Favorite LYNYRD SKYNYRD album?

What is your favorite Skynyrds albums?

Listening to Skynyrd's First-The Complete Muscle Shoals album at the moment and it's put me in a Skynyrd mood, so I also grabbed 'Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd" to rock next.

Toss up between Pronounced Leenerd Skeenerd and Second Helping. Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man, The Ballad Of Curtis Loewe and Sweet Home Alabama are such great songs.

"Gold & Platinum". Don't care for Skynyrd outside of their big hits.

Schbopo wrote:

"Gold & Platinum". Don't care for Skynyrd outside of their big hits.

Those are their worse tunes. You need to start smokin better weed !

James B. wrote:

Schbopo wrote:

"Gold & Platinum". Don't care for Skynyrd outside of their big hits.

Those are their worse tunes. You need to start smokin better weed !

I'm surprised there aren't more Skynyrd fans on this board.

In my case I have heard so many bar bands destroy so many Lynyrd Skynyrd songs that it made me never want to hear their songs ever again.

But I am somewhat of a fan and if pressed I would choose 'Street Survivors'.

I may eventually build a Skynyrd collection but only with the orignial line up.

manny wrote:

... but only with the orignial line up.

Why?

Skynyrd's line-up changed many times, even over the 70's. Gary Rossington and Ricky Meldlocke are still a part of Sky nyrd and other members such as the late Leon Wilkeson and Billy Powell played on those albums.

I'm a big fan of the 70's albums, pretty much cant go wrong with any of them. Their 80's-now catalog is pretty cool, Ive heard alot of it but I only have one album "Vicious Cycle" and maybe someday I'll get more.

ultmetal wrote:

manny wrote:

... but only with the orignial line up.

Why?

Skynyrd's line-up changed many times, even over the 70's. Gary Rossington and Ricky Meldlocke are still a part of Sky nyrd and other members such as the late Leon Wilkeson and Billy Powell played on those albums.

I didn't feel the post reunion albums where that strong, now I can't say that about their newest one because I have not heard it, and I do like Rick Medlocke when he was in Blackfoot.

I am a huge SKynyrd fan, one of my favorite bands of all time and a huge influence on my guitar playing.

Pronounced has perhaps the best songlist of all there releases. So I will have to go with that one.

But all those discs in the 70's are all amazing and there arent too many bands that can touch that consistency.

Love all the Skynyrd releases and hope they still continue to do what they do...

manny wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

manny wrote:

... but only with the orignial line up.

Why?

Skynyrd's line-up changed many times, even over the 70's. Gary Rossington and Ricky Meldlocke are still a part of Sky nyrd and other members such as the late Leon Wilkeson and Billy Powell played on those albums.

I didn't feel the post reunion albums where that strong, now I can't say that about their newest one because I have not heard it, and I do like Rick Medlocke when he was in Blackfoot.

I like all most of the post-reunion albums quite a bit, especially Twenty and Edge of Forever. Vicious Cycle and God & Guns have their moments too.

Manny, check out Edge Of Forever. I'm guessing you'll like it more then you think.

I only have "The Essentials Lynyrd Skynyrd" 2 disc set and the christmas album they put out a while back. I should get more.

Second Helping is probably my favorite.

TheNazgul wrote:

Manny, check out Edge Of Forever. I'm guessing you'll like it more then you think.

OK I will check that album and keep an open mind.

manny wrote:

TheNazgul wrote:

Manny, check out Edge Of Forever. I'm guessing you'll like it more then you think.

OK I will check that album and keep an open mind.

Edge of Forever is great! Saw that tour and it was fantastic! There were several original members on that album including Gary Rossington, Ricky Meldlocke, Leon Wilkeson and Billy Powel. Also, the late great Hughie Thompson.

Lynyrd is a band I've been meaning to add to my collection for a long time. Kind of daunting, though, considering how much is out there.

I know nothing by them but the hits. Kind of lame, eh? Haha.

You know I love 70's Skynyrd but their one album that really never gets any good views and I love is 1991 and the title track Smokestack Lightning.

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ultmetal wrote:

I'm surprised there aren't more Skynyrd fans on this board.

I am a big Skynyrd fan, mostly the 70's version. I like some of the later releases and enjoy the concerts for nostalgia sake.

Anything with out Ronnie Van Zandt especially Edge Of Forever.

I really like Nuthin' Fancy.