- Second Helping
Infobox Album | Name = Second Helping
Type =Album
Artist =Lynyrd Skynyrd
Released =April 15 1974
Recorded =Record Plant Studios , Los Angeles in January 1974 except for track 1 at Studio One inDoraville, Georgia in June 1973
Genre =Southern rock
Length = 37:15
Label =MCA Records
Producer =Al Kooper
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gekxikz6bb59 link]
*Robert Christgau (A-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Lynyrd+Skynyrd link]
*"Rolling Stone " (mixed) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/lynyrdskynyrd/albums/album/248634/review/6067712/second_helping link]
Last album = "(pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) "
(1973)
This album = "Second Helping"
(1974)
Next album = "Nuthin' Fancy "
(1975)"Second Helping" is a 1974 album by
Lynyrd Skynyrd . It was the band's second album, and featured their biggest hit single, "Sweet Home Alabama", ananswer song toNeil Young 's "Southern Man " and "Alabama". The song reached #8 on theBillboard Hot 100 chart in August 1974. "Second Helping" also featured "The Ballad of Curtis Loew," "Don't Ask Me No Questions," "Workin' for MCA," and "Call Me the Breeze," the latter of which includes an acclaimed piano solo.The album reached #12 on the Billboard Album charts, eventually becoming multi-platinum.
Track listing
# "Sweet Home Alabama" (Ed King / Gary Rossington / Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:43
# "I Need You" (Ed King / Gary Rossington / Ronnie Van Zant) – 6:55
# "Don't Ask Me No Questions" (Gary Rossington / Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:26
# "Workin' For MCA" (Ed King / Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:49
# "The Ballad of Curtis Loew " (Allen Collins / Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:51
# "Swamp Music" (Ed King / Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:31
# "The Needle And The Spoon" (Allen Collins / Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:53
# "Call Me The Breeze" (J.J.Cale) – 5:09
# "Don't Ask Me No Questions (Single Version)" (Gary Rossington / Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:31
# "Was I Right Or Wrong (Sounds of the South Demo)"* (Gary Rossington / Ronnie Van Zant) – 5:33
# "Take Your Time (Sounds of the South Demo)" (Ronnie Van Zant / Ed King) – 7:29: "*" notes previously unreleased tracks.: "The last three tracks are bonus tracks only on the expanded edition."
Personnel
*
Ronnie Van Zant - lead & backing vocals,J&B
*Gary Rossington -Gibson Les Paul - guitar
*Allen Collins -Gibson Firebird - guitar
*Ed King -Fender Stratocaster - guitar, slide guitar, rhythm & bass on "I Need You"
*Billy Powell - keyboards
*Leon Wilkeson -Gibson Thunderbird - bass
*Bob Burns - drums except '"I Need You"Additional:
* Mike Porter - drums on "I Need You"
* Clydie King - background vocals on "Sweet Home Alabama"
*Merry Clayton & Friends - background vocals on "Sweet Home Alabama"
*Bobby Keys , Trewor Lawrence & Steve Madiao - horns on "Don't Ask me no questions" & "Call Me The Breeze"
*Al Kooper - backing vocals, piano on "Don't Ask..." & "The Ballad Of Curtis Loew", also producer
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