Second Helping

Second Helping
Studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Released April 15, 1974
Recorded June 1973 (track 1)
January 1974
Studio Studio One, Doraville, Georgia (track 1)
Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre Southern rock, boogie rock, blues rock, country rock, hard rock
Length 37:15
Label Sounds of the South, MCA
Producer Al Kooper
Lynyrd Skynyrd chronology
(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)
(1973)(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)1973		 Second Helping
(1974)		 Nuthin' Fancy
(1975)Nuthin' Fancy1975
Singles from Second Helping
  1. "Don't Ask Me No Questions"
    Released: April 1974
  2. "Sweet Home Alabama"
    Released: June 24, 1974

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 L.P. was 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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Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sweet Home Alabama"
4:43
2."I Need You"
  • Rossington
  • Van Zant
6:55
3."Don't Ask Me No Questions"
  • King
  • Rossington
  • Van Zant
3:29
4."Workin' for MCA"
  • King
  • Van Zant
4:49
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."The Ballad of Curtis Loew"
4:51
6."Swamp Music"
  • King
  • Van Zant
3:31
7."The Needle and the Spoon"
  • Collins
  • Van Zant
3:53
8."Call Me the Breeze"J. J. Cale5:09
1997 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Don't Ask Me No Questions" (Single Version)
  • Rossington
  • Van Zant
3:31
10."Was I Right or Wrong" (Demo)
  • Rossington
  • Van Zant
5:33
11."Take Your Time" (Demo)
  • King
  • Van Zant
7:29

Personnel

Lynyrd Skynyrd
Additional personnel

References

  1. ↑ 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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