Free Bird (track)
by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Year: 1973
From the album (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) (track #8)
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Free Bird appears on the following album(s) by Lynyrd Skynyrd:
- (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) (track #8) (this album) (1973)
- All Time Greatest Hits (track #14) (compilation) (2000)
- The Definitive Lynyrd Skynyrd Collection (track #15) (compilation) (1991)
- Authorized Bootleg: Live At Winterland - San Francisco Mar. 07 1976 (track #10) (2009)
- The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd (track #13) (compilation) (1998)
- Lyve: The Vicious Cycle Tour (track #19) (2004)
- Southern By The Grace Of God: Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour 1987 (track #11) (1988)
- Lyve From Steel Town (track #15) (1998)
- Chattanooga Choo Choo (track #14) (2015)
- Authorized Bootleg: Cardiff Capitol Theater Nov 04 1975 (track #9) (2009)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/03/2026 14:29 | Leginlists | 615 | 84/100 |
| ! | 06/25/2026 19:08 |  flamingyesdept | 16,019 | 84/100 |
| ! | 02/26/2026 19:59 | Rivera | 272 | 87/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 09:07 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2025 07:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,532 | 71/100 |
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Jboy56 12/01/2021 12:23 | #276946
While Guitars Weep, this is the epitome of Six Strings Canon!
Goliath 10/18/2021 12:52 | #275136
Listen to Green Grass & High Tides by The Outlaws, then decide whether this track should be so highly rated!
This is one of those cases where a song becomes so overrated that it ends up becoming underrated again
Fischman 12/28/2018 17:08 | #228259
I don't care how overplayed it is, it remains, and will always be, one of the greatest rock anthems of all time. Even when I don't care to hear it yet again, I still know this is the pinnacle.
Goliath 01/17/2018 10:58 | #205867
It's a great track but I prefer 'That Smell', the guitar solos are better!
My God. It's almost too awesome.
Classic rock track. It's amazing taken as a whole but if you took the guitar solo away, the actual song would probably be nothing more than an okay. Still, the guitar solo does exist and, free bird, is a brilliant track, and as always with Skynyrd, there is so much feel to it. Superb.
nitomano 07/21/2016 21:29 | #171625
Uno de los mejores solos de la historia
arthur237 02/29/2016 23:56 | #161043
Underated on this site.. Should be in top 20 best songs easily!!
9999 09/16/2015 16:53 | #149887
That guitar solo... Oh my fucking God.
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