Second Helping
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| Second Helping | ||||
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| Studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd | ||||
| Released | April 15, 1974 | |||
| Recorded | Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, California, January 1974 (except for track 1, Studio One in Doraville, Georgia, June 1973) | |||
| Genre | Southern rock, boogie rock, blues rock, country rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 37:15 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Al Kooper | |||
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Second Helping is a 1974 album by Lynyrd Skynyrd. It was the band's second album, and featured its biggest hit single, "Sweet Home Alabama", an answer song to Neil Young's "Alabama" and "Southern Man".[1] The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1974. This was the first Lynyrd Skynyrd album to feature the band's trademark triple guitar attack and also the first album to feature Leon Wilkeson on bass and the last to feature Bob Burns on drums.
The album reached #12 on the Billboard album charts. It was certified Gold on 9/20/1974, Platinum and 2x Platinum on 7/21/1987 by the RIAA.
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| Robert Christgau | A− link |
| Rolling Stone | (mixed) link |
Contents
Track listing
Side one
- "Sweet Home Alabama" (Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:43
- "I Need You" (King, Rossington, Van Zant) – 6:55
- "Don't Ask Me No Questions" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:26
- "Workin' for MCA" (King, Van Zant) – 4:49
Side two
- "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" (Allen Collins, Van Zant) – 4:51
- "Swamp Music" (King, Van Zant) – 3:31
- "The Needle and the Spoon" (Collins, Van Zant) – 3:53
- "Call Me the Breeze" (J. J. Cale) – 5:09
1997 CD reissue bonus tracks
- "Don't Ask Me No Questions" (Single Version) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:31
- "Was I Right or Wrong?" (Demo) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:33
- "Take Your Time" (Demo) (King, Van Zant) – 7:29
- Tracks 9-11 previously unreleased
Personnel
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Ronnie Van Zant – lead vocals
- Gary Rossington – Guitar, rhythm and acoustic guitar on "Sweet Home Alabama"
- Allen Collins – guitar
- Ed King – guitar, slide guitar, rhythm guitar and bass on "I Need You" and "Don't Ask Me No Questions"
- Billy Powell – keyboards, piano on "Sweet Home Alabama"
- Leon Wilkeson – Bass
- Bob Burns – drums except "I Need You"
- Additional personnel
- Mike Porter – drums on "I Need You"
- Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews – background vocals on "Sweet Home Alabama"
- Merry Clayton and friends – background vocals on "Sweet Home Alabama"
- Bobby Keys, Trewor Lawrence and Steve Madiao – horns on "Don't Ask Me No Questions" and "Call Me the Breeze"
- Al Kooper – backing vocals, piano on "Don't Ask..." & "The Ballad of Curtis Loew", producer
References
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