At Fillmore East (1971) Album Review

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Music critics combined give At Fillmore East a score of 3.8000 out of 4

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Rolling Stone

This is the archetype. Before it, Southern rock as a separate genre was an amorphous curiosity. After it, redneck hippies with chops were entitled to all the worship that had previously been thrown at Brit hippies with chops. Read more about At Fillmore East on Rolling Stone

All Music Guide

Whereas most great live rock albums are about energy, At Fillmore East is like a great live jazz session, where the pleasure comes from the musicians' interaction and playing. The great thing about that is, the original album that brought the Allmans so much acclaim is as notable for its clever studio editing as it is for its performances. Read more about At Fillmore East on All Music Guide

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Uncut

Together with The Grateful Dead, the Allmans are widely blamed for today's proliferation of pointless jam bands. Rather unfair for, as Live At Fillmore East proves, the Allmans' southern blues-rock improvisations always took place within
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At Fillmore East

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All Time

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157

1970's

of 2,829

29

1971

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4
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- Blues
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    7
  - Slide Guitar
    
    of 599
    
    2
- Classic Rock
  - Classic Rock
    
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    50
  - Album-Oriented Rock
    
    of 7,254
    
    39
  - Southern Rock
    
    of 1,190
    
    2
- Hard Rock & Metal
  - Hard Rock & Metal
    
    of 19,074
    
    22
  - Hard Rock
    
    of 8,073
    
    21
- Jazz
  - Jazz
    
    of 57,765
    
    49
- Miscellaneous
  - Miscellaneous
    
    of 67,857
    
    70
- Pop
  - Pop
    
    of 264,669
    
    151
- Rock
  - Rock
    
    of 108,263
    
    88
  - Blues Rock
    
    of 3,446
    
    10
  - Jam Bands
    
    of 1,323
    
    2
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    of 1,420
    
    4
  - Rock Jam Bands
    
    of 1,089
    
    2