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, 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.
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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| Allmusic |  link |
| Robert Christgau | A− link |
| Rolling Stone | (mixed) link |
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) (Van Zant, King) – 7:29
- Tracks 9-11 previously unreleased on compact disc.
Personnel
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Ronnie Van Zant - lead vocals
- Gary Rossington - Gibson Les Paul - guitar, rhythm and acoustic guitar on "Sweet Home Alabama"
- Allen Collins - Gibson Firebird - guitar
- Ed King - Fender Stratocaster - 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 - Gibson Thunderbird - 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
- ↑ 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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