(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

I kept asking for them to play 'free bird' and then they did.

Come on. This is such a great album. Half of the songs are all time classics. Tuesday, 3 Steps, Simple Man, Free Bird. There's only 8 songs on the album and four of them are not just classic, but all time classics. What a great album!

On the one hand, this Southern fried album has a lot of great tracks that I remember from growing up and listening to it in the South. On the other hand, it's hard to ignore the rift between the band and Neil Young (though he would later come to temper that somewhat). But Neil was spot on that the band was racist and rocking the confederate flag at their shows. After everything that has happened in our country since this came out, I can honestly say, it's hate not heritage-- and that makes it hard to want to hear.

This is such a conflict. Do you reject what you know b/c the band members are racist assholes? I know that good can come from a trash heap. That people grow and growth is fucking hard. It is not linear. Once I held many of the same views. That we are toxic when we are hurting. There's maybe something really great here in this album but also it is a terrible place to stay or be stuck. I can't fully reject the South. It's in my heart so I can't fully walk away from this album. But I can't listen to it without all the extra convos that come with it. That makes it so goddamn weighty for something that is supposed to rock.

I mean, "Tuesday's Gone," "Gimme Three Steps," "Simple Man," and "Free Bird" all on the same album. How you gonna argue with that? I almost gave this a 4 but I couldn't actually come up with anything wrong with the album especially given the release date. I sometimes find myself a bit put off by Van Zant's penchant for socio-political posturing but, for 1973, several of these songs are super pointed and progressive. That's worth a star.

Love Tuesdays Gone thanks to Happy Gilmore. Likewise Free Bird which was the perfect soundtrack for running over prostitutes on GTA

I’ve enjoyed each song I’ve heard by Lynyrd Skynyrd, but never listened to an album in full. One of my friends (who I co-host a music review show with on YouTube) went through a phase where he was very much into country rock and always encouraged me to try Skynyrd. Naturally, I ignored him because he’s an idiot. Songs I already knew: Tuesday’s Gone, Gimme Three Steps, Simple Man, Free Bird Favourites: Tuesday’s Gone, Free Bird, Things Goin’ On Much like other songs of legendary status, it’s hard to imagine a time before Free Bird. I feel this way with songs like Bohemian Rhapsody, Hey Jude, and Barbie Girl. They’re all amazing songs that feel like they’ve existed forever (hey, calm down, Barbie Girl is a banger). This album from front to back is full of amazing tracks. Free Bird is long, but keeps things different enough to never get boring. The vocals are fairly simple, but it adds a lot of charm. The general music itself isn’t too perfect like lots of modern day music. Its slight flaws in timing here and there make it feel more real and less manufactured. Overall, an amazing album. Maybe I should have listened to my friend many years ago. He is still an idiot though.

Music to empty the bar.

Giving this a 4 because the first half of the album is much better than the last (save Free Bird), but this is still phenomenal, especially for a debut album. Love the blues elements and even the country twang Already Saved: Free Bird Saved After Listening: Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man

Why would I need a Greatest Hits album? This exists. Only truly "weak" spot is "Poison Whiskey," but then "Freebird" comes right after that and southern rock nirvana is achieved, so it balances out.

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Ah, brings back so many fond memories with my mildly racist father. I don't really support the band anymore, but the nostalgia here hits oh so hard.

Good old Southern Boogie Woogie. Not something I'd listen to again though. However, I'm sure I'll hear Free Bird another 10,000 times in my lifetime.

2/5 Ja, es ist gute Musik, es ist nichts falsch daran. Aber ich disassoziiere aus Langeweile. Ich höre 2 Gitarren mit Vocals,Bass, Drums Wer sind die 7 Leute auf dem Cover, schwingt der Rest die Confederate flag? Freebird ist ein guter Track

I can't tell if I've just grown out of 5 minute guitar solos or if this really just missed the mark hard for me. Felt really forgettable with no stand out moments, and I don't think any of the songs on here are ones I'd actively seek listening to again.

The absolute peak of Southern Rock. These Skynyrd boys have it all, from rock solid bass and drums to beautiful piano and crunchy organ, not to mention their three-guitar army and killer southern vocals. The band stays mostly in the rock and blues genre, but crafts songs with surprising diversity and intentionality; no two songs sound quite the same. Even in their wildest moments, the band never gets sloppy or chaotic; all guitar solo work is carefully planned and expertly executed. Simply a joy to hear. Also, "Free Bird" is a masterpiece; How a band can get three guitarist to arpeggiate in harmony for that long is beyond me. Stand out tracks include "Tuesday's Gone", "Gimme Three Steps", "Simple Man", "Mississippi Kid", and "Free Bird".

Lynyrd Skynyrd's Three Guitar Army and Ronnie Van Zant's growl resonate deep in my bones. These songs feel surprisingly like home. Maybe it's because Gimme Three Steps was one of the songs that my brother's garage band rehearsed in our basement. (We did not have a garage.) My brother must've had a Greatest Hits album on 8-Track or something because several of these sound familiar but not all of them. I've never heard this whole album before, I'm sure of that. At least 3 songs mention guns but I don't think they ever get used, just held threateningly. I said "uh-oh" when they started talking about the ghetto in Things Goin' On but the rest of the words seemed ok and then the honky-tonk piano came in sounding exactly like something Paul Williams would write for the Muppets or Bugsy Malone and I was totally charmed. I prefer the upbeat songs like I Ain't the One, Gimme Three Steps, and Things Goin' On to the ballads but I cannot deny that Free Bird is a great song even if it's nine minutes long and I've heard it a million times. If I get to see the original Skynyrd line-up in the afterlife, you bet I'll ask to hear Free Bird.

One of the best

An album from the Southern U.S. that embraces what it is, and because of that, it soars to excellence.

Better than I remembered. Been years since listening to this from top to bottom.

I imagine this is music people would like to have sex too.

No

On their debut, Lehner Skinnerd manages to sound like 3 people playing while being 6 people (7 on the cover?) in the band. Impressive. While much more authentic than the southern rock coming out of Creedence Clearwater Revival (as authentic you can get by telling the stories of hardship in the south from the point of view of some white guys), songs about guns and god just doesn't do it for me. Overall, the album just feels like one long wait until 'Free Bird' finally kicks in, and although that's a legendary track, I'm not quite sure it's worth it sitting through the first 7 songs.

Longest wait for “Free Bird” I’ve ever had to endure. -1 star, partially because I’m just irritable today, and partially for proudly supporting one of the most repugnant and embarrassing failed attempts at a nation-state in the history of man. Never forget that the Confederacy only lasted for 4 fucking years, and was an enormous economic and domestic disaster for all states involved. Anyone thinking that it’s something worth celebrating is not just an ignorant white supremacist, but also a historically/politically illiterate moron.

Blegh. In researching this album, I’ve dug up some archival transcripts from a real conversation between Allen Collins and Al Kooper: AK: You know what’d be great? A guitar solo to end the album AC: Oh hell yeah, sounds cool, man! People love solos! What are you thinking? AK: Make it…. Long AC: Ahhh great, brother! Like a minute-long closer?! AK: No. Longer. AC: …2 minutes? AK: Try 4. AC: Uhhh but I only know like five licks AK: Bah, so much to learn, Leh-nerd. You just gotta repeat them a bunch! Like, I’m talking multiple bars of the same thing. And when your five riffs run dry, just bend the strings! Trust me, the audience won’t know the difference. AC: Hmm what about my artistic integrity? AK: BROTHER JUST REPEAT IT. WE’LL FADE IT OUT AT THE END. (Free Bird would go on to inspire millions) Official count of unique riffs in Free Bird: 7

Love every bit of it. Things Goin' On was a new find for me

An amazing debut album. But honestly if free bird were the only good song on the album I would probably still have to give the album a 5 -one of the most epic guitar solos ever. But that’s not the case, as all the songs are really good and Three steps, simple man, Tuesday’s gone are all pretty great. Album cover is great, just the band hanging out. Very sad, everyone on that cover has passed. No current surviving members of the band which is very unusual. After the plane crash and loss of many in the band it was never the same, seemed more like a tribute band. An the name of the band is great!

I've mostly avoided Lynyrd Skynyrd my whole life. I'm not sure really why. The meme of Freebird might be the reason. Growing up my parent's listened mostly to classic country, outlaw country and classic rock and roll. So those were my building blocks. Later in life I learned to play the harmonica and became fascinated with the Blues. Anyway this album feels like a concentrated collection of my personal history with music.

Rock & roll de la vieja escuela.

Quintessential blues rock. If I were to show classic rock to aliens, this would probably be the top candidate. It's loud and energetic with both short hard songs and longer softer songs. And it swaps between short then long back to short and so forth to not get tiring. Now usually I'd get bored with such long songs, but if you listen to "Tuesday's Gone", the instruments vary so often throughout the song, taking turns with leads. Just start listening from the piano solo to hear what I mean. It also has a different drum sound from the other songs. "Gimme Three Steps" sounds like their later song "What's your name" but since it's not the same album it doesn't count. Each song is distinctive and inviting with catchy tunes and poppy lyrics, and the back vocals during the choruses help audience participation. With the 2nd side you can actually convince someone why it's called "blues" rock but a lot of people can get bored by it. I still think they're strong tracks. Love that old-timey piano solo in "Things goin on". Also "Mississippi Kid" gets bonus points for me just so happening to be passing through Mississippi from Memphis to New Orleans, visiting the Delta Blues Museum. "Poison Whiskey", especially the solos, does sound lazier and uninnovative than the other tracks, but I do sorta like that hard piano sound. And finally there's the most famous rock song of all time "Free Bird". I don't have much to say other than what I aready said. Great song, and the length does not hinder it. Love when it goes higher pace around 4:35. I will comment is that the ending felt anticlimatic. Overall fantastic influential album that define the era, with bangers all throughout. Despite the flaws, I still believe it deserves the 5 stars.

About as perfect an A-side as you can have... oh and then there's Freebird!

I remember the first time my dad put this album on. We were at my grandparents house one sunday while they were installing a ceiling fan in and other stuff. I was 10 at the time, and man, this album had me moving my head and hadn't heard anything like this before. Now, I was used to rock, we'd listen to CCR, Sabbath, The Beatles etc, but this southern rock was something else, man. Listening to "Gimme Three Steps" still takes me back to sitting in that wicker chair and grooving, and my little mind being blown....and subsequently kinda bored after a while with "Freebird" but still, lol. every damn song is perfect on the album, no notes!

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[[music]], [[rock music]], [[blues]] #music #rock #blues I've heard the name a lot but never listened to them fully. Everyone knows Sweet Home Alabama and Free Bird but aside from that? need to listen more. I Aint The One - Great tone setting song. really loved the vibes of it being 70s music rock for sure Tuesday's Gone - Country feeling but seeing as they're southern rock, makes sense. Blues feelings as well. Long song, bit slow but still nice to listen probably Gimme Three Steps - Vibey, dancey song. Love it. great bass and guitar mix Simple Man - Lovely message. Be a simple man. Great story about mom and son too. What's not to love? It's one of the most popular songs of theirs on the album Things Goin On - Blues guitar focused. Alright. Mississippi Kid - Guitar focused. Love the rhythym and sound Poison Whiskey - Love the sound of this song. Great start with the guitar, the drums and guitar working together Free Bird - Classic Free Bird 4/5 stars

50% of this album is all time classic songs. Of the rest Things Goin' On is great, Mississippi Kid is good and the other two are mercifully short. If you take away the band's history and bullshit confederate flags it'd be an easy 5 but this defining 'Southern' so much for the worse means I can't separate the art from the artist as much as I'd like.

I'll confess to having only really listened to a couple of Skynyrd's biggest hits. You can't avoid "Freebird", it's become woven into pop culture, although as it and those around in the 70s have aged, it's faded. I gotta say this is an impressive debut album, self-assured and fully fleshed-out. Having "heard it all" at this stage in life, I am impressed with "Tuesday's Gone" which I think I've heard before. I did, however, want it to be over half-way through, instead of it repeating itself with riffs on top ad infinitum, but that tends to be how I feel about a lot of classic rock I missed that I've gone back to... "Gimmie Three Steps" is one of those hits I've heard. Didn't know it nor "Free Bird" were on the debut album. Classic rock riffs and solos. "Simple Man" I hadn't known but learned last year, as a friend who died had requested it be played at the memorial service. I can appreciate its earnestness more through my friend's love of the song He was a good, good dude. Hey there's seven people on the album cover... did they really need that many to make this record? --- Okay, checked out the comments. Folks, I can't help but notice there's no racism nor is there a confederate flag on the album cover or in the lyrics. The only political-leaning song complains about Vietnam and the government not protecting the people from the effects of pollution, and instead spending money on going to the moon. "Help the poor", it seems to say. You want to argue against any of that? I'm trying to take this journey like a visitor from another planet, without relying so heavily on all the baggage surrounding the record and the people who made it. It's impossible to completely leave your biases at the door but it's a fun exercise while going through these albums. The more I think about "southern rock" and sunburned jerks in tank tops that used to be t-shirts drinking American whiskey in front of a confederate flag, the less I like this record. The more I just focus on the music, the more I like it.

This is one of those albums that absolutely blows my mind to find out it was the bands first album. Nearly prefect with some of the bands biggest hits. And then to end it with Free Bird may be one of the biggest mic drops in musical history. Really enjoyed this one!

FREE BIRD!! Great classic rock album. 8.5/10

Tuesday's Gone is an excellent ballad. You have to be very confident with your soloing to put a guitar solo before the first verse. The solo after the first verse is also mighty fine as are the good 'ole boys' southern rock harmonies. Things Going On is quite clearly an anti-segregation song. This is interesting given that one of the band's slightly more popular songs led to allegations that Ronnie was pro Wallace. Some of the "filler"on side 2 is really quite good. The Mississippi blues song Mississippi Kid shows their prowess with the broken coke bottle and the anti-alcohol song Poison Whisky has is also an excellent jam. Free Bird is the best song in the album and the band's second best song overall - next to that tune about folks in Birmingham loving Wallace.

This album has some really nice moments on it, and despite the fact that this type of music sounds stereotypically southern now, it only became that way because of this band At the same time, the album sags in places. I've never been a huge fan of Free Bird, perhaps because I grew up in the Beavis and Butthead era when this song was already a meme. Trying to listen to it with fresh ears is hard as a result. I think that it's a pretty enough song, but not the all time great the way it tends to be portrayed by people who really like it. Fuck it, 4/5 by the skin of it's teeth. Maybe I like Free Bird after all. Or at least, I like 4/5ths of Free Bird. That song could have been shut down a full minute earlier with no negative impact

weirdly enough, free bird was my least favorite part of this. really surprisingly enjoyable as an album, good length. 8/10

Lynyrd Skynyrd were at the top of their game when they released their debut album. Excellent songwriting, perfected tone, and THE GUITARS! Oh man, this is guitar heaven. Can't call yourself a fan of rock until you've heard Skynyrd absolutely tear it up. Good album.

Gritty, raw, and delightful

I'd have never been able to pronounce it otherwise.

Sweet home Alabama extended versions, alt takes and mixes, + hit single Free Bird.

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

average

much guitar. lots of hits

Let’s for a moment do something Lynyrd Skynyrd never quite got around to doing - forget about the confederate flag. “Tuesday’s Gone” is a treat and “Simple Man” is a great tune. But the only real reason this debut album is on the list is because of its legendary closing track. Not quite enough in itself. But almost.

The album is fine. I just couldn't engage with it. It felt really disjointed. There's certainly some classic songs here but I've personally never had much of a reaction to them.

I am trusting the process with this site, but I will be damned if I don't keep getting sent total stinkers for albums to trudge through. Classic rock (which has now been coined Dinosaur rock by the younger generations, because I guess they use Oldies for something else...) purists will tell you this is one of the best albums of all time by a legendary band who helped invent southern rock. I am not one of those people.

At the time, I’m sure that collecting the sounds of a hoe down mixing it with blues guitar noodling and an over reliance on southern stereotypes was magic to a select group of young people who were inundated with the psychedelic sounds of the late 60s. There is no doubt that Sweet Home Alabama is Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Stairway to heaven and there are some remarkable similarities in the way both songs start pastoral and build to an anthem. The similarities stop there. This album is a rather boring and dreary affair and best left to those folks who thought the 8:33 of Sweet Home was the whole album.

I guess maybe it’s necessary to separate the original incarnation of the band from what they became, since we can’t really tell whether Ronnie Van Zant would’ve made the same decisions that the band did, had he lived. Maybe they were more liberal-minded in the early days and Sweet Home Alabama really is a skewering of conservative policies and values and they actually didn’t care for segregationist governor George Wallace - which would make sense with the “Boo Boo Boo” chant following his mention in the song, but it’s contradicted by accounts that Van Zant did, in fact, like Wallace by Skynyrd bassist Ed King and Charlie Daniels. One thing that overlaps both versions of this band is the use of the Confederate Flag in their imagery and stage shows. That was kind of a constant and is also a choice where their intent is unclear. It’s been explained away by the band that their record label, MCA, encouraged them to use the flag as a way to accent their Southernness and rebellious nature, but they also continued to associate themselves with it in their merchandise and stage shows for nearly 40 years following the band’s formation. Accepting the charitable interpretation, that Skynyrd merely used the flag as a marketing ploy, leaves us with an explanation: Lynyrd Skynyrd was fine with being tied to all the things that flag stood for, so long as they made money off of it, which is…a different kind of awful. So Skynyrd has left us with a choice to make: Do we accept their explanation that they were just playing the game, that they were actually more socially progressive, but had to lean into stereotype to make money? There’s an old saying, “If you stand for nothing, you’ll fall for anything” and I think that applies here. By adopting the rebel flag, they’ve forever tied themselves to its history and whatever good intentions they may have had outside of that are tarnished by the flag’s legacy. …and like I said, that’s the charitable explanation.

Free Bird is a good tune, the rest not so great

Як підсумували в одному рев'ю на rym "стерильний дед рок". З цікавого тільки на "Things Goin' On" і "Poison Whiskey" неочікувано класні клавішні партії, а на "Mississippi Kid" гармошка (хоча пісню вона не сильно рятує). З непоганих пісень тільки "Free Bird" (вочевидь), але, бляха, як же вона затягнута, була вона хоча б на хвилини три коротша, була б цукерочкою, а так маємо що маємо. Тай взагалі в пацанів немає міри того, як довго мають йти пісні. Цей альбом на ізі міг бути хвилин на 10/15 коротшим.

Oh, the flag is about heritage and states' rights, you say? Rights to do what? HUH? Yeah.

Boring

One good song. Free bird.

This stinks

Some great tracks and classic tunes.

AWSOME

Loved this album

Southern rock starts here. I have come to realise that this music hits me somewhere deep and the more I listen to this the more I feel it. In the 90s US classic rock radio would routinely have Freebird as the greatest rock song of all time. Alternating with Stairway to Heaven and Bohemian Rhapsody. Every track is killer though

I Ain’t the One to tell you this, as I’m just a Simple Man, but Gimme Three Steps and I’ll be a Free Bird to tell you whatever you want about this album.

Free Bird. That’s all that needs to be said about this one. This is the album with “Free Bird” on it. Any kid like me who grew up playing Guitar Hero probably know 2 songs more than anything else in the world. Those songs being “Free Bird” and “Through the Fire and Flames”. It’s just, the perfect song. Nothing I could possibly say about it hasn’t been said about it before. I can’t contribute anything new, so I’ll just say that it remains fresh for the entire long length of the song. Then, when you get to about the 4:20 mark in the song, the magic happens. The last couple of minutes of that song are some of my favorite in all of music. All that being said though, it’s not even the only good song on the album. The entire album is good. Don’t mistake it though,”Free Bird” is my favorite. I’d be crazy to say otherwise and be that guy. Southern Rock is such a weird genre to me. It’s one of the closest to Country music, but is also super far removed from being remotely Country at all, if that makes any amount of sense. I genuinely despise most Country music, but have an affinity for most Sourhern Rock/Blues, which has always made no sense to me. This album sounds very rednecky and about the most Southern thing you could imagine, but god damn is it good. Absolutely tragic that the entire band is dead. That plane crash really fucked up the entire band. We can only imagine the lasting impact they would have if they were around longer. But man, does it just creep me out looking at the album cover now knowing they’re all gone, and most of them WAY too soon at that. Besides that, it’s a really cool cover. Another iconic one. This album has a perfect blend of ballads, rockers, and a few filler songs in between that are all still very good. I actually forgot that “Tuesday’s Gone” was a Lynyrd Skynyrd song, but it’s also iconic. As is “Simple Man”. The guitar playing on this album is so unmistakably Southern, as well as the singing, but god damn do I love it. I really do. I can’t find fault in this album enough to give it a 4. The riffs are too righteous. 3 iconic songs, including Free Bird. Yeah man, it’s going to be another 5 for me. I’d listen to this entire album any time, including the weaker entries like “Mississippi Kid” and “Poison Whiskey”. They’re at the bare minimum catchy, and when the ladder bleeds into “Free Bird”, I’m filled with bliss. This is a great album and I’m glad it’s on here.

I love this album. I am conflicted about their use of the confederate flag but hear that some of their songs are actually quite progressive. Five stars (unless I learn that they are horrible human beings.)

These albums make it hard at times to separate the art from the artist and the legacy of their work. The track I've taken is to just rate the music. On that front this is a 5/5 album. That said - racists can fuck right off. 5/5

If this list were of 100 albums then this would make the list. For most bands, this is a greatest hits album, while for Skynyrd this was only the opening salvo. The first four songs are classics and the rest isn’t bad at all either. It’s almost unfair to put Simple Man and Tuesday’s Gone between Gimme Three Steps. One of the most misunderstood bands ever, as they are not the Rebel Flag waving group they became later. They have anti-handgun songs, environmental songs, and anti-racist tracks as well. They probably should have another album in here too. There’s not a bad song on here.

Holy fuck what an album. I had only heard half the songs but that's because half the songs are CLASSICS.

Man what a blast to listen to. ‘Gimme three steps’ is one of the most positive surprises I’ve heard in this list so far. Great fun, it really places you around a big ol’ American barbecue with a ton of friends. 5/5

A fantastic first album from arguably the most recognizable Southern Rock band out there. This album has a lot of depth, which was unexpected on my end. Moving ballads, hard-rocking epics, and fun bluesy story-heavy songs all have their place on here. Even more impressive is how well it all comes together. Nothing feels out of sorts, and every song is good or *better.* The vocals, keys, guitar, drums, bass, everything is ridiculously well done for these guys who were still quite young at this point. They're certainly not virtuosos, but they're damn good and the fact that they wrote up this music as well obviates why they became popular. Normally I reserve 5 stars for something everyone can enjoy, and I do feel that Southern Rock can be a pit polarizing — if you don't like the iconic sounds that characterize it, you're just not going to enjoy them. But I would wholeheartedly recommend the entirety of this album to anyone curious about the band or genre.

I didn't like Mississipi kid, but the rest are just too good. An insane debut album, gonna go rewatch Dazed and Confused

Such a classic. 10/10

100%worthlisten

Clásico del rock and roll nene

(Pronounced 'Iks-'Chrēm-'Lē-'Géd)

Their best, never bettered.

Шикарнейший рок-альбом. Не ожидал, что понравится: это настоящий рок, блюз-рок, очень качественно записанный, здорово сведённый. Каждый инструмент приятно слушать. Понятно, откуда ноги растут у RHCP...

Great album. Made country rock what it is today. Free Bird was a great song to slow dance to in High School. The only bad thing about that song is that Jen-nay almost jumped from the hotel room balcony.

50% hits, that's an enviable track record. The weaker spots of the album are pretty weak but the hits are just classic. And what a great band - they all really jammed together.

All the best songs. All of them.

Wow, this album is brilliant and I can’t believe I’ve never listened to it in full before. The blend of rock, blues & country is a masterstroke and the song-writing is interesting & impactful from start to finish - no filler tracks to see here. The musicianship is second to none too, with some of the most iconic guitar work of the 70s. Overall this was super enjoyable and worthy of a 5 star review.

One of the great debut albums ever. Half of it are all time classic songs and the other 4 can still hold their own.

Possibly one of the best country/rock albums, no skips

Screw it. This is getting 5-stars. I’m ignoring the politics. This is the apotheosis of southern rock. Simple Man, Freebird? I’m judging the music here… “play freebird!” Not until I’ve heard the entire album first.

Let go all of your preconceived and mostly all incorrect assumptions about this band, what they represent and how they made music. This album is PURE classic rock - this album might be a near perfect example of the "genre" we call 70's/Classic Rock. If you can't appreciate that because of how you perceive them, i got nothing for ya. From the sweeping ballads, to the southern slide, the blues to the hard solos.

Swore I saw an eagle fly over me in Romsey while listening to this

Liked this one too

I ain't the one - 4 Tuesday's gone - 5 Gimme three steps - 5 Simple man - 5 Things goin' on - 4 Mississippi kid - 3 Poison whiskey - 3 Free bird - 5

I am not going to go on about the politics - it's been talked about enough. This album doesn't scream political to me. I am going to give it the stars for the art, not the artist.

This album has fucking Free Bird on it. Come on, you know it's getting 5 stars. Rest of the album is great, too, but FREE BIRD!!!!

Loved it. It reminded me a bit of early Aerosmith

Not the biggest Skynyrd fan, but can't deny this one. Only question is, why the FUCK isn't the extended version of Freedbird on here?!? 5

I typically scoff at Skynyrd.. but damn. This album has their best work (imo) and despite free bird being a joke at concerts, it still rocks

Great debut, fucking Freebird first time out? Cmon.

Definitely in top 5 greatest southern rock albums no doubt. Big part of childhood and discovering music. These days I do prefer Neil Young.. From 8 tracks 4 are classics and 3 of them are on side A with Free Bird ending the album. However side B has some great super bluesy and dirty deep cuts. Just rated 4.5 on RYM, but not exactly sure if I want to give 5 stars here, but I probably should, morning will be wiser than night, during which I am writing this review, Free Bird is playing now after all cmon

Some albums on this list have one truly great song on them, some have two, a few have three. This album has 4 songs that personally I think should be in the list of top 100 best classic rock songs of all time: "Tuesday's Gone", "Gimme Three Steps", "Simple Man", and "Free Bird", with "Free Bird" probably being a top 10 in the genre. Personally I've gone through this record many times and have always loved it through many different settings and eras in my life. My dad loved them so I listened to them when I was very young, my metal head friends and I loved them in high school, and now as a lot of my tastes have gotten softer a bit I still really love them, and this record in particular. "Simple Man" is a star, and it's one of those corny songs that's actually quite beautiful when you get past the idea that it's a bit dated. "Tuesday's Gone" is also really incredible. The melody plays so nice with the harmony, and the band couldn't be more in sync with eachother. Everything is super tasteful and nothing overshadows anything else. "Gimme Three Steps" is a great rowdy dancing tune, and "Free Bird" is one of the most American songs ever, with what might be the most famous guitar solo ever. Great album. One of the best classic rock albums ever.

Solid southern Rock.

I Ain't The One

This album fuckin slaps. From front to back, it's just so good, no skips. Free bird is simply legendary, some say they're still playing that solo to this day. Also Love the "gimme some baby" call out to a solo in Mississippi Kid, so good. But goddamn it did they have to fly that flag?