Date release: August 13, 1973

Rock do sul dos Estados Unidos grandioso.

Tuesday's gone, Simple man and Free bird are obvious highlights. Tracks from the second half of the album are really nice too, but in the first half there is some filler. If the first part was better it would be an excellent record, because it has potential.

simple man is a great song

Excellent debut packed with some great songs

Excellent album, stocked with good songs.

Excellent debut album.

Easily Skynyrd's best, as well as one of the best debut albums ever.

Favoritas: Free Bird, Tuesda's Gone, Simple Man

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.