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LYNYRD SKYNYRD "second helping"....vinyl, 1974

career stats:
studio albums.............14
compilation albums......23
singles.......................30

this album: #12 US, #9 CAN
singles:
"dont ask me no questions"..........no chart info
"sweet home alabama"................#8 US, #6 CAN

southern rock/swamp rock outfit's second album....
now, these guys are a strange breed to me, in that i either love or dislike their material...only two other bands come to mind where i can say the same thing,INXS and Midnight Oil, theres no inbetween with any of them for some reason....!
anyway, this one consists of some brilliant guitar laden bluesy chug-along rock riffs,none more so than on their signature tune "sweet home alabama" which opens the album in fine form!
theres a lovely ballad on here, the brilliant "ballad of curtis loew", not sure if Curtis is actually some old blues guy or a ficticious character in the song, but that song is my favourite on here.
for those who dont know, "sweet home alabama" was the Skynyrd's venom spit ained at Neil Young who,according to a lot of Southern folks, put them down in his "alabama" and "southern man" tracks previously...so come the lines..."i heard mr. young talk about us","i heard old neil put us down","i hope neil young will remember,a southern man dont need him 'round"...
all up, a very good album overall....

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: i need you
best track: the ballad of curtis loew
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeDWNMa1Dl4 audio w/-lyrics

tracks:

1. sweet home alabama ***
2. i need you *
3. dont ask me no questions *
4. workin' for mca *
5. the ballad of curtis loew ***
6. swamp music ***
7. the needle and the spoon ***
8. call me the breeze ***

3s=5
2s=0
1s=3

rating: 2.3