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When it comes to rock songs that generate a lot of hate because they're over-played, Freebird is often at the top of the list along with Stairway and Layla. But is it the fault of the band that these songs are overplayed and have become veritable musical cliches? They're played far too often because they're iconic and simply great rock songs. Skynrd's music is far too deep fried southern for me but I must give them credit for putting together a pretty gosh-darned good debut album that also features Tuesdays Gone and Simple man.
Good. Free bird is great.
Southern Rock from the good 'ol Boys of white boy boogie. Doesn't wear that well i feel though I know a lot would disagree. I guess its pretty strong for a debut. I remember getting Freebird on 12" vinyl way back in the 80s and I remember the lyrics spat with Neil Young.. Competent guitar work. The vocals have a clichéd drawl. Nothing stands out that much. 3
Now I know what inspired Kings of Leon Cover art 1/5
Some cool tunes. Some boring tunes. Pretty much what I expected.
Another I wasn't thrilled about getting this morning - not really being a fan of much southern rock, nor did I really feel like hearing Freebird. Again. But heh ... ok it's catchy and fun and legit. It's really hard to extricate yourself from what you've been (over)exposed to throughout your life and radio has spoiled a lot of excellent music from overexposure. This album has great guitar sounds; I love the riff-rock - I don't need to hear "Gimme Three Steps" or "Free Bird" on the radio ever (EVER) again but a) hearing them in context of the album and time period is different somehow; and b) there are a few songs I'd never heard which gave me a little more objective appreciation to the playing and songwriting. Yeah it's necessary to hear this to understand and appreciate the development of blues-rock-southern rock in the 70s. ...and f it -> ha...hearing Free Bird close this out wasn't so bad after all. 7/10 3 stars.
Good album probably contains their best songs
Free Bird does nothing for me really, but there's some good country rock bangers on here.
Pretty much every other song started and I thought "isn't this Free Bird?" It was ok. Nice, chunky, warmly produced Southern rock. Hearing some Stones, hearing the influence on Black Crowes and Primal Scream. Probably going to have to listen a load more times for it to really embed and I'm not sure I'm going to do that.
So, the correct answer to this is anchored by whether (or not) you like the second half of “Freebird”. I do, and this will overlook the multiple crimes against creativity that the rest of this album commits.
I don't care for this kind of music, but Lynyrd Skynyrd knocked it out of the park with their debut album. For me to like this album is saying something! I don't love it, but it is a solid record.
Not my thing. Can recognise its importance though.
Gotta hand it to them: they know how to write a catchy southern song.
OK. I didn't want to like it, because it's dad rock. But it's actually better than I thought.
Classic 3.5 / 5
Southern rock with some groovy guitar riffs. The album starts great but somewhat loses steam towards the middle. So Lynyrd Skynyrd really hat more songs than Sweet Home Alabama. Who would have known? 3/5
I was at a goth night once where the DJ played "Free Bird" because he needed to go for a piss.
3 (1/2)stars
Decent
Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced' Leh-'Nerd 'Skin-'Nérd) Mississippi Kid You have to pronounce it correctly, they're a rock band. Well from their massive success in the debut one in tracks like "Free Bird" or "Simple Man", they're most of all the same receipt. You're on a car trip around the east to west in America or a farm place away from the city, the music plays and neither the landscape or the motor running distract you when the songs play. It's an excellent way to start as a band, it marks an age, it's historic and deserves it. Fly as a Free Bird is not for everyone, some enjoy some don't. C
I dig a lot of the songs, but I can't stand Free Bird's first half or Tuesday's Gone.
Started great, and had the recognizable songs, but halfway through I was getting bored of the ones acting as filler
Southern rock. Some sweet guitar riffs and soloes, especially on the ballads but lyrically pretty thin (it is clearly some young guys who like running free). The more general country songs are rather boring to me. Simple Man stand out, also because I am fascinated by the concept of striving to be a Simple Man.
Listened to this a fair bit in college for some reason. I mean, some of these songs are totally iconic. I just have no urge to come back to them now.
I don’t like Lynyrd Skynyrd. All the more shocking that I LIKED this album. The deep cuts were great and more bluegrass-y which I loved! Favorite song: Things Going On. Little more honky-tonk/blues!
More than half of these songs were new to me! Sometimes you don't understand the hype behind a song, but "Free Bird" is not one of those. There's a reason it's a classic. Actually, considering that "Free Bird" was constructed for Lynyrd Skynyrd's debut album is incredible! The guitar opening in "Gimme Three Steps"? Wow! This album actually has some very amazing, memorable guitar moments. Some songs were a miss for me, but hey, can you get any better than "Poison Whiskey" for a song title? "If I leave here tomorrow,/Would you still remember me?"
Better than I expected but not sure i’d listen again
Bom mas nao me cativou mto
Lots of fun 70s rock. Freebird is a classic, of course. Nothing surprising but a solid album
Southern rock has never been my passion, but I'm sure few would argue with Lynyrd Skynyrd's inclusion on this list. I can't fault the just-on-the-right-side-of-gimmicky guitar line-up at the core of their sound: two, sometimes three lead guitars working in harmony. Powerful as it must have been to experience live, it's also used to most dazzling effect in "Free Bird", which wipes the floor with every track before it on this record. Along with "Simple Man", "Free Bird" is, of course, a classic of its genre, and the track here I was most familiar with. I had to wrestle with the feeling that in 2022, it comes over as a little hammy, almost corny: maybe it's down to overuse, or pop culture's obsession with irony and mining sincerity for memes. "Free Bird" and "Simple Man" may be ripe for parody, but they form the melodic backbone of the album, standing as its most enduring songs. One lick of the five minute guitar coda is enough to stop me even trying to critique it and just enjoy the ride. It may be bias after being so familiar with the big hits, but across the rest of the album, there's little else jumping out at me that elevates Lynyrd Skynyrd against any number of early 70's American rock bands. A couple of light cuts smell suspiciously of throwaways: "Mississippi Kid" feels like Skynyrd going acoustic for the sake of it without having a particularly good song to back it up, and "Poison Whiskey" stumbles over one too many re-treads of a quickly tiring riff. Earlier, there's some great musicianship but the songs themselves feel lacking, rooted in bluesy and swampy riffs without really progressing beyond them. The sound quality doesn't help. "Gimme Three Steps" has a fun riff and injects some energy into proceedings, but the production is awful: everything seems to be pushed to the limit to the point that even the cymbal crashes are riddled with distortion. Because of "Simple Man", "Free Bird" and "Tuesday's Gone" (another epic ballad with the band's lead instrumentalists taking it turn to showcase their skill), this gets an automatic three stars. While there's nothing outright offensive across the album, there's nothing else here to lift it above those three tracks, so this one just misses out on a 4.
Best in class Southern boogie rock. Comparing the demos to the album cuts, you can hear how well prepared the band was to record (with arrangements detailed and honed), but also how well Al Kooper recorded the band, getting a great sound out of them without polishing off the things that make the band great. But it doesn't really speak to me that much. I don't understand the appeal of Freebird (except for the blistering solos at the end, which are, rightly iconic)
Never really listened to Lynyrd Skynyrd before, but that tight knit driving rock beat is right up my street. Some seriously funky riffs in here! Shame about the 7 minute track lengths. Really like the vibe but it’s possibly too heavy on the classic 70s American rock sound for me to really get into. 3/5 - Cool songs, but probably won’t listen again
I thought the only songs I knew from this album were Tuesday's Gone and Free Bird, but I quickly realized I've heard this one many times. A kid I used to work with at the local pizza place had this on repeat every night we closed together. It was nostalgic to hear it again. I still love those two songs the most, but they're all pretty good.
I wasn't really the biggest fan of this one. Not bad, just not really for me. I love classic rock, but the southern version with more blues influences (what I like to call "Deep Fried Classic Rock" just isn't usually my thing. "Black Betty" by Ram Jam being a notable exception.
I always had an aversion to this band, but I don't think of my reasons were ever good. Honestly, the piano work is the best thing about this album. "Things Going On" fucking rules, and "Tuesday's Gone" will forever be the 'Happy Gilmore' song, to me.
Rating: 6/10 Best songs: The gash
This is like 70s classic rock in a bottle (maybe because half of the album is their greatest hits). Overall the sound was a bit too bluesy for me. However I liked 'Tuesday's Gone', and 'Simple Man' is my top pick.
Nice, but gets a little boring for an album
Better than I expected
This generator really said "PLAY FREE BIRD" and I was like "yeah okay" lol legendary
## General notes: Really solid album, mixture of hard hitting rock songs with more relaxed blue moments. Pleasant sounding, very competently executed and overall very enjoyable. ## Song by song - I Ain't The One: Riff heavy rock. Hard rocking guitars. Grooving. Raspy voice, alcohol smelling sounds. In all a solid offering. - Tuesday's Gone: Rock ballad 101. Acoustic guitars, a hammond. Knew this one from Metallica's version. It's very similar. Emotional, melancholic and bluesy. Really like the singing on this one with the slight yodeling and overall whisky infused belting. Two songs in we're already into three stars rating territory. I'm surprised! - Simple Man: Hard rocking slow song. Not that interesting, save for the dynamics of "soft part heavy part". This is from 1973 so maybe it was more innovative ATM. - Missisippi Kid: Stripped down blues. Really well interpreted and enjoyable. Got distracted, don't have any more comments.
Fantastic. Some real classics and the rest are very good. Classics: Freebird, Tuesday's Gone, Gimme Three Steps.
"Free Bird" is a real classic and I believe that this album could be much better for me some years ago. Nowadays, I have more references and some little music knowledge to classify this album as a kind of repetitive classic rock and roll. Not a bad thing, but nothing special.
Album with lots of familiar classics that defined some parts of a generation. Always nostalgic when hearing these tracks, but not going to be a part of my permanent rotation
5/10. had some good songs
I don't think that I have ever (knowingly) listened to an entire Lynyrd Skynyrd album, and it wasn't terrible. I found myself dancing a bit to even some of the songs I didn't know, and I appreciated the bluesy-essence sprinkled throughout. Overall, the album didn't excite me enough to want to add it to my library though.
pretty generic classic rock. i certainly like it, but it's suuuuper saturated which leaves a bit of a bitter taste in my mouth. oh well
Pretty decent country rock. Much more interesting than the Eagles, making a twangy 12 bar blues compelling. Freebird is overrated
Better than expected
hell yeah, haven't even listened to it yet and I know it's 5 star because I have two songs already in my liked songs from this album The last free bird was sad though because the guitarist just gives up right at the beginning It actually was like a 3 out of 5, solid classic songs in there, but the rest are mediocre. I'll give it a 4 out of 5 for freebird
I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would.
grungy acid wash genes + some surprisingly palatable pop rock vibes. Free Bird is the clear standout here.
Thanks
Yeah okay
3.5
OK. I don't hate it and I don't love it. It's just OK
Liked simple man. Not hugely into the rest. Too old school rocky.
Good album, would like to drive through the desert to it
that one song is good
I can see why they shaped the rock back then but songs are a too long for me and I lose context. Best Tuesday's Gone.
You know the songs.
Eerste album van Lynyrd Skynyrd (1973), een band die mij totaal voorbij is gegaan op Sweet Home Alabama na. Southern Rock meets Blues meets Country. Hoogtepunten Simple man & Freebird 3+ ster.
so9me really nice songs, but bit samey
Free Bird og Simple Man trækker den op på 3 stjerner.
Super listenable, freebird is always good, not the most spectacular of albums but wortha listen.
This southern hard rock stuff is not my scene at all. However, this is better than I expected. There's some bluesy stuff, some energetic guitar solos - but the strongest parts are probably the soaring rock ballad type tracks, like "Tuesday's Gone". The different styles are staggered, so you get changes in pace across the album. It's a strong album, with good musicianship. Still not really to my taste, and I'm not sure I'd revisit in a hurry. 3.5
Not a lot of songs, but some very long songs.
Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Tuesday's Gone, Gimme Three Steps, Simple Man, Things Goin' On Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: Good authentic southern rock. Crazy that this was their first album and they basically defined the genre so effortlessly. Not crazy about Free Bird, but overall a great country rock record. Not my favorite genre so it gets a 3, but a strong 3 for sure.
Actually better than I thought
Zaczęło się fajnie, później country :P
I hate everything this band stands for, but this is undeniably CLASSIC rock music. Simple Man is A+. 3.5
It's good classic rock. That's about it.
Sydligt blues-rock, nede på jorden, flere kendte sange
I chose not to listen even though I know the big songs on the album. I would rather not listen to this band. Yes the songs are good and I heard them but I can’t support them.
I know of this band. I decide to listen to the "big hits" first, they actually weren't familiar to me - the music was not particularly appealing, the lyrics were offputting. The music not as tight or coherent as I was expecting from Wikipedia description that they were already playing the songs live and rehearsed a lot before recording. It also sounds hokey creaky croaky - it was 1973, so maybe they were setting a template, but still, today it sounds hokey. I listen to the other songs, I'm not impressed. If I wanted to hear Southern rock, I would go back to Drive By Truckers, that was an interesting album (though too long :-) This album, is Not Good, 4/10.
Also wenn der Text nicht oft so leicht grenzdebil wäre, wäre das wirklich nice zu hören
Not for me: something is uninteristing, something is too long, something is really puzzling. In particular: why the fuck you need 7 guys to play such kind of music?
Not my vibe
please don't tell anyone but this wasn't that bad
Kinda disappointed with this one. Had high expectations but it just wasn’t my jam. Liked a few track though
5/10 - southern 70s rock, not as meh as I thought it would be
Repetitive and boring. Unadventurous, generic rock music. 2/5
I generally can’t stand southern rock stuff like this but I do like Simple Man and it has that song from Happy Gilmore lol
Free Bird obviously rocks, but the rest of this album is pretty meh
oh wow i didn't know these songs except for the last one, free bird. totally surprised me. not really my jam, but it's solid.
song 3 was may fav gimme three steps
Not for me. Free Bird is a classic but that's about it
I pay particular attention to albums from 1973 because that's the year both of my parents were born. I like to get a fuller picture of what the world was like when they came into it. Unfortunately, so far it's just this album and Tubular Bells. I can only imagine my parents came out screaming. Ok but fr this was fine but boring. Unremarkable, insipid dad rock.
Freebird!!
I like free bird…
Ehh I didn't really get much from this. I know Free Bird is legendary, but, the southern rock didn't do it for me here.
very hunkadoorie vibes. Sounded fine but nothing too special really my jam
Ah, I see we've stumbled upon the corner of country music that I don't like: the American Roots Rock corner. Whilst listening to this album, I'm plagued with visions of the American flag, bald eagles, tubby red-necks with sun-damaged shoulders and vomit-inducing facial hair, the word "FREEDOM", cheap and shit beer, incest, and geriatric wannabe-rockstars. That is the demographic for this album in my view, which, I'm sure, is why pronunciation instructions are needed.
All those annoying southern rock songs from the classic rock stations compiled in one place . . . for me to poop on!
i didnt like the style so much, but thats just me
A genuinely great Southern rock debut, which makes it all the more annoying to rate. Eight songs. Four of them stone cold classics. "Simple Man" is wise, warm, and timeless motherly advice wrapped in a gorgeous guitar melody — the kind of song that makes you briefly forget everything you know about the people who made it. "Free Bird" closes the album with nine minutes of escalating guitar heroics that somehow never overstays its welcome, which is more than can be said for the ideology the band would later wave around on a flag. Producer Al Kooper believed so little in "Simple Man" that Van Zant physically escorted him to his car and told him to stay there while they recorded it. This is the most correct creative decision anyone made in 1973, and also a useful metaphor for how to handle opinions you disagree with. Gary Rossington celebrated the iconic cover photo by immediately vomiting on the sidewalk. Honestly, the most relatable moment in the band's entire career. 2 out of 5. Three stars cheerfully awarded to the music itself, which didn't ask for any of this. Two immediately reclaimed on behalf of a flag that should have stayed in the history books.
Free bird is so annoying and ruined this entire band for me so thank you us hockey
Overall I found this quite boring and mostly just wanted a lot of the songs to end. Simple Man was the highlight, and obviously Free Bird is a classic.
Me aburrió. Genuinamente no entiendo por qué está. No destaca en nada realmente.
4/10 Knowing the name Lynyrd Skynyrd, as well as a couple of their bigger hits (although more in passing than with any level of depth), I was hoping for something that would send me down a rabbit hole and inspire some affection for southern rock, a genre that I have no real connection to. From the off, there was at least a bit of interest piqued by the swagger and attitude of the band. They seem a tight unit with a decent level of groove to their playing and, while Ronnie Van Zant isn’t a great singer, he does at least have a bit of grit and charm to his delivery. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long before that initial interest started to fade. For much of the album, they come up with a chord structure, or riff, largely based around standard blues progressions, and then just stick with that for the entire duration of a song, with riffs often just endlessly repeating. And they don’t like short songs either. Boy, oh boy do they like to drag things on. It’s not that any of it is overtly bad. The performances are good, and they have a decent groove as a group, but ultimately, it all felt rather bland and lacking in the requisite charisma to really hook me in. Even the soloing felt uninspiring, like they would pick a riff within a solo and overplay it, before switching to another and overplaying that one too. There’s a bit in Free Bird where the guitar solo is two notes played for ages, and frankly, when a guitar solo doesn’t engage, it gets boring very, very quickly. I was toying with a slightly higher rating for this, because I didn’t actively dislike it, but ultimately, I came off the back of the record feeling… more or less nothing. Which is why I ended up where I did. A meh score for a meh experience. I Ain't The One - A cool swaggering southern rock start. It’s got some decent hooks and a cool attitude, but the underlying musical structure and main riff does become a bit repetitive after a while. There’s a decent groove to it and the mix of guitar lines work reasonably well. It’s a decent enough kick-off, but it’s not really grabbed hold of me just yet. Tuesday's Gone - On to a ballad now that’s quite meandering and is definitely way, way too long. I decided I’d about had enough of this and then realised I was only half way through. It’s quite a basic track that’s cheesy and fairly bland, not offering much in the way of development despite its length. It feels like Bob Burns was trying to inject as much drive as he could with his drums, but this just drags on and on and on. Boring. Gimme Three Steps - Back to something with a bit of swagger again, but it is another that’s decent but doesn’t set one’s pants on fire. In fact, it kind of sounds like the kind of song that Hells Angels would line dance to. It’s ok, I guess, but it’s quite repetitive and basic without offering much development or depth. Cool enough riffs, but over-used and nothing particularly standout or charismatic about any of the performances either. Simple Man - Simple Man, simple song. The same three chords the whole way through a six minute song. Yes, they change the intensity of the presentation during the chorus but boy, oh boy, does this get old fast. It’s slightly too slow paced and the relentlessness of the band playing essentially the same thing round and round for so long just doesn’t inspire me at all. I don’t think Ronnie Van Zant is a particularly good singer either. He’s not bad, per se, he’s just pretty average, and a song like this when the focus is intended to be more on the vocal, he sounds fairly exposed. Things Goin' On - There’s a bit more range to this with the use of different instruments through different sections, but the underlying structure is still very basic and repetitive. It’s also quite rhythmically stilted and that honky-tonk piano is way too loud. It just feels a bit blues-rock by numbers, and the fairly bland soloing doesn’t help it that much either. I’m really struggling to find much to hold on to here thus far, to be honest. Mississippi Kid - I quite like the effect given by the three guitars here. I love a bit of old-school delta blues, and this recalls something of that sound, but I’m not quite buying what they’re selling in the same way as those old school blues players. It is a touch on the repetitive side, but that kind of works for this and it’s not excessively long, so that works in its favour. It’s not bad though and it’s probably my favourite track on the record so far. Poison Whiskey - This is a pretty cool riff and that swagger connects a bit better here. I think the vocal has the right amount of slur and attitude to it too. Again, thert=e’s just too much repetition of the cadence of the central musical theme here, which makes it tire quite quickly, but as with the last track, at least it’s short so it doesn’t drag things too far. The piano solo is pretty cool though. Free Bird - The same chord structure for 9 minutes? Yay! Again, I feel like the vocal feels a bit exposed, the repetition drags it down, and it’s too slow and drudging. It must be boring as fuck to be a non-soloing player in this band. It gets way better half way through when they pick up the pace, with improved rhythm, drive and intensity, but just when it starts to get good, they open the floor to a widdly and uninspiring guitar solo. Good god, it’s a boring solo. Stop repeating yourself so much! How on god’s green earth this was voted the 3rd greatest guitar solo of all time, I’ll never know.
i cant really believe this is a real band and i also cant believe they're this old
"Free bird" is a classic song, very effective. The rest of the album is what I imagine truck drivers listening. 2.5 / 5
Деревянный пикап на скорости. Как бы странно и невежественно бы ни было - мне не понравилось. И нет я с удовольствием послушал альбом, в особенности вторую половину. Альбом - кладезь легендарных и всем известных треков, таких как free bird и down south jukin`. Думаю процентов 90 людей включая меня даже не подозревали, что эти песни принадлежат одному альбому одной группы. Отдельно эти песни - чрезвычайно драйвовые и бешеные. Весь альбом - наверное не переслушаю никогда. Итоговая оценка 3,5/10, имея ввиду альбом!!!
No lo escuché entero porque se murió el Indio, pero bueno, igual no me gustaba tanto, no es mi estilo.
yawnnnnnnn i hate this kinda rock sorry
4/10, todo el álbum muy monótono. Temas MUY largos (9 mins!!) y todo mismo ritmo, me dio mucho sueño. Siento que no sobresalió ninguno
too country for me
It was fine. I think the aspects of this album I like are outshined by the fact that other albums do them better (e.g. songwriting, grooviness, guitar work, etc.)
Feels like a pretty generic country rock album to be honest, kinda like the whole thing is mostly filler before the one famous song right at the end. None of it was bad by and means, it even had some alright moments that were a somewhat interesting blend of country and prog rock. But literally nothing really properly grabbed my attention until the very end. Maybe that's because I already knew Free Bird, and so I just spend the whole album waiting for it, or maybe it genuinely is just that boring until the famous song. So regardless of how biased I was listening to this, that was just my experience.
So dull!
Fuckin hell, free bird but also big racist yikes here
I was most pleased when it ended.
free bird stabil, rest aber nicht meine art von country musik
Sureee!
There's a lot of very well known, dare I say obscenely overplay, songs on this album. Because of that it just sort of faded into the background for me without much of an emotional response. I will say that once I reached the "CD bonus tracks" in the Spotify list I shut it off. When I am enjoying something I let them play. So that was an indicator to me that I was over it and happy it ended.
what was going on bro.
Dad rock.
Naw
They really put everything into Free Bird eh?
Intro to songs are too long, seems average / not interesting southern American music. Not bad, just don't like the genre, free bird is good tho.
Shit. I hate that the creators of some of my favorite guitar solos appear to have been racist assholes, by reviews and other accounts. Can I love the sinner but hate the sin here? I (hopefully) have grown from beyond my own southern roots, so I hope the same would apply here. Going with my music heart and not so much my political heart on this one.
I was relieved when Free Bird faded out. Mostly bar band tunes with stretchy repetitive solos.
This album has two of the greatest rock songs to ever grace my ears and that is why it is a tad disappointing that everything else about the LP is just ok to me. This southern style of rock is one that I feel like has invaded my life for so long as an American so finally sitting down and listening to an album fully drenched in that feeling helps me appreciate the highs like free bird more but makes me a tad more harsh on something like gimme three steps which I just think is ok. Not a bad album just one I can not get into as much as I wish I could. Fav tracks: Tuesday's Gone and Free bird
Probably a 2.5 - 2 or 3 stonkers, plus Freebird, but a few bluesy run-of-the-mill snoozers too.
Rewatching season 4 of Buffy, and today's episode just happened to be "The Yoko Factor". Weird. Anyway, I think I may have been born on the wrong side of the Mason-Dixon line to truly appreciate this. It's by no means unlistenable, but if given the choice, I'd probably prefer not to listen.
This was fine for what it is, but not for me.
feels like you need to be born and grown in america to fully enjoy this album. i liked the 'free bird' song. not much of country rock fan. on my first listen, i did not like this album much except for one or two songs in it. as of 9th april 2026.
La verdad no me mato, hay dos canciones que me gustaron pero no tanto
It was not bad, and I didn't know that free bird was produced by them, it's just not my cup of the.
man i feel so american. pretty cool, but just... so american. maybe not really my thing? free bird was cool though. i think im supposed to have some feeling on simple man and gimme three steps, but they really just went in one ear and out the other, none of them getting added to my playlist. i liked tuesdays gone. still, cool to hear one of the first big country rock bands. they formed out of Jacksonville can u believe that
Basic music for basic people.
ZZZZ Poison whiskey. Ese fondo de piano de Jazzz, algo de country. Quizás no estoy en el mood. Voy a escuchar ASMR
Solid southern blues/rock and featuring the epic nine minute Freebird, this album should be up my street, but unfortunately it comes with a big red flag - literally in this case. Lynyrd Skynrd (probably the only band named after a strict PE teacher) made a thing of using a confederate flag as part of their stage set and on album covers. They also had a beef with Neil Young’s song ‘Alabama’ and wrote ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ as a response, saying it was unfair to blame the whole of the South for slavery. Given that their music owes a huge debt to the delta blues, this is a disingenuous stance to say the least. A plane crash in 1977 killed lead singer and front man Ronnie Van Zant, two other band members, their roadie and the two pilots of their charter plane. The surviving members reformed the band 10 years later with Van Zant’s younger brother Johnny as singer, but carried on using the flag until 2012, dropping it for a while and cravenly restoring it for a while after ‘fans’ complained. Giving this two stars purely for memories of Freebird always being played at school discos that I went to as a kid
Zone out quite a bit.
the 1 extra star is for the 5-minute guitar solo in free bird, and that's IT!
4/10 Hörbar, aber langweilig Auf lange Zeit monoton Nicht begeisternd 1 Song gespeichert
God, now I'm realizing how much Free Bird sucks, album doesn't help. 2/5
It's alright. It's pretty standard classic southern rock. I never understood their fame. For years I always thought they got big because of the crash. I've heard better than them and I've heard a lot worse.
Bud Light Rock. Free Bird is class
Don't have much to say about this. It's fine I guess, just not really my kind of thing. Maybe in another life where I'm a truck driver in Texas.
Yeah... It doesn't include their biggest hit so maybe another album to go in the list? It all seems a bit self indulgent 9 minute free bird. Meh really, didn't inspire.
There are 7 of them??????? 90s looking album cover. First of all, "'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd" is not IPA and so I don't know know to interpret it. Like what are the 's for? The actual pronunciation is supposedly [lɛnərd skɪnərd], so I guess they got the gist across. Might as well have named themselves Leonard Skinnard if they weren't so obsessed with Y. But I do like that they thought to name the album after a pronunciation guide, anyway. Respectable decision. LS are basically a country-ish version of their sister band LZ, two extremely hated bands (by me - extremely loved by the masses, which doesn't help their case). You'd think the +country feature would make them worse, but I find they're actually a bit better. A cleaner sound and some little piano ("keyboard") bits in there. The songs are very long though, and also 70s "southern rock", so there's no way I'd ever be liking it. 'Free Bird' has a lot more to it than I realised (this is not a compliment).
not too bad 2.5
Not for me
está largo y muy rahhh
Типичный американский рок 70-х. Наверное нужно вырасти в Алабаме чтобы нравилось такое
I feel conflicted about this. There were some songs that I really loved, but the majority of them I just couldn't get into. I think giving this album two stars is too low, but giving it three stars is too high.
Released that I don't really know much of Lynyrd Skynryd beyond Sweet Home Alabama. This is a very underwhelming album, not sure why it would be in 1001 that you MUST hear before you die, it's just not that interesting. The rockers are OK (e.g. I Ain't The One and Poison Whiskey) but the slower jams are a bit boring (e.g. Simple Man and especially Free Bird). Not good, not bad, just a bit bland.
2.5
I tried with this album. A few popular songs on here but they tend to miss with me. Allman Brothers is more my groove, not Lynyrd Skynyrd...
I’m giving this album an extra star for “Free Bird” and “Simple Man.” The rest is extremely straightforward, boring rock & roll which is just not my genre.
Geit eso
Unwichtig.
Inte ett fan av amerikansk söder-vibe på musiken.
Känns som lite vanlig sydamerikansk rock som inte sticker ut så mycket/lätt att glömma, säger inte att det är dåligt för den sakens skull. Har ett par klassiker, blir lite nostalgisk av låtar man hört i Dazed and confused & Forest Gump. Stark 2a.
Idk man, Skynyrd has never really been my thing. The album has all their early hits. I enjoyed Mississippi Kid, hadn't heard that one before. As a southern raised kid, at this point the endless guitar squeels of Freebird just feel played out
Just not really for me.
Okay reminded me of the OB too much
Groupe connu de nom uniquement. En fait non, j'ai reconnu 'Simple Man', je ne l'avais pas associé à ce groupe. Rock classique, avec des riffs entrainants et des chorus réussis (Les chorus de 'Free Bird' sont vraiment sympas). Mais quelques morceaux sont plus mous, ou plus country/folk, donc moins intéressants pour moi, en particulier au début de la face 2 de l'album, ce qui m'a gâchè l'écoute. =>2/5
total dude stuff
The hit songs are good. Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man, and the ever-imitated and parodied Free Bird are songs I enjoy. Greatness? No. The rest of the album is flat-out bad, as is every other Skynryd song I have ever heard. Nope, for me this doesn't belong on any list of essential albums.
hahhaha omg this the band who played sweet home alabama? thats crazyyy. BRO WHY IS FREE BIRD 9 MINUTES WHO NEEDS 9 MINUTES???? heard they were/are racists and they look like it lmao good god. Parting from that problem for a second, the album name is absolutely hilarious. I like I Ain't The One and Things Going On. Thats all i have to say
First listen I thought that’s ok let’s give it another go. That’s when the rot set in. It’s just forgettable country rock, average at best 1 star for the album and 1 star for freebird
Great guitar tones
I guess I have this out of the way now at least. Also given this album’s reputation, I figured there’d be at least a few other good songs besides Free Bird
A true American Classic--despite often racist lyrics and with many concerts and albums adorned with the Confederate (pro slavery) flag of 1860's US, which some people still hail today. Yet, some of their tunes are undeniably classic Southern rock when you ignore the racist lyrics. 2 stars for being racists and pro-Confederate South, but a classic 70s work nevertheless.
Is every Lynyrd Skynyrd song like 18 minutes long? Or do they all just feel this way? 3 stars, -1 star for racism.
Ohan tää nyt aika sweet home kalanti, saatana-osastoa paikotellen. Silti pieksee eilisen hevosjazzin heittämällä. Välillä yllätin itteni nyökkäilemäst.
good sound, a bit more variety for me
I liked Simple Man and maybe Poison Whiskey (I Ain't The One was ok too)
Not my style but good overall
Soube bem ouvir mas não senti que fosse memorável
I knew the instrumental from Tuesdays gone. not really my vibe I give it a 4/10
Not really my jam
Review - The songs I already know are good but the rest are terrible. Also these guys are racist. Rating - 3/10 Need to hear? YES
Never was a Skynyrd fan, nor of that gruesome Southern Rock. Ok, this is a debut album, but highly praised for the musical prowess and especially the guitar solos. I found most of that quite boring, simple, and repetitive, especially the end of Free Bird. And on top of it all, this obnoxious southern attitude.
I’m not a big fan of this kind of music. It’s southern, swampy, and boring. Sweet Home Alabama is a fantastic song but much like Stairway to Heaven I’ve heard far too many times. People rate this down because of perceived racism. Well, we’re talking about the South in the 70s so, of course. I rate albums according to the quality of the music not the measure of the man.
3/10… rock / southern rock / *1973
Not a country fan
Legendary but not my type
mid 💔
Sounds like the result if you sun-dried a kilo of blow in an open barrel of Jack Daniel’s and gave it a Confederate flag
I think my first introduction to Tuesday's Gone was playing it in Guitar Hero: Metallica, it was great and I still enjoy the song. I don't know though, of the 8 songs I personally only like 4 of them and the experience of the rest packaged together in this album doesn't work for me. I'd rather listen to the ones I like outside the album, which is different to other albums where I may only really love 3 or 4 tracks but will still listen to the whole thing. Also, maybe I'm biased towards other groups, or it could be a generational thing, but I have a hard time believing this is the best southern rock/blues/country album that everyone must listen to or they're missing out.
Simple Man...
En del feta riff, men som vi alla vet är det bara simple man och free bird som någon bryr sig om. Samtidigt så måste de få minuspoäng för sin besatthet av sydstatsflaggan
Rating: 5/10 Technically good and not without its merits. But I don't care about this band. At least they saved the best for last
Decent listen, love the hits + tolerate the rest. The sound is pretty iconic while also being a little meandering, very likely won't listen to it again 4.8/10
When i aint the one kicked in i thought i might like this album, but by gimme three steps i was distinctly bored. It just plods along. I’m sure if i only listened to an individual track it might be alright but a full album ….no thank you. It’s therefore an interesting choice to put free bird last in the running order. The clear highlight but so late it cant save a dull album
Partly heard before Saved 2/8 Top track: Free Bird
Ist einfach nicht mein Genre, ist mir teilweise ein bisschen zu langsam 😅
Enjoyed the soft rock
Meh, I guess free bird is alright
Expected to hate this and was not disappointed
Sorry, but this is too 'classic rock' for me. There's a couple of good ones on here, but not something I'd listen to regularly. Favourite tracks: Tuesday's Gone, Free Bird.
I don't have any good reason for not being more into this, since a lot of it is kinda in my wheelhouse, but it's just okay for me.
I only like freebird
See some people saying there's three good songs on this. I don't even think too much of Simple Man... just trudges through the same three chords - a lot of root notes and finds few interesting melodies. So for me that leaves only two good songs.
I am convinced everyone is just pretending to like Free Bird. It's fine guys, but there are a billion better guitar solos.
Free Bird was ok but the album in overall didn't strike me at all. Middle of the road music.
I feel like I shouldn’t have liked this, but I actually knew and liked 3 songs. I didn’t like the rest. I knew Tuesday’s Gone, Simple Man, and Free Bird.
Kind of hit and miss for me, the singles aren’t bad, but some songs are a little sluggish (I’m looking at you Free Bird). Standard high 2 stars, not something I’d pick to spin, but most of the hits are good enough to carry the rest of the album.
Imagine if country met rock and you'll get this album - not bad, just not something I'd find myself listening to again
This was so fine. Free Bird slaps but otherwise not something I particularly was interested in - this took two sittings to get through.
Not a huge fan of southern pride stuff and possible racism. I don't care what was accepted at the time. Musically they are not bad and I enjoy the song Simple Man
Clearly only on this list because of Free Bird
Don't trust an album on which the best songs are the ballads. I have a feeling I'll say that a lot during this challenge. Tuesday's Gone is pretty good, though, and to a lesser extent I enjoyed Simple Man and Free Bird. On a couple of the better songs, Ronnie van Zant sounds oddly like Gary Brooker.
Y’a des moments de guitare que j’ai bien aimé mais sinon je retiens pas grand chose
average, not really my thing
4/10
found myself very bored throughout most of this album, it kinda felt like i was just waiting for each song to end. southern rock really isn't my thing. i did enjoy 'tuesday's gone' but apart from that nothing stood out to me at all. i kept waiting for it to get better but ultimately every track kind of blended into each other leaving little inspiration or desire to carry on listening. 'mississippi kid' and 'poison whiskey' were unenjoyable for me and the fact they were back-to-back made it even more of a tough listen. maybe i'm being harsh and it wasn't that bad, i just wouldn't choose to listen to it again (apart from 'tuesday's gone'). i did like 'free bird' as well but it was awfully repetitive for a track that's almost 10 mins long - it felt like it was stuck on loop with the same guitar riffs/solos over and over again.
bro I was waiting for free bird and then free bird wasn't even that good
początek dobry ale pozniej.... 2,5 bym dal
What a snooze fest!
free bird is one of the worst songs of all time
Got through this by thinking about what I would listen to when I was done.
Free Bird is an all-timer I'll give them that
Proto butt-rock. OK riffs. Inoffensive but dull. Reverse delay drum intro on the opener was neat. Mostly recycled blues riffs and vapid lyrics. I guess the dueling guitar Freebird solo is pretty cool
FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BIRDDDDDDDDDD YEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH Me aburrió.
Hmm, nah
Проходной альбом. Не бесит, но и не восхищает
Demasiado yankee. No hay forma de escucharlo sin sentir que me estoy separando de Stacey porque ella va a ir a Winscousin a estudiar Medicina y yo voy a la universidad de Coulorado para seguir siendo mariscal de campo +1 estrella por Freebird que es buen tema +1 estrella por el Won't you flyyyy hiiiiigh, freeeee biiird yeah y solazo de guitarra
Solid 2.5
Rock ok
hard to relate to this album, some nice guitar riffs and drums but that's about it
Only heard their biggest hits before. An unremarkable album, I even forgot how long Free Bird is before it gets to the interesting part 2/5
Freebird
It is unusual for so short a single album to house so many iconic songs, I'll give it that. the songwriting is fairly strong, even if the lyrics are generally vapid. That said, Southern rock is generally a turn off for me- as soutehrn pride is generally just veiled backwardsness and racism. I don't strongly detect that here, but I just don't vibe with it. 2 things: Freebird is somehow not nearly as annoying as it should be given its ubiquity. Also, though kind of dunderheaded, Simple Man has a decent core message and is clearly the best tune on the record. It's not bad, but it's not for me.
Ok, not their best. 2.5 stars
6 songs that aren't Free Bird or Simple Man, plus Free Bird and Simple Man. Yeah most of the record didn't do much for me, and though I do like Free Bird, in the modern meme space I can't really take it seriously. For Simple Man, though, I have no reservations; this track is excellent.
i can really only tolerate this kind of music when i’m pretending that i’m in a deleted scene from dazed & confused. ‘tuesday’s gone’ is alright i guess. and i can’t lie…i kinda do like ‘free bird’ (only for the “lord knows i can’t change” refrain) even though it being the hold music at my psychiatrist’s office does make it a bit triggering for me. this is not an album that’s worth caring about either way.
I started to listen to it but then i didn’t feel like it. it’s just kind of noise idk it doesn’t connect with me at all.
Pretty dull for the most part but Things Goin' On is fun and Free Bird is good of course.
Today the generator said, "Play some Skynyrd." So I did. It was okay. This style of rock doesn't do much for me, but it was fine to have it on in the background while I did other things. Standout track: Tuesday's Gone.
Fun. I'd only ever heard the last track.
Ooooooh them duke boys are at it again!!!
I can smell the Bud Light and F150 exhaust fumes from this album. One good song and that's it.
Overblown, off-putting American swamp rock. Conjures denim jackets, rollies and petrol (sorry, gas). If you burst into patriotic tears at the sight of a flag, seek this album.
Eh
I expected to hate and I didn't hate it but didn't love it. Free Bird is a tune
Ehh not for me. V male, v American. Honestly I just find this kind of music boring.
I like "Free Bird" but the rest felt meh to me.
I’m expecting to either hate this or think it’s mediocre. I was right it is mediocre. Nothing excited me really. It isn’t bad but it’s just sort of there. 4/10
Was an okay album short album. Still enjoyed it. There are definitely recognizable highlights. But likely was an album that would’ve meant more to me had I been around during its inception.
Pretty disappointing. I was excited to finally hear Freebird, but it didn't do much for me. The rest of the album has decent, passionate playing but is let down by average songwriting and clichéd lyrics.
yeah idk..i have some fun childhood memories with some of these songs but coming back to it nothing blew me away
Mostly swamp rock that didn’t quite fit the idea I had from Free Bird or Sweet Home Alabama. Was fine, but didn’t really grab my attention until the last track. Doubt I’ll revisit.
buiten freebird is de rest nogal middelmatige rock... met een bruin randje
I’ve never loved them, glad it’s not all ‘Freebird’ but still not winning me over to a daily listen.
Simple man and Free bird are recognizable.
This one doesn’t even have fuckin Sweet Home on it. What’s the point? Neil Young just released a new album in 2025 and he still whips your asses. Why’d you disappear, anyway? Oh right. The title of the album was strictly for the band’s benefit, ‘cos sometimes they’d forget. They knew three chords and their lyrics were the Crystal Pepsi of southern rock. Too bad Tom Petty came later or we might have done without you entirely.
Freebird is good everything else falls short
Nope. Never really liked them-SUCH rednecks, not my sound, don't like his voice or attitude and if I ever hear Freebird again it will be too soon.
This isn't my jam. I can appreciate it for what it is, but it's not for me.
I kept shouting "Play Free Bird" for 34 minutes. 34 minutes in purgatory. 34 minutes listening to Lynyrd Synyrd. 34 minutes listening to Southern Rock. I don't think that was 34 minutes well spent.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ half decent, mostly forgettable. some of these songs (particularly Tuesday's Gone) felt like they went on entirely too long for my liking i would agree that free bird's a must-hear song, but everything else? nah minus points for apparently being racists too
2 sterne
Most of the songs fell into the back of my mind and melted into one song, other than Gimme Three Steps and Free Bird. Decent album, great guitar work, I liked the piano part on Things Goin' On, but overall not my thing, I got tired of it fairly quickly.
Maken kanssa jaoin, että aloin kuuntelemaan 1001 levyä. Hyvää musaa, mutta ei jäänyt paljoa mieleen. Tein GBK-kalvoja ja autostrategiaa.
horrivel vsf duas estrelas pq tem free bird e eu gosto muito de free bird.
sendo sincero, o conceito de southern rock me soa meio racista. eles usarem a bandeira dos confederados nos shows não ajuda também. dito isso, algumas músicas só funcionam no guitar hero mesmo (alo free bird). eu passo.
ist ganz gut
Ultimately didn't mind this too much when it reminded me of Black Keys. But we don't support Confederate glorifiers in this house because look where overlooking traitors to this country hasn't gotten us?
I have trouble, sometimes, separating a band's music from the band's fan base. In the case of Lynyrd Skynyrd, even at just the mention of the band, what immediately comes to mind are white trash hillbillies festooned in Rebel Flag merch screaming something about their "heritage." It seems that at some point in 2012, the band stopped using Confederate imagery on their album covers, but that's too little too late and it hasn't stopped their mouth breathing fans from rocking the stars and bars. With that being said, I was shocked to actually enjoy the first half of this album. It's the sound that every southern rock band has tried to emulate but usually fall well short of achieving. "Tuesday's Gone" has been used in so many film soundtracks that it's kind of cliche at this point and I'm fairly certain I've been to a Southern funeral or two at which it's played, but it's honestly a pretty solid tune. Speaking of cliches, this album ends with "Free Bird." I hate this song. But, if you go to a concert to see any band of any genre anywhere in the world and someone doesn't yell "Play Free Bird" in between songs, did you really go to a concert? 2 stars. I'd almost allow myself to give it 3 for "Tuesday's Gone" and the album's pretty solid first half, but I'm sticking with 2 because their fans can really suck.
Pretty average but also I'm docking a star for the whole racism thing Fav Track: Free Bird Least Fav Track: no standouts here
It’s fine it’s chill and love free bird but not all that interesting
It's ok. Even quite good. Really good at times. Can't comment on the good ole boy racist elements cos I'm not from the US and largely unaware, except to say that's it's REALLY NOT FRICKEN NECESSARY, and I'm not with it. Musically outstanding for a debut. Four stars, down to two for being needlessly intolerant and and endorsing hatred. Simple Man is great. Tuesday's Gone is ok. Freebird is quality. Racism sucks. Two stars.
Free bird is a classic and it's a bange but I am not a country fan
Перший раз їх нормально послухав. Мені дуже подобаються Allman Brothers і ZZ Top, але для мене Lynyrd Skynyrd це більш локальне американське явище. Їх нецікаво слухати поза контекстом їх впливу або значимості. Як на мене ця музика має набагато краще звучати наживо. А так щоб потрапити в 1000 найцікавіших записів - мабуть ні.
Simpel musik for simple mænd Udtales Red-Neks
In terms of Southern rock, the Allmans wipe the floor with these guys. If I never heard “Free Bird” again, it’ll be too soon.
Three for the music, one for the racism. Always the question: can you separate the art from the artist?
Ah dropped mah confederate flag in mah moonshine and everything like that goshdarnit.
I don't really like Skynyrd or southern rock. Tuesday's Gone is probably my favorite song on the album, and the solo on Free Bird is very good even if I don't really care for the song itself.
Those guitars are annoying, those lyrics are stupid
meh
Tuesdays Gone - and so are my hopes of becoming a Skynhead The mixing is immaculate. I’m glad the whole album wasn’t free bird, and the more reserved bluesy tracks that weren’t the popular hits were a welcome relief, and were even good. But the songs are so long and don’t do anything interesting enough to hold my attention, and I just don’t care for them anymore than I did before Best - Mississippi Kid Worst - Free Bird
Честно сказать... Не то что бы я не ожидал, но это всё равно срака. Лучшая песня - Simple Man.
Wouldn’t have listened to this before but I quite like the southern rock sound now and Free Bird is a classic. Goes on a bit though.
it's not that i hate it, i just don't like this doodley wohoo sound too much.
Hard rock band from the 70’s. Some good music.
I wanted to like this, but it's dull. Dull, dull, dull.
Better than I expected. Wouldn’t mind someone else putting this on, but wouldn’t reach for it myself.
Simple Man on mainio, muuten omaan makuun vähän tylsää menoa.
A little too old fashioned for me, free bird was fine though.
I’m going to call this Mom Rock - because my own Mother knew the lyrics to ever Skynyrd song that came on the radio.
3/5
poah ich weiss ja nicht das ist wieder so texas
Decent, not my kind of music. Listened while driving in Honda civic. I can see some of its influence
There’s a certain stereotype of a Lynyrd Skynyrd fan that, as someone who grew up in Missouri, I have had the extreme misfortune of verifying many times over. So I never really sat down and listened to the band. Turns out I wasn’t missing anything. This band is what a confederate flag sounds like.
Another insanely popular American album that I have zero emotional connection with, because I'm not American. Was it worth listening to 36 minutes of the most generic blues rock ever recorded just to hear the "Free Bird" solo? ...Kinda? "Rossington vomited on the sidewalk seconds after the album cover was taken" Hell yeah brother.
wow maybe the most WHO GIVES A FUCK album of all time. gave up and listened to metallica so
It's a 2. All day long. Sometimes that feels harsh, but this isn't a 3. But it's not so God awful that it deserves 1. At times it's gets really textured and surprisingly orchestral. But that's fleeting and it's mostly just that US 70s rock that is mostly fine.
This sounds exactly as I expected. Has NOT aged well I'm afraid.
Although I don’t like country elements, Lynyrd Skynyrd puts up an interesting album that doesn’t leave me clawing my ears out
A slower tempo. Not something I expected
I thought, Feeebird aside, it was a whole lot of nothing really.
How do you even rate this? I can see why it did what it did, but, a day later I can't tell you one thing I remember from the album.
Here's the thing about Lynyrd Skynyrd: I don't care for them even for a second. But: "Freebird" is actually great, with a special shout-out to Guitar Hero, the game that helped me realize that "Freebird" is actually great. Both of these stars are for "Freebird."
Free bird absolutely annihilated the rest of this album i don’t have anything else to say
I’m finding these classic rock records so hard to rate. Outside of the songs that have stood the test of time a lot of these tunes are first time listens and I have to admit that I’m not the biggest fan. It’s not that they’re bad it’s just that they don’t do anything for me. They are of their time and I’m not nostalgic for them at all. I’m happy others find so much joy from this but to me it’s bland rock. 2.5/5