The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd [2-CD SET]

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The members of Lynyrd Skynyrd played by their own set of rules. Fiercely defensive of their Southern heritage, Ronnie Van Zant and company reflexively lashed out when they thought they'd been slurred. Hence "Sweet Home Alabama," their retort to Neil Young's shame-on-Dixie "Alabama." (Young loved Skynyrd's screed, even though it lambasted him by name.) On the other hand, "Saturday Night Special" took on handguns; it's hard to imagine a contemporary band with a redneck-rock following taking a similar pro-gun-control stand. This two-disc overview presents a band with a broader agenda than one might imagine. Yes, this is state-of-the-'70s electric boogie, but it's three-guitar-strong rock with genuine subject matter. Fans will already have the likes of "Free Bird" (here presented in studio and concert settings) and "I Know a Little," but baubles such as the previously unreleased "Comin' Home" and the rare B-side "Mr. Banker" add to this collection's appeal, as does the lengthy liner essay. --Steven Stolder

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The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd [2-CD SET]

Average customer rating:

Metellica vs Skynrd?
Loved it, Loved it, Loved it !!!!
One of the BEST!!!
A must for those just starting out on Lynyrd Skynyrd
FOR WHOM THE BELLS TOLL HAS NO TASTE IN MUSIC

The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd [2-CD SET]
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Manufacturer: 1 or 2-CD set.'Amazon Website' says both.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000ADJX
Release Date: 1998-08-25

Tracks:

Sweet Home Alabama
I Ain't The One
Was I Right Or Wrong
Gimme Three Steps
Workin' for MCA
Simple Man
Swamp Music
The Ballad Of Curtis Loew
Saturday Night Special
Mr. Banker
Comin' Home
Call Me The Breeze
Free Bird

Tracks:

What's Your Name
Whiskey Rock-A-Roller (Live)
Tuesday's Gone
Double Trouble
I Know A Little
Four Walls Of Raiford
I Never Dreamed
Gimme Back My Bullets (Live)
You Got That Right
All I Can Do Is Write About It (Acoustic Version)
That Smell
Free Bird (Live)

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The members of Lynyrd Skynyrd played by their own set of rules. Fiercely defensive of their Southern heritage, Ronnie Van Zant and company reflexively lashed out when they thought they'd been slurred. Hence "Sweet Home Alabama," their retort to Neil Young's shame-on-Dixie "Alabama." (Young loved Skynyrd's screed, even though it lambasted him by name.) On the other hand, "Saturday Night Special" took on handguns; it's hard to imagine a contemporary band with a redneck-rock following taking a similar pro-gun-control stand. This two-disc overview presents a band with a broader agenda than one might imagine. Yes, this is state-of-the-'70s electric boogie, but it's three-guitar-strong rock with genuine subject matter. Fans will already have the likes of "Free Bird" (here presented in studio and concert settings) and "I Know a Little," but baubles such as the previously unreleased "Comin' Home" and the rare B-side "Mr. Banker" add to this collection's appeal, as does the lengthy liner essay. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Metellica vs Skynrd?.......2007-07-22

Why are people writing about Metallica and Skynrd. I bought Kill 'em All on vinyl the year it came out...love it. LA/Bay Area and the South are worlds apart. If you like Skynrd, then this is a great collection. If you don't, why even bother rating the product? Don't be the ignorant fool who says you either like the Beatles or the Stones. Music isn't a mutually exclusive descision. I won't say that someone who rates Appetite for Destruction and Nevermind as the worst albums ever is an idiot, but they are an idiot.

Loved it, Loved it, Loved it !!!!.......2007-01-09

I didn't think I was a Lynyrd Skynyrd fan but after listening to the CD I'm hooked. Free Bird (studio and the live version) was just awesome.

With all the hits it has on it, it is a great CD to have.

One of the BEST!!!.......2006-08-28

This is one of the best Skynyrd cd's out there. If you like Metallica then that explains you ignorance! Then again I'm sure you can't be older than 18. FYI...a true music lover loves ALL music, you're just a little boy who likes music.

A must for those just starting out on Lynyrd Skynyrd.......2006-08-16

This 2-disc compilation of Lynyrd Skynyrd's library of songs is a very good collection of tracks for those just starting out on this most American of rock bands. Though Lynyrd Skynyrd may not have had the virtuoso guitar playing that The Allman Brothers band had (and which band does) or the heavy, southern blues-rock sound of Creedence Clearwater Revival, what they did have was the songwriting of its great frontman Ronnie Van Zant.

Lynyrd Skynyrd took the dueling lead guitar style pioneered by Thin Lizzy and perfected by The Allman Brothers Band's Duane Allman and Dicky Betts, and did them one better by having three lead guitarists in Allen Collins, Ed King and Gary Rossington. This gave Lynyrd Skynyrd a distinct overdriven blues-rock sound that when mixed with true Southern rock style made the band the definitive Southern rock band. This compilation includes their classic track "Sweet Home Alabama" and one of the most played power ballads (Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" being first and foremost) in "Free Bird" (both the album and even longer live concert version). Other tracks I'd like to point out are "The ballad of Curtis Loew", "Comin' Home", and "Simple Man".

This collection really doesn't have a bad track to it. It's a very good starting off point for anyone just starting to listen to this great Southern Rock band. Those needing to listen to the bands other songs would then be free to check out their full albums.

FOR WHOM THE BELLS TOLL HAS NO TASTE IN MUSIC.......2006-08-07

THE PREVIOUS REVIEWER AN ALIAS OF WHIRLIGIG HAS NO TASTE IN MUSIC.CONTRARY TO HIS FOOLISH RANTINGS,SKYNYRD WERE AMONGST THE FINEST BANDS TO HAVE COME OUT OF THE US AFTER THE EAGLES.ALL THE SONGS ARE GREAT SO IGNORE THE PREVIOUS REVIEWER AND GET THIS ANYWAY.