(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
by Lynyrd Skynyrd
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(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) is ranked as the best album by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) rankings summary
Overall rank: 463rd | 1970s rank: 103rd | 1973 rank: 11th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 10/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 68 Music Albums of 1973 | 15/68 | 4 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Overall 601-700 | 1/46 | - |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 40 Music Albums of 1973 | 11/40 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 61 Music Albums of 1973 | 60/61 | 0 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 43/100 | 54 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 38/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  pedro1976 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 24/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | sweetness | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 44/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 41 Music Albums of 1973 | 1/41 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 590 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,624 | |||
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| ! | 10/13/2026 19:22 | wadwicz5 | 905 | 86/100 |
| ! | 10/02/2026 02:48 | Jonboy | 152 | 78/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2026 07:19 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.1/100, a mean average of 78.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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This album has been referenced 108 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
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BestEverAlbums 10/11/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5462): By henrygreen0203
BestEverAlbums 10/11/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5462): By henrygreen0203“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by henrygreen0203 () 1. by (2015) 2. by by (1975) 4. by (1969) 5. by (1969) 6. by (1972) 7. by (1976) 9. by (1959) 10. by (1966) 11. (2019) 12. by (1986) 14. by (1971) 15. (2016) 16. by (1985) 17. by (1971) 18. by (2024) 20. by (2001) 21.…”
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baystateoftheart 10/04/2025 03:37 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition
baystateoftheart 10/04/2025 03:37 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition“1. Going into this I knew only 2 Skynyrd songs: Sweet Home Alabama from being everywhere, and Saturday Night Special from being on a free I played as a kid. It's mostly Sweet Home Alabama that prevented me from listening to anything else of theirs. Catchy as hell, but awful lyrics. Southern Man and…”
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Gary_S 01/05/2013 11:10 | #60180 | TOP COMMENT
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Superb album .. i ain't the one great song to start the album , tuesday gone still one of my favourites,and what can you say about free bird......pity these guys didn't get the recognition they deserved until it was too late.
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One of the best debuts ever, all done under the guidance and direction of Al Kooper. Some of their best known songs (and personal favorites) are included here: "Tuesday's Gone", "Simple Man", "Gimme Three Steps", "I Ain't The One" and the epic "Free Bird".
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Lynyrd Skynyrd are woefully under-appreciated. They are brilliant, and this album is their best. Nothing pretentious, just a bunch of good-old boys who know how to play and write about what they know. It just so happens that they were geniuses.
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garycottier TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/26/2016 19:28 | #164636 | TOP COMMENT
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Pronounced, is one of the great rock debuts, southern boogie music at it's best. It's a stunning album in it's confidence, it swaggers, but it also has an emotional heart mainly thanks to the wonderful lyrics and passionate vocals from Ronnie Van Zant. The guitars of Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, and Ed King, are also another special ingredient, but let's not forget pianist Billy Powell, who plays some lovely stuff. Off course, the most famous song is the brilliant, free bird, one of rock's masterpieces alongside, stairway to heaven, Layla, and, bohemian rhapsody, ending with some sizzling guitar work. My personal favourite track is the beautiful, Tuesday's gone, an excellent song, with more superb guitar and piano. I ain't the one, gimme three steps, simple man, and, poison whiskey, are all fantastic tracks too. If there are any weak songs, it's, things goin' on, and, Mississippi kid, but amongst so much greatness there's always going to be a couple of songs not quite up there with the rest. Skynyrd made a handful of fine albums, but this one has got to be the best.
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One of the best hard albums EVAH! Too bad they never came close to equaling it again.
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