(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Pretty good. I knew I liked Free Bird but found a couple others I like as well.

Enjoyed this!

Excellent album with way more well known songs than I realized.

Classics: Free Bird, Tuesday's Gone, Gimme Three Steps, Simple Man. Others: Things Goin' On, I Ain't the One 4/5

i aint the one. guitar jam, cool keys too. music and guitar tone reminiscent of aerosmith. tuesdays gone. classic, ballady, meh. gimme three steps. awesome bassline. fun jam simple man. top shelf song, good music, melody, chorus. things goin on. folky/bluegrass intro, cool riff then some bluesy/ragtime keys. mississippi kid. tinny diddy with a little slide guitar and finger style. poison whiskey. jam. guitar song, sweet riff. cool solos from guitar/keys. free bird. iconic, song is alright, probably so iconic simply from the solo, which is kind of a bluesy face melter. mr banker. classic blues sound. rhythm/lead guitar and vocals only. down south jukin. similar to 3 steps, kind of cool. demo versions.

My jam!! Great voice, great guitars! Sweet bluesy riffs!! An amazing southern rock album!! High 4!

Honestly so good

like doing a paper run in 2014. Gimme three steps, simple man, tuesdays gone, & freebird what more could you want

Free Bird

*****

Lynyrd Skynyrd Dit is wel mijn sfeertje hoor. Geeft me die heerlijke bayou vibes. Een zingend gitaartje hier, een piano solootje daar, loev het. Is het dad-rock? Oh jazeker. Staat de eeuwige top 2000 klassieker Freebird erop? 100% Maar soms, is dat eigenlijk wel gewoon leuk. En ik zeg het niet vaak, maar ik ben het hier wel met alle 40-plussers in NL eens: Freebird is een mooi plaatje, al houd ik niet zo van dit soort "fade out" eindes Favorieten: Tuesday's Gone, Things Goin' On, Mississippi Kid, Freebird

great jam band, hope to listen to it more

7/10

i liked it but hate freebird

Well, looks lyke I’m a Lynyrd Skynyrd fan! Really enjoyed that as an album and as individual songs.

Quite liked it as background music, a bit too country for my taste. Free Bird is iconic as ever though, significant boost in rating. 4 stars. Pretty cool solos.

Try as much as I might, I can't hate this music. It's just a classic album whose influence is obvious. It's a shame that Lynyrd Skynyrd helped so much to perpetuate the use of the Confederate battle flag and the myth that it wasn't connected to racism. The last surviving member of the original band did eventually denounce it in 2012 at least. This aside, the music is great.

i quite enjoyed this one, downloaded 2,4 and 8

Un autre album que j'allais de reculons et dont j'ai été agréablement surpris. Il y a Mississippi Kid que j'ai moins aimé, mais autrement le reste de l'album est très solide. Du bon southern rock sans trop tomber dans les stéréotypes. 8/10

ah, southern rock. the beautiful fusion of rock and country. and for my money, lynyrd skynyrd are the kings of southern rock. one song even had a bit of ragtime thrown in for good measure. this album is a stone cold classic. highlights: “i ain’t the one”, “gimme three steps”, “things goin’ on”, “free bird”.

Great album.

I mean, it's got Simple Man and Free Bird on it, two of the best sing-alongs ever to have been written. That said, some of the rest of the album felt like filler, but when on the same LP as such big songs that's always bound to happen

Freebird yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

It’s hard to deny the sheer greatness of these southern boys.

Not heard before but good first listen. Tuesdays gone the only recognisable song but free bird at the end very good

Overall good album. No bad songs and this album is culturally relevant for show casing southern rock. Plus Freebird is one of the most popular songs in America. Also it's funny that the singer is southern and pro gun control.

Classic tunes

Great American blues rock

Another fantastic album. Most tracks are definitely relistenable.

I liked it better than i had expected to. Three Steps and Freebird still hold up.

this is so great. but lacks the emotional connection i look for in a 5/5. if i wasnt so stingy with my 5/5’s this would be one. fav songs: tuesdays gone, gimme three steps, simple man.

One of the most iconic Southern Rock bands of any era, Lynyrd Skynyrd cut a swath of hillbilly blues rock that forever changed the foundations of what music could be.

Free Bird is so good

Renndi einu sinni í gegn, þekkti ekkert nema lokalagið. Stefndi í tvær stjörnur. Renndi aftur og það skánaði. Renndi í þriðja skiptið og væri alveg til í meira. Hvað er að gerast. Simple man er leiðinlegt, Free Bird er frábært hitt er merkilega áheyrilegt.

Great solid record. Rating: 4.3

Boy oh boy did this one surprise me! I loved this way more than I thought and couldn't believe how the lyrics to Gimme Three Steps are mostly all right there in my brain. There's a reason Free Bird is a classic. I was able to let go of the triteness and really enjoy this tune.

Bad people, good music

Fiiliskuvaus: Aurinkoinen elokuinen lomapäivä. Kävelyä autohuollosta kotia lämpimässä kelissä. Sopi täydellisesti hetkeen. Ja Tuesdays Gone, Simple Man ja Free Bird aivan mestariteoksia

Impressive debut album, includes "Gimme Three Steps" and "Tuesday's Gone" -- both fantastic songs well loved by fans -- and the instantly recognizable "Free Bird" and "Simple Man". They've got a unique style that comes across really well in the record... they basically invented "Southern Fried Rock" along with the Allman Brothers. Solid. Big fan of "Saturday Night Special"... not on this album, worth checking out.

Starts out like a greatest hits for those of us only familiar with the band from classic rock radio play. Then it changes to a fun regionally inspired blues rock vibe.

Good, honest southern rock.

I Ain't the One- 3.6/5 Tuesday's Gone- 3.8/5 Gimme Three Steps- 4.1/5 Simple Man- 4.3/5 Things Goin' On- 4.7/5 Mississippi Kid- 3.5/5 Poison Whiskey- 3.7/5 Free Bird- 4.8/5 Total- 4.1/5

AND BE SIIIMMPLEEEE KIND OF MAAAAN! free bird never stops baby!

Is Tuesday’s Gone a Free Bird troll?

I can’t argue that it’s a good album

I was not expecting to know so many songs on this record and to like them so much. I guess I just didn't really have a great grasp on Lynyrd Skynyrd at all, and I've kind of always written them off. Having a lot more context to these great well known songs in the structure of an album is kind of wild. This album is great.

I may not agree with their politics, but they do know how to rock

Free Birds is a banger, some other good ones on there too.

Great album that is all sort of a build up to Free Bird which really stands out above the rest. Some of the middle tracks are pretty forgettable, but overall the album is really fun and doesn’t feel dated the way some other albums from this time do.

eu escutei meio avulso também, mas achei digno de 8/10 só pelo final, que é o mais épico que um álbum poderia ter.

Album starts with a proto-hip hop beat. Was not expecting that one iota. They sound super tight on this opener -- I'm hooked. Definitely some weird sequencing on this first side. Its as if they are deliberately trying to send us on a sonic roller coaster. Going from the heights of the intro to Tuesday's Gone, then back to the honky tonk of Gimme Three Steps, into tender (at least initially) Simple Man. That said, I'm loving this album. Amazing this was their debut. Four major hits; one of which plagues every cover band in existence. Love Tuesday's Gone and will never not think of Happy Gilmore. I'm a solid 4 / 5 here. Great album with weird sequencing.

IM A SIMPLE KINDA MAAAAAAN. That’s a great song to sing along. Really enjoyed this one, surprisingly

contains classics

A guilty pleasure for. Supreme musicianship all round. Love it.

Well shit... I just want to listen to this sort of thing in a bar somewhere. I've heard a couple songs randomly over the years whether in tv soundtracks or random playlists and liked the sound at the time. I usually hate songs that go over 5mins and there are a couple onthis one but I really liked their sound enough to mostly forgive them for that.

The patient-zero of Southern Rock. Iconic for stereotypes and plane crash jokes, but Lynyrd Skynyrd have carved out a niche for themselves in American Music with this album. 4/5.

Enjoyed the two listens. Good southern US rock. Enjoyed Free Bird, Poison Whiskey, I Ain’t The One and Simple Man.

This album is a definite classic and throughout rock in general , free bird and simple man being the main points if it. Even though I'm not a massive southen rock / country listener I thought this album was really good and definitely should get all the credit its given. Amazing guitar, bass and drum work all throughout the album and brilliant musicianship.

The definition of southern rock. Gimme Three Steps, Simple Man, Free Bird are favorites of mine going way back to my college years and earlier. These songs live on classic rock radio. Real guitar and drums are a bonus. Doesn't quite get that 5th star, but a fun and enjoyable listen nonetheless.

Genres: Southern rock, hard rock, blues rock Formed: Jacksonville, Florida in 1969 (Previously appeared in various names/lineups) Run time: 13 songs, 1 hour, 16 min This is the debut studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd. The original album had eight tracks and the reissue has five bonus tracks that are demo versions of some of the original tracks. I love a song with a tale to tell and all these songs do that and do it well. It’s not deep or philosophical but covers the important cornerstones of rock ‘n’ roll (and indeed life): wine, women and song. Lyrically and musically this album is perfect. The maturity of the album perhaps stems from the fact that they had been performing these songs for some time before recording them. My Rating: ****

great music, good sound just good vibes love it

Literally half of this album is all timers. The best of the southern rock boom.

Me gustó mucho. En general el álbum es muy bueno, lo único que resaltaría de él es que tiene un closer tan, pero tan bueno, que termina eclipsando las demás canciones al punto que todo el tiempo estás pensando "Aver, cuánto me falta para Free Bird?", pues, realmente, la diferencia entre el closer y el resto es demasiada. Le pongo cuatro, pero, facilmente, un punto entero es por Free Bird.

Pretty great album, some of my all time favorites are on this record.

No review in here can beat the one saying "I kept asking for them to play 'Free Bird' and then they did". Except that contrary to this review, I would give Lynyrd Skynyrd four stars instead of two. Or maybe even four-stars-and-a-half. You have serious classics on that first side. Plus, obviously, that flying critter and its incredibe solo, closing the proceedings at the end of side B. Five stars is out of the question though. Side B is *a little* patchy (except for its closer). And that thing with the confederate flag often shown in the band's iconography (fortunately absent for the cover of this LP), along with some of the lyrics overtones, didn't exactly age well, to say the least. Southern folklore, some boomers might say. Well, when you have the full picture, you just can't fool around with certain things anymore. Fortunately, in 2023, there are ways to address "southern identity" that are not offensive anymore. Or at least not offensive in the sense of "insensitive to the plight of African-Americans". See up-and-coming bands such as Chat Pile or Wednesday, for instance, who love to show the underside of the US South, and yet still display some sort of empathy for the white trash protagonists who live there. But that's a story for another time, kiddies. Number of albums left to review: 546 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 219 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 105 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 132

Celkem ujde. Bombový vibes a skvělá kytara. Ale zpěv to kazí Fav songa: Free Bird ale jenom solo, zpev je opet nic moc Nejmin fav songa: Poison Whiskey 7/10

Loved most of this. Gimme Three Steps, Simple Man, and Freebird are terrific. Things Goin' On and Mississippi Kid are not.

4/5

Holy cow, so many big name songs. Def in the "you have your whole life to write your first album" category. A lot of range too, not just riff-rock.

The middle of the album really falters. Love the start and the end though. May just not be for me. I used to say I was a big fan of folk, bluegrass, banjo n the likes... maybe not as much, though?

Ok

Deze gaat goed

play some Skynyrd dude!!!

Never really been my thing but it’s hard to deny the quality on this. The upbeat songs are really fun and the ballads actually come across as sincere and are well played rather than just being cringy, unlike a LOT of rock ballads from this era. The guitar playing and vocal performances are fantastic, and the songs don’t seem to go on longer than they need to despite some pretty hefty runtimes. Not sure if/when I would revisit this but I enjoyed it a lot more than expected

I really like the vibe of this album. Plenty of nice tracks, good song writing, nice instrumentation. Free Bird is obviously a stone-cold classic, but I really liked Tuesday's Gone as well. 3.5/5 rounded up.

It really doesn't get better than this for southern rock music.

Simple man is absolutely my favourite song by them. This is a great album. None of this sweet home Alabama trash.

These guys, the music that they play, it’s salt of the earth. Tuesdays gone and FREEBIRD kick ass but the whole album is a safe pick for any BBQ, swim meet, commute to work, or etc.

I didn't realize how much I enjoyed this album. Is this dad rock? Excellent guitar. Great vocals. When the keys shine, do they ever shine. Also I had no idea the singer, guitarist, and backup singer (along with other crew) all died when their chartered plane crashed in 1977 - that got me down a little wikipedia rabbit hole. Free bird is also a 10/10 track. Really love Tuesday's Gone and Simple Man too.

They played Free Bird! The first half of this album is 5/5 without question. The rest is forgettable except Free Bird which is a masterpiece. I could easily listen to the A-side + Free Bird on repeat and it's peak southern rock. Some of the most recognizable Lynyrd Skynyrd songs are on this album.

Awesome guitars, good rhythms, good melodies, good vibes. Call me a basic southern white boy but this is good music right here Best song: Simple Man

These days it’s refreshingly simple with good ol’ boy vocals and unadulterated honest guitar work. Some nice tunes and musical compared to most of the tripe produced today.

One loathes their politics and avoids their fans whenever possible, but there's no denying the distinctiveness of their sound and the greatness of many of their songs. Strong vocals, awesome funky hooks and the authentic fuck-it attitude – they kinda had it all and made it look easy besides. "Tuesday's Gone" has a richly emotional and vaguely symphonic feel, a la Zeppelin power ballads (reminder this was before that term became ironic and tarnished thanks to hair metal bands). And note to editors: though slightly more redneck-y, LS is no more Southern than ABB, who are the better band, on balance.

It really is telling when your debut album sounds like your 'best-of' album. Even though side B might not pack the punch of Side A, there really is not a bad song on this record, and when the mood changes I can actually appreciate Things Going On or Poison Whiskey over Free Bird. Simple Man is such a Rock Classic is needs a star on its own.

Oh fuck yeah, it's that band that the Drive-By Truckers wouldn't shut up about! Tuesday's Gone? Banger. Gimme Three Steps? Banger. Simple Man? Banger. Free Bird? Banger. Lol I looked up Lynard Skynard on wikipedia and found this nugget: The Drive-By Truckers dedicated their album Southern Rock Opera (2001) to Lynyrd Skynyrd.[citation needed]

Brilliant

Need to listen again, but it's nice to hear all songs from this album and not just Free bird

I’ve taken Free Bird for granted for a very long time. What a track.

no heleppeoahan tätä on vihata mutta miellekästä musiikkia albumi täynnä. klassikko viisuja muutama kappale vaikka on tuo saatanan kitaran soundi vituttaan.. päähäm menee tollanen.....PÄÄHÄN........BLUES ALARM ALARM ALARAM.... välittömästi nousuun... ville nousiainen......voittaa vielä! OLYMPICS!!! simple man

Lots of recognizable songs but pretty boring as an album experience

Classic 70s southern rock, "gimme three steps", "Tuesdays gone", "simple man", and "free bird" are all classic tracks. Bluesy rock and roll, the whole album is great.

Don't think I've ever sat down and listened to the 'Skin-'Nérd's but I was pleasantly surprised, very easy listening. Tuesday's gone, Simple Man and Free Bird particular highlights and would all be great accompaniments to a wholesome movies end credits. Nicht so Bad

Notes kept resetting. Great album all round. Usually not a fan of this type of rock, but there are genuinely great tracks on here. My favorites are Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man and of course Free Bird.

Yeah!

Pretty good all the way through. Jams: Tuesday Freebird Simple man Gimme 3 steps

Yeah southern boys

Nice countrish rock. Pretty awesome behind the wheel.

I’m a sucker for Southern Rock, so really enjoyed this album. Almost every song is great and the guitar work is phenomenal.

Right up front: I went in with reservations. LS are associated with a demographic that I don't really vibe with. But this album kinda kicked ass? The songs are pretty great, and the musicians are impressive. And when your closer is "Free Bird", it's sorta hard to walk away disappointed.

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s debut is a high energy hit filled record that ends in one of the most famous songs of all time. Their guitar approach is steeped in the hard rock greats while being infused with country inspired licks reflecting their southern heritage. The playing is tight and the vocal delivery is fantastic.

Full of classic, iconic tracks. Demos aren't vital

Good

Absolutely phenomenal. one part country, one party blues, one part rock, one part honky tonk, this was pretty much one of my favorite albums so far. Like most folks I thought I knew Lynyrd Skynyrd. I thought I knew Sweet Home Alabama, and Free Bird, but this album was so epic and so iconic, and so fricking good! I listened to the whole thing twice and Free Bird at least four or five times. Can't recommend this album enough.

Classic! Love the bluesy southern rock!

It's a classic for a reason. 4 stars.

One of the top 50 albums in rock and roll history.

Free bird!

A friend asked me recently, what song would play at your funeral? Without a beat, I replied, Free Bird!

Holds up well. Some straight up blues. Interesting to read what perfectionists they were. Their demos sound just like the album versions

I usually hate twang of any kind but Lynyrd Skynyrd is different for some reason. Simple Man and Free Bird are absolute classics but Tuesday's Gone is underrated too. For being able to separate themselves from the rest of the twang I'll give this 4

One would have had to have never lived in the South and been reared far from it to call this the first "truly meaningful Southern rock" statement. Maybe look at an album released three years earlier called Idlewild South. Perhaps the editors mean that LS is more obviously Southern that the ABB, who go plenty deep with the blues and were actually bi-racial in their lineup. That said, this album is something special; one can hear the tightness of the band, all those hours in dive bars and juke joints – there's real polish and accomplishment. "Tuesday's Gone" is near symphonic in its power and every cut offers heft and substance. "Freebird" is so good to have stood up to all the abuse and overplaying. One has always loathed this band's politics and avoid its fans, though the talent is clear and undeniable.

The boomer inside me love it.

Southern rock is usually not my type of music, but I must admit Lynyrd Skynyrd give us a treat here by giving one of the best album of this genre. Tuesday's Gone is my favorite of them, Gimme Three Steps and Simple Man are great classic songs and Free Bird might be one of the most iconic rock song ever.

Brilliant. Simple Man one of the best songs I've heard in a while.

Great album

Had no idea this many hits were on the same album. After loving Skynyrd at first, I disliked this band for years for no good reason. These songs rock.

I wasn't aware that they did the Happy Gilmore song. That was a bonus. Big fan of Free Bird due to a drunken night trying to pass it on guitar hero too! Hadn't heard the rest, a lot of it was pretty good. Some to American for my liking.

It would not be my first choice as genre, but I recognise the musicianship

I loved this album, even the songs I've never heard weren't bad, just unfamiliar.

Do I like southern rock? I think I might. This album is freaking fantastic. Top to bottom, even if Free Bird is bloated as hell…what a song! And to me it isn’t even the best thing in this. Never really thought about Skynyrd outside their most famous track…now I’m a believer.

Not much to say, but a good album...interesting to hear freebird in context. Felt like it built up to it in a way that doesn't happen when heard on its own.

Ask me to name a Southern rock back, and the first name I'll come up with is Lynyrd Skynyrd. Ask me to name some Skynyrd songs, and I'll go with "Sweet Home Alabama," "Free Bird," and "Gimme Three Steps." If pressed further, I'd add "Tuesday's Gone" and "Simple Man" to the list. The fact that four of those fives songs are on this album ("...Alabama" being the odd one out) tells you all you really need to know. If '70s rock from a band featuring approximately 8.3 guitarists sounds up your alley, then you're in luck. Get this album and rock the fuck out.

Big fan but somehow missed their first album altogether. Always assumed it wouldn’t be as good as Second Helping, which was the first Skynyrd lp I picked up, & which contained Sweet Home Alabama. But I did have one single featured here, the iconic Free Bird, perhaps their finest tune ever. Almost as good are Simple Man & Gimme Three Steps, and there’s no filler here. Al Kooper does a great production job. Not sure they ever sounded any better.

Great album containing 2 masterpieces. Tuesdays gone and simple man.

Pretty good bluesy rock.

Apart from the "hits", which is a southern hard rock sound, a lot of the record is more rootsy, folk stylings. I hadn't heard the deep tracks on the album before and I found it gives the band a little more depth than I've given them credit for. There are some outright classics on here (Freebird!, Gimme Three Steps), that Skynyrd are best known for, but overall, the record is solid and essential.

Awesome southern blues rock. The eight songs fly by and even the honkytonk country rock n roll of Things Goin On and Mississippi Kid are good rollicking fun. Obviously the big hits are Platinum-plated.

Some of their biggest hits are on this album, songs that I'm familiar with are, "Free Bird, Simple Man, and Tuesday's Gone" which are all classics. "Gimme Three Steps" has a lot of listens but it was an alright song. The other songs on the album are a solid 3 for me, but with the big hits, that elevates this album to a 4 overall.

This album was pretty darn good. It reminds me of Forrest Gump and I can’t be mad at that!

Roh-kee Hon-kee Ton-kee.

Classic rock all day

Such a great debut album. Fun start to finish. Not many Southern Rock albums can match this.

Feeeee biiiirdd yeeAahhh

Awesome album! I've never listened to anything besides Free Bird, but glad I made it through the whole thing. Tracks 1 and 3 were really good, and production on this (was it a remaster?) very clean and makes the album sound more contemporary than it really is

So after listening to Dylan yesterday, as soon as I saw this album, all I could think was Fuck yea!!! I like to think of Jesus like with giant eagle's wings, and singin' lead vocals for Lynyrd Skynyrd with like an angel band and I'm in the front row and I'm hammered drunk! Southern fried rock is the kind of music that just gets better and better the more you listen. This album is like a greatest hits album, not really a bad song. I'm sure most folk have heard Free Bird, Gimme 3 steps and Simple man, but the rest of the album equally good if not better. Die hard Skynyrd fans will want to kill me, but radio has just about killed Free Bird for me. Anyway, loved Tuesday's gone, I aint the one, Down South Jukin, Mississippi Kid and Poison Whiskey. Just a solid album all the way through. Load up some beers, eat a couple mushroom caps, throw in some Skynyrd and I promise a good night in store! Great album, thought about a 5, but couldn't pull the trigger.... 4.5

4.5 I was already a pretty big fan of the hits on this album, but I’d never heard much outside of those. I’m very happy with what I heard by the end. Classic southern rock and fuckin’ roll! It has a nostalgic sound that I think has aided it in aging as well as it has. Nice and moving pace that is mostly consistent outside of one or two tracks. I definitely like this enough to buy on vinyl if I find it.

8/10

These glorious southern rockers. Fucking spectacular bunch of songs. A blueprint for rock music right here y'all.

There's something gloriously sleazy about their music that elevates it above dreary blues revivalism. Maybe it's Van Zandts voice, maybe the three guitars always allowing one to add some slinking, driving rhythm to everything. I don't know, it just works. Also, it has Free Bird. So it was always going to be good.

A foaming crescendo of molten sex. The first time I listened to this record I was high on hallucinogens, flying like a panda in a hot air balloon, straddling the clouds and dancing in the stars. My mind had been opened to a new galaxy of noise, a glittering corkscrew of shimmering gold dust sprawled across a whirlwind of life. My mouth tasted like sawdust and my legs were glued to the floor, but this music spun my head off its shoulders and propelled me into the future. A future caught with its pants down, on the wrong side of town. A future so dark and twisted that it took on the form of an army of spiders leaking out of the skull of a lost relative. I would never be the same again.

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD

Not far off of a 5. Three really really good songs (Free Bird, Tuesday's Gone, and Simple Man), a couple of okay to good ones, and then Mississipi Kid and to a lesser extent Poison Whiskey towards the end which drags it down from a 5 to a 4. Won't listen to the album again, but will be picking out those three songs and listening to them over and over.

Okay this is pretty good

Big Skynyrd fan. I like all their albums. Great Southern rock.

Glorious album, Tuesday's gone - excellent, Free Bird - probably the most enjoyable long-form southern rock track in history. New layers each time you listen although missing real depth. Genuinely wonderful but with a few dull points here and there. I imagine it would be very good to drive to.

Good country/southern rock album fronted by two big songs. What keeps the album from 5 stars though is the fact that those two songs are by far the best ones of the album and the rest is not bad but also somewhat easy forgettable

If Southern rock is not your Texas BBQ and when the kings of southern rock turn up to haunt you from the grave - you brace yourself… but it’s actually a great record - is definitely up with there with the classic rock greats - and well try as you might - but finishing off a good record with Freebird is begrudgingly awesome.

This was awesome. Both glad I heard it through and excited to listen to again in the future!

In the early '90s I worked at a pool hall with a jukebox in the corner. That machine must've made a million dollars off of Sweet Home Alabama. I hate that song. At the beginning of week 2 I resorted to placing a piece of masking tape with a sign on the glass that read "Selection J2 is unavailable, DO NOT USE," That lasted two days and then I resorted to unplugging the entire machine. Pool halls without music are super boring tho. Eventually I quit and haven't listened to Lynyrd Skynyrd ... until today. I'm pleasantly surprised. Maybe it's the nostalgia. Maybe it's all the barbecue and cheap beers I've been consuming this morning. Or, maybe it's these dang overalls I can't seem to fit myself into while wearing a t-shirt. Whatever it is, these guys rock.

Lynyrd Skynyrd went to Robert E. Lee High School and Nathan B. Forrest High School in Jacksonville. They didn’t change the name of Forrest until 2014, and didn’t change Lee until 2021. While we could take issue with the Confederate flag-waving, heritage-touting nature of Skynyrd and their fandom, they are very much a product of their upbringing. However, they resisted other conservative traditions of their youth - continuing to wear their hair long despite it being culturally unacceptable. But this just introduces more contradictions and confusion. Willing to reject some norms, but not able to see that your schools are named after racists and traitors, or that your heritage is built around hate? Neil Young saw the 70s South for what it was, and I've gotta side with his "Alabama" over the Skynyrd response of "Sweet Home Alabama" (not on this album). But contradictions and complications aside, they were fantastic musicians. “Simple Man” is, simply, amazing. “Free Bird” is legendary, and I wouldn’t mind if that guitar solo went on forever. And “Tuesday’s Gone” and “Three Steps” are worthy hits as well. The stretch of “Things Goin’ On” through “Poison Whiskey” doesn’t reach the same mark, which ultimately holds the album back. In the end, it’s good that they told everyone how to pronounce their band’s name with this album title. If they were called Lie-nard Sky-nerd, they never would have been as popular. If you didn’t use a bunch of out-of-place y’s to spell your band’s gym teacher homage name, maybe people wouldn’t have trouble knowing how to pronounce it?

Pog? Pog!

Didn't expect to like it but it was awesome, free bird in particular. Also the production was sharp, and the tunes were well sequenced only thing holding it back is poor, repetitive lyrics on some tracks. A great record

It's too tempting to call this "generic", but this album has a knack at hitting the right tickle-spots. Making the familiar '70s country rock sound not an annoying but a cozy one. And they didn't stop there, there are also parts where the guitar-driven epicness caught me off guard. Perhaps that's the one that separates them from their peers.

I learned how pronounce now

Really good album: Best numbers: Free bird and Tuesday gone

Good

rate: 4 - classic rock staple - I related to Free Bird, and the instrumentals on it are swag - I don't know if I'd listen to the whole album again, but there are some great songs on it, some are a little long to my surprise - short album which I can appreciate - before listening, I knew Tuesday's Gone - Overall, I think this album has a lot of important themes and is pretty politically forward for the time - favorite song: Things Goin' On - this song speaks on important socioeconomic and environmental issues, basically says "fuck the government, they should be helping us, not sending people to the moon" also I like the guitar and percussion

This is fine OH SHIT FREEBIRD

Exquisite

Hell yeah brotha, this shit is gosh dang good! I was hankerin' for some good ol' rock 'n' roll! First Listen?: Y Fav. Tracks: Simple Man, Free Bird, I Ain't The One Rating: 3.8/5

Un clásico que siempre vi de reojo, grata sorpresa musical. Un album para escuchar moviendo la cabeza

Nearly every song is notable and the ones in the middle that were not were a pleasant listen. Front heavy with the hits and ends with Free bird.

Good if not unremarkable through most of it, finishes off very strongly with “Free Bird” which elevates it to great

Great album. I can see why it was so important.

Simple man, free bird, gimme 3 steps, and more Great album

Absolutely surprising how enjoyable the album is, but damn, cut down Free Bird and Tuesday's Gone please.

R r r r r reeeaaal rock shit

By some quirk fate ”Free Bird” was the least fulfilling song on this album

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Classic Skynyrd

Boom! Spiky riff rock full of power chords and energy. Really enjoyed this one, particularly Simple Man (which I hadn't heard before) and Free Bird (which I had), the latter one of those rock epics that go on an on through seemingly so many phases. So close to giving this the full five stars, but some of the early tracks weren't quite as interesting. But still, definitely worth further listens.

I Ain't the One - 8/10 Tuesday's Gone - 8/10 Gimme Three Steps - 9/10 Simple Man - 9/10 Things Goin' On - 8/10 Mississippi Kid - 4/10 Poison Whiskey - 5/10 Free Bird - 10/10

cool album, seems to be a more rare genre within rock, southern rock

I'd only ever heard Sweet Home Alabama before by this band. I don't think they were particularly popular in the UK. I enjoyed this album. Short and punchy with very musical guitar playing. That Southern twang is quite unmistakable and good fun for someone who has never been anywhere near the US South. Would relisten.

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?

I wanted to give this a 4 because I did enjoy it. But I absolutely despite long guitar solos, and that's what about 25% of every song is, so it gets a 3.

kind of mid

It's an iconic album but after listening to it, it really wasn't better than average.

A couple of songs veer a little too close to country for me personally but the rest is just a great classic southern rock record. 3.5

3.5/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/lynyrd-skynyrd/_pronounced-leh-nerd-skin-nerd/ Just perfectly fine, but if this list is showing me anything, it’s that I’m just not that much into classic rock.

So this is what FreeBird is from

Though it lets itself down with some moments of outright corn, there’s a funky rock vibe that leads directly to a lot of my favourite music (read the Drive-By Truckers)

Some amazing songs and classics like Free Bird. Simple man and Tuesdays Gone are stand out new ones for me. Did get a bit lost in the rest of the album and felt very similar

Has Freebird on it, but the production is a bit thin for me.

I’m not sure that if Freebird wasn’t on here whether it would make the list: there seem to be quite a few albums like that. It was OK. But quite dated in places and I’m not sure this is really my thing. Won’t listen again

it is amazing to hear the studio album and wash a lifetime of horrible bar bands renditions of these classic tunes from your memory ...

Think ive listened to this before. Decent. I aint The One and Freebird obvious standouts. But rest of album is good. Good musicianship and cracking guitar 3.5

Going into this one, I wondered how much decades of overplay would affect my opinion. I already knew most of the big songs, and Lynyrd is one of those bands I've heard not only on classic rock radio countless times, but from local cover bands over the years. "Gimme Three Steps" in particular has been played to death for me. The guitar work is easily my favorite part of the album. Even when a song wasn't doing much for me, I usually found something to appreciate in the playing. "Things Goin' On" was new to me and had a cool honky-tonk feel that changed things up a little, while "Mississippi Kid" didn't work for me at all. "Poison Whiskey" was another one where I enjoyed the music more than the song itself. I've also moved away from Southern rock over the years, and I think that affected this listen. There's nothing necessarily wrong with songs like "Tuesday's Gone" or "Gimme Three Steps." I've just heard them enough that they don't have much impact on me anymore. Then came "Free Bird." Funny enough, after spending some time away from it, I really enjoyed hearing it again. The slow build into that incredible guitar-driven second half reminded me why the song became such a monster in the first place. Despite being one of the most overplayed classic rock songs ever, it was easily my favorite song on the album. I can absolutely understand why this album is considered a classic, and the musicianship deserves the praise. But as an album I'd personally want to return to regularly, it lands closer to the middle for me.

So the album starts with a song where a dude denies having fathered a child to a poor pregnant girl and it doesn’t get better. Free as a bird is aweful sound out of tune. The recording quality is awful and the band was most likely a confederate flag bunch of loser rednecks.

Americana forward rock and roll with excellent production and a naturally refined taste for the guitar solo. It ends with that quite lovely ever-lasting solo which really cements the energy of the record. It's not quite for me, a little too country and a heavy lean on the guitar to help the music stand, but I can't hate on it too much. I thought maybe there's other albums I might like better, but this seems to be a fan favorite... I guess I'm just not impressed. 2.8/5