''Shades of Two Worlds'' is the tenth studio

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. Among the tracks are several longer songs of varying genres: the rock song "Nobody Knows"; jazzy instrumental "Kind of Bird"; and the blues-rocker "Get On with Your Life".

Dickey Betts Forrest Richard Betts (December 12, 1943 – April 18, 2024) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as a longtime member of the Allman Brothers Band. A co-founder of the band when it formed in 1969, he was central ...

wrote or co-wrote five of the eight songs. Newer member

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also has co-writing credits on five songs, while namesake

Gregg Allman Gregory LeNoir Allman (December 8, 1947 – May 27, 2017) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was known for performing in the Allman Brothers Band. Allman grew up with an interest in rhythm and blues music, and the Allman B ...

is only credited on two songs. There is also a

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cover of

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's " Come On in My Kitchen". It is the band's first album to feature percussionist Marc Quiñones. The instrumental track "Kind of Bird" was nominated for a

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at the

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in 1992, but it lost to "Cliffs of Dover" by Eric Johnson.

Critical reception

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's Bruce Eder wrote: "The group's follow-up to their comeback album is a major step forward, with more mature songs, more improvisation than the group had featured in their work since the early '70s, and more confidence than they'd shown since ''Brothers and Sisters''." In ''Rolling Stone'' John Swenson wrote, "Charged by topflight performances from Dickey Betts and Gregg Allman, the band summons up both the spirit and the musical resonance of the original group.... arren Haynesreferences uaneAllman's tone and signature techniques yet animates his presentation with his own distinct personality."

Track listing

#"End of the Line" (

, Allen Woody, John Jaworowicz) – 4:38 #"Bad Rain" (

, Warren Haynes) – 5:33 #"Nobody Knows" (Dickey Betts) – 10:58 #"Desert Blues" (Dickey Betts, Warren Haynes) – 5:02 #"Get On with Your Life" (Gregg Allman) – 6:58 #"Midnight Man" (Dickey Betts, Warren Haynes) – 4:39 #"Kind of Bird" (Dickey Betts, Warren Haynes) – 8:26 #" Come On in My Kitchen" (

, arranged by Dickey Betts) – 6:18

Personnel

The Allman Brothers Band *

– Hammond B-3 organ, piano, lead vocals *

– lead and rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, acoustic slide guitar on "Come On in My Kitchen", lead vocals * Jaimoe – drums, percussion, background vocals *

Butch Trucks Claude Hudson "Butch" Trucks (May 11, 1947 – January 24, 2017) was an American drummer. He was best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. Trucks was born ...

– drums, percussion, background vocals *

– lead, rhythm, and slide guitar, acoustic guitar, National steel body guitar on "Come On in My Kitchen", background vocals * Allen Woody – bass guitar, acoustic bass * Marc Quiñones – congas, percussion Production *Produced by

Tom Dowd Thomas John Dowd (October 20, 1925 – October 27, 2002) was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records. He was credited with innovating the multitrack recording method. Dowd worked on a veritable "who's who" of recordings ...

and the Allman Brothers Band *Engineering: Jay Mark, Jeff Powell, Bud Snyder *Mixing: Jay Mark *Mastering:

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*Art direction: Michael Caplan

Charts

References

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