Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced 'L?h-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)
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Free Music Review: ONE OF TRULY THE GREATEST...
Hit: 5 Stars
This album is a rock perfection. All of the songs sound incredibly fresh, considering that it was released in late 1973. among all other rock giants with their complex studio polishing, and Lynyrd Skynyrd was totally anonimous band (from south).When I first heard this album (it was my first Skynyrd record), just after few listenings I made a state that this is best rock'n'roll album of all time. Ofcourse, you can't pick just one album as the all-time best, as there are a few dosens of them.
And this one is ofcourse one of them. It shows what's the rock'n'roll all about. It's not just southern rock (though influences are obvious) - it breaks throug the very essence of rock music.
The fact that this album, although their first, sounds so perfect, is because these guys heve been together for a long time before making this record, and was playing gigs around and rehearsing this songs. So they new exactly what sound are going to lay down. And it came out perfect, indeed.
This album is all: hard rock, southern rock, blues, bluegras even folk. It is pure and honest music with simple yet efective and beautiful lirics, like in "Simlpe man" (one of personal favourites). Also we get a big dose of humour in songs like "Gimme three steps" and "Poison whiskey", delivefed with great riffs. No need to point "Freebird" as one of most requested rock song in rock history, along with Zep's "Stairway to heaven", and deservely so. I could write a whole review just about "Freebird" and its trademark Skynyrd guitars. Ofcourse, I must mention "Tuesday's gone" as not great but PERFECT ballad rock song, almoust a prototype.
This Exspanded edition is worth the money if nothing, just for "Mr.banker". Slide guitars and weeping lyrics&vocals are pure pleasure. And it's paricular interesting to listen demo version of "Freebird" where you can hear Allen Collins breaking string at the beginning of solo, and the band carying on further without him and then with lead guitar again as he replaced the string, and bringing the song to fiery conclusion.
So, this is as classic rock as you can get; everyone should own it.
For those who aren't familiar with Skynyrd and like rock music (in genneral) this is great place to start your Skynyrd collection. Get this and be blown away... If you won't, you obviously don't know what's rock music about.
Free Music Review: Skynyrd's finest studio album
Hit: 5 Stars
Okay, so this isn't Dylan or the Beatles, but it sure is fun.
Lynyrd Skynyrd's debut album isn't just "the one with 'Free Bird' on it", it's much more than that, one of the original group's best efforts, and quite possibly the best one of the lot. It mixes heartfelt ballads, country, swaggering riff-rockers, and the delightfully silly down-home boogie-rock of "Gimme Three Steps" and "I Ain't The One".
I do prefer the slightly tougher (and string-less) live rendition of "Tuesday's Gone" from the "One More From The Road" album, but this one is no throwayay either. And you can't help but love the aforementioned "Gimme Three Steps" and "I Ain't The One", a wonderful blend of self-deprecating lyrics and gritty guitar riffs.
The stately slow rock number "Simple Man" is not one of Skynyrd's best-known songs, but it's certainly one of their best, and it showcases what a talented vocalist the late Ronnie van Zant really was. And the rollicking country-rock bounce of "Things Goin' On" makes you want to jerk your shoulders up and down while pushing out your lower lip. (Seriously.)
Skynyrd also try their hand at an acoustic country blues pastiche, "Mississippi Kid", and with plenty of succes at that.
"Poison Whiskey" is probably the most sincere hard rocker on the album, a rough but juicy slice of prime Southern rock. Oh, and then there's a looong number called "Free Bird" tacked on to the end of the original album.
...This expanded 2001 edition features five excellent bonus tracks, demo versions of "Tuesday's Gone" (a tougher version with no strings, which I consider a plus), "Gimme Three Steps", "Free Bird", and the non-album tracks "Mr Banker" and "Down South Jukin'". Three of them are previously unreleased; the low-key "Mr Banker" and the melodic rock n' roll of "Down South Jukin'" have seen the light of day earlier, but they are certainly great to have if you don't own them already.
Great bonus tracks on a great, great album, one of the classics of Southern rock. 70s rock n' roll. Or just American rock n' roll in general. Don't let the(partly tongue-in-cheek) redneck image of Lynyrd Skynyrd scare you off; this is really good stuff. Great melodies, big hooks and big riffs, a tight band and some really excellent musicianship. Four and three-quarter stars!
Free Music Review: The One Album to Rule Them All
Hit: 5 Stars
This is, in my humble opinion, the greatest album of all time. As a die-hard classic rock fan, I love bands such as Zep, The Who, JHE, AC/DC, and the Beatles. But Skynyrd tops them all. Why, you ask? Well, for starters, these guys were tough-as-nails blues rockers from Jacksonville, Florida who never got a break unitl they were finally discovered in the early 70s, although they had been playing since the mid-60s. Allen Collins and Gary Rossington were not famous session guitarists like Jimmy Page, and they were all too poor to afford guitar strings, or even shoes. Yet they managed to compose the most emotional, hardest rocking album that has yet to grace any of my CD players. I Ain't the One is a great song with a great drum intro. My drummer friend has declared this some of the most impressive drum work he has ever heard. Tuesday's Gone is a very emotional ballad showcasing some of the only orchestration ever found on a Skynyrd song and some slick slide guitar compliments of Gary Rossington. Gimme Three Steps Shows some of the great lyrical skills of singer Ronnie Van Zant, and is a awesome song that shows Skynyrd having some fun. Simple Man is a hard-rocking song of advice, and is a great song to listen to when your life feels complicated, as my high school career often gets. Things Goin Down shows some great "wild west" piano and delivers a powerful message. Mississippi Kid is different from all the other All-Star Jams on this CD because it is completely unplugged, and yet is a kickass song that gives Van Zant to show off some badass-osity. Poison Whiskey is a good song, but probably the weakest on the album. However, it still far rocks harder that any of the crap kids listen to today and still earns an 8/10 in my book. Freebird, simply put, is the most triumphant song of all time. Anyone who argues this is a fool. If you haven't heard it then your life is incomplete. And all the bonus tracks are a great addition to this already Most Awesomely Triumphant Album of All Eternity.Free Music Review: "FREE BIRD!!!!!!" Oh yeah, and the rest
Hit: 5 Stars
If this album was just Free Bird and a bunch of steaming crap, I'd still have to give it four stars. Of course, the rest ISN'T steaming crap - it's a pretty damned good effort, especially for their first time out. A nice little mix of party-time rockers and introspective ballads, this is one of the ten most rockin'est albums of all time (most rockin'est doesn't necissarily mean "best", but there's a close conneciton). And here we go with the song-by-song breakdown...
1. I Ain't the One: 7.5/10. A fun rocker that starts the disc off in fine form. Yes, Gimme Three Steps has more punch, but whatever.
2. Tuesday's Gone: 10/10. A heartbreaking ballad with a great mellotron (or string, or whatever) arrangement and an unforgettable singalong chorus. All together now: "Tuesday's gone with the wind!" If it weren't for Freebird, this would be the best here.
3. Gimme Three Steps: 10/10. A bit of needed comic relief after Tuesday's Gone, this is some great sloppy barroom rock with funny, biting lyrics.
4. Simple Man: 10/10. Skynyrd's power-ballad, but don't worry, it doesn't suck like most other power ballads, thanks to Ronnie's great vocal performance.
5. Things Goin' On: 6/10. Eh. This has the look and feel of a Skynyrd classic, but in truth bores me. Not a bad song, though.
6. Mississippi Kid: 5/10. Hide me. I've got nothing against folk music, but it's not Skynyrd's thing. That mandolin sounds awful and totally out-of-place.
7. Poison Whiskey: 8/10. Another fun rocker with a great piano part.
8. Free Bird: Take a guess/10. There's a good reason why some idiot always shouts for this song at concerts. There's a good reason why it's a radio staple today. Some of the best guitar weaving in history is found during those last four minutes, though the ballady first five are awesome as well.
A good boozy, bluesy, raw rocker of an album.
Free Music Review: Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin- Nerd is re-relased with style
Hit: 5 Stars
Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd is a timeless classic from the most important group of musicians ever to come out of the South. Enough has been said about the music from this classic album so my comments center on this particular CD release. This re-release from 2001 includes bonus demos that the boys did with Al Kooper before going into the studio with producer Kooper and engineer wiz Bob "Tub" Langford (Joe South, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Blood, Sweat & Tears). The demos show how tight their arrangements were before entering the studio but they also show the magic that "Tub" was able to get on tape once the real album was recorded. The band were so indebted to the sound that Bob "Tub" Lankford found for them that they included a photo of him and a special thanks to him on the original release of the album on Sounds Of The South Records. The original album was a gatefold (like a double disc foldout) with pictures, lyrics and credits covering both pages. After the initial release MCA began pressing future orders for the album and for cost reasons dropped the gatefold and the information contained there in. The black MCA label also replaced the original yellow label that Songs Of The South had used on the first pressings of the LP. This re-release CD now contains all of the photos, lyrics and credits contained in the very first issue of this classic album along with an essay about the band's early beginnings. The sound quality is incredible on this disc and the added bonus tracks make it a must have for any music fan that appreciates what really goes into making a record of this magnitude. The 12 panel insert provides enough information about these timeless recordings to make even the first time listener feel as though they have a special insight into the beginnings of one of the greatest rock bands of all time.