(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Enjoyed this more than I expected to! Clearly very talented musicians.

Pretty good album with a few big hit songs. The whole album has a nice chill vibe and wasn't bad. It's just that I have heard the hit songs a million times and it doesn't really do anything for me. I can sing along a bit but it's just an album that I don't need to listen to again. Not bad, just not my thing.

nice nice, feels a bit generic but I'm listening to too much rock to really know anymore

As good as Southern Rock gets.

Fine if not groundbreaking. Obvious classics like Tuesday's Gone and Free Bird stood out but otherwise washed over me a bit.

Personally its not my type of music. I would listen to some tracks again though. I did instantly realize the influence this album had.

I quite like it when they do sentimental prom rock! Not so much when they do redneck Confederate rock.

It's classic southern rock, and the album has some great tracks- Tuesday's Gone, Gimme Three Steps, Free Bird. But hard to ignore the band's history and the confederate flag debacle.

Rätt tröttsamma låtar efter andra genomlyssningen, men också ett par bangers

Freebird är odödlig, och överlag ett helt okej skönt sound men tyvärr inget annat som sticker ut jättemycket. Stabilt!

free bird's guitar solo alone moves it from a 2 to a 3

Whole lotta guitar noodling, and some surprisingly groovy redneck funk. Much respect to the bassist too!

A classic.

Some okay songs

Me gustó mucho, sigue la misma onda yankee pero está zafable pa escuchar, hay un par de joyitas en el disco

Me gustaron todas las canciones y lo disfruté bastante

leonard skinner

The 3 singles were great but a bit weak besides that.

I was actually throwing around whether I thought this should be a 4 or 5 star album throughout most of it. Such iconic songs and a surprising amount of musicianship. And then I heard Mississippi Kid. Holy fuck, what a terrible song. What the fuck are the lyrics implying? Free Bird is absolutely stellar and I still get goosebumps every time I listen to it, but for Mississippi Kid alone it gets a 3. And, at the end of the day, it is still sort of a generic rock album (and boy oh boy are there a lot of those on this list). Fave songs: - I Ain't The One - Tuesday's Gone - Gimme Three Steps - Simple Man - Poison Whiskey - Free Bird

Nunca fui fã deste estilo de "rockão" norte-americano ancorado no country e blues, o que se encontra em profusão neste disco. Mas as baladas maravilhosas: "Tuesday Gone", "Simple Man" e "Free Bird" compensam qualquer falta de conexão com o rock sulista tão impregnado no som da banda. A estratégia de encerrar o álbum com "Free Bird" funciona tão bem que, felizmente, a gente se esquece de ter passado por temas como: "Things Goin'On" e "Mississipi Kid". Bom disco!

Has classics such as Free Bird and Simple Man. The rest of the album is ok if you like country music.

Fun! Lots of rocky musicy stuff. Nothing outstanding, well apart from freebird obviously. Thankfully no SHA!

2,5

Liked it. So much talent

Good ol' Dad rock, can't say anything better. Nothing profound or superbly amazing outside of Freebird. But I enjoyed it. Favourite Tracks: Simple Man, Free Bird Least Favourite: Mississippi Kid

They did it! They played Freebird!

drei bis vier Tuesday's Gone Free bird

Lynyrd Skynyrd. Yes they are a classic rock band, but one I never cared for. Let me check wiki for the reason. Ah yes Blues Rock - not a genre I like. I have never heard a full album of there's and this had a lot of energy and strong vocals but the blues sigh.. the blues...Wait a minute, what is this? Country Rock with "Tuesdays Gone" this is fantastic! Suddenly i'm interested! Simple Man yeeeeah! On no, and we're back to Blue's Rock with Mississippi Kid. Well at least I tried. We end with Freebird, a song I don't usually like but I have to admit it is a thunderhorse of a song, and imagine hearing this for the first time, instead of 1000 x due it to being a staple on Classic Rock radio stations (or any radio station for that matter). I would like to give it 3 and a half stars. But it will have to be three. Perversely, I am thinking of buying this album. High praise for me.

The definition of southern rock.

couple of classics, much of the album feels like the same song over and over again. the album as a whole felt alright to listen to.

Another band that I only know via hits on the radio and in movie soundtracks. Was prepared to hate it but I didn't. Solid three stars.

1) I Ain't The One: Strong intro track. 2) Tuesday's Gone: Very inoffensive ballad, a bit too long for what it is. Tends to feel monotonous towards the end, but works as ambient noise for working or studying. 3) Gimme Three Steps: Arguably has the most distinct "Southern US" vibes. You either like that, or you don't. Personally, I'm generally not too fond of it here. 4) Simple Man: Good (simple) song. That's about it. 5) Things Goin' On: Again, very "Southern" instrumentation, "country" vibes. Again, more of a background noise track, maybe for a bar or a diner. 6) Mississippi Kid: Heavy "rural romanticism", which always risks slipping into kitsch. But it works here. 7) Poison Whiskey: A bit of a strange one. Stronger, more interesting composition than their more popular pieces. Lyrics borderline ridiculous though. 8) Free Bird: For a soft rock ballad, it actually pretty good. The guitar solo feels a bit too stretched out and somewhat articficially tacked on to extend the runtime. A lot about this album works really well. The interweaving of longer slower ballads with more energetic shorter songs provides a good "texture". None of the tracks are outright bad. But I don't consider any of them breathtakingly good either. Like most debut albums, it's missing a thematic throughline, instead coming across as a rather loose assortment of songs. Which is fair enough, not every album needs to be a concept album. Nonetheless I feel that some connective tissue would have benefitted this one in particular. Admittedly not my favourite genre, at the same time admittedly decent songwriting and really good production.

Classic rock, good stuff but not my fave

honestly not bad!

Ok so what do I say about this? I mean the whole 'yeah these guys are totally racist assholes' thing is kind of hard to get past. But as with other artists with problems (and to be fair that's probably like 90% of artists) I'll try to just focus on the music. Fantastic guitars, obviously. I think that's probably what they were most known for. Well that and Freebird. I mean the music is good, although I'm not really a fan of the whole southern rock genre in general. But I do have to say that for a first album, this one does have a ton of what a lot of people would consider to be classics. I'm not sure I'd agree but that's a personal preference. And I think I've heard Freebird enough. Also, why the hell are there so many people in this band? Surely the music they played on this record didn't need 7 people in the band. And their current picture on Spotify has 9 people in it. Why? 3/5

Some bangers, I'm as a free as a bird now.

Free Bird!!

Great album. Very enjoyable and fun.

Better than expected. I actually dig it.

I mean, they're good. It's fine. It's good music. But I just don't find that it has anything special too it. It's blues rock. Poison Whiskey is a bit funkay, which is nice. Also, it has #accidentaljazz at 1:33 Free Bird Bee Frird Beard Fur Bur Feared Beared Fur Bearded Fur Fear did Bur Bear did Fur Did bear fur? idk - most likely, I would say - you can ask him. It's okay, he's friendly :) No, don't touch him! I DIDN'T SAY YOU COULD TOUCH HIM! RUN! OH FUCK NO! AAAAAHHHHHHHH! 3 stars

I've had little contact with Lynyrd Skynyrd before. Of course, I know Sweet Home Alabama. This album is my first real encounter...and it's fun. It's not the rockier songs, though. It's more the more sophisticated songs. I like the mix of rock and country and the Southern flair. It will continue to be heard.

Good album

Simple man, Tuesdays gone & Free bord.

i didnt finish the album. again it brings warm feelings from earlier days.

I do love me some country rock. Not my favorite example, though.

eh

High 3 mainly due to influence on rock and roll, for better or worse. Not something I'd probably listen to again

So so

I'm a Lynyrd Skynyrd hater, I think Neil Young shouldn't have backed doon, but doubled doon, on Southern Man, and I love Play It All Night Long by Warren Zevon. I've been hating from a place of ignorance mostly, I know Sweet Home Alabama and Free Bird, but I don't think I've ever listened to a full album. This album hasn't changed my mind, though the music is orthogonal to why I dislike this band. The music's pretty good, but not great, at no point did I want to turn it off, but I doubt I'll go back and listen to it in full again. This album doesn't have Sweet Home Alabama, so I can't knock points for that. It's pretty generic Southern USian rock, which holds no particular cultural resonance for me as an English person. It's fine.

Well crafted songs, dragged a bit but caught my attention more than Electric Warrior did. Probably would have been a 4 if I had a cousin.

Tuesday’s gone made me cry. Listened a few times. Of course the time and place for freebird is always here and now

Hillbilly background music until the behemoth that is Freebird fires up! If it wasn’t for that track it would be a one star.

Really liked the famous tracks but not engaged with the rest.

Very polished country rock. Separate the art from the artist, and this is a pretty great album.

Free bird.

Enjoyed. Slightly overblown in parts, but it has that southern boogie feel, good but not quite as good as little feat, but I will listen again.

3/5

A couple classic rock songs here. Not my favorite band though

It’s good

Better than I would have thought 🤷‍♀️

3 stars...For simple man

It’s greasy, it’s stereotypical rock, it’s rock for bars. Sure, they were racist rednecks pricks, but damn did they knew how to crank out some killer boogie, and it is surprisingly good for a first album. “Free Bird” is my personal “headbanging in car” gem with Jas a few years back. Hell of a 9 mn long track which instantly made me forget all about those damn two-minute ditties we just had Thursday. I’m a simple man.

The first four tracks and Freebird are really good, but the three in between drag down the quality considerably

Would you like some advice? Just listen to Freebird over and over again for 76 minutes. What. A. Song. The rest of this album is a bit like encasing the finest steak in a load of stale bread to be honest.

This is a very impressive and polished debut record, even if it doesn’t scratch all my itches. I’d prefer if they went full country at the time, because they definitely have the vocals and the storytelling ability. Standout tracks are: “Simple Man” and “Things Goin’ On”.

I’m too much of a Yankee to love when they get real into that Southern flavor. This is especially true on Side B, with the hokey “Things Goin’ On,” which, despite its good intentions, sounds like nails on a chalkboard thanks to that corny ragtime piano, or those mandolins and shit on “Mississippi Kid.” But the songs that have stood the test of time– “I Ain’t the One,” “Gimme Three Steps,” and “Simple Man”– are all very good, especially if you like Southern rock/country rock, although I wouldn’t say they’re perfect songs or essential listening for anyone except to give you some context about the history of Southern rock. What we’re all really here for is “Free Bird.” A perfect song, a timeless song, and one that still blows your mind even if you’ve heard 1,000 times. The worst thing about the track is that it fades out and doesn’t go on for 9 more minutes or just even end properly. But despite that, it’s still one of the greatest songs ever made. I don’t know if you could say the same about (Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd), even when it’s otherwise at its best beyond “Free Bird”’s perfection. Lynyrd Skynyrd are an important band with a lot of great songs, but no great albums, and if this is the closest they get to a great album, it really summarizes how 50/50 they were as a band in practice. But we still got motherfucking “Free Bird,” so how much can I complain, really? And if my Northeastern ass can love that and still appreciate about half of this record, that has to count for something.

Classic rock album

The extent of my LS knowledge is that they exist, in fact I couldn’t have told you they’re behind Free Bird or even Sweet Home Alabama. So this was very new to me, and I am thankful for it. This was a really enjoyable experience and I let it repeat a few times across the day. The vocals aren’t quite what I’m used to as a pop girlie fan, but I felt every note on the guitars in my bones. I would gladly listen to this again, however I can’t say it converted me beyond “yeah, I like a few of their songs” and I won’t be seeking out rock music on my own as yet, but I enjoyed the listen and filling yet another in my musical travels.

free bird pretty great

Good classic ‘70s rock for driving on the highway.

Old solid rock that was great background listen for AM220 Office Hours preparation

Five stars for Free Bird, but the rest is unremarkable.

Classic Lynyrd.

Not too exciting fairly muted rock

Great album with several classics. Some of the songs feel like they can drag on a bit too long.

Is that real lightning on the album cover? Two songs in and I already knew Tuesday's Gone was a shredder, but the first track was fun too--reverse drums kickin in. Also are there 7 dudes in the band?

That free bird song. And a few others. Decent stuff.

Prolly more like a 3.5, undeniably a great album, just not fully what I’m into

A few good tracks

first somg is cool

6/10 Came for Free Bird, stayed for Free Bird. The rest is decent I guess

Honestly...I enjoyed this album more than expected. At the end of the day it's Southern redneck blues rock. But at least it's Southern redneck blues rock done well. "Freebird" is a hell of an album closer. Could see myself putting this on again someday in the future. 3.5/5

simple man is the best song on the album, the rest is a bit average territory and don’t quite reach me properly atm. free bird is probably overplayed in my head at this point.

it’s fine and now it’s gone with the wind

Ya era hora de oír algo de valor más esencial a mis oidos

not my favorite but full of classics

This is a good album pretty much all the way through! Freebird even is a good song. It is however the most overrated guitar solo in the history of rock and roll. It’s not interesting or good or even particularly technically impressive it’s just long.

more canonical rock music. sure man; whatever.

Tuesday's Gone was in Freaks and Geeks... and of course the legendary Freebird.

Seymour Skinner produces some decent rock.

Outside of the two main ones here there's not much to really write home about.

That solo in free bird is always exciting to hear. The album is alright, not something I usually listen to

I expected to hate this. And it's actually a fine album. Whether it was one that I would have gone "crap, never listened to that one" before I pass on to the next world... I'm not sure. But it's a fine album. Simple as that.

Free bird, Tuesday’s Gone, and Simple Man carried.

Now this is a hard album to review. It’s very polarizing to me. It’s an album chock full of huge hit songs that are timeless classics. However I’m super biased and I hate Lynard Skynard. I band members are douchebags, their unapologetic love for the south is a huge turnoff, and most of all they have the most overrated lead singer of all time. But despite all of that, this album is a genuine classic and the songs on this album are classic and super nostalgic for millions of people. I’m even guilty of being super nostalgic for tuesdays gone because of Happy Gilmore. But regardless of your reasons, this is probably one of the greatest debut rock albums of all time.

this was ok 3/5

classic

6/10

Not a huge fan of the southern sound. I'm not from America, so I don't really resonate with that culture at all. That doesn't change the fact that this album has classics on it, Free Bird being the obvious highlight. There's some really good material on here and it doesn't overstay it's welcome. A decent start to the 1001 albums list, but not a personal highlight for me.

Never been a skynrd kinda guy but this was decent. It had some good tracks and freebird. It's freebird. It's the song u picked in guitar hero when u learned that was supposed to be ur last song so pioc one that's 73 minutes long. Good times

Alright.

too racist to give it anything higher then a 3

Nothing unique, but not bad. Okay, Things Goin On is kinda awsome.

Ganz gut. Free Bird ist super. Irgendwas an den Gitarren gefällt mir wirklich gut.

I mean yeah they rock. Kinda middling near the beginning, but free bird alone does so much heavy lifting. One of if not *the* best rock ending tracks ever

First reaction was; "I mean, it's not Freebird, but it's easy listening." ...then Freebird comes on. xD 3,7/5

Th bst sng s Frbrd

Not a big fan of their sound, but I’ll give it a three because Free Bird is a classic American song

Heard a lot of Skynyrd rowing up in the south. Probably tomorrow much. Looking at this from a macro perspective - as one obviously does with Skynyrd - the best albums I have revisited on this list tend to offer either 1) something new revealed by a different perspective or 2) boundless energy that just jumps off the album or 3) were just always straight up awesome. And many offer all three. This album offers none. Too much is middling. Not bad. Just kind of blase. Even the all timers. There's just nothing left to see. You've heard it all - many times over. What's left is a half speed ZZ Top. A less musical Allman Brothers - mostly devoid of blues but big on sh*t kicking. I can't go back to my former self that had never heard these tracks much less heard them over and over and over and over and over. Maybe they would sound a lot better. Maybe they would kick some serious butt - as they did for me 40 years ago. But thats not the world I live in. I live here. Now. And now - to me - this album feels fairly pedestrian.

A couple GREAT songs on here but generally not really my thing.

This was a fine album. I thought some parts of it were fun, other parts of it made me the 😮‍💨 emoji, which is not really a good reaction.

D - Some classics on here

Not really my genre but fun and enjoyable enough. Piano (and to a lesser extent guitar) solos are easily the highlights.

I don't really go for this sort of Southern boogie any more. But you have to have a lot of sympathy for Lynyrd Skynyrd, and this album has Free Bird on it. So I'm in.

I guess I’m just not that into 70s hard rock Best Songs - Simple Man - Things Goin On - Free Bird - Tuesdays gone Worst Song - Mississippi Kid I agree with the rating “Music to empty the bar” to some extent - but I have to give some respect. And even though when I listen to Free Bird all I can think about is that one scene from Kingsmen, it’s still a legendary guitar solo

Good album has free bird very country not really my style

What I would expect - decent southern rock, sounds very predictable in hindsight

fine, good solos and singing isn't that annoying most of the time, can see some of this influencing the red hot chilli peppers. free bird does slap though. Favourite songs: Tuesday's gone, poison whiskey, free bird. Overall around 5/10

Free Bird is a fantastic song! The rest of the album was alright. But none of the other songs had the same power.

Now THIS is some good dad rock. Highlights include: "I Ain't The One" "Tuesday's Gone" "Gimme Three Steps" "Free Bird"

Nice album. Rock is one of my favourite genres so it was an easy listen. But to be honest nothing much stood out to me about it… it’s clear why free bird is the stand out song from the album. Definitely the best

Classic, but not really my jams

("Free Bird" intensifies) 3/5

Very musical in comparison to vocals Lyrics felt like they had meaning

Blues, country, this was a pleasant listen. Easy listening which occasionally had my feet tapping. Twangy guitars, young men that sound like they could be in their 40s.

Its an Ok Album. guitars are the best of it.

As someone who listened to a lot of classic rock in HS, this is all pretty well trod and stale for me. Also, 3 dudes from Florida and one from Cali wrote Sweet Home Alabama, so that's minus one star.

This album was more "few hits" than I hoped. I knew Gimme Three Steps and Free Bird, and both are good songs. I also kinda like Mr Banker. But the rest is "meh".

The hits are hits for a reason, the rest is solid, if unexceptional. "Play Free Bird, man!"

It’s fine. Guitar carries it

first time heard 3 ish

Huh. Thought I would find this really annoying but it's surprisingly okay. Apparently I like this more than Bob Dylan. I am very confused and discovering a lot about myself I guess.

I found this fairly uninteresting, but not terrible.

Tuesday’s Gone, Gimme three Steps, Simple Man (so many views, how?), Free Bird (yes!) were hits. So 3.5/5 overall, free bird may push it to 4. Good voices, lovely instrumentals.

Yep.... Definitely Lynard Skynard. It's about what you'd expect. Stick to the radio hits from this album. 3/5 (Representing the three songs on this album that are absolute masterpieces)

never been a fan of the band. it was fine. 3 stars because i like free bird and there's some classics on here. many of the songs are entirely too long

A classic and great album

These guys were always just OK to me — I liked the Allman Brothers Band much more. The ABB seemed like cool blues and boogie aficionados, while LS were party animals with an attitude I didn’t like. This is still a decent debut, a reasonably fun side 1, and “Free Bird” is still pretty danged good. 3.5 rounded down. Not on this album, LS’s “Call Me The Breeze” is one of my fave songs ever — it swings like nobody’s business. It was written by J. J. Cale who also wrote the Clapton hit “Cocaine”.

The song used in freaks and geeks “free bird” not the intro one

quite the good album, free bird is one of the best songs ever written and the rest isn’t bad at all either, one minus point to them for being racist i will not tolerate that xx

it was ok not ever listened to before

Southern rock is really just the worst kind of rock, isn't it? Freebird is good when you have 10 minutes to spare, though.

It's funny and wild, you can feel the teen naïve nature in lyrics and melody.

I liked it more than I wanted to

A fine album, nothing bad about it but nothing spectacular. Some classics on this one though.

This band is good enough, but Southern Rock just isn't my thing. There are definitely some well known tracks on this one, so it's at least worthy of 3 stars.

Mid

It's fine but a bit too straightforward and unexciting for me

Has free bird, that's about it

Helt ok album, väldigt mycket samma sound genom hela skivan. Free bird är ju en klassiker men inte jättemycket annat som stack ut för mig

Good. 3/5

Jeg fløj gennem det her album som en fri fugl, men interessen styrtdykkede desværre hurtigere end Ikaros.

When I hear Tuesdays Gone I don't think of Happy Gilmore but of Dazed and Confused, and the party wrapping up at the end of the night. Definitely some good tunes on this album.

This is one that’s difficult for me to rate. On one hand, I really appreciate the band’s prodigiousness at playing their instruments and crafting songs. They sounds like total pros on this debut album, and the solos totally rule. There are also some classics on here; “Tuesday’s Gone” and “Free Bird” are top-notch. But on the other hand, Southern rock as a genre has done damage to rock as a whole. It’s done damage to American culture, for godssake. I feel like it would be difficult for a lot of future people to listen to and enjoy it wholeheartedly. Maybe I’m just in a bad mood today. I do like Lynyrd Skynyrd better than the goddamn Eagles, at least. But, ugh. Best I can do is a 3 and withhold the “must-listen” designation.

I listened to this album so damn much in High School. Tuesday’s Gone is still one of my favorite songs.

cowboys if they had good music taste

Good. Listened to it a lot when we were young. But now i find too much white trash

Not the biggest fan of Southern Rawk and the good old boys but was pleasantly surprised by this. Particularly enjoyed the slower / epic ballads Simple Man/ Tuesdays gone. Particularly impress given its teh debut album Fell into a mini wiki worm hole reading about the band and how all the original members per the album cover are now dead - mostly either via cancer or plane /car crashes - yet this weird frankenband version still lives on - who could not be more distant to the original line.

You do, in some circumstances, have to hand it to them. There's some real solid songs here, and Free Bird last is a triumph of album sequencing unlikely to be beaten.

Extra punt voor Free Bird, maar de rest haalt het daar niet bij. Als ik deze stijl wil, dan zet ik wel CCR ofzo op.

Very consistent, many guitar riffs, quite consistens songs between each other. Nice album but quite boring to listen to it all for me.

A couple of well know tunes sandwiching a fairly decent album.

This album has the dubious honour of being home to the fuckboy national anthem that is "Free Bird", but the tracks are all decent jams that make for a pleasant listening experience that has failed to make a major impression on me.

Half of this album consists of 4 of the most iconic songs ever made. The other half makes me want to kill myself.

fine for grilling burgers , a little samey. i do like simple man

To be a trucker on route 66

3.5 stars here

Pre-listening thoughts: FREEEEE BIRDDDDDD Post/during listening thoughts: this is 100% what I expected. I’m so neutral on this it’s not even funny. I really have no opinions on this at all. Sorry to disappoint I know EVERYONE was just LONGING to hear my essay on this album. 5/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: nope Fav tracks: Tuesday’s Gone, Simple Man, Free Bird (it’s too long tho) Least fav tracks: maybe Mississippi Kid?

Southern rock with a side of racism

I liked it, not something i'd choose but a couple of really fun tracks in there. Free bird to end was a nice surprise (i didn't look at tracklist before playing)

Fav song: Free Bird I was gonna give it a 2 stars because I'm not exactly a big rock n roll fan and nothing was sticking out to me much about this album (with the exception of Simple Man). Then Free Bird came on!!!!

Enjoyable.

I like this southern rock genre and this group do it well. One of those groups I had heard of at the time but lack of money meant they were not on my priority list and so I'd never listened to them. Love the style and the typical guitar riffs and the voice is great for the style. Would listen to more of them.

Is that really how you say it?

Correcto

This well and truly was me going yeah what ever that’s okay until Freebird which is so fucking awesome. It’s a shame these guys are probably gigantic racists or something.

3.5

Free Bird is a classic. The rest is good, but not really my thing.

Southern cookin’

Give me some

Good album. Timeless.

good music, stupid lyrics, i guess these guys have always sung about stupid shit.

eh its alright, probably wouldnt listen to again, free bird solo is cool YNN

Patchy album. First four tracks are strong - side two goes downhill until we get to the classic ‘Freebird’.

First time I heard the whole album, wack name (I first thought). Holy, it's the one with 'Free Bird'! I've been listening to the song for ages and never knew it's from this album. Free Bird is still the best song, but I really enjoyed the demo version of "Mr. Banker". Great blues rock track 🤘

It was ok. Tuesdays gone was the standout for me. Would i listen again? Unlikely

Leh-’Nérd ’Skin-’Nérd), is filled with familiar tracks and Southern rock hallmarks, yet it strikes me as a good, though not outstanding, listen. Some songs I already knew—Free Bird, Tuesday’s Gone (through Metallica’s cover), and Simple Man (from Shinedown’s)—stand out as highlights, but the album as a whole doesn’t fully grip me. Instrumentally, there are some real gems here. Billy Powell’s piano work on Things Goin’ On adds a welcome flair, and of course, the legendary guitar solos on Free Bird still hit with impressive power. However, Ronnie Van Zant’s vocals don’t quite match the punch of the music. His voice is pleasant but feels like a weak link against the energy of the band’s sound, where a stronger vocal presence might have elevated these songs further. Standout Track: Free Bird Score: 3/5

++: Gimme Three Steps, Things Goin' On, Poison Whiskey, Free Bird +: I Ain't The One, Mississippi Kid +-: Tuesday's Gone -: Simple Man 7,6/10

Already listened to this yesterday and it's not my favourite even thought I admit is a very strong debut (especially considering some of them were teenagers). I see why Free Bird and others songs are so ubiquitous in American culture and the whole twang rock is cool as fuck, but it smells like old white man music and not in a good way - something about it is overshadowed by the reputation of the band as the quintessential American pride shit.

Play Free Bird! This was pretty good - probably not something I’ll revisit, and not really my style, but not bad. “Free Bird” was the only song I had heard before.

Listened Before? N Clearly, this is one of the most influential southern rock albums of all time. It isn't really my thing although I've gone through periods of liking songs from it separately. Free Bird, Tuesday's Gone, Gimme Three Steps, Simple Man... an incredible track list. 100% deserving of the list and I'm glad I got to hear the deep cuts. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Gimme Three Steps

FREEEEEE BIIIIIRD JEEEEEE superhittien ulkopuolella ihan ok levy. 3/5

I expected Steely Bland v2, but it was a bit better than that. The album takes a while to wind up but Simple Man was very good, and the Free Bird at the end is good too. The in-between songs don't do it for me - some of them were pretty terrible while others were just meh. 2.5/5, but rounded up

Freebird carried the album with a few decent songs otherwise but nothing above a 3 is justifiable.

classic album I haven’t heard in years. Several truly classic tracks.

Roadtrip music-I enjoyed it but didn’t find it hugely memorable apart from Free Bird, which is the standout track for a reason. ‘So you wanna be a boxer’ from Bugsy Malone owes a lot to Mississippi Kid, surely?!

Listened in the day and thought it was a fairly average album. Hard rock not so much my thing. Listened in the evening after red wine and did lots of air guitar to Free Bird and it lifted the whole album for me. Poison whiskey also a stand out song. Everything else was a bit meh.

It was good but then it became too much southern rock for me

I love the blues sounds on this album. Not as much the rockabilly, though I don't dislike it.

Honkytonk blues at its finest - best ending to an album possibly ever

Classic Southern rock. Memorable sounds and of course “Freebird.” A good listen.

Simple Man is one of the best songs of all time but the rest of the album just doesn't hit as hard unfortunately. still good though

There are some decent songs on this album, like 'Free bird', but overall southern rock music isn't my thing. I wouldn't listen to it again, but I certainly understand its appeal. 3 stars

Not my kind of music but I can certainly appreciate that it was a very good record for the time and still holds merit today. The melodies are kinda catchy and it was reasonably enjoyable to listen to. Album run-time was perfect too.

There’s some fun bass lines here, though they got repetitive over the course of the album. Some real great piano. At times it’s boring or a little too “hillbilly” for my taste, and there’s a few moments where the music becomes cluttered and clunky. Freebies still isn’t really my jam but it does fit very well and is a pretty epic way to close the album. Overall, the album is solid but not great. 6 out of 10.

1 - the one / 1 2- tuezday / 2.5 3- ztepz / 1.5 4- man / 2.5 5- thingz / 1 6- kid / 1.5 7- uuhizkey / 1 8- free bird / 3 9- banker / 1.5 10- zouth / 1 11- gone / 2.5 12- three / 1.5 13- free bird / 3

Didn't hate this, to my own surprise. Of course I was already familiar with a lot of it. Gotta call out the bass because that was really good.

6/10

If this is classed as a groundbreaking rock album then it’s kinda lost on me as I found it fairly mid. I don’t think I’ll remember a single song on it, but it was fairly inoffensive so it gets a mid rating

3.5 - 3.75 for the obvious highlights

Some classics on here -- solid 1970s rock vibes.

Free Bird

I feel like realistically, this album is pretty good, but I’m just not a fan of the southern rock genre. Apart from the end of Free Bird (which was INCREDIBLE) I was pretty much just apathetic towards this album.

All around a pretty good vibe. Tuesdays Gone is great and Free Bird is a phenomenal closer. Other than those the other songs were just a bit more interesting than wallpaper. 3/5

Good but not my generation.

I've heard most of these songs before and the ones I've heard were good, I guess there's a reason I ha ent heard the others. Overall decent album. 3/5

I just watched a YouTube video about them performing on the Rolling Stones tongue. Fun coincidence. But in general, I'm not a fan. Tuesday's Gone is an amazing song tho

This was fine I guess, didn't love it. Especially not the piano tracks.

A short, entertaining album between blues, country and rock. I liked the boogie-woogie style piano in some songs. I especially liked I Ain't the One and Free Bird. It was fun to listen to.

I'll give it to them. Front loaded with classics.

Fav: Free Bird Least Fav: Mississippi Kid Some nice easy-listening rock music, with Free Bird being the standout song. It wasn’t bad at all but also wasn’t incredible. Regardless, I liked it enough to listen to it again.

it’s like. adjacent to things i like highlights: i ain’t gone, things goin’ on, free bird (aug 19 2024)

Pretty rocking.

3☆/5 08.14.2024

Really good album

I have never been a Lynyrd Skynyrd fan. I do like some southern rock or music with souther rock influences, but Skynyrd has always been a step too far for me. However, I was surprised how many of their "hits" were on this first/debut album, and I do understand why people do like them and why some of their songs are so popular.

+1 for free bird

Good dose of pure dad rock, sometimes they sound like Status Quo, sometimes they sound like Led Zep, mostly they sound like some good ole boys from Florida.

#56 - Dad rock supreme

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Nett, aber nicht mein Genre

If you don’t love this album, you have a heart of stone. It is such a great classic

Had its time and place but it doesn't do much for me. I had an older cousin who rode on the back of a Harley Davidson everywhere who loved the heck out of this music but I never really warmed up to it. Performances are undeniable. Very tight group. Definitely an influence Southern Rock/Country Rock, so it probably belongs on the list, but I cannot see myself seeking anything off this album again after this exercise.

pretty good

3.5

Crazy how many of their top hits come from this debut album. They really went downhill fast huh? Outside of the hits though, this was just okay. Nothing saved from this one. I think they suffer from being overplayed to the highest degree. If they weren't so saturated on radio and stuff maybe I'd like them more. Kinda between a 2 and 3 for me. hard to choose honestly, wish I could give half stars.

decent 65/100

Mostly just so embarrassed that I never realized ‘Tuesday’s Gone’ was theirs. Sorry, mom!

It's alright. Free Bird kinda drags on. At least it changes around the halfway mark.

I think on any other Sunday this would get a 2, or maybe a 4. But I'll give it a 3 for giving me the Black Crowes.

Ok.

This was fine.

Too country for my tastes, but it's okay.

This album is difficult because it has some amazing songs like Free Bird and Simple Man, but then also some generic trash

I‘m from germany so I am NOT familiar with their music, besides sweet home alabama. I’ve never even heard about free bird before (not that I‘d know about at least), but anyways - I liked this album and some of their songs. I did not read their Wiki before so I could listen to this without prejustices. My favorites are indeed free bird, mr. Banker and down south jukin‘

Notable tracks: Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man, Free Bird, Gimme Three Steps

This album has a nice selection of cozy rock music from the 70s. Liked songs: Gimme Three Steps, Simple Man and Free Bird

Idc how it’s pronounced.

Rockiges Album mit starken Folk und Westerneinflüssen. Das Album ist durch die E-Gitarre stark Energie geladen. Gut ist “Tuesday Gone”, “Free Bird” und “Simple Man”. Trotzdem hat das Album Längen und recht viel Mainstream, so dass es nicht unmittelbar zum wiederholen inspiriert.

Fun southern rock album. I enjoyed every song on the album, but Tuesdays Gone and Freebird are standouts. I considered bumping up to a 4 but I don't really see myself listening to this much.

Very "country" rock. It was fine, but nothing felt too special, apart from the birth of the World's Longest Song (or at least how it feels), "Freebird."

I really didn’t like the first song and the thought “oh my god I hope this isn’t some overrated rubbish” popped into my head but y’know I warmed to the album by the time “Free Bird” rolled around.

Tik Tok ruined Free bird.... This song deserves all of the love it gets, but why did I never give it the time as I'd heard the solo over 50 million times. The entire journey through the song is incredible. I'm writing this as the anticipation builds to the solo and then when it hits. Screw tik tok why has it destroyed the soul of this song into a meme. On the rest of the album, its pretty good, I like guitar

Really only knew Lynyrd Skynyrd from the plane-crash and this hasn't really changed that. Just music I don't care about.

Æji þetta er ekki gott. Free birb og Simple man er flott en þreytt. 2.5/5

OK, southern rock.

This was pretty solid just not something I listen to all that much.

Pretty fun but nothing extraordinary. Free Bird. Great for driving.

Ok.

Dreading the connotation this band has and their use of the confederate flag because fuck hate and racism. But just like I did for Kanye, I will rate this on musical merit. This is very much dad rock, a couple of decent songs, but I'm getting tired of this genre. 3*. Highlights: free bird, tuesday's gone

A couple of classics in there. Not so sure about the rest.

The good songs are fantastic, the rest are only average.

Great album. Maybe the songs are a little long but I almost don't mind. High 3.

FREE BIRD

Easy southern blues rock

Best Song: Free Bird. The way this song progresses is brilliant, capturing perfectly how freedom can feel both vulnerable and powerful. Musically explosive, all parts played with an eager forward lean. For a song that could easily be a cliché, it feels like it has enough of a soul to remain relevant and listenable years later. Worst Song: Things Goin' On. What idiot decided to follow the one song with an ounce of sincerity and introspection with this candy-striped, ragtime bullshit? Overall: An immensely frustrating album. These boys are clearly talented, as they have a few songs where they drop this Confederate flag-waving, honky-tonk bullshit and tap into something that feels uniquely, positively southern American. Simple Man feels earnestly humble and has a haunting vocal track, and Free Bird has this electric, on-the-road-to-freedom feeling that is almost unmatched in rock. Such a shame that they cock it up everywhere else.

It’s great but some songs drag on

FREEEEEE BIRDDDDD YEAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A dad rock classic, more country influence than I expected. Free bird baby!

Free bird, free bird, free bird 👍

Classic southern rock

Sweet Home Alabama isn't on the album which is a positive. Couple of good songs. Quite a bit of filler. It gets a passing grade but barely.

There's nothing wrong with this album but this kind of music just leaves me absolutely cold. Utter dad rock.

Un album plein de souffle, aux multiples instruments. Les musiciens semblent se laisser porter par le plaisir de jouer.

Ok sure

I liked this but it didn't blow me away. Tuneful blues. I can see how they add to the picture, and Free Bird is pretty joyous.

The musicianship really stood out, but at least on a first listen or two, only a couple of songs clicked.

Not my fav genre, but I can tell that this is really good southern rock

War gar nicht so schlecht wie ich dachte. Und Free-Bird

Good rock! Gets a bit tiresome towards the end of the album. Glad my fave track wasn’t the one I knew 3.1

3.5

It’s all about free bird really, nothing special about the rest of it

Never can really get into Lynyrd Skynyrd. It's good overall, but not my top from this era.

Meh

Fun, classic, not my usual vibe but felt good and soulful

Sounds like most basic bands from that time and period with very little going for them in my opinion though the music wasn't that bad

I gave this one a lot of play time in the early to mid-80's, particularly side one. Younger me would have given this a 4 but older me, while I enjoyed the revisit, feels like it's a bit played out and will give it a 3.

Freebird one of the best songs of all time.

shitkickin

Debut album. Du rock sudiste (mix de country et de blues). Correct.

Good guitar work (when you have seven guys in the band, including three guitarists, you're bound to have at least one decent guitarist) and pretty much all of their best tracks on are this album. I used to be a fan of this band, the whole culture and atmosphere around their music is kinda depressing and crusty.

Some of the guitar on this record is brilliant, yet it all feels somewhat predictable

Breezy southern rock. Overall it's just a very agreeable album. You could listen to it at a cookout, or while lounging around, or at a coffee shop, and it wouldn't be out of place at all. "Free Bird" never gets old to me; it's the perfect closing track. It's a solid album all around.

Classic songs. 3 stars

Country-fried redneck buffett-party git-off-mah-land with a budget

A couple of great tracks, Simple Man & Freebird, the rest are OK

'Cause I'm as free as a bird now; And this bird you cannot change.

Standard southern-twanged classic rock. Good riffs, and the unparalleled Free Bird. Not something I need in my regular rotation, however.

Decent

Some songs I liked! Some I already knew but did not know who sang it. Thanks.