Album · Allman Brothers Band
Eat a Peach by Allman Brothers Band
Eat a Peach is an album by Allman Brothers Band, released in 1972. 6 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 161 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Blue Sky”, on 48 lists with a best position of #11.
Eat a Peach, the Allman Brothers Band's double album, hit the shops on Capricorn on February 12, 1972, and it's a record split down the middle by grief. Fresh off the breakthrough of At Fillmore East, they were cutting a new studio album with Tom Dowd at Criteria Studios in Miami when Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle crash in Macon on October 29, 1971. The band finished the job anyway, mixing studio tracks made with and without him and live tapes from their 1971 Fillmore East shows.
Gregg sings "Melissa", his late brother's favorite song, soft as a porch-swing lullaby; Dickey Betts's "Blue Sky" floats along like sunshine after a funeral; and "Mountain Jam" sprawls across two full sides of vinyl, a half hour of blues-rock stretching its legs. The sleeve puts the band's name on a peach truck, and the album climbed to number four and went on to platinum.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Eat a Peach on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Sky | 48 | #11 | – | 1991–2026 | |
| 2 | Melissa | 56 | #16 | – | 1996–2026 | |
| 3 | One Way Out | 38 | #20 | – | 1991–2026 | |
| 4 | Ain't Wastin' Time No More | 14 | #369 | – | 2001–2024 | |
| 5 | Mountain Jam | 3 | #218 | – | 2009–2020 | |
| 6 | Little Martha | 2 | #777 | – | 2001–2009 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.