Track Listing

1. Firing Line
2. High Cost of Low Living
3. Desdemona
4. Woman Across the River
5. Old Before My Time
6. Who to Believe
7. Maydell
8. Rockin' Horse
9. Heart of Stone
10. Instrumental Illness
11. Old Friend

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #129367 in Music
• Released on: 2003-04-21
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

Worth every last Penny !!!!
I only started listening to the Allman's in 2003 and my first purchase was a cheap compilation, which initially left me very disappointed. Somehow it kept finding it's way out of the drawer and before long it was played constantly. Since then i've bought another 14 ABB albums.
Hittin' the Note is like no other. It offers heavy blues, swipes of jazz and funk, small tinges of country (nowhere near as country as the Dicky Betts sound). It's an album that i have to sit down and listen to, every instrument is perfected yet so on the nerve each time.
Surely no-one could ever say that Gregg Allman doesn't "feel it" when he sings, Warren Haynes' vocal efforts are also outstanding. Warren and Derek are chopping and sliding all over the fretboard, and Oteil's bass playing is as smooth as i've ever heard.
It's tiring just to listen to all the way through, but goes full circle, it completely satisfies, a truly unique musical experience. "Eat a Peach" and "Fillmore East" are widely perceived to be the most popular ABB records, but i rate this one right up alongside them. It's so vast that you hear new sounds on every listen, and i won't even begin to pick a favourite track. YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.

(Another) magnificent comeback. Five stars. Yes, it says four, but it should be five, okay?
First of all: That should be five stars, okay? Not four, five. But once you've written the review you can't change the bloody rating. Everything else, but not the rating.
So. Five stars, okay? Five!

Anyway. Here's the review - finally:
This 2003 album is still the Allman Brothers Band's most recent studio recording, and it was their first album of new material in ten years. "Hittin' The Note" was met with anticipation (and quite a bit of scepticism) when it came out, but as it turns out, there was really no need for scepticism whatsoever. "Hittin' The Note" is an immensely strong, cohesive record all the way through, superbly played, arranged, and produced. And the superb musicianship of the seven-man band in general, and the dual guitar onslaught of Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks in particular, makes for a truly satisfying listening experience.

"Hittin' The Note" may not be as immediately accessible as the (relatively) pop-friendly "Where It All Begins", or some of the group's sparkling latter-day live albums, but give it a bit of time, and it will grow on you. It started out as a four-star record for me, in fact, but after a while it somehow became a fiver, and now, after I've had it for some six years, it continues to grow on me.

Drawing from blues, country, rock n' roll, soul, and a little bit of funk, this delightfully multi-facetted album is typical of latter-day Allman Brothers, from the wonderful tough rocker "Maydell" to the beautiful "Old Before My Time", a country-ish ballad with haunting lyrics and a great lead vocal by co-writer Gregg Allman.
Other highlights include the acoustic blues "Old Friend" with gritty slide dobro playing by Warren Haynes, the thumping hard rock of "Firing Line", the funky "Who To Believe", the lovely ballad "Desdemona", and the bluesy "High Cost Of Low Living". These eleven songs are as tight and focused as any batch of five-to-ten-minute songs you could ever imagine, and everything is clear and crisp. The drums bite without being deafening, and the idea of putting Derek Trucks in the right speaker and Warren Haynes in the other is inspired.

Few rock records are quite this varied or this rich, and few records of any kind maintain such a level of quality. This is one absolutely magnificent slice of muscular blues-rock, the ABB's most mature release ever, and perhaps their best studio album as well. It is that good.

Classic Great LP from a Revived Band
When the Allman Brothers started back in the late 60's - their first albums right up to 'Brothers and Sisters' particularly the live Filmore albums stood out. Fans like myself heard tracks with such incredible 'fire' and 'energy' that no other band could match. The live albums took the famous tracks such as 'Elizabeth Reed', 'Jessica', and more recently 'Back where it all Began' - to even greater heights. I mention these tracks on purpose because they were all written by the the less than amicably removed but talented Dickey Betts.
Many of us wondered what next ? Can the band survive.
It's really the new line up, and change of attitude that has saved the band and catapulted this band to 'today'.
Make no mistakes this album is a classic.
This is a revived band with a unique line up of jazz, blues and rock & roll roots.
A revived Gregg Allman - has passionately written some great new songs such as Desdemona & Instrumental Illness - as good as any the Allmans have ever written. Vocally - he's there.
Derek Trucks - Superb gifted guitarist, melodic, sophistcated player young, right attitude - sensible.
Warren Haynes - great old school guitarist (of Gov't Mule)- not just a great player - he's done a tremendous job producing this album. His input has been significant.
The two original drummers are still paying as well as ever, superbly helped with Marc Quinnones (precussion) and Oteil Burbridge (bass).
The combination of exceptional songwriting, unique musicianship and a band that is now playing together in the same direction - stands out.
The band has deliberatly made a statement with this album :

"We are still here and we are as good as ever"

'Hittin the note' is more than a nice surprise - it's the best Allman's studio album for 30 years.
Great for any fan to add to their collection,
or for anyone new who wants to hear great music.
Check this album - and it's sister dvd out - recommended !