Reviews (page 13 of 14)
I'm a FREEE BIRD
Lmao I feel dumb but I never realized that the Talking with T-Bird theme from RHAP is a parody of Free Bird
Awesome guitars, good rhythms, good melodies, good vibes. Call me a basic southern white boy but this is good music right here Best song: Simple Man
10th April 2023 Listened on bank holiday Monday with a cold. Jen back from Aus, lunch at the Crown in Minch and tea at mum and dads. Surprised by how much this got under my skin, thought it would be too dad rocky but i enjoyed it. 3.5 if I could.
These days it’s refreshingly simple with good ol’ boy vocals and unadulterated honest guitar work. Some nice tunes and musical compared to most of the tripe produced today.
One loathes their politics and avoids their fans whenever possible, but there's no denying the distinctiveness of their sound and the greatness of many of their songs. Strong vocals, awesome funky hooks and the authentic fuck-it attitude – they kinda had it all and made it look easy besides. "Tuesday's Gone" has a richly emotional and vaguely symphonic feel, a la Zeppelin power ballads (reminder this was before that term became ironic and tarnished thanks to hair metal bands). And note to editors: though slightly more redneck-y, LS is no more Southern than ABB, who are the better band, on balance.
A little is fun. A whole album is too much Freedom Rock for me
Favorite Songs: Tuesday's Gone Mr. Banker - Demo Version
I fuck with this. Kick ass, hard rocking Southern boogie rock band. It makes me, a die-hard New Yorker, want to chug some sweet tea and ride ATVs through the mud lol. There are 8 songs on this album and FOUR OF THEM ARE ALL TIME CLASSICS. Free Bird, Gimme Three Steps, Simple Man, and Tuesday’s Gone on ONE album?! And it’s a debut?!?!?! Come on. Come ON! Not a single skip or dud on this album. 'Nuff said. (Though I will say that it genuinely bothers me they got their own phonetic spelling wrong, lol)
It really is telling when your debut album sounds like your 'best-of' album. Even though side B might not pack the punch of Side A, there really is not a bad song on this record, and when the mood changes I can actually appreciate Things Going On or Poison Whiskey over Free Bird. Simple Man is such a Rock Classic is needs a star on its own.
Pairs well with a Busch Lite. Some great classics on this. Definitely enjoyed it.
Oh fuck yeah, it's that band that the Drive-By Truckers wouldn't shut up about! Tuesday's Gone? Banger. Gimme Three Steps? Banger. Simple Man? Banger. Free Bird? Banger. Lol I looked up Lynard Skynard on wikipedia and found this nugget: The Drive-By Truckers dedicated their album Southern Rock Opera (2001) to Lynyrd Skynyrd.[citation needed]
This band should really be singing about Drive-By Truckers So. Many. Bangers. Dan and I once went to a Lynyrd Skynyrd show back in 2011 at Aberdeen Proving Grounds and Dan got the worst chigger bites I have ever a human get. We then went back to my apartment in Towson which I had just moved into that day and sat with Mike Myers and crushed a bag of Franzia while watching Always Sunny and playing pong. Dan thought that the bed he slept on gave him bed bugs and it almost made me move out of my apartment in one day
THIS is southern rock, not that drive-by bullshit. Obvious classics like Free Bird, Simple Man, and that song from Happy Gilmore. Some of the songs I didn't know beforehand I could also jam to.
Brilliant
Need to listen again, but it's nice to hear all songs from this album and not just Free bird
Can see why people might like this, but needs something more exciting in this genre for me.
1. Simple Man 2. I Ain’t The One 3. Free Bird
What a banger! This debut album is just stellar. The guitar work is some of the best the world has ever been treated to.
I’ve taken Free Bird for granted for a very long time. What a track.
no heleppeoahan tätä on vihata mutta miellekästä musiikkia albumi täynnä. klassikko viisuja muutama kappale vaikka on tuo saatanan kitaran soundi vituttaan.. päähäm menee tollanen.....PÄÄHÄN........BLUES ALARM ALARM ALARAM.... välittömästi nousuun... ville nousiainen......voittaa vielä! OLYMPICS!!! simple man
I admit blues rock/country rock isn't really my thing but I understand that Americans, especially those from the south love this kind of music. They can connect to it much better than me, somewhere in Europe. That being sad, there were a lot of good songs on the album and the last two minutes or to, was bombastic. I loved how the album finished. But overall it isn't a very enjoyable album for me. I'd give it a 3.5 but since there are no 'half points', I'll stick to 3.
Lots of recognizable songs but pretty boring as an album experience
I hate that I feel compelled to give this album a 5 because like, I hate Lynyrd Skynyrd in so many ways. But - at the same time - they did kind of invent/perfect southern rock. They merged blues, country, and rock into a unique sound that a lot of people copied. . Plus, I didn't realize that basically every LS song I know (minus Sweet Home Alabama) ended up on the same album - and it was their debut. Therefore, one could argue that it was all downhill for them after this - which is fair. But this album - I Ain't the One, 3 Steps, Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man, Free Bird - that's an impressive rookie performance. I was hopeful maybe I'd be able to hate some of the lesser-knowns, but Things Goin' On and Poison Whiskey were solid tracks as well. Bottom line, I liked this album all the way through and - if you're going to listen to one album that "represents" the entire genre of southern rock, it's this one. Dammit.
Classic 70s southern rock, "gimme three steps", "Tuesdays gone", "simple man", and "free bird" are all classic tracks. Bluesy rock and roll, the whole album is great.
Can understand why it was and still is popular. They remind me of a Deep South RHCP. No real stand outs but high calibre. Tremendous set of outfits and haircuts on this cover. Warwick Uni kayak society had a similar aesthetic.
Don't think I've ever sat down and listened to the 'Skin-'Nérd's but I was pleasantly surprised, very easy listening. Tuesday's gone, Simple Man and Free Bird particular highlights and would all be great accompaniments to a wholesome movies end credits. Nicht so Bad
Better than I thought it would be. Never heard free bird in context. Brilliant. 3/5
Kai tää on ihan solidia kamaa, mutten vaan jaksa kiinnostua
Omassa lajissaan melko täydellinen, mutta kauttaaltaan omaksuttu, ei sävelletty. Kylmiä väreitä: joo. Tiedät missä...
Notes kept resetting. Great album all round. Usually not a fan of this type of rock, but there are genuinely great tracks on here. My favorites are Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man and of course Free Bird.
70s south rock strikes again. Congrats to them for denouncing the confederate flag.
Er fem stjerner for meget? Jeg ved sgu ikke, men det er altså et vildt debutalbum…
Yeah!
Holy crap what a good album. Gimme Three Steps, Simple Man, and Free Bird on the same album??? Absolutely insane first album. Absolutely defines rock and roll
Always one of my favourites. Great album
What an album. Great tracks on here
Didn’t realize how many bops they had but I do agree second half is not as bops tbh
An absolutely incredible album. What more can be said about this album?? The A-Side is literally perfect and B-Side is not far behind! This album brings me back to listening to it in my dads old dodge van as a kid. I mean how can you too Free Bird as an album ender??? Just such a good album 10/10!
No lo sé, Rick. Free Bird es una tremenda canción, pero el resto del disco me dejó frío, particularmente todo aquello que sonaba a country music.
Pretty good all the way through. Jams: Tuesday Freebird Simple man Gimme 3 steps
Better record than I thought it would be. Couple of the songs were pretty cookie cutter southern rock noise but some decent classic rock in other places
Yeah southern boys
"You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… "Lynyrd Skynrd. I'm getting tired of southern blues rock. The songs get longer and longer, the guitar solos wail and wail and wail all the way home. And I know somewhere in my 1001 album future is CCR, and that just might break me. Freebird goes fine, but I prefer the bagpipe version.
3/15- Driving to school
So many iconic songs on this album. This level of musicianship on a debut album makes it one of best in all of rock. Fun album with a lot of variety.
Nice countrish rock. Pretty awesome behind the wheel.
It was fine, freebird was the the only song that was the only redeeming feature
I’m a sucker for Southern Rock, so really enjoyed this album. Almost every song is great and the guitar work is phenomenal.
Right up front: I went in with reservations. LS are associated with a demographic that I don't really vibe with. But this album kinda kicked ass? The songs are pretty great, and the musicians are impressive. And when your closer is "Free Bird", it's sorta hard to walk away disappointed.
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s debut is a high energy hit filled record that ends in one of the most famous songs of all time. Their guitar approach is steeped in the hard rock greats while being infused with country inspired licks reflecting their southern heritage. The playing is tight and the vocal delivery is fantastic.
Full of classic, iconic tracks. Demos aren't vital
I have already listened to it prior but a good album is a good album no matter how many times you’ve heard it.
Banger got simple man and free bird
Good
Free bird dröm, resten meh
Absolutely phenomenal. one part country, one party blues, one part rock, one part honky tonk, this was pretty much one of my favorite albums so far. Like most folks I thought I knew Lynyrd Skynyrd. I thought I knew Sweet Home Alabama, and Free Bird, but this album was so epic and so iconic, and so fricking good! I listened to the whole thing twice and Free Bird at least four or five times. Can't recommend this album enough.
Classic! Love the bluesy southern rock!
It's a classic for a reason. 4 stars.
Rating system: 10 = putting on my playlist 9 = amazing 8 = great 7 = good 6 = bearable 5 = this song sure existed 4 = eh 3 = ick 2 = bleh 1 = wtf is wrong with you ALBUM REVIEW album cover: it exists, feels rushed. their clothes are cool too. 1. I Ain't the one groovy but lyrics are creepy final verdict: this song sure existed 2. Tuesday's gone pretty alright ballad final verdict: bearable 3. gimme three steps best song so far final verdict: good 4. simple man sweet song with a nice message final verdict: bearable 5. things goin' on groovy. very simple, which is not a detriment. to show how much we care about simplicity, stephen carpenter is one of ellie's favorite guitarists final verdict: good 6. mississippi kid yeehaw ass song final verdict: this song sure existed 7. poison whiskey poison whiskey exists final verdict: this song sure existed 8. free bird classic banger final verdict: amazing Full album light 7 served kind of as background music with some twang up until the free bird solo
I like them
One of the top 50 albums in rock and roll history.
Free bird!
Freebird is a lot more rousing than I remembered and Tuesday’s Gone iconic riff I can finally attribute to its source. But this is mainly straight forward rock ballads at the end of the day, even if their high quality, it’s not my thing. They ain’t Creedence Clearwater Revival but I respect their influence for inspiring a brilliant Drive-By Truckers song (and probably influencing them significantly too).
This was okay. Some enjoyable parts, but some of songs went on a bit too long for me. Definitely not bad, but not something I see the need to come back to. My favourite song was Gimme Three Steps, I guess?
Like aerosmiyh but duller
Standard Southern rock. Move on.
Unimportant
A friend asked me recently, what song would play at your funeral? Without a beat, I replied, Free Bird!
Not my bag
Fuckin hell this is stacked with classics - I had no idea they were pretty much all on the one album. Skynyrd has anyways been one of those bands I don't mind, but also don't actively listen to... I'd have said any given Skynyrd album was a 3, but this tracklist can't be denied in any way. 5/5 and then some.
Holds up well. Some straight up blues. Interesting to read what perfectionists they were. Their demos sound just like the album versions
Absolute classic
I usually hate twang of any kind but Lynyrd Skynyrd is different for some reason. Simple Man and Free Bird are absolute classics but Tuesday's Gone is underrated too. For being able to separate themselves from the rest of the twang I'll give this 4
One would have had to have never lived in the South and been reared far from it to call this the first "truly meaningful Southern rock" statement. Maybe look at an album released three years earlier called Idlewild South. Perhaps the editors mean that LS is more obviously Southern that the ABB, who go plenty deep with the blues and were actually bi-racial in their lineup. That said, this album is something special; one can hear the tightness of the band, all those hours in dive bars and juke joints – there's real polish and accomplishment. "Tuesday's Gone" is near symphonic in its power and every cut offers heft and substance. "Freebird" is so good to have stood up to all the abuse and overplaying. One has always loathed this band's politics and avoid its fans, though the talent is clear and undeniable.
I love this album so much. Incredible debut album. Obviously, you have: Tuesday’s Gone, Gimme Three Steps, Simple Man, and Freebird, but the other four are solid as well, just overshadowed by those classics. I Ain’t the One and Poison Whiskey are perfect country rock songs. Things Goin’ On has a cool funky rhythm to it and Mississippi Kid is a fun blues song. Everything on this album is so clearly great. Obviously the instrumentation, vocals, structure, production, are all fucking sick. 5/5
Three really great tracks, five completely forgettable ones. I'm still giving it a 3 because Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man and Free Bird are amazing.
Free Bird and a collection of songs from 'MURICA
The boomer inside me love it.
Southern rock is usually not my type of music, but I must admit Lynyrd Skynyrd give us a treat here by giving one of the best album of this genre. Tuesday's Gone is my favorite of them, Gimme Three Steps and Simple Man are great classic songs and Free Bird might be one of the most iconic rock song ever.
Brilliant. Simple Man one of the best songs I've heard in a while.
Great album
Racist paedos. 3⭐️ Would listen again
I don't love this album as I'm not a huge fan of Skynyrd's hits, but who can hate this album? It's southern rock at its finest. Not really my thing, but the amount of big numbers on here is impressive.
What an album and even more amazingly their debut album.
Wow lots of good ones on here.
Did not liked it.
9/10 one of the most iconic rock albums of all time, and one I genuinely love and appreciate
Had no idea this many hits were on the same album. After loving Skynyrd at first, I disliked this band for years for no good reason. These songs rock.
I wasn't aware that they did the Happy Gilmore song. That was a bonus. Big fan of Free Bird due to a drunken night trying to pass it on guitar hero too! Hadn't heard the rest, a lot of it was pretty good. Some to American for my liking.
Wow. I'd never listened to this album before, outside the of three hits. I have nothing bad to say about this album at all. It's perfect.
very average. 3.
There were some pretty good songs there.
Awesome blossom!
Absolutely killer debut album. This can easily be a “best of” album, and I wouldn’t have noticed the difference.
A lot of some of the greatest classic classic rock songs of all time.
Honestly, a 5 for Tuesday's Gone alone. This whole album is fire, tho.
Lenny Lenny good times
Meh
Meh
It would not be my first choice as genre, but I recognise the musicianship
I mean what else can be said about this masterpiece. My personal top 10 favorite album all time. So many memories with these songs all throughout my life. It has become a part of me. It’s amazing what these guys were doing in that swamp and the music they produced will live forever. This is an ultimate perfect album that everyone should listen to. Easiest 5 I’ve handed out in this journey. I put top 5 on my bangers list, but I mean, the album is a BANGER. TBz 1. Free Bird 2. Simple Man 3. Tuesday’s Gone 4. I Ain’t The One 5. Poison Whiskey
Oh ya
Southern Rock at it's finest. Half of this album is all time classic tracks. Wild to think we almost didn't get Simple Man recorded at all. Anyway here's 5/5
Literally half the songs on this album are considered all time classic songs. This is not my go-to genre of music but what a great album.
I loved this album, even the songs I've never heard weren't bad, just unfamiliar.
Meh. (Also, that whole confederate flag thing isn’t exactly appealing.)
One of the great album titles. Music was a bit of a let down though I did love a few of the demo tracks.
Do I like southern rock? I think I might. This album is freaking fantastic. Top to bottom, even if Free Bird is bloated as hell…what a song! And to me it isn’t even the best thing in this. Never really thought about Skynyrd outside their most famous track…now I’m a believer.
Not much to say, but a good album...interesting to hear freebird in context. Felt like it built up to it in a way that doesn't happen when heard on its own.
A foundational album in a genre I don't care about. The most iconic tracks are songs that I can vaguely recognize but could never name. Standout tracks: Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man
Ask me to name a Southern rock back, and the first name I'll come up with is Lynyrd Skynyrd. Ask me to name some Skynyrd songs, and I'll go with "Sweet Home Alabama," "Free Bird," and "Gimme Three Steps." If pressed further, I'd add "Tuesday's Gone" and "Simple Man" to the list. The fact that four of those fives songs are on this album ("...Alabama" being the odd one out) tells you all you really need to know. If '70s rock from a band featuring approximately 8.3 guitarists sounds up your alley, then you're in luck. Get this album and rock the fuck out.
What a banger
So good. I Ain’t the One, Tuesday’s Gone and Free Bird.
Perfectly agreeable American rock/blues.
"Play Freebird!" The 13-14 year old me would love to review this album, and he's fighting hard to be heard against the sad cynicism of the late 50's me. Growing up in Maroubra in the 70's meant bands like Skin Nerd really cut through, nothing quite like finding out the meaning of unrequited while nursing a bottle of Southern Comfort and singing along to Tuesday's Gone (and then spewing up, was it the Comfort or the song...or the girl?). So how's it holding up to these tired old ears? This is a well rehearsed garage band meets The Allman Brothers (no coincidence Freebird was dedicated to Duane). I Ain't the One, Gimme 3 Steps, Things Going On, Poison Whiskey all roll and would be fantastic in a bar on a Friday night; hats off to Mississippi Kid, but the long weepies are turgid. And just who is Al Kooper? How is it he keeps popping up in the strangest corners of the rock and roll universe? And on that I highly recommend his rock and roll memoir, one of the best. And what about Freebird? 14 year old me is fighting hard to say despite all its ridiculous pomposity, the length, the lyrics, the arrangement, the guitar solo(s).....it still works! If you really want to nerd out on Skin Nerd look up the Walker mix of Freebird. Play Freebird!
Another band I'm more likely to make fun of than listen to...but found I enjoyed more than I expected. The upbeat ones more than the ballads. Even the last track, which is in the less-preferred slow ballad category, brought a smile to my face with the sheer ridiculous abandon of its extended triple guitar solo.
Big fan but somehow missed their first album altogether. Always assumed it wouldn’t be as good as Second Helping, which was the first Skynyrd lp I picked up, & which contained Sweet Home Alabama. But I did have one single featured here, the iconic Free Bird, perhaps their finest tune ever. Almost as good are Simple Man & Gimme Three Steps, and there’s no filler here. Al Kooper does a great production job. Not sure they ever sounded any better.
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)
has the greatest song ever written
Great album containing 2 masterpieces. Tuesdays gone and simple man.
Music to empty the bar.
Pretty good bluesy rock.
Apart from the "hits", which is a southern hard rock sound, a lot of the record is more rootsy, folk stylings. I hadn't heard the deep tracks on the album before and I found it gives the band a little more depth than I've given them credit for. There are some outright classics on here (Freebird!, Gimme Three Steps), that Skynyrd are best known for, but overall, the record is solid and essential.
Solid blues rock with some interesting but not that inventive jamming elements. It seriously suffers from is best songs being overplayed to death, but that's not the band's or the album's fault.
Surprised to actually quite enjoy this. Was expecting to hate it. Simple Man is a good tune, even if it does have a bit of a Red Hot Chilli Peppers vibe. Some of the songs are too long though.
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Yeah it’s decent enjoyable dad rock Favourite song: Track 4 - Simple Man
Freebird - one of the all time great tracks, backed with some ok stuff, bit nothing thrilling enough to make me listen again.
Awesome southern blues rock. The eight songs fly by and even the honkytonk country rock n roll of Things Goin On and Mississippi Kid are good rollicking fun. Obviously the big hits are Platinum-plated.
Non proprio il mio genere ma alcune canzoni si possono ascoltare
Great album
Great album. Free Bird is a masterpiece
Great
Great music
Rock & Roll! 5/5
love
Some of their biggest hits are on this album, songs that I'm familiar with are, "Free Bird, Simple Man, and Tuesday's Gone" which are all classics. "Gimme Three Steps" has a lot of listens but it was an alright song. The other songs on the album are a solid 3 for me, but with the big hits, that elevates this album to a 4 overall.
Man, this album is full of all the hits from LS!
gimme three steps simple man Free bird
1973 Ei tehty paskaa. 1973 merkittävä vuosi. Ei paljon lapsia syntynä 1973 suomessa. LOPETETAAN TOSTA VUODESTA PUHUMINEN NYT PITÄÄ PUHUA ALBUMISTA TÄMÄ TEKSTIKENTTÄ ON OSOITETTAVA YLISTYKSEKSI TÄSTÄ ALBUMISTA!!! on paskaa saatu kuunnella... tää ei paskaa ole.. kauan on kärsi.. ylös pojat pohjanm.. Aivan mahtava albumi oli kuunnella puoli unessa! En tiedä miltä kuullostaa jos olisin ollut tietoisuudenntilassa enemmän hehhehehehheheheheh...
familiar with some of these songs, very easy enjoyable listening
This album was pretty darn good. It reminds me of Forrest Gump and I can’t be mad at that!
Roh-kee Hon-kee Ton-kee.
one star added for the micronap I enjoyed during the middle of freebird
Bit boring
Classic rock all day
Free bird doet me altijd weer denken aan de scene in Kingsman waar Colin Firth gek gaat doen in een kerk. Verder lekkere redneck country met nice gitaar, dat je even naar Alabama brengt. Daarom krijgt dit gewoon 5 sterren
Rock sprinkled with some country
Such a great debut album. Fun start to finish. Not many Southern Rock albums can match this.
Feeeee biiiirdd yeeAahhh
Awesome album! I've never listened to anything besides Free Bird, but glad I made it through the whole thing. Tracks 1 and 3 were really good, and production on this (was it a remaster?) very clean and makes the album sound more contemporary than it really is
So after listening to Dylan yesterday, as soon as I saw this album, all I could think was Fuck yea!!! I like to think of Jesus like with giant eagle's wings, and singin' lead vocals for Lynyrd Skynyrd with like an angel band and I'm in the front row and I'm hammered drunk! Southern fried rock is the kind of music that just gets better and better the more you listen. This album is like a greatest hits album, not really a bad song. I'm sure most folk have heard Free Bird, Gimme 3 steps and Simple man, but the rest of the album equally good if not better. Die hard Skynyrd fans will want to kill me, but radio has just about killed Free Bird for me. Anyway, loved Tuesday's gone, I aint the one, Down South Jukin, Mississippi Kid and Poison Whiskey. Just a solid album all the way through. Load up some beers, eat a couple mushroom caps, throw in some Skynyrd and I promise a good night in store! Great album, thought about a 5, but couldn't pull the trigger.... 4.5
4.5 I was already a pretty big fan of the hits on this album, but I’d never heard much outside of those. I’m very happy with what I heard by the end. Classic southern rock and fuckin’ roll! It has a nostalgic sound that I think has aided it in aging as well as it has. Nice and moving pace that is mostly consistent outside of one or two tracks. I definitely like this enough to buy on vinyl if I find it.
3 Alright, I should preface by saying I'm normally not a fan of Southern (or wannabe Southern - looking at you, Kid Rock) rock, like at all. But, my dad spoke very, very highly of this album, so I tried going in with an open mind... though I was prepared to dip out if I had to listen to anything about the Confederacy or Dixieland. And I didn't hate it. My dad was right about the non-hits being the better tracks here. While I've never been able to stand the song Gimme Three Steps, Tuesday's Gone was an unexpectedly solid tune, and when Simple Man’s transition into some honky-tonk stuff started losing me, the song Poison Whiskey was an enjoyable surprise that pulled me back in. Then of course the album ends with Free Bird, and, while my dad is gonna groan reading this, I gotta give credit where credit is due and admit this song is legendary for a reason. The theme of preparing to fly solo for a period of one's life is one I think anyone can relate to, and the back half of the song consists of probably some of the most iconic guitar solos of all-time (or is it all one solo? Either way) Anyway, the album was better than I expected to be. Didn't fall in love with it, but would maybe listen again, or at least my newfound sleeper hits mentioned above.
As terrifying as these dudes look on the album cover, this isn't too bad. I think I only knew "Free Bird" previously, which is obviously a great song. Not really my thing anymore though, 3 min long screechy guitar solos don't really turn my head like they used to! Apart from that song, I found most of this pretty forgettable...they're no Creedence anyway
Excellent album. Holds up great over time.
Never listened to this album before, and really only knew this band from Sweet Home Alabama. Thought it was pretty good, and might even revisit a few songs like Poison Whiskey.
Not what I would usually listen to but I enjoyed it! Torn between 3 and 4 stars. Pleasant classic rock. I wouldn't necessarily revisit it in my own time but I'm glad I listened to it.
Having refused to rate A-ha highly because the album was shit but it had 2 amazing songs on it, I'm going to do exactly the opposite here. I don't really care much for any of the rest, although they're fun enough. Simple Man stands out. But by god, those two songs. Fuck me. I will say it's not completely hypocritical, because these are two of the best songs ever written, really. Also, they make up about a third of the length of the album, and it's a good job.
less country, more rock their biggest hits are here 3.5
Notes - Southern rock band’s debut album - You’ll recognize simple man and free bird, 2 huuuuge songs - I can see why this album shot them into the public eye, catchy, interesting, well performed songs - The production of this seems like they were like “everything as loud as it can physically go” - Bet it would sound great in car speakers - Elements of blues and country to spice up the standard rock formula Fav song - Poison whiskey - This song has some stank to it, love the organ stabs Least fav - Gimme 3 steps - Sounds blown out, stopped me from really enjoying the song 3.5/5 pretty good not great
No album has any right to have two ballads as big as "Tuesday's Gone" and "Free Bird."
8/10
I had heard about this album through pop culture osmosis but still never realized how many of Skynyrds' hits are on this album. Might as well be a greatest hits album tbh.
These glorious southern rockers. Fucking spectacular bunch of songs. A blueprint for rock music right here y'all.
There's something gloriously sleazy about their music that elevates it above dreary blues revivalism. Maybe it's Van Zandts voice, maybe the three guitars always allowing one to add some slinking, driving rhythm to everything. I don't know, it just works. Also, it has Free Bird. So it was always going to be good.
A foaming crescendo of molten sex. The first time I listened to this record I was high on hallucinogens, flying like a panda in a hot air balloon, straddling the clouds and dancing in the stars. My mind had been opened to a new galaxy of noise, a glittering corkscrew of shimmering gold dust sprawled across a whirlwind of life. My mouth tasted like sawdust and my legs were glued to the floor, but this music spun my head off its shoulders and propelled me into the future. A future caught with its pants down, on the wrong side of town. A future so dark and twisted that it took on the form of an army of spiders leaking out of the skull of a lost relative. I would never be the same again.
Generic 70's guitar riffs, etc... BUT WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
It's pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd but what does it mean? WHAT DOES IT MEAN!?!?!
Freebird!
5.0
It was ok
FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD
Rock, irgendwie nix außergewöhnliches
Very very very solid
It's actually not awful! My prejudice against ultra-popular common-joe bands has steered me clear of Skynyrd beyond the inevitable exposure to the insidious hits (many of which belong to this album). The band really can rock unison riffs à la King Crimson. I think the album looses steam half way through, but it's a strong offering.
An all-timer with three of the best songs ever. Wonderful stuff.
Not far off of a 5. Three really really good songs (Free Bird, Tuesday's Gone, and Simple Man), a couple of okay to good ones, and then Mississipi Kid and to a lesser extent Poison Whiskey towards the end which drags it down from a 5 to a 4. Won't listen to the album again, but will be picking out those three songs and listening to them over and over.
Okay this is pretty good
no es mi tesito
Big Skynyrd fan. I like all their albums. Great Southern rock.
Glorious album, Tuesday's gone - excellent, Free Bird - probably the most enjoyable long-form southern rock track in history. New layers each time you listen although missing real depth. Genuinely wonderful but with a few dull points here and there. I imagine it would be very good to drive to.
I love the raw nature of this, human beings creating music through collaboration, not computers. Legendary guitar work and songs, a classic album forever!
Good country/southern rock album fronted by two big songs. What keeps the album from 5 stars though is the fact that those two songs are by far the best ones of the album and the rest is not bad but also somewhat easy forgettable
I enjoyed it, really liked the closing song Album cover: 2/5 meh, just a group photo
If Southern rock is not your Texas BBQ and when the kings of southern rock turn up to haunt you from the grave - you brace yourself… but it’s actually a great record - is definitely up with there with the classic rock greats - and well try as you might - but finishing off a good record with Freebird is begrudgingly awesome.
Even I have to admit this is really good. and I hated listening to it. Also, you need to be *really* into okay guitar solos to think Free Bird is great, because if the line "I'm a s free as a bird now, and this bird you cannot change" makes you feel a lot of things, you're a dullard
This was awesome. Both glad I heard it through and excited to listen to again in the future!
So. Many. Long. Songs. Okay, there’s a only a few, so I might be exaggerating a bit. It’s a solid campfire album to rock out with and forget that it’s on. The tracks all have “classic rock” all over them, and “Free Bird” is still iconic, no matter how long it goes on for.
On the one hand, this Southern fried album has a lot of great tracks that I remember from growing up and listening to it in the South. On the other hand, it's hard to ignore the rift between the band and Neil Young (though he would later come to temper that somewhat). But Neil was spot on that the band was racist and rocking the confederate flag at their shows. After everything that has happened in our country since this came out, I can honestly say, it's hate not heritage-- and that makes it hard to want to hear.
In the early '90s I worked at a pool hall with a jukebox in the corner. That machine must've made a million dollars off of Sweet Home Alabama. I hate that song. At the beginning of week 2 I resorted to placing a piece of masking tape with a sign on the glass that read "Selection J2 is unavailable, DO NOT USE," That lasted two days and then I resorted to unplugging the entire machine. Pool halls without music are super boring tho. Eventually I quit and haven't listened to Lynyrd Skynyrd ... until today. I'm pleasantly surprised. Maybe it's the nostalgia. Maybe it's all the barbecue and cheap beers I've been consuming this morning. Or, maybe it's these dang overalls I can't seem to fit myself into while wearing a t-shirt. Whatever it is, these guys rock.
Lynyrd Skynyrd went to Robert E. Lee High School and Nathan B. Forrest High School in Jacksonville. They didn’t change the name of Forrest until 2014, and didn’t change Lee until 2021. While we could take issue with the Confederate flag-waving, heritage-touting nature of Skynyrd and their fandom, they are very much a product of their upbringing. However, they resisted other conservative traditions of their youth - continuing to wear their hair long despite it being culturally unacceptable. But this just introduces more contradictions and confusion. Willing to reject some norms, but not able to see that your schools are named after racists and traitors, or that your heritage is built around hate? Neil Young saw the 70s South for what it was, and I've gotta side with his "Alabama" over the Skynyrd response of "Sweet Home Alabama" (not on this album). But contradictions and complications aside, they were fantastic musicians. “Simple Man” is, simply, amazing. “Free Bird” is legendary, and I wouldn’t mind if that guitar solo went on forever. And “Tuesday’s Gone” and “Three Steps” are worthy hits as well. The stretch of “Things Goin’ On” through “Poison Whiskey” doesn’t reach the same mark, which ultimately holds the album back. In the end, it’s good that they told everyone how to pronounce their band’s name with this album title. If they were called Lie-nard Sky-nerd, they never would have been as popular. If you didn’t use a bunch of out-of-place y’s to spell your band’s gym teacher homage name, maybe people wouldn’t have trouble knowing how to pronounce it?
They weren’t yet the “Three Guitar Army,” but my goodness the guitars soar throughout this album. Gary Rossington’s and Allen Collins’s guitar flex is strikingly great. Free Bird gets all the attention from this album, and it is a great song, but I prefer several others. Gimme Three Steps tells a tell of hitting on another guy’s girlfriend at a bar and then asking for a three step head start as a favor. I like I Ain’t The One because that guitar riff is fucking awesome, including the bass part. Simple Man is definitely my favorite song, an arpeggio filled ballad about advice from Momma. It’s so down to earth. Things Goin’ On is full is slinky coolness in the bass, piano, and guitar parts. I really need to learn more Lynyrd Skynyrd songs on guitar. Mississippi Kid is my least favorite track, and it’s still good. Even though it’s only on the extended version of the album, Mr. Banker is a phenomenal slide guitar driven blues piece. Lynyrd Skynyrd are a band I’ve listened to a decent amount over the years, but I should still give them more time in my rotation. This album is magnificent Even though it wouldn’t be my first choice, if I were given only this album to live on a deserted island, I would be content. It’s that good. The story of Lynyrd Skynyrd is amazing and heartbreaking too. Showtime made a very good documentary that is worth your time called - If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd. It’s available on Netflix.
Decent guitar work but I didn’t really enjoy the more country influenced moments.
Incredible Album, For me a forgotten pearl
fucking love it
No thanks
it's ok, not really my thing but can't say I think it's bad either
spinning rat h
Pog? Pog!
Didn't expect to like it but it was awesome, free bird in particular. Also the production was sharp, and the tunes were well sequenced only thing holding it back is poor, repetitive lyrics on some tracks. A great record
Dakle, ovaj komentar je objasnio sve šta mislim o bendu i glazbi, haha. "Don't get me wrong, it's an okay album with a few enjoyable moments. There's definitely nothing outright bad about (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd), except for the name itself but every time I listen to it, it makes me feel like I indulge in incest, woman beating and casual racism and it evokes an image of some old guy with a beard, who wears a waistcoat and cowboy hat with a pack of cigarettes rolled up in his sleeve while chewing tobacco, drinking a six pack and professes his love for 'Free Bird' and claims that it's the greatest song in existence."
This is such a conflict. Do you reject what you know b/c the band members are racist assholes? I know that good can come from a trash heap. That people grow and growth is fucking hard. It is not linear. Once I held many of the same views. That we are toxic when we are hurting. There's maybe something really great here in this album but also it is a terrible place to stay or be stuck. I can't fully reject the South. It's in my heart so I can't fully walk away from this album. But I can't listen to it without all the extra convos that come with it. That makes it so goddamn weighty for something that is supposed to rock.
You’ve heard at least one of the many hits off this album, it’s a classic regardless of how you look at it. I’m not the biggest Skynyrd fan but even I can deny this album is everything you want in classic rock. It’s got energy, sadness, happiness, story telling, and it’s just plain fun.
4/10
some good jawns on here. Skynyrd is skynyrd idk. Tuesdays gone makes me think of happy Gilmore
Fantastic album. Southern rock with multiple anthemic hits. Standouts are "Tuesday's Gone", "Gimme Three Steps", "Simple Man", and "Free Bird".
It's too tempting to call this "generic", but this album has a knack at hitting the right tickle-spots. Making the familiar '70s country rock sound not an annoying but a cozy one. And they didn't stop there, there are also parts where the guitar-driven epicness caught me off guard. Perhaps that's the one that separates them from their peers.
Sept 18/19?
I give this album 7 key lime pies out of 5 September 18th, 2022
I learned how pronounce now
Won't listen to this racist band
Bit dude-y, bit southern, but pretty good.
Heard it too much but also pretty generic
One of my favorite rock albums in history. This is absolutely a classic.
Really good album: Best numbers: Free bird and Tuesday gone
Amazing album. One of the best debut albums ever.
Good
rate: 4 - classic rock staple - I related to Free Bird, and the instrumentals on it are swag - I don't know if I'd listen to the whole album again, but there are some great songs on it, some are a little long to my surprise - short album which I can appreciate - before listening, I knew Tuesday's Gone - Overall, I think this album has a lot of important themes and is pretty politically forward for the time - favorite song: Things Goin' On - this song speaks on important socioeconomic and environmental issues, basically says "fuck the government, they should be helping us, not sending people to the moon" also I like the guitar and percussion
Good solid Southern rock
Ikke forfærdeligt Ikke fantastisk Bedste sange umiddelbart: Gimme Three Steps og Mississippi Kid Kunne godt være nogle gode sange fra bandet, men lidt for Vietnam til mig
Unreal album, Free Bird is one of the best finishes to an album ever
This is fine OH SHIT FREEBIRD
Another situation where the album is basically a greatest hits album. And the hits are undeniable. Sure Free Bird is a bit of an overused meme at this point, but listen to them guitar solos and tell me you aren't losing your mind. Ps. Happy 600
Exquisite
Hell yeah brotha, this shit is gosh dang good! I was hankerin' for some good ol' rock 'n' roll! First Listen?: Y Fav. Tracks: Simple Man, Free Bird, I Ain't The One Rating: 3.8/5
Every song on this album is a winner! All killer and no filler.
Frankly, I find Lynyrd Skynyrd mildly boring and uninspiring even before we add the "that did not age particularly well" factor.
yes
My son has recently discovered 'Freebird'. I've tried to talk him out of it.
Un clásico que siempre vi de reojo, grata sorpresa musical. Un album para escuchar moviendo la cabeza
Nearly every song is notable and the ones in the middle that were not were a pleasant listen. Front heavy with the hits and ends with Free bird.
Good if not unremarkable through most of it, finishes off very strongly with “Free Bird” which elevates it to great
Not my favorite
Great album. I can see why it was so important.
orka kje høyra meir enn 2 songa sorry
Et par nostalgiske klassikera fra mine glansdaga som guitar hero-gitarist. Ut over da så frista ikkje albumet til gjentakelse med da første
Simple man, free bird, gimme 3 steps, and more Great album
Decent enough.
Ah, brings back so many fond memories with my mildly racist father. I don't really support the band anymore, but the nostalgia here hits oh so hard.
Absolutely surprising how enjoyable the album is, but damn, cut down Free Bird and Tuesday's Gone please.
Tremendous
Much better than I expected - and of course it has Freebird.
R r r r r reeeaaal rock shit
By some quirk fate ”Free Bird” was the least fulfilling song on this album
Bankare... går helt enkelt hårt
Classic Skynyrd
free bird jako jinak 5 jo
Surprised by this. Wasn’t expecting to like it, besides the over played radio hits, but I did. Not something I think I’d throw on again myself, hence the 3 stars, but it wasn’t bad at all
Pretty cool
I knew a guy, who shall remain nameless, who listened to this ALL THE TIME. I mean, all the time. And Dave would turn it up so that the whole damned stoop would have to listen to it. We didn't have air conditioning, so the windows and doors were always open. But then this nine minute song would come on and everybody would sing it at the top of their lungs. Is that idiotic? Yep. But it was also an exceptional album.
Dang. This is really an impressive damn album. There's a few tracks in the middle that don't do much, but they still have an interesting southern blues and rock vibe that is interesting. The rest are exceptional, Tuesday's Gone and Free Bird certainly being all time classics.
Boom! Spiky riff rock full of power chords and energy. Really enjoyed this one, particularly Simple Man (which I hadn't heard before) and Free Bird (which I had), the latter one of those rock epics that go on an on through seemingly so many phases. So close to giving this the full five stars, but some of the early tracks weren't quite as interesting. But still, definitely worth further listens.
A pretty good album. I am not really a Lynyrd Skynyrd fan but this album contains two all time classics in "Simple Man", my personal favorite of the album, and "Free Bird". The latter is a great song, but I do think it is overhyped and it's just so long. It is also the bane of any gigging musicians existence so I like it less as a result of that. It is a good album with two great songs.
I Ain't the One - 8/10 Tuesday's Gone - 8/10 Gimme Three Steps - 9/10 Simple Man - 9/10 Things Goin' On - 8/10 Mississippi Kid - 4/10 Poison Whiskey - 5/10 Free Bird - 10/10
cool album, seems to be a more rare genre within rock, southern rock
I'd only ever heard Sweet Home Alabama before by this band. I don't think they were particularly popular in the UK. I enjoyed this album. Short and punchy with very musical guitar playing. That Southern twang is quite unmistakable and good fun for someone who has never been anywhere near the US South. Would relisten.
Classic.
While not the godfathers of Southern Rock, I always have viewed them as the epitome of the sub-genre and template for your local southern-rock bands. Not really my style but this album is a great debut and will continue to provide classic rock stations plenty of spins until the call of Cthulhu.
Extremely competent but continues to not grab me. As for Freebird, impossible to hear without picturing a high Jenny (Robin Wright) pinballing around a balcony.
Tuesday's Gone is an excellent ballad. You have to be very confident with your soloing to put a guitar solo before the first verse. The solo after the first verse is also mighty fine as are the good 'ole boys' southern rock harmonies. Things Going On is quite clearly an anti-segregation song. This is interesting given that one of the band's slightly more popular songs led to allegations that Ronnie was pro Wallace. Some of the "filler"on side 2 is really quite good. The Mississippi blues song Mississippi Kid shows their prowess with the broken coke bottle and the anti-alcohol song Poison Whisky has is also an excellent jam. Free Bird is the best song in the album and the band's second best song overall - next to that tune about folks in Birmingham loving Wallace.
I've never been a fan, due to my dislike of Sweet Home Alabama, but the first song I can dig. It has an Allman Brothers-meets-the-Stooges feel to it. "Tuesday's Gone" and the intro to "Three Steps" sound Stones inspired. The anthems (which I've managed to avoid most of my life) sound a bit Eagles-inspired and you know how we all feel about the Eagles. If you remove the anthems, and just listen to the more bluesy numbers, it's not bad, though it falls short of The Drive-By Truckers Southern Rock Opera which was dedicated to Lynyrd Skynyrd, and I gave that a 3, though I was stingy.
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.
A good amount of hits and solid album cuts.
A solid debut album.
Good. Free bird is great.
Pretty good rock. Songs went on a little too long.
6/10
5.0 - Classic Southern rock: “Simple Man”, “Tuesday’s Gone”, “Free Bird.” I also love deeper tracks like “Mississippi Kid.” So much soul!
Es ist mir wirklich herzlich egal, wie‘s ausgesprochen wird, nach dem 6. Song hatte ich Schwierigkeiten, es überhaupt auszuhalten.
‘I Ain’t the One’, feels like a song that I wouldn’t skip but wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to. Saying that, if I heard ‘Bellbottoms’ - John Spencer Blues Explosion, then maybe I’d queue this after. Similar blues mix with rock. It is a great start to the album, with ‘Tuesday’s Gone’ following it. Favourite song has to be ‘Simple Man’.
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
I can't believe I've never listened to this album before today.
Landed up just skipping though all the songs. I'm partial to 70s music but this ain't for me
Lot of fun songs. Free Bird is pretty played out, but still a great one. 4/5
has to be the greatest southern rock album of all time
So many good songs, including. A few I’d never heard before. Enjoyed hearing the demos of some classics.
Now I know what inspired Kings of Leon Cover art 1/5
Some cool tunes. Some boring tunes. Pretty much what I expected.
Lotta hits
I grew up in the most white bread Denver suburb imaginable, experiencing no honkytonks or whiskey bars. My teenage tastes were all 80's British Pop, plus some Charlie Parker and Bach. I now live in England. So where or where does my love of southern fried rock come from? I already had a heart on two songs from this album, neither of which was for Free Bird. I've not dipped my toe too deep into the Lynyrd Skynyrd catalog before and have already added some additional hearts. Gimme Three Steps is a perfect distillation of this specific art form. An incredibly strong debut album. Worth a listen, if you get the chance, before you die.
I really really dig it
Easy 5.
Listen to opening track ‘I Ain’t The One’, bluesy rocker ‘Poison Whiskey’ and the rightly lauded closer ‘Free Bird’. Skip the rest.
i actually really liked this album. there were about two songs in the middle which were not my favourite (for the life of me i cannot figure out which ones, which makes me think i didn’t not like them as much as i thought i did). i liked the length and all of it!
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
good music. I don't care for the vocals or lyrics; not bad just not my thing
FREEEEEE BIIIRRRDDD
Southern Gods
Hard to believe this was a debut album
Free Bird does nothing for me really, but there's some good country rock bangers on here.
Free Bird is a good tune, the rest not so great
"Cold Cuts" is the episode of The Sopranos where Carmella Soprano and Rosalie Aprile take a girls trip to Paris. While his wife is away, Tony gets himself a blow job while driving his SUV. When he's done, his favorite radio station plays "Simple Man", which is the last song on Side 1 of this album. Nothing on The Sopranos ever happened by accident, and there was almost always a meaning behind every needle drop. No one made a blow job face quite like the great James Gandolfini, just like no television program or movie did needle drops like The Sopranos. And no band epitomized southern rock like Lynyrd Skynyrd. I think about that scene every time I hear "Simple Man", which is one of the four classic songs on this album everyone knows by heart. Those 4 songs are so ubiquitous, especially "Free Bird", the "Stairway To Heaven" of southern rock. I miss James Gandolfini. And I miss what this band could have been before that fucking plane crash.
Awesome rock album here. Probably their best collection of songs and it’s their first album. This one has a little bit of everything, ballads, classics, guitar solos. It’s an amazing first album from a band that was cut short on life. Really solid stuff. 8.2/10
I have this in my collection and have been a fan of Lynyrd Skynyrd for a long time. This is a strong debut album, showcasing the band's varied style and distinctive Southern sound, particularly the soaring guitar lines. Stand out tracks - Gimme Three Steps (the epitome of Southern boogie), Simple Man, and the monumental Free Bird of course. The latter may not be everyone's cup of tea and the guitar soloing does go on, but I love it as much now as when I heard it as a 14 year old. There are a couple of plodders on the album but that should not detract from the confidence, power and presence of this debut from the greatest of the Southern rock bands
I really want to not like this but is really a five star album. Pretty dang solid through out. I might be genetically programmed to like this music. Watched a lot people my parents’ age get stoned to this, have cookouts with this album on, play Free Bird and divorce each other and cry. Sigh. Like it or not a cultural touch stone.
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.
My luck at the moment with this must be fanatical. Three fives in a row. While the first half is easily stronger than the second, I liked every single song on this. Didn't feel overly long or tired, and apart from Mississippi Kid and Poison Whiskey, every song felt essential. You have the classic guitar request of Free Bird (great closer btw), some quality ballads in Tuesday's Gone and Simple Man, and some fun rockers with I Ain't the One and Gimme Three Steps. Overall a very enjoyable album.
This is quintessential southern rock for me. The range of the songs are outstanding (I think they are underrated in that regard) and there is an immediacy to many of the tracks that they were not able to replicate on later releases. Credit to Al Kooper (an unsung hero of rock and roll) for the production. Free Bird has been overplayed to the point of distraction, and I am not sure this is the best version, but it is iconic, nonetheless. Surprisingly, this doesn’t get many mentioned on many lists of best debuts.