solid and thoroughly enjoyable set of songs. The main problem is the production, which is a bit too much of its time. However, that's an easy flaw to overlook, especially for hardcore fans, because Allman rarely delivered a solo album as solid as this. ---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic Review

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