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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.
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.
A good amount of hits and solid album cuts.
A solid debut album.
Pretty good rock. Songs went on a little too long.
6/10
‘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’.
Lot of fun songs. Free Bird is pretty played out, but still a great one. 4/5
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!
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
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.
I hate this band but damn is this such a good album - other than free bird. Fuck Free Bird
So this is their debut? Incredible. Even the ones I’d never heard are awesome. I have to say I’ve always found Simple Man to be too long, too slow, too repetitive. But that’s faint criticism for an otherwise timeless work.
Fino a "Simple Man" sono dimenticabili. Bellissime "Simple Man" e "Free Bird", naturalmente. Ma il resto dell'album no, 4 stelle alte.
Sguuuud. My favorites are "Tuesday's Gone", "Things Goin' On", "Mississippi Kid", and "Simple Man". Free Bird is okay too I guess.
Está bueno, pero Free Bird se lo lleva todo.
I enjoyed it quite a bit. Brings me back to old school US with the country rock twang and ramblin’ grooves. Simple Man and Free Bird are truly masterpieces but the others aren’t bad either. 7/10
If you turn your radio on right now I'm sure that something from this album is being played. This and "Second Helping" are my faves. Would give it 5 stars except it has one of the songs that contributed to the down fall of radio.
This is the debut album from rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. The album was certified double platinum in the US 14 years after release in 1987, and along with being the band's debut album, it is best known for the epic guitar solo on the track "Free Bird". This is what I imagine an awesome hard rock album from the 70's should sound like. It's the first time I heard most of these songs from this great band, besides "Free Bird", and I couldn't be happier with the quality of the other tracks. It's easy to tell that this band had some serious talent from the get go and their popularity only went up!
I cannot say for certain when my first exposure to Skynyrd was but Tuesday's Gone had to be close because of Happy Gilmore. Also, one time in 8th grade, we had to vote on our class song. I nominated Tuesday's Gone. It lost to Higher by Creed by a count of 9-2. Probably the most difficult review Tuesday's Gone has ever received. This album has a lot of well known songs that I will listen to again. The middle of the album isn't as good as the rest. Freebird certainly does not need to be a 10 minute jam session. Also several of the songs have a southern twang to them which I don't care for. I rounded down.
I don't think this type of music is for me but it's probably among the best of its genre. Has Free Bird.
Great 70s rock album with some cool southern folk styling.
So I like it alot more than I expected too. I still think freebird goes on for far too long, but simple man is very good. I'm not sure if I would listen to again, but I think if I was to listen to a Skynyrd album, this would probably be the one.
Klassiek rock album. Gewoon goed. Free Bird blijft wel een topnummer
Really good, surprisingly! No Sweet Home Alabama or That Smell thankfully
Good debut album. Some songs with huge staying power right off the bat.
so many hits that still rock. Simple Man the highlight, but man what a debut overall
Classic. I’ve always listened to their greatest hits but most of them are from this album.
Really good jams. Hard boogie to epic ballads. (7/10) FT: Free Bird, Gimme Three Steps, Simple Man
This is a staggering debut album, full of hits both recognizable and novel. It turned Southern rock into a cohesive art form, even while pushing its envelope.
A fine album all-around. Obviously, anything country-rock related tends to go on a bit and start to blend together, but I enjoyed it.
Some great classics
Good ol' southern rock. The classics hit hard and the deeper cuts are still good.
some incredible tracks - absolute classic rock standards all on one album. Some pretty crappy songs mixed in as well preventing 5 stars.
Great albulm
Yeahyeah freebird c un classic
Lynyrd Skynyrd. I have their greatest hits, and not surprisingly, half of this album is on it. There's a reason this album is on the list. As much as this is YEE-HAW southern rock, it is done well. The songs are catchy, even the ones on here that are over (FREEBIRD! PLAY FREEBIRD!!!) played. I remember hearing Freebird for the first time, and that whole twin guitar thing just blew my mind. Even though it's still a bit on the sloppy side and I know others can do it just as well, it's still great. The production on this and all the other songs are great. The formula for pretty much all of their albums exist right here, little changes from their other albums. I mean, did they peak with this one? Probably, it's the one with some of their best known (FREEBIRD! PLAY FREEBIRD!!!) stuff on it. But I was always partial to Mr. Saturday Night Special, not sure why. Anyway, it is probably an essential to that southern rock archetype. I just wish there was some evolution to it.
Simple Man is one of my favorite songs and Free Bird is a classic for good reason. I especially enjoyed the more folk-y sounding songs...great American rock listen
Free Bird and Simple Man are fantastic songs. It was really enjoyable to hear other songs that I hadn't heard before.
You can’t deny the impact this group had on Rock n Roll but I also credit their sound to a lot of the country rock that plays today. I enjoy this album for its rough-ness but simplistic tone as well.
Good variety of tracks, and more upbeat than I was expecting
Heck of a debut.
Unfortunately this sound is so culturally complicated for Americans with a lot of racists identifying with the southern rock sound. Beyond that, although I would not want to listen to this on the regular, you can't deny the legacy of this album. Simple Man is still great. Free Bird is... well, Free Bird. Nothing is bad here.
This one is good, not only because of Freebird
What a great albun to start a musical career. I really like „Free Bird“. It‘s one of my favourite songs.
All(most) all the hits are here! well produced, and tight musicianship made this a surprising delight to listen to.
NICE!
Great debut album.
Alger negla, ballöðu/greddurokk sem endar á slagaranum Free Bird.
SO many iconic Lynyrd Skynyrd songs on this album, but I had never listened to it front to back, so this was another exciting one for me. To that point, I never realized so many of their most beloved songs came from this first album! I'd rather listen to any of these Skynyrd hits than Sweet Home Alabama, so the fact that it's not on this album is, in itself, almost worth a bonus star in my rating. This album reflects a time when track order really seemed to be more of an intentional, precise art. I Ain't the One is a perfect opener, setting an exciting stage for many of the band's bigger mainstream hits, and arguably, some of the most well known jams in classic rock history. The second half of the album slumps a bit too far into swamp rock for me. Just when you think you might finally be getting bored, the album closes with its rising phoenix song, Free Bird, one song that is practically two separate tracks. The first "track" is a patient ballad, slowly building with some of the most recognized lyrics and guitar riffs in rock music history, before finally blooming into the second "track", an epic ~5 minute instrumental that stands among the best that rock music has ever witnessed.
Their debut album that gave us Free Bird and a load of great rock tracks. They sound like they are having a lot of fun. Didn't realise half the band wiped out in a plane crash en-route to play at my alma mater LSU
Really liked this one - it was a good album to start this with. I knew a couple of the songs but had never listened to an entire Lynyrd Skynyrd album, and probably would not have thought to listen to an entire Lynyrd Skynryd album. They just wouldn't have popped into my head as "hey let's listen to this band today." But I liked it, and it was good music to have on while getting work done.
Fantastic southern rock album, absorbing tunes, great playing and the majestic Free Bird.
Enjoyed this album. Simple Man was a highlight
Good old southern blues from Ronnie Van Zant and co. Great album and before all the confederate flag/disagreement with Neil Young crap. Some lovely music on this one, highlights for me "Tuesdays Gone" and of course "Freebird". Freebird reminds me of the touring Radio Caroline Roadshows back in the '70's when they always finished with that song to close the evening. Great memories.
Almost every song was excellent. I don’t believe I’d ever heard the original album version of Free Bird and especially loved it.
Loved this in my 20s. Now in my 30s, I feel its really dated, but it holds a nostalgic place in my heart.
Top album met het beste nummer toch wel "Simple Man"
Very good, very solid. Classic blues-rock. Free bird is the track I knew the most, however, I don't think it is the best off this album. Could easily be a 5, I just don't know how re-listenable it is.
A triumphant album, simple listening thanks to its ubiquity, extremely tight in the playing. Puts one in the mood for clean whiskey.
A bit harder rock than I usually like but some of the songs on this album really grabbed me.
Surely important to the genre, recorded and performed in one groove, no characteristic distinctions, light individuality between the tracks. Great rhythm and solos!
2021.11.26
Lots of classics on this one. Three steps, simple man, free byrd. Super solid stuff.
This is a fun listen! It would have been a good Friday album if I hadn't missed it lol.
Fun stuff, free bird is a classic
kinda snazzy ngl
More material from the high school stoner vaults. The Dixie attitude is thick as pig shit, frankly, but it's an undeniable Southern Rock classic.
This is a classic album. It has most, if not all, of Skynyrd's biggest hits. It's a great record to just sit back and hang to.
I'm a sucker for classic rock - grew up listening to it in the house. I already knew half the songs on this album, which surprised me. I like the whole vibe of this one.
An iconic album. "Tuesday's Gon" was my favorite track this listen
I’ve always had a soft spot for Skynyrd
Simple, great American blues-rock. More than just the guys who did Free Bird
I enjoyed this album a lot. My highlights were I Ain't The One, Gimme Three Steps and Poison Whiskey.
The hits are really good but the rest is pretty mediocre. 7-8/10 1. Simple Man 2. Free Bird 3. Gimme Three Steps
Very solid album, and of course I love Free Bird. 8/10
8/10
Quality record. 3 stars and a additional one for Free bird
Begendim
Pretty fun! I’m a southern girl at heart and liked this. Beyond freebies and Tuesday’s gone it was a blast.
Hadn’t heard previously. Two great songs, and the rest decent, but unremarkable? Maybe more to it on repeat listens.
A more than solid album with good songs, great guitars and a decent mix.
Nice
I think it's nothing special, but I really enjoyed it. It's a really good album. But I am happy that I didnt hear free bird the day that I got it, cuz that wouldve ended badly.
Nice, some classics
Some classic tracks on here such as Free Bird, but so is Tuesday's gone and my all time favourite track from this band, Simple Man. Never listed to one of their albums before.
Banda ktora zna chyba kazdy za sprawa ich wiecznie zywego sweet home alabama, ktory jednak nie pochodzi z tej plyty, krazek ktorego tytul pomaga w poprawnej wymowie nazwy zespolu jest ich debiutanckim albumem, na prawie 43 minutach jest zawarte 8 trakow, utrzymanych w klimacie poludniowej hameryczki, wiec taki mieszaniec country z bluesem, do tego mocne brzmienia hardego rocka i dostajemy klimat radia X z gta pelna morda, w ktorym pojawia sie przynajmniej jeden kawalek z tej plyty, bo pamietam cos free birdowego z osta, free bird moze byc najbardziej rozpoznawalnym numerem lynyrdow, a to za sprawa epickiej gitarkowej solowki, ktora zamyka kawalek jak i cala plyte i trwa ponad 5 minut, co czyni go takze najdluzszym songiem plyty, jak i calej dyskografii lynyrdow, co do samej bandy to ich brzmienie definiuje trio gitarkowe Rossington na leadzie w wiekszosci trakow czasem zmieniony z Collinsem, ktory na tej plycie operuje glownie na rytminczej i akustyku na free birdzie oraz Kingiem basiorzem, ktory mial leada na missisipi kidzie, to wlasnie harmonia miedzy nimi najbardziej urzekla mnie podczas odsluchu, dodatkowymi instrumentami sa typowo rokowo drumsy Burnsa i klawisze Powellowe, ostatnim elementem do ukladanki brzmienia bandy jest wokalista i autor tekstow Ronnie Van Zant, ktory brzmi tu o wiele nizej, cale szczescie, niz na traku z ktorego kojarzylem bande czyli sweet homa alabamowego, jak dla mnie dobry wokal oddajacy liryke tekstow, jak byc powinno gdy ktos pisal traczka przeciez, a lirycznie plyta takze daje rade, chociaz porusza dosc oklepanie poludniowe motywy, to robi to jednak szczerze i nie czuc tu zaszablonowania gatunkowego, wiec posluchamy o uwielbieniu do wolnosci, niebezpieczenstwach wiskaczow, dancingow z nieznajomymi pieknosciami czy o tym jak dobrze przezyc zycie, jako prosty czlek, jak do mnie bardzo trafil storytelling pana Ronniego, dobry pik dodatkowo przesluchany w pasujacych do plyty okolicznosciach, bo spity i wygiety na fotelu znajomka po calonocnej libacji festiwalowej, na plejaka dodam traki, o ktorych juz po czesci wspomnialem podczas opisu kontentu lirycznego, czyli zamykajacy free bird, poision whiskey i simple man, chociaz plyta jest na tyle rowna, ze kazdy z trakow nadawalby sie na plejke
4.5
Pure Southern Rock gold.
there is no denying that the songwriting and musicianship shown here are fabulous.
Just because of Tuesday’s Gone and Free Bird this is a strong album. Buy also enjoyed Simple Man. Strong, but 1-2 fillers as well.
What a debut album! Every song is a southern rock staple.
Epic album that contains most of the big hits Skynrd is known for. Other Gems like "Poison Whiskey" are great to hear for someone not familiar with their catalog
Very Blues-grassy, not overwhelming to the ears. Instrumentation is clean, lyrics are clear, has a definite country influence (which isn’t a bad thing).
Quality album
Fun listen
Great. Had only heard Freebird, but the entire album was good
Classic!
I guess it’s alright for the 1000th listen. Still holds up. Major and minor pentatonic at its maximum expression.
Excellent
really good rock, features one of the best guitar solos in rock
Iconic songs from the iconic southern-rock band. Awesome, even though, I have listened to this record way too many times.
Classic
Very good, enjoyed listening to it. Has to have 4* for Freebird !
Positiivinen ylläri! Minun korvaan kuulosti hyvältä ja taidokkaalta bluesahtavalta rokilta, odotukset olivat jotain perus punaniskarokkia. Vaikka eihän se Sweet Home Alabamakaan mikään huono biisi ole, niin mukava kuulla että bändillä on muitakin biisejä.
Classic.
4/5
Really great folk-rock-country album, although the whole album is overshadowed by Free Bird
Free bird is a classic
Outstanding debut album. It’s amazing how some bands can emerge with their first album fully formed and at their peak. I’m not the biggest fan of this particular flavor of rock but I can’t deny the excellence of many of these songs. 4 stars.
I can't say I liked the whole album. But isn't that final song (you know which) a juicy strawberry at the top of a cake?
Intro made me wanna buy 'bama season tickets. Tuesday's gone a bit bland. 3rd track has a very nice riff but it reminds me of another song 4th track: saloon ahh song. Mississippi kid: 2nd amendment moment Poison whiskey:ok Free bird: legendary buildup Mister banker: very efficient, guitarist going crazy and I love it All in all some good tracks but a bit boring and too American for my european palate although the immersion was appreciated and provides a more valuable experience.
The music is great, the lyrics are not. Their biggest hits are about a guy who refuses to commit (Freebird), and a Neil Young diss track (not on this record). Southern Rock doesn't exist without Lynyrd Skynyrd.
The classic of classic rock
I’ve never listened to the entire album before, but I’ll be playing “Free Bird” for the rest of my life obviously (First time I heard it would be from six feet under) The only other standout for me was Mr. Banker. A nice change of pace from the rest of the album, which after a while started blending together for me
I liked it, some gems on here
This gets 2 stars for "Tuesday's Gone" alone, which does everything I need from a song. Everything else is just 70s white guy blues-adjacent boogie: what is "Southern" about this? "Three Steps" is overrated, but not nearly as much as "Free Bird" which is slightly better. But really, the long weak solo to close?
Sound
1. I Ain't The One - Blues Rock cliches galore, with some annoying squealing vocal tones. But could be worse. 2. Tuesday's Gone - Keyboard sound is a bit weird, and emphasizes the larmoyance of the lead singer's voice. And "Gone With The Wind" - did that work back then? Too long. 3. Gimme Three Steps - Finally a good riffage intro. Chuck Berry knew better. 4. Simple Man - Ode to Good Ol' Boy. Meh. 5. Things Goin' On - Oompah Honkytonk. Not the worst though. 6. Mississippi Kid - Slide guitar & harmonica filler. 7. Poison Whiskey - My favorite this far. 8. Free Bird - One of these songs that are so entrenched in pop culture that it seems impossible to judge it without bias. It seems fun enough.
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its good, so far I'm not sure if it's my vibe, but it does remind me of Supernatural. I like Tuesdays Gone. I'm pretty sure some of these songs were in Supernatural Overall, not my vibe, but good album, I wouldn't judge someone if they had this in their top 10
Freebird blows, but otherwise a solid album. Good to hear stuff beyond the hits.
Not exactly my cup of tea
Oh god help me I’m not gonna give Skynard a one star review. If there’s anything vaguely listenable this band has produced, it is on this album. Tuesday’s Gone, Simple Man, even mother fucking Freebird for christ’s sake. It’s pretty much the beginning and end of true southern rock. Fuuuuuxk…I’m gonna give it a threeeeee!!! What has this list bought me to?!
Love the guitar and the vibe but it’s a bit too country for me in some parts but other than that great album 3.2/5
wird nicht langweilig! und einfach so schön zu einem sommertag, der ein bisschen unbeschrieben ist. gibt so einen drive zum banalen
Not bad as far as Southern Fried Rock goes. Some good guitar licks and reasonable tunes, although the lyrics didn’t always do it for me, and things tended to drag a bit towards the end……..
If you like southern rock/country you’re gonna love this out. Is very much the sound of itself during the air when this was made.
Some great songs in here, but I really don't think I'd come back to this one. Just listen to the hits and skip the rest. Favorite Songs: Gimme Three Steps, Free Bird
I’m actually quite interested in giving this a listen. It isn’t anything I’d usually put on, not that what I’ve heard it’s bad, it’s just somewhat forgettable beyond the memes. I ain’t the one was a decent way to start off this album. I loved going into Tuesdays Gone which was super soulful, very pretty music. It was long, but it had a lot of lovely bits in it. Gimmie three steps was slightly basic, but not bad in any way. I quite liked simple man, but a lot of these tracks are starting to sound the same. Poison whiskey was a bit of a bop. Do I really need to say anything about free bird? It was way too long (I didn’t realize it was that long before), but it’s a classic. The extended guitar solo is just so much fun. A solid album for #169 3.5/5 ⭐️ 169/1089
Sub Allman Brothers Southern blues-boogie full of simple, manly men thinkin' 'bout guns an' whiskey an' movin' on down the line because o' their woman. You're not about to hear anything you haven't heard elsewhere. Even "Free Bird" - the magnum opus - recycles the whole "don't tie me down, woman, don't fence me in" stuff that countless country songs have tried. Think Merle Haggard or Conway Twitty with flash guitar solos.
Stay outta my way / Or you'll pay / Listen to what I say. I felt that.
вообще неотличимый рок(нрол?), даже фри бёрд вообще не запомнила…
As far as hard rock goes, this has theatrics but relatively little drama. Would have been good music to make out in your car to in the 70s – no wonder boomers are so obsessed with themselves. Gets 3 stars because it features all of this band’s actually good songs.
Enjoyed this, had a CCR feel which is hardly surprising. Just too long!
Pretty great
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A lot of the songs were very long and many of them felt similar. I wouldn't listen again, but overall not a bad album
Big sound, solid vocals and a mixture of country with rock- especially in the toe tapping good ‘gimme three steps’ and then to top it off an absolute class power ballad in ‘free bird’ It packed something but I can’t quite put my finger on what! Overall though a Solid album. Best track- ‘gimme three steps’ Worst track- ‘poison whiskey’ Solid 7/10
Good at what it’s doing, not necessarily my Jam
You know her, you love her - it's free bird baby. Everything else was fine too. 6/10
3.5 favs: simple man, things goin' on
030626 9:50 3.5
There was a period that I found these guys pretty solid. Strong to quite strong. This is a pretty full effort too. This one’s original lineup for sure. When was their incident? Some of it sounds pretty damn good; some of it’s dime-store Allmans. It’s a 3 & 1/2
Date of listen : 2nd June, 2026. First impression: pretty cool. some nice guitar riffs, and a wide range of styles. However, another listen is most likely needed, so I can get to know the songs more (and possibly find a favourite)
Pretty good! This might actually be a case where I liked the lesser known songs more than the famous ones. Thought I have to say, when the double time section comes in on Free Bird, it's pretty exciting (even though that guitar solo is a meme now). " I ain't the one," "gimme three steps," "things goin' on," and "poison whiskey" were all fairly enjoyable for me. Several songs on this album used a standard blues format but had novel instrumentation to keep it interesting. The band was really solid as well; the guitar player obviously has serious skill, and I appreciated that the bass was also somewhat on the forefront, which is rare for this style of music
Lynyrd Skynyrd -- kind of complicated for me, because they started getting popular shortly after we moved to Jacksonville, which is where they were from, and since I wasn't from Jacksonville, and kind of rebelled against the Southern culture there, I likewise rebelled against the band, who were clearly a Southern (and specifically Jacksonville) band, and very popular in the South, and especially in their home town (played on the radio a lot, for example). Once I left Jacksonville, of course, it was easier to like Lynyrd Skynyrd, and even get a little nostalgic about them (and Jacksonville). Anyway, turning to the 8 songs on the album: I mainly knew 3: Tuesday's Gone, Gimme Three Steps, and, of course, Free Bird. The other 5 songs, like Tuesday and Three Steps are solid, but not exceptional, and so I think it would be easy to say I couldn't go higher than a 3 for the album, without Free Bird. probably no more than a 3 for the album. Free Bird, though -- even though I've heard it MANY times (100? 200?) -- really is exceptional, in spite of this (and despite becoming a stupid joke at concerts). So the difficult question is: is Free Bird enough to pull the whole album up to 4? Kind of makes me wish I could hear the whole thing for the first time. It really feels like a toss-up for me, between a high 3 and a low 4. Which one would I come to regret more? (lol) I think I'll stick with a high 3, but it's very close.
it's a solid album, but my enjoyment is tainted by the assocation with bigoted old white men in dingy bars. In a vacuum, I might give it 4 stars. But there's too much weighing on it. For that reason, I enjoy the tracks that haven't gotten as much radio play The sound is well rehearsed, the lyrics are poignant and simple. I like the doubled guitars
Good, and I enjoyed things like Simple Man and Tuesday's Gone, but a lot of the songs feel excessively long guitar odysseys.
When it's the classic songs, this album earns its place. When it's not, sometimes it make me wonder if I could be doing something else.
Lyrics Skynyrd is absolutely *canon* uncle-core music. I don't think this is a universal experience per se, but if you know what I'm talking about, you know *exactly* what I'm talking about. Now, I will admit, I'm not the biggest Lyryrd Skynyrd fan, but I do have to give them a cultural victory of sorts. I am *very* familiar with 5 of the 8 songs here, even if I rarely seek them out, and that's the kind of reach you (largely) can't buy. I will also admit the the baseline of material here is at least fine. It's swaggering swamp rock, confidently presented, and very well performed. It's a certain kind of person's perfect "meat and potatoes" album, regardless of the fact that I don't usually get along with this certain kind of person (I know that a lot of these songs are bigger than their subcultural appeal, but there is *certainly* still a connotation to Lynyrd Skynyrd fandom, and I'll leave it at that). For me, this album's solid 3 score is pretty much cemented by exactly 3 songs. Tuesday's Gone is truly iconic rock balladry. Simple Man is a fantastic, melancholic rock song, and a hell of a vocal performance. And then we have Free Bird. Possibly the crown jewel of the entire Lynyrd Skynyrd discography, and one of the greatest epic rockers *ever*, with one of the most recognizable, iconic guitar solos ever, Free Bird is a sight to behold. This collection of three songs is good enough that I have to put aside my apathy towards Lynyrd Skynyrd, and admit that this ends up a pretty damn good album as a whole.
Their guitar skills are soo good.
My dad would enjoy it pretty sure it’s a solid 3,6 nah I’m doing it on 3
Your ultimate dad rock? Doesn't sound too bad but it's all very predictable. In the same vein as The Band, CCR, etc... Great live in a pub I suppose but to listen to on its own as an album? Not for me.
OK, so we're gonna get all this bullshit out of the way early I guess. I mean, I suppose the album with the biggest asshole concertgoer punchline on it has to be here. Free Bird is iconic, after all, though wildly overrated. It's a solo with a banal preamble. Solid guitar work on the leads, throughout, from the early plaintive slide to the extended jam it's known for, but the song as composed isn't that great. For that matter, Simple Man can get bent sideways. If ever a song has been praised above its stature, that one has. Van Zant's mom sits him down and basically gives the opposite of the empowering “you can be whatever you put your mind to” speech, as it plods plods plods away. I suppose it attracts exactly the sort of mediocre man it praises. The exact sort of man any stars n bars waving group of nitwits would attract. This is, of course, a bit before LynSkyn glazed George Wallace in Sweet Home Alabama (and quite a bit before the Drive By Truckers glazed LynSkyn for glazing GW), so we can pretend that that means they weren't confederate apologists at the time. Which is fine. It allows us to talk about Tuesday's Gone, which is simply a better song than Free Bird and rarely mentioned. It mines a similar musical vocabulary, a different but parallel sadness. It could be Free Bird from the perspective of the person who is being traveled on from. I've always preferred it. I also can get behind the other single, Gimme Three Steps, in part because it proves dude never actually became a simple kinda man who is satisfied by whatever he has, but also because it's the sort of barroom drama song that at least lets the piano player get a little bounce going before he gets shot. That same Saloon bounce helps save Things Goin On from being dire, though the highlight of the non-singles is Poison Whiskey, at least instrumentally. As instrumentation, it's easily the thing that rocks the most. It's just bogged down with the lyrics (and let's be honest, Ronnie's voice, but that bogs all these songs down). I'm not really convinced this would be an essential album if half the band didn't die by the end of the decade (and man, I could name about a half dozen albums without batting an eye that SHOULD be iconic that didn't go anywhere once band members tragically died). They'd be like Kid Rock if they were still making music at all. I mean, I guess they still are just Kid Rock now anyway. But this is an interesting landmark in the southern rock moment and not entirely awful for it. No one needed a second helping, but this one is a light 3* all tallied.
yeah that was fun.
Que agusticidad de album, es una mezcla de varios estilos que te atrapan, ay canciones que pues si iban medio lentas pero todo fue perfecto de ahi en adelante, el cambio de ritmos o donde solo una melodía predominaba, que deleite me atrevo a decir
It's fine. The insturmentals saved the album for sure, its giving yee haw! Which is fine, but its not really "my" thing. I can see why people like it though. Its very divorced dad vibes lol. Simple man stood oit by far though, that song was excellent. I have a feeling this band was/is racist though....just a feeling.
Kinda shocked by how good this is. In the last 40 years they’ve become synonymous with redneck, dumb hick culture, and having no original members. This fresh listen was a great reminder that there was a time when they were just a good rock band.
Three steps, guitars and stars.
Unlike yesterday, this one told me absolutely nothing I didn't know.
Pretty good. If you're really into southern rock, you're probably into this. For me this was pleasant enough, but not something I'll return to.
Leuker dan verwacht, 3,5
If Plato was making the idealized 70's rock band, this would be it. Even the plane crash that ended their ride has a bleak perfection within the archetype. That tragic event happened when i was 3, so the number of die-hard Lynyrd Skynyrd fans I've come across has been admittedly few. They shared one common trait thought: total degenerate dirtbags, the lot.
Maybe as an unintended consequence of Creedence being extremely popular in NZ, this bunch is less so. As such, I am somewhat protected from the dreaded overplay and also the cultural stank of southern pride etc etc etc. Musically it’s fine, but I’d still rather be listening to Creedence.
A classic with high highs. More symbolic than I expected. Themes of locality and freedom. Even though the whole album is raw and authentic, I found some of the songs difficult to connect to. Vocals are great. Guitars are great. Must have been a phenomenal live band. Imagine hearing Free Bird live... "Train roll on, roll on 'Cause my baby's gone I'm riding my blues, babe" Favourite songs: Tuesday's Gone, Free Bird
I had only heard free bird before today so I kind of knew what to expect and I got exactly that. Its a really good album that is easy to listen to and bop along to. Some of the guitar solos are a bit to long for my taste but you can't get everything you want.
Energetic grandad rock
Listening to free bird in full for the first time was like being edged
Southern rock, hard rock, blues rock.
7/10 Divertido, buenos ritmos. No me acuerdo mucho, lo escuche ayer
On their debut, Lynyrd Skynyrd don’t just sound like a band—they sound like a mission statement. Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd is less an album title than a declaration of identity: down-home, guitar-heavy, and proudly unpolished. These Jacksonville boys would go on to define Southern rock, but here you can hear them building it in real time, stitching together blues grit, country storytelling, and a whole lot of swagger. It’s rough in spots, sure, but that looseness is part of the charm—it feels lived-in rather than labored over. The twin-guitar attack of Gary Rossington and Allen Collins is the album’s backbone, weaving leads that feel loose but never sloppy, while Ronnie Van Zant delivers every line like it’s carved out of barroom wood—plainspoken, a little rough around the edges, but undeniably sincere. “Gimme Three Steps” plays like a short story set to crunchy riffs, all narrow escapes and knowing smirks, while “Poison Whiskey” struts with a distinctly The Rolling Stones-style swagger that tips its hat without feeling derivative. The album stretches out most effectively on its epics. “Tuesday’s Gone” drifts past the seven-minute mark on a haze of guitars and a sweet, almost fragile piano passage, giving the band room to show off its softer side without losing focus. And then there’s “Free Bird,” the inevitable centerpiece—starting as a slow, reflective ballad before erupting into that legendary, skyward guitar outro. It’s indulgent, sure, but it earns every second, transforming from a song into something closer to a communal experience. Not everything lands with the same force. “Simple Man” reaches for emotional gravity and gets there in flashes, though its repetition undercuts some of the impact—you can imagine it hitting harder with a deeper, grittier vocal tone. “Things Goin’ On” has its charms, but a stray piano flourish oddly recalls "Octopus's Garden", momentarily pulling you out of Skynyrd’s dusty Southern world. Still, even with its uneven patches, Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd stands as a strong opening statement—three stars for what it is, and a clear sign of the legend just beginning to take shape.
Love (and previously familiar with) Free Bird and Tuesday's Gone but nothing else stood out.
3 de 5 Disco debut de rock sureño que el grupo fusionó con blues, country y rock de garage; las composiciones eran letras que hablaban de historias cotidianas, lugares que habían visto y cosas que habían hecho, éstas se percibían tan personales que, el público se sentía tan atraído a ellas y creaban esa conexión inmediata, obteniendo un éxito no esperado y un debut bastante relevante para el grupo. A destacar: Track 2 - Tuesday`s Gone Track 4 - Simple Man Track 8 - Free Bird
Lots of cool stuff going on in here. Massive variety of songs while still managing to keep it cohesive. Songs have varying lengths but they never felt too long or too short. Half a point deducted for mildly uncomfortable harmonica... blame Bob Dylan sorry While this is a solid album nothing really peaked my interest. Mid 3
“PLAY SOME SKYNYRD, MAN!!” “Nah, I’m good.” Classic rock and country tunes that you can certainly vibe to and enjoy.
19. 레너드 스키너드 - (프로노운스드 레너드 스키너드) (1973) 총 8곡 수록, 43분. 앨범아트 보자마자 미친 프리버드!!! 하고 소리지름 근데 뭐랄까 기대가 컸을까요 프리버드를 따라오는 곡이 없었다 한줄평: 프리버드 전형 취향: ★★☆☆☆ 재방문: ★★★★☆
I am the wrong audience for this one. Wird all the time to hear Free Bird, heard Free Bird.
A little long, but still enjoyable
"Free Bird" is wel een skivve
spoko ale jakos mnie nie zachwycilo
not a classic rock guy but this was decent aye
está bueno, no terminé de escucharlo pero me gusta la melodic
No los conocía, suenan increíble, suenan actuales.
fav: simple man
This was actually much better than anticipated but it’s still like a shitty white trash version of Allman Brothers
Saved? ✅ Would listen again? ✅ Would recommend to anyone? 🤔 Would buy on Vinyl? ✅
Listened to this on my Apple EarPods. As a fan of rock, songs like "Simple Man" and "Free Bird" were already present in my knowledge of Lynyrd Skynyrd, but I haven't not ventured much deeper than that (and "Sweet Home Alabama" from their second album). This album offers up a good listen of Southern rock backed by some true talent in the instrument section (just look at the album cover to see this larger than normal band) with impressive rhythm held in the drums and bass against a stack of 3 guitar players, piano, strings, and banjo thrown in for good measure. We also cannot forget Ronnie Van Zant on vocals, who's southern crooning is effectively utilized for each end of emotion--belting yells and soft contemplation. It's impressive to have a group this large play so effectively with each other, both in terms of keeping the beat and contributing meaningfully to the tracks. Outside of the two tracks I mentioned at the beginning, I enjoyed "Gimmie Three Steps" for it's fun riff and storytelling and I appreciated "Things Goin' On" for it's social consciousness, even if it's fairly vague. Beyond all that, however, I didn't really find myself super gripped with this album. It's certainly pleasant enough as a cohesive work, but it's very, very southern sounding in a way that I am not a big listener to outside of random occassion. I am impressed by their talent and did have a good time listening, but I just don't imagine myself going back to this one too often. ...And now time for the "Free Bird" paragraph. The American answer to "Stairway to Heaven" from Led Zeppelin, this final track is almost Skynyrd's whole legacy, but what a fantastic track to have as such. The beautiful slide guitar paired with the somber lyricism of love and change, it spends it's 9 minute runtime half as a soft ode to leaving someone behind and the next half truly as the "Free Bird", solos absolutely ripping the track to shreds in it's awesomeness while the drum and bass keep amping up the intensity throughout. Is it better than Stairway? Hmm...may that be an eternal battle perhaps never to be won.
pretty good
Album was okay. Liked a few songs.
A couple of really high highs (Simple Man, Free Bird!!!) but also some reeeeeally low lows. Overall a pretty solid album
Cause I’m freeeeeeeeeeeeee as a birdddddddd…
Me he guardado Mississippi kir y Free bird. Mejor de lo que pensaba y al mismo tiempo muy diferente. ¡Creía que eran un grupo mucho más heavy que rock! Siempre es bueno escuchar para aprender.
Sólido álbum, es muy conocido por tener Free Bird y Simple Man, de estas dos la que me vuelve loco es Free Bird y su solo impresionante, fuera de eso tiene otros temas buenos y unas baladas medio meh.
I know that the rating I'm about to give can be a subject of a veeery heated discussion - or even a hate train. But I've gotta be frank - I wasn't be able to emotionally connect to it at all. So, there go my three points. This music is definitely not my cup of tea even though it's enjoyable to some degree. And yes, I know nothing about music history, Sue me :)
A high 3. More like 3.7/10. Enjoyable.
Free bird, eso es todo
no soy muy muy muy fan del rock pero esta bueno, me gustan las clásicas del rock pero me gusto
Not a Southern Rock fan but, if you wanted to recommend a S.Rock album to someone it would be this one.
Me pareció copado, algunas canciones súper tranquis y otras más rocjeroas, me gustó
Southern rock pioneers. I liked this album more than I thought that I would. It's not really my thing, but there are 3 of the 8 songs that are historic, one is even legendary. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #381 Best Songs Gimme Three Steps Simple Man Free Bird
It's a lynrd skynrd album. Has free bird on but is otherwise just ok rock
This is fine. Like maybe I would sing along if I were drunk in the bar and in a good mood, but I wouldn't miss any of these songs if they disappeared from the face of the earth forever.
Buying a sandwich from a supermarket while being a vegetarian can be deeply frustrating. There are usually 15 different variations of chicken sandwich, and one or two bland vegetarian options. That's how this list feels sometimes, only instead of chicken sandwiches I'm being offered endless minor variations on 'white men performing bluesy rock', and everything else gets squeezed out. I'm no more interested in consuming all of this than I am in the chicken sandwiches. It's very hard for me to see what distinguishes this from the ZZ Top I heard last week, or the Black Crowes before that, or all the many many other similar things on here. And all of them are occupying space that could have been given to much more interesting albums by women or artists in different traditions and genres.
eigl voll gut aber ka
ja
Nie celkom zlé, ale ani nenadchne.
Not that bad of an album, but it is absolutely hard carried by 'Free Bird'; which is an utterly fantastic way to close an album.
sluchane 04.04.2026 spoko muzyka ale nie moje klimaty note to self: wroc do tego kiedys i posluchaj jeszcze raz
bellino, alcune canzoni simili, me gusta ma non 5stelle
ho ascoltato solo poche canzoni, non male
Fine
It was alright free bird was the best
🤎🐴
Buen album 7.5/10, me gusta el rock que aparece, mi favorita es la primer canción.
good i enjoyed
Tuesday gone always reminds me of Dazed and Confused. A perfect song and movie that captures a feeling of the early 20s that you can't explain to anyone else. The riffs alone are so nostalgic. Simple Man is one of the greatest songs of all time, heard it so many times that I feel like it's always been a part of my life. Free Brid too, are you kidding me?!
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This album could have been Free Bird repeated 8 times and I would have given it the same rating. Great song, shitty individuals Fav song: Free Bird
Free Bird, Simple Man and Tuesday's Gone are all classics but I'm not a big fan of the rest.
Before listening: Let’s go. First album on the site and starting strong. Exactly what I expected from the experience, an album clearly close to my favorite genre, cult classic and I somehow never heard it. No idea what to expect, I hope for more rock and less folk. Post listening: Clearly met my expectations. It sounds more modern and fun than I expected. From the drum intro to the epic finisher album is extremely solid. Consistent in its theme and arrangements, I see how and why it made this band as big as it is. That being said thematically it’s also as far from my cup of tea as it can be. I can appreciate it from the side but I probably won’t be given it many listens in the future. Favorites: I ain’t the one, Tuesday‘s gone, Free Bird Least favorite: Mississippi kid
My foot has betrayed me by tapping a lot so I think I'm gonna have to upgrade from what I was gonna rate
Solid Skynard album.
lots of hits, was good to listen to the album in its entirety.
Pretty great, not an ounce of filler. Heard Free Bird too many times at this point, though I'll always associate it with driving around the country in GTA San Andreas at far too young of an age. Do they really need 7 people? Food for thought
Free Bird 4 stars everything else 2-3
Solid southern rock. One of my favourite song ever is “Simple man”, and ending “Free Bird” solo is legacy!
I’ll be damned if it doesn’t rock, jam and rip. Their ideology is suspect. 3.5
I was familiar with the band’s name, the story behind it, and a few of their songs. However, I had assumed they played a slightly different style. I’m not really into southern rock, and I feel the same way about this album. The exception is the song “Free Bird.” But that’s not enough to make me want to listen to this album again. 3/5
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I'll admit up front I really don't care for this band already (Sweet Home Alabama is a grating single), but while this album isn't unlistenable or totally offensive it really does not click with me. If I want to listen to Southern US blues rock, I already enjoy the Allman Brothers Band and do not feel I'm missing much by not exploring Skynyrd's discography further. 6/10.
Tuesday's Gone is a pretty solid, slower track, and much of the rest feels like I'm waiting for Free Bird.
6/10 It's alright I guess. Nothing interests me here except for Free Bird
I mean yea it’s good but jfc I don’t need to hear most of these ever again
Enjoyed this a fair amount. Really wasn't what I expected.
Favorite tracks: Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man, Free Bird Rock and freaking roll.
no está mal idk, la verdad que fue buena ambient music
This is very much at the high end of a 3. But I just can’t give it a 4 just because of Free Bird
Goddamn nerds
Carried by Freebird, rest is kind of forgetabble
I hope they play Free Bird at the bar.
I was expecting to hate this, but it was pretty okay actually. Some good classic rock that wasn't boring me to death (coughcough zz top). I still don't like Free Bird, but it turns out that blues rock can be solid.
Название гениальное, внутри тоже неплохо
This one was okay. Freebird and Three Steps are classics but rue rest was sort of forgettable for me.
Confession time: I actually think Free Bird kinda sucks, I’ve always thought Free Bird kinda sucks, it is the spectacle of a song without much substance Tuesday’s Gone is alright in my book though, Simple Man has some odious politics (the entire band is odious politics) but musically it’s what I want from a band like this Gimme Three Steps is a difficult one because it’s partly a great entry in the country music story song catalogue and partly half a step removed from a Ray Stevens album The non-hits are kinda whatever
So I like it all but I also don't love it all. Southern Rock has a place and I will listen to it and enjoy it, but I will also change it if something is better on a different station. Free Bird is a classic, but dare I say slightly overrated. My favorite was Mississippi Kid.
tu tipico starter pack rock album, con clasicos y temas que no pasan mas alla de eso. Aparte Free Bird se volvio tema de un meme en instagram.
FREE BIRD IS A BLAST
Freebird!!
Free Birds and Phonetics This album is surprisingly accomplished for a first effort. The guitar work and solos are fantastic, and I don’t really dislike any of the tracks. Free Bird and Simple Man are proper standouts, they’re worth the listen on their own. The other songs are solid too. Nothing feels lazy or thrown together. There’s a bravado and energy here that makes it easy to appreciate, even if it’s not quite the style I usually go for. Some riffs make you nod along, some solos are pure fun, and the vocals have a roughness that stops it from floating away. Not my usual genre but it’s easy to sit back and enjoy what’s going on. Overall, I’d give it about 3.2 out of 5, could creep up after a few more listen. It’s not going to replace my favourite playlists, but it’s the kind of album you can put on, relax, and appreciate how much these guys pulled off on their first try. ⭐️⭐️⭐️.25
I loved the melodies and the drums rythms in the back. I know it's simple but my favourite song is "Simple Man" (what a bad joke).
I like Tuesdays gone Was dissapointed when I saw this but I am pleasantly surprised Some songs like things goin on I do not like cuz I’m tired of 1-4-5 and also the bass alternating the root and the fifth tires me too Absolutely hating Mississippi kid
This is the point where I am supposed to debate the merits of musical excellence versus reactionary politics but honestly I don't think it’s necessary, because so many of these Southern rock jams I find to be pretty dull in the first place. That there is a Confederate flag somewhere in the background isn’t shocking, only sadly expected. “Free Bird” is just the exception that proves the rule. Like a lot of kids my age I got my early musical education through the Forrest Gump soundtrack. That’s how I came to love The Doors, who play in Jenny’s druggy 70s scenes. So when she is on the windowsill contemplating suicide or maybe just the nature of falling, I assumed the awesome screaming guitars were just more Doors. No, it's "Free Bird," but it's not on the soundtrack CD. You couldn't just Google things like that in those days, so it took me a while to find out that the band that made that music is the same one that came up with "Sweet Home Alabama," which I've disliked ever since I understood what Watergate was. Pretty sure people asking "Does your conscience bother you?" like it's some profound response to crimes against the Republic is how we got into this mess. But I said I wouldn't get political. Anyway, ever since I made the connection, I've assumed there was some better, more legit version of Skynyrd that I would discovery one day, perhaps through a project like this. But I still haven't found it. It's part of the absurd nature of our reality that a band that the people who recorded "What's Your Name Little Girl?" can also give you one track that transcends reality yet it also somehow the punchline of every musical joke for my entire life. Freeeeee biiiiiiiirrrrrrd...
Good album, not the kind of music I’d listen to
Pretty good Southern Rock.
⭐⭐⭐+ Det finnns ett antal fullpoängare på det här albumet. Tuesday's gone, Simple man och framförallt Free bird. Spåren däremellan är inte dåliga men inte jätteintressanta. Något fler vassare spår så hade jag satt en 4a nu blir det en stark 3a.
Южный рок в период расцвета хиппи. Интересно для общего развития. Но не в постоянную коллекцию
3.5 (43:03, 8 tracks, debut, 1973) Southern Rock (country blues) Without Freebird this is an impressive album but not a 1001; w/ I gave them a 3.5. I like the album - knew the three main songs (to include Solitary Man) pretty well. Most of the songs on the album had been in the band's live repertoire for some time. They rehearsed near Jacksonville, FL in a rural home they nicknamed "Hell House" due to the long hours in the intense heat. Producer Al Kooper marveled at how well prepared the band were once they entered the studio. Bassist Leon Wilkeson left the band a few months before the album's recording sessions. Ex-Strawberry Alarm Clock guitarist Ed King had been impressed with the band after an earlier incarnation of Lynyrd Skynyrd had opened for Strawberry Alarm Clock in Florida circa 1970. He told vocalist Ronnie Van Zant to keep him in mind if he ever needed a guitarist, and he was invited to replace Wilkeson as bassist. Once the recording sessions were wrapping up, Van Zant decided that King would better serve the band as a guitarist, and he visited Wilkeson and convinced him to rejoin. Wilkeson returned to the band and King moved to lead guitar, giving the band what would become their trademark "Three Guitar Army" along with Allen Collins and Gary Rossington. Wilkeson was back in the band by the time the band shot the cover photo for the album, and appears on the cover, as well as being acknowledged in the liner notes. “I Ain't the One" was based on a real-life paternity trap scare Ronnie had. “Tuesday’s Gone” is about the band leaving their past lives behind to tour. “Gimmie Three Steps” is based on a real-life incident involving Ronnie Van Zant at a biker bar in Jacksonville, Florida, called The West Shore. Ronnie was dancing with a woman named Linda. Her boyfriend (or husband) walked in, caught them, and pulled a .45 caliber pistol on Ronnie. As the band worked up "Simple Man" in rehearsal, Kooper expressed his feeling that the song was weak and should not be included on the album. The band felt differently on both counts but could not change Kooper's mind. Ultimately, Van Zant escorted the producer outside to his car and ordered him to remain there until the song was recorded. The band recorded the song on their own with the producer absent from the studio, and it subsequently became one of Lynyrd Skynyrd's best known tracks. The song is about a mother giving life advice to her son, urging him to prioritize integrity, love, and character over material wealth. If included in their live performances (it’s one of their best-known songs, despite not being a single) it is always a tribute to Ronnie. "Things Goin' On" is as relevant today as it was in 1973, it criticizes the American political elite for being out of touch with the struggles of the working class and the poor. Spending money on space exploration (moon) and foreign wars (across the ocean). Fairly MAGA song except the parts about the environment. Although Van Zant was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, he began calling himself the "Mississippi Kid" in the months leading up to his death. Van Zant frequently prophesized with bandmates and friends that he would never live to see 30 and would "go out with his boots on". In 1977, at age 29, Van Zant died in a plane crash in Gillsburg, Mississippi. Fans and biographers often point to the song and his chosen nickname as a strange, unintentional foreshadowing of his final destination. Poison Whiskey is just about that, don’t over consume whiskey, especially cheap whiskey (Johnny Walker Red was consider rotgut at the time, as compared to blue and black.) Freebird – how many bands hate this song?! (because of the incessant yelling of “Play Freebird”!). While the song wasn't originally written about Duane Allman (the Allman Brothers Band guitarist who died in 1971), it became a permanent tribute to him. During live shows, Ronnie Van Zant would often dedicate the song to "Duane Allman and Berry Oakley," and the slide guitar style used in the track was a direct nod to Allman's influence. The legendary five-minute triple-guitar jam (“The triple guitar attack” at the end was added to give Ronnie Van Zant a break for his voice during long club sets. It transformed a slow ballad into a high-octane rock masterpiece. Album cover photograph was taken on Main Street in Jonesboro, Georgia, and shows, from left to right, Leon Wilkeson (seated), Billy Powell (seated), Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington (seated), Bob Burns, Allen Collins and Ed King. As of March 2023, all the band members pictured are now deceased, with the passing of Rossington. After releasing five studio albums and one live album, the band's career was abruptly halted on October 20, 1977, when their chartered airplane crashed, killing Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and backup singer Cassie Gaines, and seriously injuring the rest of the band. The band lives on through younger brother Johnny Van Zant and a host of musical journeymen (all accomplished in their own rites.) Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album number 403 on its 2012 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and number 381 in the 2020 edition. Favorite Songs: Free Bird and Gimmie Three Steps 1. "I Ain't the One" 3:51 2. "Tuesday's Gone" 7:32 3. "Gimme Three Steps" 4:30 4. "Simple Man" 5:57 5. "Things Goin' On" 4:57 6. "Mississippi Kid" 3:57 7. "Poison Whiskey" 3:11 8. "Free Bird" 9:08 Total length: 43:03 Lynyrd Skynyrd Ronnie Van Zant – lead vocals Gary Rossington – lead guitar ("Tuesday's Gone", "Gimme Three Steps", "Things Goin' On", "Poison Whiskey"), rhythm guitar ("I Ain't the One", "Simple Man", "Mississippi Kid", "Free Bird") Allen Collins – lead guitar ("I Ain't the One", "Free Bird"), rhythm guitar ("Tuesday's Gone", "Gimme Three Steps", "Simple Man", "Things Goin' On", "Mississippi Kid", "Poison Whiskey") Ed King – bass (all except "Tuesday's Gone", "Mississippi Kid"), lead guitar ("Mississippi Kid") Billy Powell – keyboards Bob Burns – drums Leon Wilkeson – bass (credited but does not perform) Additional personnel Al Kooper – producer, engineer
Its a jam
Overall Rating - 2.81/5 (7.63/10). (8 Tracks) This is the classic case of trying to separate the art from the artists, because the artists embrace (or, at least, do not denounce) symbols of racism and treason. The music is excellent, the band themselves, less so. Ultimately, for this reason, I have to downgrade the overall rating by 1 star. Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man, and Free Bird all shred hard.
70's southern rock at its finest if you can get past the Confederate imagery and racist overtones. Some absolute great songs on here from "Gimme Three Steps" to "Simple Man" to the ultimate lighter song "Free Bird." This was a tight band that had great players and Ronnie Van Zandt was the perfect lead man for them. But, man, it's hard not to hear it and picture a redneck guy driving around In a pickup with a Confederate flag flying in the back.
Flere bangers her. Free Bird er jo helt klart 5/5, men noen kjedeligere låter og. Lander på en sterk 3er
Kul sound, fete låter, oppleves ganske variert og interessant. 3-4 et sted.
Tuesday's Gone is a masterpiece, the rest is good.
Iconic debut album. It is very enjoyable and solid throughout. It does legitimately deserves it inclusion as perhaps the most representative album of its era in Southern Rock. 8/10 [KEEP]
Efter relativt grundlig Reddit-research kom jag fram till att de inte är rassar, vilket jag alltid trott. Skönt! Även om jag annars är rätt bra på att kunna skilja på verk och person. Och det här är ju också något jag är svag för, alltså gitarrunk. Stundtals trubadur-fingerplock med bästa känsla, ibland breda långsamma riff (shout out Simple Man), för att sedan avsluta med Free Bird som har allt. Solot som aldrig slutar, puh! Snuddar på en fyra!
Stor anhängare av honky tonk-rock. Mycket är sömnigt, men en hel del riktiga rökarriff och höjdpunkter. Poison whiskey ska ha en honorable mention. Sen får vi ju Guitar heros rolls royce på slutet. I andra lyssningen växer även det sömniga måste jag säga. Landar på en stark 3a som är väldigt nära 4an.
Stark trea. Mycket duktiga och det låter väldigt bra, men för mig faller det på för mycket gubbrunks-rock! Lite för lite som händer.
Undrar hur många skilsmässor den här plattan ligger bakom? Oavsett så borde textförfattaren bara ta tag i saken och dra, om det nu är det han vill. Härlig, dum frihetsmusik perfekt för fyllekörning nedcabbat en solig dag
Perfectly enjoyable with the infamous “Freebird” finish.
7/10
3 of the all time greatest rock songs (Tuesdays Gone, Free Bird & Simple Man), with some fun filler songs surrounding them albeit a bit cheesy (in a retro 70s way). Top notch musicianship, and production sounds amazing for the age. Enjoyed it, but can only see me revisiting the standout tracks, rather than listen in full.
Smth like David Bowie being a little more into rock-n-roll. I don't know, just all the music from 70s-80s is the masterpiece. What they did with instrumental part of the songs? No idea. But it feels like I missed everything because of the modern music being not in a half that brilliant. And what should happen to come from those songs to modern ones? It's just VIBE. You don't get it. Oh, read in other reviews that members of the band are bad people. So... Don't appreciate it. From now should i Google every single band in order to not support bad people? Get bored on the third song, btw. No, thanks, I return to David Bowie. He's the Starman tho.
Some biggest hits, all southern music
I've never really given a Lynyrd Skynyrd album the light of day. Obviously I've heard Free Bird a million times and on occasion Simple Man will pop out when I least expect it, but they were never band I've thought "I need to listen to an album of theirs" about. After being forced to against my will by the 1001 album gods, I'll say my opinion of them has not changed. The album is solid, some decent classic rock, lots of 8/10 solos, but the only tracks that stuck with me were the ones I was already familiar with. The other half-hour of the album was just kinda there. Especially that run between Simple Man and Free Bird, you are really just waiting until that closer comes on. Tuesday's Gone was a pleasant surprise, so I'll give some credit where its due there. The solos are decent, but man once you've heard as many classic rock solos as I have they all sort of start to sound the same (unless your name is Alex Lifeson). Free Bird is the obvious exception, but you already knew that. I can't be overly negative, it's a solid record, and certainly in the upper-echelon of classic rock. I'm just a prude and this kind of music lost its effect on me long ago.
3.5/5
Had a really nice twang to it, would give it 3.5 if I could. Had a couple of really good tracks but a few that were a bit slower which held it slightly back.
Not totally my style, but I see the skill and it’s good music.
Why they get hated on? This was pretty decent
not the biggest fan of southern rock
Free Bird is overrated. I said it. It doesn't need to be 9 minutes long and there are other songs on this album that are just as good. It's just a male mid-life crisis national anthem.
I guess the only song here that its really good its simple man, otherwise the album as a whole its only ok
2/3. Classic rock, and I mean classic. There's a reason most people will know most of these songs, and that's because they're just plain good. Great guitars throughout, lyrics that tell a story, and really great grooves to match. Great album.
Solid country rock. In places it feels quite like the Rolling Stones of the same era. Gimme Three Steps is a cool song.
Three bird
Because of "Simple Man" and "Free Bird" I give it the three stars. But in total not really my jam. 2,5
i loved it! it feels very classic american country rock to me
Rushed through this. (Spanish week) but was gonna give it a 2(read 2.5) but free bird naturally gets it a full 3 (read 3.25) Also who let them dress like they do on the cover of street survivors lol 😝
If there hadn't been a plane crash, do you think this band would have the same staying power?
The best song is "Tuesday's Gone" and it's not even close. The tracks sandwiched between "Simple Man" and "Free Bird" don't quite live up to the rest of the album. Better than I anticipated.
While Southern rock isn’t a genre I lean towards, I definitely enjoyed listening through this album. Each song felt like they had their own sound and feeling to it. I never got bored or felt like I had to stop listening cause it was poor in quality. I’d listen to it again if someone put it on
A couple of OK songs, just not my style or generation
The is was not for me at all. There were a few songs I didn’t hate like Tuesdays Gone and Simple Man. Free Bird definitely earned its place as a classic, but overall it’s fine.
Lots of peaks and valleys here. While overplayed as shit, some of these songs are generally classic and obviously had a massive impact on the world of rock and roll. The other half of this album is pretty forgettable.
songs are very long which im not a fan of but feels like classic 70s rock
75
not really my cup of thea. Can understand rock lovers have a special place for this album especially because it's their first album but i wouldn't listen to it again. 5/10
Судя по ревью других людей - абсолютная классика, но я впервые слышу об этой группе. (как я выяснила после небольшого рисерча, песня Sweet Home Alabama - их произведение). Альбом overall заставляет чувствовать ностальгию по тому, что ко мне никогда не относилось + желание выпить холодного пива, сидя в самых синих джинсах, которые только можно представить и возможно в очень характерных ковбойских сапогах. Приятные гитарные риффы. Добавила несколько песен под кантри настроение, но некоторые будто немного ту мач кантри для кого-то, кто никогда не жил в США. Free Bird - 10/10, peak.