Second Helping (studio album) by Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Second Helping is ranked 2nd best out of 42 albums by Lynyrd Skynyrd on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Lynyrd Skynyrd is (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) which is ranked number 426 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,211.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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85/100  | 3 days ago |  Norshammar | | 87/100 |
70/100 | 03/09/2024 15:20 | poblo | | 80/100 |
90/100 | 01/26/2024 18:33 | 83datsun | | 64/100 |
85/100 | 01/22/2024 00:18 | colinmacD33 | | 80/100 |
80/100 | 01/20/2024 17:14 | dougcummings | | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.4/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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Solid follow up to their debut. Worth owning for Sweet Home Alabama, there are some other very strong tracks, working for MCA, Swamp Music, Ballad of Curtis Loew, The Needle and the Spoon. If you own the first two albums then you own the best of Skynyrd.
This album has 2 or 3 songs that are fantastic and then the rest are pretty forgettable and generic southern rock music. It definitely doesn't challenge the first release for their best record and falls quite short in my opinion. All the weaker songs seem to blend into one and don't really grab your attention and they really let the album down. If every track had the quality that Sweet Home Alabama, The Ballad Of Curtis Loew and Call Me The Breeze had then this record would be phenomenal. This is frustrating as you can see all the foundations of a great album but it doesn't come to fruition. Overall, this record is pretty disappointing and I mainly only revisit it for the 3 highlights.
Fun southern rock album that is spotty in places but generally holds up pretty well. Of course Sweet Home Alabama is timeless, but the best song on the record is Call Me the Breeze. Workin' for MCA is also an underrated, blistering gem. A good choice if you just want some good time rock 'n' roll.
Date release : April 25, 1974
Fischman 12/28/2018 17:18
Not quite up to the level of the debut, but there's plenty of classics here.
Goliath 05/07/2018 18:16
Great album, the first two tracks and the last two are the best.
Great album. Not as good as their debut in my opinion but fantastic still. The best cuts are Sweet Home Alabama, The Ballad Of Curtis Loew, and Call Me The Breeze. No bad songs to be found here.
nitomano 12/14/2016 15:20
Favoritas: Sweet Home Alabama, The Ballad Of Curtis Loew, I Need You
Lynyrd Skynyrd's second album is an excellent follow up to their brilliant debut. Kicking off with the band's most successful single, sweet home Alabama, a rock classic, the record never lets up. Workin'for MCA, is a great cynical look at the music business, don't ask me no questions, is a strong cut, and the cover of J.J. Cale's, call me the breeze, is fantastic. The playing here is superb, all in all, another classic skynyrd LP.
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