This Is the Way is the second and final studio album by the Rossington Collins Band.

This Is The Way
Studio album by Rossington Collins Band
Released	October 1981
Genre	Southern rock
Length	41:22
Label	MCA
Producer	Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Rossington Collins Band
Rossington Collins Band chronology
Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere (1980) This Is The Way (1981)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Record Mirror	[2]

Robin Smith of Record Mirror panned the album in a 1/5 star review, calling it "the biggest load of hackneyed bollocks I've heard for a good six months."[2] Michael B. Smith gave the album 3/5 stars in a retrospective review for AllMusic, writing that the band "pay due homage to Ronnie Van Zandt [sic] with the songs 'Tashauna' and 'Pine Box', and rock with the best of 'em on 'Gotta Get It Straight' and "Gonna Miss It When It's Gone'."[1]

Track listing

1. "Gotta Get It Straight" (Krantz, Powell, Rossington) – 4:43
2. "Tashauna" (Krantz, Rossington) – 4:57
3. "Gonna Miss It When It's Gone" (Collins, Krantz, Rossington) – 3:51
4. "Pine Box" (Harwood) – 3:04
5. "Fancy Ideas" (Harwood, Hess, Wilkeson) – 4:36
6. "Don't Stop Me Now" (Krantz, Rossington) – 3:43
7. "Seems Like Every Day" (Krantz, Rossington) – 4:30
8. "I'm Free Today" (Harwood) – 3:24
9. "Next Phone Call" (Krantz, Rossington) – 3:33
10. "Means Nothing to You" (Harwood) – 5:00

Personnel

• Allen Collins - guitars
• Barry Lee Harwood - guitars, vocals
• Derek Hess - drums
• Dale Krantz-Rossington - vocals
• Billy Powell - piano
• Gary Rossington - guitars
• Leon Wilkeson - bass
• Steve Klein - engineer, mixing[3]

References