(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Not my personal favorite band but a super solid southern rock group. As a singer in Nashville, I’ve sang so much of their work but first time I’ve heard this album all the way through. Love hearing the muscle shoals studios at work. The muddy guitars and those solid bass lines are my favorite

This has actually shocked me. It seems like an album that was made as a jam session in the best way. Definitely didn’t expect to find it this entertaining. Usually get very bored of a guitar solo but not with Free Bird, totally allowed in my book. May not explore them more because I don’t know if there was much experimentation from them?? Anyway banging debut.

Great album. It was better than i remembered.

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

Simpel musik for simple mænd Udtales Red-Neks

Great band, and pretty much all their best songs are on this album

no es mi estilo

Lynyrd Skynyrd's debut album cover is a raw, authentic snapshot of Southern rock's golden era. The photograph perfectly captures the band's unfiltered essence—seven musicians posed casually, dressed in quintessential 1970s bell-bottoms and long hair. The black-and-white image feels both spontaneous and carefully composed, with band members strategically seated and standing. What elevates this artwork is its genuine, unvarnished quality—this isn't a staged glamour shot, but a true representation of the band's personality. A timeless, unpretentious visual that epitomizes the band's spirit. Album artworks rated: 27/1001 Music's great.

Цей альбом звісно знають за free bird , але це не єдиний трек який гарний, очевидно шо воно старенькє , тож мабуть комусь буде нудно слухати його через вік 🤷, Але як на мене це гарний дебютнік, 1973 блін року, який і зараз прикольно звучить, заслуговує по праву на 4.5/5

Згадав де чув цей гурт, в GTA SA, пісня Free Bird, саме з цього альбома. В цілому непоганий, є декілька хітових треків, але на 5, на жаль, не тягне

Класика Southern Rock. Раніше не слухав цей альбом. Найбільше виділяються блюз рокові треки - Simple Man та Free Bird, що за роки існування стали визнаними шедеврами. Решта треків мають більше впливу кантрі та рок-н-ролу і деякі з них мені було слухати трохи нуднувато. Найгарніший з них - Gimme Three Steps Але навіть не дивлячись на це, хіти альбому перекривають усі його недоліки. А що стосовно впливовості, якщо взяти метал сцену, то без цієї роботи, швидше за все, не існувало б таких гуртів як Down, Black Label Society чи Clutch

The legendary freebird!!!!

A few of the greatest Lynyrd Skynyrd songs represented here. Simple Man, Teusdays Gone and of course Free Bird are the stand outs. The rest are fine tracks as well. Good album to get into Southern Rock.

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.

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

Felt like I was in the heart of The South listening to this record. It's funny when you know a band from just a couple of songs throughout their career, but you've never listened to an entire album. This was one of those cases with Lynyrd Skynyrd. Obviously Free Bird being the most popular song and still a great tune, but I had no idea that Tuesday's Gone was the song featured in Happy Gilmore. This is a great debut album 4/5

Pretty good sounds

I like this way more than I thought I would, but I may just be a Simple Man

Love this one.

Iconic southern rock full of songs you’ve likely heard before.

I grew up in a rural area. Our town never grasped the love of southern rock. When you went to parties it was Styx or REO Speedwagon or ELO. But just a few miles down the road was the town that worshiped southern rock, especially Molly Hatchet and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Occasionally, my best friend and I would travel to this town to visit a friend and party. The soundtrack for the evening would always include this album, usually multiple times. I believe that's what's called the good ole days.

Three for the music, one for the racism. Always the question: can you separate the art from the artist?

Great album overall, slightly let down by Things Goin’ On and Mississippi Kid. One of those that is nearly a 5. 4 minute guitar solo in Free Bird? Yes please!

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

Not bad. I like the combo of rock and country they have. A couple great songs!

I liked this more than I feel like is ok

Ah dropped mah confederate flag in mah moonshine and everything like that goshdarnit.

Yeehaw 4.5

HELLA GOOD

Southern music with an edge. This is a good album. Those Van Sant boys are pretty damn talented.

My intro into southern rock. Good sound and fun songs.

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

Undeniable classic.

5 stars - free bird but in all seriousness, just quite a fun album that doesnt take its self too seriously

Nice smooth rock . Good for work background music

Classic and essential listening.

cowboys if they had good music taste

Some classic tunes from this offering. Insightful stuff like Simple Man and more irreverant like Gimme Three Steps; all great songs!

4/5

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

Favourite tracks: Tuesday's gone; simple man; free bird; gimme three steps; I ain't the one

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

Reminds me of my papa. I miss him everyday

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.

A Rock n Roll classic!! The first four songs are some of the best southern rock songs every produced "I Ain't the One", "Tuesday's Gone", "Gimme Three Steps"and "Simple Man"; then hhey hit it out of the ballpark with, "Free BIrd", their eighth and last track.

Love the blues elements and even the country twang. Good listen!

The epitome of southern "hard" rock - really exemplary. Better than their follow up album, 'Most of Us Are Dead"

yep. played out classics but still classics. hard to fault

• 5/5 - The prototypical Southern Rock/Blues album • makes you want a cold beer on a hot night

Those guitars are annoying, those lyrics are stupid

Overall: 8/10 Pretty classic album, I don't normally love this style of southern rock but Lynyrd Skynyrd were really great with this style. My friends and I love to make fun of Free Bird but it's actually an amazing song (if a little lengthy, but it earns it's length). Well worth your time! Fav Song: Simple Man Least Fav Song: Things Goin' On

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

loooooord I can't chaaaange

Fantastic front to back

This is a pretty good album that has such a killer ending it catapults the whole document into the stratosphere. I wonder if anyone could, when inevitably asked at a live show, just wow the audience and actually play “Freebird”.

Only listened to half :(

meh

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

A debut album with: "Gimme Three Steps", "Simple Man", "Tuesday's Gone", and "Free Bird"? That's some kind of start! Just good music! Puts ya in a good mood.

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

Simpleeeeeeeeeeeeeee Kind of man

This is rock!! Turn it up, man! 5/5

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

This did absolutely nothing for me. Perhaps if I could hear it without the baggage of being pub-rock influencers it would get another star

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

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

Shockingly, I’d never listened to this album before. Sure I’d heard much of it but I’d never sat and listened to it as an album. This was their DEBUT album. Free Bird. Simple Man. Tuesday’s Gone. The A side wood rank near the top of greatest debut albums of all time. And then it all ends with Free Bird. Unfortunately there’s a few songs in between that although they are good I honestly can’t remember one of them without checking. So a solid 4+ this would get ….. and I can’t quite give it a 5 but goddamn.

Excellent.

Fun album to listen to while doing something.

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

Pretty good, kinda dry

Lynyrd Skynyrd boldly asks, what if some dudes from the south really liked the blues and wanted to be like The Rolling Stones? It is technically an excellent album and one hell of a debut. Fantastic guitar work, not to mention the piano which I never noticed as much in previous listens. Very well-developed sound and arrangements. And frankly, it is impossible to deny the cultural impact. However, I walked away feeling a bit uninspired. I feel like releasing a searing blues album in 1973 after a lot of more groundbreaking rock and roll came and went is already a little derivative. I suppose you could argue they contributed a lot of refinement, which they did. The mixing and engineering on this album really sparkles with clarity. It sounds great. For what it is, it is great. But I’m not sure I’m convinced by what it is.

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

Lol

To be a trucker on route 66

Freezer biiiird yeaaaahhhaahahah

3.5 stars here

I've been waiting to add this to my profile. Country boys say hoooo

so gas. almost deserves a 5. but idk. it’s very close to a 5

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

I’m actually going to mark this down for the final track. Rest of the album is cracking tho’

Southern rock with a side of racism

70s Southern Boogie - excellent debut album the live version of Free Bird knocks the album version for 6 though

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

Notes written during listening : "Sample Man - one word, 6 letters : INSANE tuesday gone - guitar solo is unbelievable !!!! Gimme three steps - incredible Things goin' on - kinda like the piano part ! Looks like great ball of fire from Jerry LL" Awesome album from a legendary group ! Quite hard to do better after that I think !

Lanyard Scanyard

Incredible I loved it. Production has aged so well and the playing is top notch

Woooooo I feel like an AMERICAN after listening to this. Good stuff. Classics on classics. And such good guitars.

One thing my exes have in common: they all love Lynyrd Skynyrd. And I totally get it. Free Bird fucking bangs. That said, this album drags in the middle a bit. For that, I’m deducting a point.

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

Enjoyable.

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

Is that really how you say it?

like the happy gilmore riff

Great southern rock band

Correcto

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

7/10 Too much filler for 5 stars but punching way above its weight. 11-18-2024

Very good

Hard to argue with the slate of singles on this one, looks like they stacked all their good songs on this album

3.5

Честно сказать... Не то что бы я не ожидал, но это всё равно срака. Лучшая песня - Simple Man.

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

Great band, great album, some classic rock anthems. Gotta love it.

Most bands don’t have the courage to do a 7 1/2 minute rock song in 6/8… let alone absolutely crush it. Instant 5 from me, also helps that I already love half the songs on the album

One classic after another, many of these songs were overplayed on AOR radio when I was younger but still great tunes. Kind of forget that this was a debut record and it also essentially started the southern rock genre

Free bird brings it right up, needs another listen

Very impressive debut! Classic

First of all, I disagree with how the bands name should be pronounced. Ok now on to the album…. I’m not sure there is an Album that has more big hits on it than this one. Which is odd since by default, you should say this is the greatest album of all time. Which it’s not, to me at least. I don’t have a reason why. How it makes me feel I guess. There is nothing wrong with this album as long as you accept the fact that music in this day and age sounds completely different than back then. This is pure southern classic rock. Crisp, soul felt and foot tapping. Fans of almost every genre of music can appreciate this album. If you hate it, it’s based on musical preference. There can’t possibly be any other reason. The vocals are good and don’t sound out of key or an annoying tone. The band is solid with not one instrument taking too much control over the others. The pace of the album flutters in the mid range high and low zones where it’s not too heavy and not too soft, at any point. Enjoy this damn it! Because of Free Bird, the ending to the movie “The Devils Rejects” is the best ending ever in a movie. Choice cut: Free Bird

all the classic skynyrd in one album.

Growing up half hillbilly this was part of the soundtrack to my youth. This album is littered with some of the absolute classics of the southern rock genre.

Great album to listen all the way through - it's been quite some time - and full of classics. Simple Man always one of my favs. They codified Southern Rock and produced a hell of a lot in a few short years before that plane crash.

Southern cookin’

As Brian Eno famously said: “The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band.” - Similarly, I heard a podcast recently that said something similar about Sublime, except it was more like..."everyone who listened to Sublime went and started a band that was terrible"...I feel like Lynyrd Skynyrd is like that...There was a lot of questionable stuff that came after this record...even from the band itself, however, just listen to this in a vacuum, its peak Southern Rock and its very good.

Give me some

Going into this, I was like "Oh, it's the album Tuesday's Gone, Gimme Three Steps, and Free Bird are on - I don't know if I've ever listened to this as an album, so let's see if the rest of the tracks live up to that incredibly high standard." And then I proceeded to go "Ohhhh, it's *this* one!" to basically every other track. Suffice to say, this is all bangers, and while the rest of the album can't live up to Free Bird, I think when the question is "How many genre-defining masterpieces are on this album," most bands will absolutely settle for "One." Seriously, the only negative things I can say about this record are that the honky-tonk piano in Things Goin' On gives me extremely specific flashbacks to Dr Drago's Madcap Chase (you're welcome, handful of other people who grew up on that), and that Guns 'N' Roses listened to Tuesday's Gone and Free Bird, thought "Yeah, we could do that," and that's how we ended up with November Rain.

Why does this website insist on linking you to expanded versions? So I’m listening to the standard version of this album instead. It’s never struck me before how country Lynyrd Skynyrd are; I don’t have a lot of time for country music, but I love this. Would you call it kinda country blues? The first time i heard it would have been sixth year at school, so…1978? A friend brought it in to play on the common room record player. Anyway, top choice. It might be over 50 years old but it fits beautifully with the current music scene.

Genuinely struggling between 4 and 5 stars here - the songs that are good are really, really good, and Free Bird is always gonna be an amazing track, but there's definitely a bit of a slump in the middle... I think if the songs had a little more variety it would be five? It's very strong down-south good-rockin Blues rock, but the slower songs really drag... Sod it, it's a four but I'm not sure I won't be regretting that in a couple of days. Faves: Free Bird; Tuesday's Gone

Fantastic album with a ton of classics.

Classic. Love it!

Skynard fucking blows.

Good album. Timeless.

Not a huge fan of southern rock but this album is incredible.

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

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

All the jams. While I fully understood that Freebird is an epic song, listening to it in this context really solidified that.

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

Full of belters

Trite as it is to say, but you don’t have classic rock without Skynyrd.

It's complicated. I kinda hate Simple man, but Tuesday's Gone and Free bird are goated. 4 for being the best of southern rock. Will I listen to again: 40%

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

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.

Definitely liked it more than expected. And Free Bird is a banger.

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

I mean it’s got free bird on it

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

Play Free Bird 🗣️🗣️

Free Bird

Classic southern rock, no bad songs on the album with 2-3 all time classics

Classic

it's not that i hate it, i just don't like this doodley wohoo sound too much.

What can be said about this album that hasn't been said. It has some all time great tracks that have more than stood the test of time.

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

Bang on

I think I'm allergic.

A silly little album with a few silly little songs that any fan of classic rock will instantly recognise. Yet I can't help but feel that there isn't much variety, either in the lyricism or (especially) the style and instrumentation of each track. Tracks like Things Goin' On and Poison Whiskey, while technically fine, fade into the background when compared to the more well-known songs surrounding them. And is it fair to say that the "confederate rock" genre is both overdone and slightly in poor taste? I think it is. When the songs shine, though... man, they really shine. Tuesday's Gone and especially Free Bird are masterclasses in how to keep a 7-plus-minute song interesting through exciting solos, varying energy, and experimenting with combinations of instruments. Gimme Three Steps has a memorable vocal and guitar riff, as does Simple Man – justifying their clear popularity. I would've liked to see Lynyrd Skynyrd take these ideas and make more of a creative splash on the music scene through experimentation and artistic expression, but this album is pretty solid as is. 4/5 Key tracks: Free Bird, Simple Man, Gimme Three Steps

I’m not much of a country rock fan, but man, when it hits, it hits! Not a soft moment on here. Some of these songs have been played so often, and even still, just keeps a rockin.

All time greatest album

It’s fine but Southern Rock has never really appealed to me. Reminds me of too many rednecks that I grew up around. Their hit songs have been played to death and even though I like them well enough in the moment, I never search them out.

sería un 9.5

jajajaj gran nombre el apogeo del rock de guitarras.

Classic rock yankee setentoso

Damn fine

I thought this was gonna be totally overrated but this was actually great.

Pretty solid.

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

Just a bunch of dudes with some long hair shredding out guitar solos. What's more classic rock than this? One of the absolute heavy hitters of classic rock with one of the greatest rock anthems I've ever heard. Big credit for championing southern rock - lot of really cool and new innovative stuff going on in this album. Free Bird will always live on as the annoying song to request at a wedding or karaoke, who else can say that?

it's good, very nice production, classic

It goes from a solid 4/5 to Free Bird bringing it home to an undeniable 5/5. Anthem after anthem, from songs about classism to songs about cocaine. This is the southern rock classic

Hard rock band from the 70’s. Some good music.

Every middle school dance ended with either Freebird or Stairway to Heaven. Respect! But really I don't like their music very much - it's very good for what it is, but I'm not a huge redneck rock head and if I had to, I'd rather listen to Charlie Daniels or Allmans or ZZ Top. I understand their name was borrowed from their high school gym teacher, which is pretty great. I also liked the way they responded to Neil Young's Southern Man and Alabama. And I realized this is the first time I've heard one of their albums - everything I know is from either classic rock radio or middle school dances. Funnily worded sentence in the Wikipedia article on this album: "As of March 2023, all the band members pictured are now deceased." As of? Like maybe if we periodically check in again we might find some are no longer deceased?

What an impressive debut album! I know there are other classics from their later albums, but this has a surprising number of hits that have withstood the test of time (regardless of their politics). My favorites on the album are also the ones I've heard many many times before: "Free bird", "Gimme three steps", "Simple man", and "Tuesday's gone" (ironic that the album producer nearly killed "Simple man" before it was even recorded). I don't think I've previously heard the remainder, but there are a few good ones in there too. The leading track "I ain't the one" was surprising how much it sounded like ZZ Top (as in, ZZ Top was clearly inspired by this song, not the other way around). Pro tip: although it's a better choice than some of the chain restaurants in the area, Skynyrd's in Kennesaw, Georgia, is a middling-at-best restaurant, even if the band *did* (maybe?) play there way back when....

Never heard this before, though I grew up groaning over Free Bird. Really enjoyed it--what an incredible first album. Tuesday's Gone is new favorite song, and it was nice to hear Simple Man again.

4.1 2x classic

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

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

Älyttömän kova etelän rokkipläjäys! 4/5

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

Pleasantly surprised... nice mix of rock and country

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

I wanted to like this, but it's dull. Dull, dull, dull.

Really this whole album is fantastic. I loved it as a kid. I love it now

did not realize the band that made sweet home alabama was this multifaceted and full of amazing compositions...8/10

Fantastyczne. Simple man bardzo mi się podoba, a tekst trafia prosto w moją duszę. Free bird i I aint the one też znakomite, szczególnie free bird. Dobre teksty i jeszcze lepsze instrumnety 5/5

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

Free bird baby 4 stars

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

Tuesday’s Gone // Simple Man // Free Bird // 3.5/5

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

I'd never really listened to a whole Lynyrd Skynyrd album before although I knew Sweet Home Alabama and Free Bird (from this album) very well. Pretty good!

A remarkable blues/country rock album. Simple Man and the guitar solo outro of Free Bird are particular highlights for me. Excellent in every way.

Good, but not my thing

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

Records like this are why I gave up on my initial attempt to listen to all of the albums in this list in chronological order when I reached the mid-70s

Freeebiird! I really enjoyed listening to this. Awesome.

There is no questioning this band’s status in the rock music community , the success that they achieved, the inspiration they gave..but it passed me by and even now I revisit it with a more musically open (& educated?) mind (or ears??) but cannot engage wit it, like it or appreciate it, sorry it’s not you it’s me (maybe)

Get that air guitar out and go rocking. With a beautiful Tuesday's Gone (covered by Metallica) and Freebird, this album has really grown on me during the weekend. Played it on vinyl, this is really a lot of fun. All banger, all mash!

Better than I expected. Wouldn’t mind someone else putting this on, but wouldn’t reach for it myself.

Favorite Lynyrd Skynyrd album so far. Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man, Free Bird. Everything been on my playlists for long time already.

Southern Rock vom Feinsten! Klassiker!

Classic rock legends, and this is one of their best! 8 songs and 5 made it on the radio with 4 being rock radio staples to this day. Out of the chute with "I Ain't The One", then rolling into the 7 minute ballad "Tuesday's Gone", and on to my favorite Skynyrd tune, "Gimme Three Steps", followed by the revered "Simple Man", which has been covered by everyone and their mother too! The only dud is "Mississippi Kid". They wrap this album up with what's possibly the biggest classic rock song of all time in "Free Bird", yeah you can yell it, and you have a bonafide Top 1001 album that had hits, top notch musicianship, gritty vocals, was influential and still stands up 50 yrs later!

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

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

As a teenager I refused to like this band. I was into heavy metal and drooling over Van Halen, Ozzy, Zepplin, Floyd and other bigger harder bands. A girl friend of mine loved this album, she used to tell me you will love it. I was being an ass because it was "country". Little did I know this album would be in my top 200 albums for the rest of my life. The album is perfect 10 songs all around the 5 minute mark, ordered perfectly by the producer, the smooth rock vibe mixed perfectly with the country aspect makes it something not many had pulled off before them. This is an absolute masterpiece even if dislike this type of rock.

Simple Man on mainio, muuten omaan makuun vähän tylsää menoa.

A classic album and a one of their best. It's loaded with awesome songs front to back.

Went it knowing the songs (and frankly some over played songs) and thought it would just be one listen. Found myself relistening a few times.

So many great classics! I had never realized they came from their first album.

Loved this !!! Favs: I ain’t the one, Tuesday’s gone, Mississippi kid, free bird (did not know this was them lol)

I have always wanted to get into Lynyrd Skynyrd, and as soon as I saw those long-haired, flare-wearing men on the cover, I knew I was in for a treat. I knew a lot more songs on this album that I thought, mostly because of covers etc. Standout tracks: - Tuesday's gone <3 - Simple man (always makes me so sad) <3 - Poison Whiskey - Free bird (the solo is 5/5 I feel like I'm ascending to a new dimension)

Classic!!!

All time great rock album. Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man, Freebird. Legendary.

Banger after banger. There were like 4 singles on this album, and everything that wasn't should have been

A little too old fashioned for me, free bird was fine though.

suuuper classic

# Album Name: Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd # Artist: Leonard Skynyrd # Rating: 5/5 # Comments: Tuesdays gone. What a song. Love the guitar, vocals in this one. and THAT piano solo. Shit man. Fantastic. Gimme three steps - very catchy. Love the guitar work on this one. Some great licks and solos. For some reason, some of the vocals remind me of the theme tune to only fools and horses. no idea why. Awww simple man. What a tune!!! The guitar riff again. Absolutely top notch. The vocals on the chorus is so powerful. fucking ace solo on this bad boy. The piano in things going on makes me think of the scenes of movies in the deep south where people walk into the bar and theres a honky tonk band banging out tunes on a piano. Sounds very cowboy to me. Quite catchy, i like it. Decent tune. Although the quality of the album dipped here from the very high standard set in the previous songs. This continues until free bird kicks in. What a finale to the album. Overall a very good album for me. I'd give it a low 5 # Top Tunes: Tuesdays gone / Gimme three steps / simple man / Free bird # Would I listen to it again? Definitely.

3.5

-liked this a LOT more than I thought I would knowing only Sweet Home Alabama tbh. Pretty much every song is super catchy and made me feel cool as shit -Some of the songs def went on a long time but they were still consistently good so I didn’t mind -Favorites are I Ain’t The One and Gimme Three Steps

I know these albums are on here for a reason. This one’s obvious. I know the band has some shady history, but good lord the Freebird solo…

Excelent

Nice short and punchy, catchy rock, dosent overstay its welcome and starts and ends strong with a somewhat middling middle.

Excellrnt

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

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

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

It was fun to actually listen to a whole Lynyrd Skynyrd album. Free Bird and Simple Man are great hits and I would listen again.

Terrific rock with southern sounds, original lyrics and ideas. Great classic album.

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

This album rocks!

It’s just really good blues rock. Everything good about ZZtop or Kings of Leon, even The Stones or LedZep. I’m not normally a fan of Country/Blues but these lads have nailed it.

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

A couple tracks honest surprised me with influences I hadn't expected. Obviously there are some monster tracks here, but there is a cool diversity that really showed off the depth of talent in the band.

I really like the guitars on this, it reminds me a bit of the ZZ Top album that came earlier. A couple of songs were a bit boring but mostly really good. Free Bird is epic

Like the overall feel of album and Free Bird is a no brainer classic, but found otherwise the lyrics of other tracks kind of basic

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

I’m going to call this Mom Rock - because my own Mother knew the lyrics to ever Skynyrd song that came on the radio.

4.0

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

3/5

No private session used for Spotify. "Free Bird" is a meme at this point it's under the category of songs I never need to hear again, but "Tuesday's Gone" and "Simple Man" are far from that category. Next time you at a concert and you think you are hilarious by shouting out "Free Bird" try either of those two other underplayed classics. Back to the review, southern rock personified. Classic. Genre Defining.

Some of the best southern rock of all time. Lots of classics on this album by a band that could shred with soul. It's worth talking about the fact that "Sweet Home Alabama" is a jam, but has it's controversies about whether its about racist Southern pride or just a retort to Neil Young to point out that all southerners aren't racists (see https://www.npr.org/2018/12/17/676863591/sweet-home-alabama-lynyrd-skynyrd-southern-discomfort-american-anthem). On a purely musical level, this album is a banger though.

Great album has a few classics tracks never get tired of this

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

I know the hits, but never really did a deep dive into a full album. I expected to like a few tracks, but this is a BANGER front to back. Hard for me to throw around the term "perfect album" but this might just be that! "Lynyrd Skynyrd Smokes"

It’s okay.

Pretty darned great.

Great album! I ain’t the one is a new one for me - really enjoyed it! 8/10

Fantastic album. Somehow only 7 songs and 4 of them are bonafide classics and essential songs. Simple Man is personally one of my favorite songs of all time. Free Bird might be the best closer of any album

Ok, I like how long the songs are

Such a great album! This got a lot of rotation back in the day when I lived in a student house. The first side is killer, but the second side does dip a little in quality. However, side B redeems itself with Freebird and so this is an easy 5 stars from me.

An album that is graced with classic hits, the most universally known is probably Freebird. I liked this album, very American both lyrically and musically. I would put it in the genre of country rock rather than hard rock, certainly where this album is concerned. A classic through and through.

poah ich weiss ja nicht das ist wieder so texas

6/10

Decent, not my kind of music. Listened while driving in Honda civic. I can see some of its influence

I really liked this album!

freebird is perfect, there are some similarities between other songs but i overall enjoyed it

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

This sounds like having the boys over for a cooler full of Bud Heavies on the deck while the wife is out of town

No. 257/1001 I Ain't The One 3/5 Tuesday's Gone 4/5 Gimme Three Steps 3/5 Simple Man 5/5 Things Goin' On 3/5 Mississippi Kid 3/5 Poison Whiskey 3/5 Free Bird 5/5 Average: 3,63 Really good album with 2 exceptional songs.

3.5 - 3.75 for the obvious highlights

FreeBird!

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

Skynyrd likely isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, and it could be argued that Second Helping is a better overall record, but the idea of giving an album that contains Tuesday’s Gone, Gimme Three Steps, Simple Man, and (obviously) Free Bird anything less than 5 stars is lunacy. One of the most misunderstood bands of all time, Skynyrd ushered in southern rock with cerebral, thoughtful lyrics and a bruising musicality that is often obscured by the rebel flags that were often seen at their shows. It was a band filled to the brim with talent, and their first two records are especially brilliant. Hard living and the tragic plane crash (my dad happened to be at their last concert before the crash took the lives of several members) robbed the world of sustained greatness, but for a brief moment this was one of the best musical acts in America.

Free Bird

This album is 5 star good before it even gets to Free Bird. 5 stars or A+ for me.

The whole time I was like play freebird! And then they did!!

Lynyrd Skynyrd's debut album is a timeless classic that perfectly captures the essence of Southern rock. From the opening riff of "Gimme Three Steps" to the epic ballad "Free Bird," this album is a showcase of the band's raw talent and infectious energy. Ronnie Van Zant's powerful vocals, Gary Rossington and Allen Collins's blistering guitar work, and Billy Powell's soulful piano playing combine to create a sound that is both gritty and melodic. While the album's production may be somewhat dated, it adds to its charm and authenticity. The songs are filled with heartfelt lyrics that paint vivid pictures of life in the South. Whether you're a longtime fan or new to Lynyrd Skynyrd, this album is a must-listen.

fangt seehr geil aaheega viel gitis wo sache mached. de solo break wo zwei s gliche spieled isch recht geil. tuesday's gone macht jetz scho recht lang s gliich aber s isch no schön, klaviersolo brichts schön uuf. uf wiki stoht dass sie bevors is studio sind scho jede ton abgmacht hend und null improvisiert hend. da glaubi sehr. es stimmt huere viel und isch sehr überleit. aber de song isch etz uuuuhuere lang. und baut scho mega uuf aber etz nöd meega. gimme three steps het huere ceili perkussion, sust nöd en fantaastische song. aaah logisch vo do chunt am finnerty sis simple kind of man. nöd esoooo geil. herzige song. gitarresolo recht geil. sinds zwei oder hets sones echo druf? ihri songs sind generell recht lang und baued mega uuf. de song schleppt etz echli findi. things goon on isch etz au meh en groove afoch. bluesrock riff und en guy wo (zwor sehr guet) singt drüber. aber meh. obligate song miteme südstaat im name. ok fair isch afoch afoch en akustische blues bis etz und finds nice. uuh slide giti immer guet. finds no witzig dass sie vo florida sind und weder vo mississippi no vo alabama. aber au de sing wird etz langsam repetitiv. oke jetz free bird. ohni de song wär das album garantiert nöd uf dere liste. de rest vom album isch nämlich cute gsi aber etz nöd meega guet. intro solo meeega schnulzig aber d akkordfolg macht ebe au huere viel. und de leadgsang und d gitarre mached sochli call & response. huere geil. me het jetz scho s gfühl dases schneller wird. oke s wird schneller uf de refrain. uuund ufd strophe bremseds wieder. jo da isch huuuere guet gmacht. boooh jetz nochem zweite refrain gohts loooooos. das solo isch uuuultra geil d begleitig drunder isch huere mini mal aber so knackig. zwei gitarre lesgo. hits under mega noodly shit? huuuere geil. ich glaub s sind konstant zwei gitarre.

funny ahfang vo I ain't the one coolio tuesday's gone isch na cute mega wie ich mier das album vorgstellt han ok s klavier isch ja ultracute simple man findi au sehr schön mite ruhige strophe sie wüssed scho wie soli gönd things goin on isch chli silly aber ich liebs klavier?? mississippi kid ischmer chli zu country FREE BIRD isch halt echt en unglaaabliche banger jaa keis lied het jz mega krass füregstoche ussert free bird, und vlt simple man, aber s het immer wieder sehr cooli moment geh VIA

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.

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

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

Classic country blues music. Can see why they took off from this. Highlights are Freebird

Good but not my generation.

No le voy a poner menos de 5 estrellas al disco que tiene Free Bird. Así son las cosas.

4/5 would so massacre people in a church to this

Classic

90% of this album did not land the way it did when I was a lad. However, Free Bird solo is worth 2 stars. It RIPS!

I’m a simple man

Love this album. Since there is no other time to talk about Free Bird, I have to rant about how spectacular that song is 😂. I hear Free Bird today only in an ironic context, so to have an opportunity to take it seriously again was refreshing. The first 4mins 20 seconds is obviously cool and bluesy. The melody (bwwwwuahhh, wahhhhh wyyaaa, wyyyahhh, wyabb) makes you feel like a free bird coasting in the air and is really catchy. Next, and you were teased with this earlier, it feels like youre about to leave and be the “free bird”, but unlike the easy and melancholic coast you expected, this is an cannon blast to outer fucking space that honestly does not drag on for the next 4 minutes and only gets more entertaining as it goes on. Around 7mins 30, the shuffling drum beat gives me goosebumps as I picture Jenny from Forrest Gump about to SEND IT off a building in high heels while high as balls on heroin and cocaine. The energy is fantastic after 100s of times through this song. Out of back of the mix around 8mins, the bass guitar finally cuts through the chaos to claim the official peak of this roller coaster. Somehow, they fucking land that eagle without it feeling rigid and fade it out (my only actual complaint is that they didnt decide to come to a final hit) Free Bird… holy shit

Side A is flawless - and a great summer album.

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

Some solid songs on the album, although I get so tired of hearing Free Bird.

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

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

Classic album, good solid southern rock

Damn so many hits. The non-hits are pretty good too but the hits are fucking amazing.

some goddamn mega hits on this. What a debut. Love it

Super fun album, I really like a lot of these songs. The first song I thought really sucked, but after that point it got going pretty strong. Hadn't heard those demo tracks before, but it was kind of cool to listen to them once.

I think I’ve underrated Lynyrd Skynyrd

Didn’t expect to love this but I did

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

Lynyrd Skynyrd may be the definitive Southern-rock band. They toured for years before releasing this debut album, "Pronounced 'Leh-'Nerd..." It includes the song that might be their "one-hit" - Free Bird - if the band hadn't continued to make hit songs. "Pronounced..." also includes "Gimme Three Steps" and "Tuesday's Gone," great examples of the country-rock storytelling in the band's music. The songs are supported by the three-guitar line-up, which gives the song a depth and complexity that added to their appeal.

Classic songs. Harmless good old boy before it was mean. I like that innocent vibe.

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

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A top tier southern rock album.

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.

The hits are good. The other songs are slightly less good. It’s a 4.

wow maybe the most WHO GIVES A FUCK album of all time. gave up and listened to metallica so

Some real classics here, along with some I've never heard that I quite enjoyed.

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

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

Seminal classic rock.

Yeah yeah yeah, "Free Bird" has been beaten to death - but for good reason. Putting myself in the shoes of someone in 1973 hearing "Tuesday's Gone", "Gimme Three Steps", "Simple Man" and "Free Bird" for the first time (and the subsequent mind-melting that would ensue), I have to respect the hell out of this record. A true titan of the southern rock genre.

Absolutely fantastic album top to bottom.

Pretty rocking.

STANDOUTS: Tuesday's Gone Gimme Three Steps Simple Man Free Bird OVERALL: 4/5; some absolute all-time bangers on here.

Honestly, such a srupendous album with rich and thick guitar tone from 3 loud and powerful guitars, motown boogie on drums, and a smooth southern heritage soaked drawl. Don't fixate on the politics of the south because the music of Lynard Skynard is not predicated on core beliefs but rather a sense of working man blues and dreggs caught up in the fast lane. I'll add though that this is basic southern rock, once you breach the genre wall there is so much phenomenal music beyond Skynard.

3☆/5 08.14.2024