Second Helping
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, blues rock, country rock, hard rock |
Length |
37:15 |
Label |
MCA |
Producer |
Al Kooper |
Lynyrd Skynyrd chronology |
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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.
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 R.I.A.A.
Track listing
Side one
- "Sweet Home Alabama" (Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:43
- "I Need You" (Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 6:55
- "Don't Ask Me No Questions" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:26
- "Workin' for MCA" (Ed King, Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:49
Side two
- "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:51
- "Swamp Music" (Ed King, Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:31
- "The Needle and the Spoon" (Allen Collins, Ronnie 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)" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:31
- "Was I Right Or Wrong (Demo)" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 5:33
- "Take Your Time (Demo)" (Ronnie Van Zant, Ed King) – 7:29
- Tracks 9-11 previously unreleased on compact disc.
Personnel
Additional:
- 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
- ^ Back, Les (2000). "Voices of Hate, Sounds of Hybridity: Black Music and the Complexities of Racism". Black Music Research Journal 20 (2): 142–143.
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