Second Helping
by Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Lynyrd Skynyrd bestography
Second Helping is ranked 2nd best out of 46 albums by Lynyrd Skynyrd on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Lynyrd Skynyrd is (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) which is ranked number 460 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,659.
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Second Helping track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Second Helping rankings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  nitomano | Top 35 Music Albums of 1974 | 15/35 | 3 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 21 Music Albums of 1974 | 8/21 | 3 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 19 Music Albums of 1974 | 14/19 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | 100 / 100 songs | 35/72 | - |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 34 Music Albums of 1974 | 10/34 | 4 |
| 2026 | DaveH68 | Top 60 Greatest Music Albums | 39/60 | 35 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 68 Music Albums of 1974 | 38/68 | 2 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 99 Music Albums of 1974 | 81/99 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 97 Music Albums of 1974 | 6/97 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 40 Music Albums of 1974 | 6/40 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 226 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 998 | |||
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Second Helping ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/08/2026 23:55 | Skerns | 5,212 | 80/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2026 08:03 |  Milhaud | 2,156 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2026 19:21 | Adhura | 1,731 | 77/100 |
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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 77.0/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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Second Helping forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 3 days ago in Chart of the day (#5444): By Romanelli BestEverAlbums 09/15/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5436): By Rivera
jackup 04/22/2026 17:10 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Second Helping comments
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Loved Sweet Home Alabama, Working for MCA and The Needle and the Spoon. The rest of the album is okay but nothing special. (Edited)
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.
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