Allman and Woman: Two the Hard Way

Allman & Woman - Two the Hard Way

Two different vocal styles jell into a belting and gutsy mix as Cher and Gregg sing together both in unison and back and forth. The LP's Southern gospel r&b flavor works from an easy going and free flowing MOR feel with instrumentation of studio slickness that includes horns, strings and a punching rhythm section. Best cuts: "Move Me," "You've Really Got a Hold On Me."
-- Billboard (Originally reviewed for week ending 11/26/77)

Two the Hard Way was a 1977 album by Gregg Allman and Cher, billed in politically incorrect fashion as Allman and Woman.

The product of the two singers' unlikely and turbulent relationship and marriage, it attempted an even more unlikely musical melding of Allman's Southern rock with Cher's idiosyncratic, personality-driven pop. The uncharacteristically airblown cover notwithstanding, Allman's musical ideas and singing generally took the lead.

The album was not well-received; the 1979 Rolling Stone Record Guide said "It's hard to imagine a more inappropriate combination ... It's the bottom of the barrel after a long fall for Gregg, and more of the same for Cher," and rated the album "Worthless". Allman and Woman were not a commercial success either; by the time the 1983 edition of the same guide had come out, the album was out of print

Track listing

1. "Move Me"
2. "I Found You"
3. "Loce"
4. "Can You Fool" (Smotherman)
5. "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" (Smokey Robinson)
6. "We're Gonna Make It"
7. "Do What You Gotta Do"
8. "In for the Night"
9. "Shadow Dream Song" (Jackson Browne)
10. "Island" (Allman, Colton, Neel, Toler)
11. "I Love Makin' Love to You"
12. "Love Me"

Gregg Allman (Keyboards), Gregg Allman (Vocals), Gregg Allman (Producer), Gregg Allman (Main Performer), Cher (Vocals), Clydie King (Vocals), Mickey Raphael (Harmonica), Bobbye Hall (Percussion), Scott Boyer (Guitar), Randall Bramblett (Saxophone), Harrison Calloway (Horn), Ben Cauley (Trumpet), Ronnie Eades (Saxophone), Venetta Fields (Vocals), Dennis Good (Trombone), Doug Hayward (Vocals), Pat Henderson (Vocals), Ricky Hirsch (Guitar), Jim Horn (Horn), John Leslie Hug (Guitar), Neil Larsen (Keyboards), Russell Morris (Vocals), Timothy B. Schmit (Vocals), Fred Tackett (Guitar), Harvey Thompson (Saxophone), Willie Weeks (Bass), Bill Stewart (Drums), Sherlie Matthews (Vocals)








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