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  • Summary: The second full-length release for the southern rock band that includes the sons of Gregg Allman, Dickie Betts and Berry Oakley was recorded live to tape at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio.
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  • Record Label: BMG
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Blues-Rock, Album Rock, American Trad Rock, Hard Rock, Roots Rock, Southern Rock
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
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  1. 80
    They’ve filtered their inheritance through their own jam-band generation, and the sound is heavier, muddier at times, and Duane Allman’s ‘crying bird’ slide guitar has become more of a screaming bat.
  2. Aug 27, 2020
    80
    Bless Your Heart simultaneously reinforces and extends the favorable first impression left with the premier album.
  3. Uncut
    Aug 27, 2020
    70
    They've drawn their inspiration from a wider constituency. [Oct 2020, p.25]
  4. 70
    Overall, the playing and singing are well above average, which helps put across even the weakest material like the closing “Congratulations” ballad, the only non-original.
  5. Mojo
    Aug 27, 2020
    60
    The 13 tracks of this marathon double-album offer surprising rewards. [Oct 2020, p.86]
  6. Aug 27, 2020
    60
    Whether or not the Allman Betts Band will make any hard left turns from their chosen path remains to be seen, but two albums in, their dogged adherence to family and cultural traditions remains their defining feature.