The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd

by Lynyrd Skynyrd

The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 25 August 1998
  • Label: MCA
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 2:11:01
  • Community rating: 3.83/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A two disc career overview of Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Jacksonville band that defined Southern rock. It spans the original lineup's seventies peak, built on triple guitars and Ronnie Van Zant's plainspoken writing, and their later reunion years.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, guitars, rhythmic, progressive, ballad

Tracklist

  1. Sweet Home Alabama (4:45)
  2. I Ain't The One (3:54)
  3. Was I Right Or Wrong (5:25)
  4. Gimme Three Steps (4:32)
  5. Workin' For MCA (4:49)
  6. Simple Man (5:59)
  7. Swamp Music (3:33)
  8. The Ballad Of Curtis Loew (4:53)
  9. Saturday Night Special (5:12)
  10. Mr. Banker (5:22)
  11. Comin' Home (5:30)
  12. Call Me The Breeze (5:10)
  13. Free Bird (9:10)
  14. What's Your Name (3:33)
  15. Whiskey Rock-A-Roller (Live) (4:17)
  16. Tuesday's Gone (7:34)
  17. Double Trouble (2:51)
  18. I Know A Little (3:29)
  19. Four Walls Of Raiford (4:14)
  20. I Never Dreamed (5:22)
  21. Gimme Back My Bullets (Live) (3:43)
  22. You Got That Right (3:48)
  23. All I Can Do Is Write About It (Acoustic Version) (4:24)
  24. That Smell (5:51)
  25. Free Bird (Live) (13:41)

Credits

  • Allen Collins - acoustic guitar, lead guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Gary Rossington - acoustic guitar, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, slide guitar
  • Leon Wilkeson - backing vocals, bass
  • Ed King - bass, guitar, lead guitar, slide guitar
  • Artimus Pyle - drums, percussion
  • Rick Medlocke - drums, backing vocals
  • Steve Gaines - guitar, lead guitar, lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Billy Powell - keyboards, piano

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