Disco de Lynyrd Skynyrd: “Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd/Second Helping”

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.

This album is a rock perfection. All of the songs sound incredibly fresh, considering that it was released in late 1973. among all other rock giants with their complex studio polishing, and Lynyrd Skynyrd was totally anonimous band (from south).

When I first heard this album (it was my first Skynyrd record), just after few listenings I made a state that this is best rock'n'roll album ever made. Ofcourse, you can't pick just one album as the all-time best, as there are a few dosens of them.

And this one is ofcourse one of them. It shows what's the rock'n'roll all about. It's not just southern rock (though influences are obvious) - it breaks throug the very essence of rock music.

The fact that this album, although their first, sounds so perfect, is because these guys heve been together for a long time before making this record, and was playing gigs around and rehearsing this songs. So they new exactly what sound are going

This album is all: hard rock, southern rock, blues, bluegras even folk. It is pure and honest music with simple yet efective and beautiful lirics, like in "Simlpe man" (one of personal favourites). Also we get a big dose of humour in songs like "Gimme three steps" and "Poison whiskey", delivefed with great riffs. No need to point "Freebird" as one of most requested rock song in rock history, along with Zep's "Stairway to heaven", and deservely so. I could write a whole review just about "Freebird" and its trademark Skynyrd guitars. Ofcourse, I must mention "Tuesday's gone" as not great but PERFECT ballad rock song, almoust a prototype. And is there any better way to start this album than "I ain't the one"?

So, this is as classic rock as you can get; everyone should own it.

Lynyrd Skynyrd is the king of Southern rock of course. And there is no doubt that Skynyrd's best song (and one of the best songs in the world) is Freebird. Man, if you got this album for Freebird alone it would be worth it! But this album is filled with classic Skynyrd songs. Tuesday's Gone is one of my personal favorites. Gimme Three Steps is rather humorous ("and I'm tellin' you son that it ain't no fun starin' straight down a forty-four") Simple Man is beautiful, and Things Goin' On is true to life. You can't listen to this and not be in a good mood. The only thing this album is lacking to be the perfect Skynyrd album is Sweet Home Alabama. But still, a five-star album.

This album has so many of Skynyrd's best tunes it could've been called "Greatest Hits". "Freebird" is the obvious classic. The ode to an living an unpretentious life "Simple Man" (later echoed by country singer John Anderson's "I've Got it Made") is beautifully heartfelt. "Gimme Three Steps" has got to be one of the most energetic songs out there besides Charlie Daniels' "Drinking My Baby Goodbye" and Brian Setzer Orchestra's "Jump, Jive & Wail". And consider these lines from "Things Goin' On", 'Too much money we spend upon the ocean/Too much money we spend upon the moon.' It was true back then and one only has to look at Nasa's expensive screw-ups like the ill-fated Hubble Telescope to see that it's still true in more recent times.

I enjoy listening to this CD. Many of the songs are still played on the radio and rightfully so. Lynard Skynard characterizes the best of American Southern Rock music. Straight ahead, high energy guitars, and songs about the Southland. If you are interested in Southern Rock from the early seventies or in high energy music that sounds good, I cannot think of a better album.