Lynyrd Skynyrd - All Time Greatest Hits [Original recording remastered]

Lynyrd Skynyrd | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 14, 2000)
• Original Release Date: March 14, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B00004RCW1
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (81 customer reviews)
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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 14-MAR-2000

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99 of 102 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Lasting Legacy, December 12, 2002

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Wendy Kaplan (Houston) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lynyrd Skynyrd - All Time Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

To my mind, Lynyrd Skynyrd was and is one of the great southern bands of all time, not to mention one of the great American bands of all time.

"All Time Greatest Hits" is proof of this band's lasting legacy, tragically ended in a 1977 plane crash that killed lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, whose awesome voice was matched only by his songwriting genius; third guitarist Steve Gaines, whose addition to the band added zest and maturity; his sister Cassie, who sang background; and original tour manager Dean Kilpatrick. What an infinite loss for the music world, and how lucky we are to be able to listen to the music they left behind.

Because this collection is the band's greatest hits, all are familiar and well-loved, from "Sweet Home Alabama" to "What's Your Name" to "Free Bird," a magnificent live version that simply tears your heart out. But I love "The Ballad of Curtis Lowe," which Van Zant wrote with Allen Collins, an ode to the unsung heroes of the blues; and "Comin' Home," haunting in retrospect.

Really, I cannot say enough about this band and their music, and I recommend this collection to fans of the band as well as those whose only connection to their hits is "Sweet Home Alabama."

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars How about an easy-to-read track list?, March 30, 2011

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Roy F. Johnson (Columbia, TN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lynyrd Skynyrd - All Time Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Tracks:

1. Sweet Home Alabama
2. Gimme Three Steps
3. Simple Man
4. Saturday Night Special
5. Swamp Music
6. The Ballad of Curtis Lowe
7. Call Me the Breeze
8. Comin' Home
9. Gimme Back My Bullets
10. What's Your Name
11. You Got That Right
12. All I Can Do Is Write About It
13. That Smell
14. Free Bird (live)

44 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You Can Find Better, October 31, 2000

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Bill R. Moore (New York, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lynyrd Skynyrd - All Time Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Obviously, since this does indeed have many of Skynyrd's best songs on it, it is going to be a good album. However, it is not the best Skynyrd "best of" album that you can find. It could've been a lot better. For instance, Tuesday's Gone, my all-time favorite LS track isn't on this disc at all! Neither is the studio version of Freebird! To have a Skynyrd disc that is missing those two songs and to call it "All Time Greatest Hits" is blasphemy! Get The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd instead.