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Lynyrd Skynyrd

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 24, 1996)
• Original Release Date: September 1973
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000002P48
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #163,587 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Where the Allman Brothers and Marshall Tucker had a more restrained, accomplished rock sound, Florida's Lynyrd Skynyrd took another approach, evoking images of whiskey, Confederate flags, hard luck, and greasy dive bars in their music. The like-minded Molly Hatchet and .38 Special couldn't come close to matching the lyrical talent and natural-born rock-and-boogie abilities of Skynyrd. And, of course, no other band can lay claim to the most-requested song in the history of rock music, the anthemic "Free Bird," the focal point of this, their 1973 debut. Aside from spawning countless tomes of bad poetry by pockmarked 15-year-olds everywhere with "Free Bird," they demonstrated a mastery of the rock ballad with the time-tested "Tuesday's Gone," another highlight of this notable first offering. --Lorry Fleming

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, this is great!, July 14, 2001

By A Customer

I avoided Skynyrd for a long time because of their "southern pride" image and their use of the confederate flag, etc. But I decided that music is more important than image and decided to pick up their debut album. I was not disappointed at all, this is a great album. It's a terrific set of hard rock/blues rock in the vein of early Allman Brothers Band. Here is my track by track analysis:

I Ain't The One - The album opens with a bang with this strong riff rocker. The triple lead guitars are particularly great.

Tuesday's Gone - Ahhh, what a great song! I don't know if the term "power ballad" existed in 1973, but this is definitely one. This is my favorite song by LS and one of the album's best songs. Everything is great about it from the lyrics to the guitars to the piano solo. Magnificient.

Gimme Three Steps - Another strong riff rocker, one of the album's highlights. More great guitars.

Simple Man - Best song on the album, next to Tuesday's Gone. Simple Man is slow like a ballad, but it's a really hard rocker too. Great lyrics, great music. Excellent song.

Things Goin' On - This is a honky-tonk-ish bluesy song with a good beat, but with less guitar than the other songs. Still a good song. Ronnie's twangy vocals get a little bit grating though.

Mississippi Kid - Great acoustic blues song, with a cool acoustic lick and a good Dobro part too.

Poison Whiskey - Another good riff-rock song. Not quite as strong as the rockers on the first half, but cool still.

Free Bird - Well, what needs to be said about this song? It's possibly the most popular rock song of all time next to Stairway To Heaven. Starts out like a ballad, then builds up to a climactic three-guitar attack. Classic.

Lynyrd Skynyrd is labeled a "Southern Rock" band, whatever that means, but they're really just a hard blues rock group with a bit of a southern twang. This is a great album and a good choice for anyone who likes blues-based hard rock.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phenominal, April 16, 1999

By	Matt ([e-mail]) (Cookeville, TN) - See all my reviews

Lynyrd Skynyrd is not a guitarist, dude (I'm talking to the last reviewer). It consists of three guitarists, but only two on this album, who are Allen Collins (FreeBird and I Ain't The One solos) and Gary Rossington (Tuesday's Gone and Simple Man solo's). Later the bass player on this album became their third guitarist and he is the one that plays the Sweet Home solo.

Ok, this is perhaps my favorite Cd along with Eagles Greatests Hits Volume 1, Appetite For Destruction (Guns N Roses), Eat A Peach (Allman Brothers Band), and maybe Sticky Fingers (Rolling Stones). This album in my eyes is even much superior than the greatest hits CD, and the only track I really think is better from the greatest than any on this CD is Saturday Night Special. But besides that, if you love some great guitar playing, beautiful songs, and some wonderful southern boogie, please check out this CD, you will never regret it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Strong Effort, January 19, 2005

By	greverio "greverio" (Centreville, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews

For the casual Skynyrd fan, this is the CD to own. With familiar hits in Tuesday's Gone, Gimme Three Steps, Simple Man, and Freebird...you cannot go wrong. This great re-issue includes lyrics along with not-so famous songs (Mississippi Kid and Poison Whiskey). Only 8 tracks, but the emotion these great songs exude is worth every cent.