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'''''Second Helping''''' is the second studio album by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], released April 15, 1974. It features the band's biggest hit single, "[[Sweet Home Alabama]]," an [[answer song]] to [[Neil Young]]'s "Alabama" and "[[Southern Man (song)|Southern Man]]",<ref>{{cite journal
'''''Second Helping''''' is the second studio album by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], released on April 15, 1974. It features the band's biggest hit single, "[[Sweet Home Alabama]]", an [[answer song]] to [[Neil Young]]'s "Alabama" and "[[Southern Man (song)|Southern Man]]",<ref>{{cite journal
|title = Voices of Hate, Sounds of Hybridity: Black Music and the Complexities of Racism
|title = Voices of Hate, Sounds of Hybridity: Black Music and the Complexities of Racism
|author = Back, Les
|author = Back, Les
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|issue = 2
|issue = 2
|pages = 142–143
|pages = 142–143
|year = 2000|doi = 10.2307/779464
|year = 2000}}</ref> which reached #8 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart in August 1974, as well as drummer [[Bob Burns (drummer)|Bob Burns]]' final recordings.
|jstor = 779464
}}</ref> which reached #8 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart in August 1974.


''Second Helping'' reached #12 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' album charts. The RIAA certified it Gold on September 20, 1974, and Double Platinum on July 21, 1987.
''Second Helping'' reached #12 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' album charts. The RIAA certified it Gold on September 20, 1974, and Double Platinum on July 21, 1987.<ref name=RIAA/>


==Background==
==Background==


After the success of their debut album, ''[[(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)]]'', Lynyrd Skynyrd's fan base continued to grow rapidly throughout 1973, largely due to their opening slot on [[the Who]]'s ''[[Quadrophenia]]'' tour in the United States. ''Second Helping'' features King, Collins and Rossington all collaborating with [[Ronnie Van Zant]] on the songwriting, and cemented the band's breakthrough.
After the success of their debut album, ''[[(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)]]'', Lynyrd Skynyrd's fan base continued to grow rapidly throughout 1973, largely due to their opening slot on [[the Who]]'s ''[[Quadrophenia]]'' tour in the United States. ''Second Helping'' features [[Ed King]], [[Allen Collins]], and [[Gary Rossington]] all collaborating with [[Ronnie Van Zant]] on the songwriting, and cemented the band's breakthrough.


== Critical reception ==
== Critical reception ==
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|rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="AM">[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r811050|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="AM">[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r811050|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2Score = A–<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: L|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=L&bk=70|access-date=March 1, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
|rev2Score = A−<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: L|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=L&bk=70|access-date=March 1, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Creem]]''
|rev3 = ''[[Creem]]''
|rev3Score = B–<ref name="Creem"/>
|rev3Score = B−<ref name="Creem"/>
| rev4 = [[Rolling Stone]]
| rev4 = [[Rolling Stone]]
| rev4Score = (favourable)<ref name=Rolling>{{cite web |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/second-helping-205361/amp/|title=Second Helping|author=Fletcher, Gordon|date=July 4, 1974|publisher=[[Rolling Stone]]|website=rollingstone.com}}</ref>
| rev4Score = (favourable)<ref name=Rolling>{{cite web |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/second-helping-205361/amp/|title=Second Helping|author=Fletcher, Gordon|date=July 4, 1974|publisher=[[Rolling Stone]]|website=rollingstone.com}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev5 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Larkin |editor1-first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2007 |publisher=Omnibus |page=885 |edition=5th concise |ol=11913831M}}</ref>
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="acclaimedmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/Current/A330.htm|title=Second Helping|website=[[Acclaimed Music]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026135803/http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/Current/A330.htm|archive-date=October 26, 2016}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[MusicHound]]''
| rev6 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock]]''
| rev6Score = 3.5/5<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Graff |editor1-first=Gary |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1996 |publisher=Visible Ink |location=Detroit |page=163 |ol=8145585M}}</ref>
| rev6Score = 4/5<ref name="acclaimedmusic"/>
| rev7 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev7 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |page=505 |edition=4th rev. |ol=21112308M}}</ref>
| rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="acclaimedmusic"/>
| rev8 = ''[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev8 = ''[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="newrs">{{cite book|title=[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|last=Brackett|first=Nathan|last2=Hoard|first2=Christian David|date=2004|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-74320-169-8|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA505 505–506]}}</ref>
| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="newrs">{{cite book|title=[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|last1=Brackett|first1=Nathan|last2=Hoard|first2=Christian David|date=2004|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-74320-169-8|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA505 505–506]}}</ref>
| rev9 = [[Tom Hull (critic)|Tom Hull]]
| rev9 = [[Tom Hull (critic)|Tom Hull]]
| rev9Score = B–<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=April 1975|url=http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/arch/rekord1.php|title=The Rekord Report: First Card|magazine=Overdose|access-date=June 26, 2020|via=tomhull.com}}</ref>
| rev9Score = B−<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=April 1975|url=http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/arch/rekord1.php|title=The Rekord Report: First Card|magazine=Overdose|access-date=June 26, 2020|via=tomhull.com}}</ref>
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Reviewing for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' in 1974, Gordon Fletcher said Lynyrd Skynyrd performs a consistent style of [[Culture of the Southern United States#Music|Southern music]]-influenced [[blues rock]] similar to the [[Allman Brothers Band]] but lacks that group's "sophistication and professionalism. If a song doesn’t feel right to the Brothers, they work on it until it does; if it isn’t right to Lynyrd Skynyrd, they are more likely to crank up their amps and blast their way through the bottleneck." Fletcher concluded that ''Second Helping'' is distinct from ''(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)'' "only by a certain mellowing out that indicates they may eventually acquire a level of [[List of French words and phrases used by English speakers#S|savoirfaire]] to realize their many capabilities".<ref name=Rolling />
Reviewing for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' in 1974, Gordon Fletcher said Lynyrd Skynyrd performs a consistent style of [[Culture of the Southern United States#Music|Southern music]]-influenced [[blues rock]] similar to the [[Allman Brothers Band]], but lacks their "sophistication and professionalism. If a song doesn't feel right to the Brothers, they work on it until it does; if it isn't right to Lynyrd Skynyrd, they are more likely to crank up their amps and blast their way through the bottleneck." Fletcher concluded that ''Second Helping'' is distinct from ''(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)'' "only by a certain mellowing out that indicates they may eventually acquire a level of [[List of French words and phrases used by English speakers#S|savoirfaire]] to realize their many capabilities".<ref name=Rolling />
[[Robert Christgau]] was also lukewarm in ''[[Creem]]'', saying Lynyrd Skynyrd is "still a substantial, tasteful band, but I have a hunch they blew their best stuff on the first platter."<ref name="Creem">{{cite magazine|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=September 1974|url=http://mail.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/crm7409.php|title=The Christgau Consumer Guide|magazine=[[Creem]]|access-date=March 10, 2019}}</ref>


Christgau warmed to the album later, however, reappraising it in ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]'' (1981); he observed "infectious putdowns of rock businessmen, rock journalists, and heroin", and "great formula" in general: "When it rocks, three guitarists and a keyboard player pile elementary riffs and feedback noises into dense combinations broken by preplanned solos, while at quieter moments the spare vocabulary of the best Southern folk music is evoked or just plain duplicated."<ref name="CG"/> In a retrospective review for [[AllMusic]], [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] said ''Second Helping'' "replicated all the strengths" of the first album's expert [[Southern rock]] "but was a little tighter and a little more professional."<ref name="AM"/> ''[[Houston Press]]'' named it in #2 on its list "Five Essential Boogie-Rock Albums."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/five-essential-boogie-rock-albums-6520885|title=Five Essential Boogie-Rock Albums|date=April 26, 2011|website=[[Houston Press]]|access-date=April 27, 2019}}</ref>
[[Robert Christgau]] in ''[[Creem]]'' was also lukewarm, saying Lynyrd Skynyrd is "still a substantial, tasteful band, but I have a hunch they blew their best stuff on the first platter."<ref name="Creem">{{cite magazine|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=September 1974|url=http://mail.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/crm7409.php|title=The Christgau Consumer Guide|magazine=[[Creem]]|access-date=March 10, 2019}}</ref> Christgau warmed to the album later, reappraising it in ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]'' (1981); he observed "infectious putdowns of rock businessmen, rock journalists, and heroin", and "great formula" in general: "When it rocks, three guitarists and a keyboard player pile elementary riffs and feedback noises into dense combinations broken by preplanned solos, while at quieter moments the spare vocabulary of the best Southern folk music is evoked or just plain duplicated."<ref name="CG"/>
In a retrospective review for [[AllMusic]], [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] said ''Second Helping'' "replicated all the strengths" of the first album's expert [[Southern rock]] "but was a little tighter and a little more professional."<ref name="AM"/> ''[[Houston Press]]'' placed it #2 on its list of "Five Essential Boogie-Rock Albums."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/five-essential-boogie-rock-albums-6520885|title=Five Essential Boogie-Rock Albums|date=April 26, 2011|website=[[Houston Press]]|access-date=April 27, 2019}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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*Track 9 previously released as the band's lead single in April 1974
*Tracks 9-11 are previously unreleased
*Track 10 previously unreleased
*Track 11 previously released on [[Legend (Lynyrd Skynyrd album)|Legend]]


== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==


;Lynyrd Skynyrd
;Lynyrd Skynyrd
* [[Ronnie Van Zant]] – [[lead vocals]]
* [[Ronnie Van Zant]] – lead vocals
* [[Gary Rossington]] – [[guitar]]
* [[Gary Rossington]] – guitar
* [[Allen Collins]] – guitar
* [[Allen Collins]] – guitar
* [[Ed King]] – guitar, [[backing vocals]], [[bass guitar|bass]] on "I Need You" and "Don't Ask Me No Questions"
* [[Ed King]] – guitar, backing vocals, bass on "I Need You" and "Don't Ask Me No Questions"
* [[Leon Wilkeson]] – bass (all tracks except "I Need You" and "Don't Ask Me No Questions"), backing vocals
* [[Leon Wilkeson]] – bass (all tracks except "I Need You" and "Don't Ask Me No Questions"), backing vocals
* [[Bob Burns (drummer)|Bob Burns]] – [[drum kit|drums]], except "I Need You"
* [[Bob Burns (drummer)|Bob Burns]] – drums, except "I Need You"
* [[Billy Powell]] – [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
* [[Billy Powell]] – keyboards


;Additional personnel
;Additional personnel
* Mike Porter – drums on "I Need You"
* Mike Porter – drums on "I Need You"
* [[Merry Clayton]], [[Clydie King]], [[Sherlie Matthews]] – background vocals on "Sweet Home Alabama"
* [[Merry Clayton]], [[Clydie King]], [[Sherlie Matthews]] – background vocals on "Sweet Home Alabama"
* [[Bobby Keys]], Trevor Lawrence and Steve Madaio – [[Horn (instrument)|horns]] on "Don't Ask Me No Questions" and "Call Me the Breeze"
* [[Bobby Keys]], Trevor Lawrence and Steve Madaio – horns on "Don't Ask Me No Questions" and "Call Me the Breeze"
* [[Al Kooper]] – backing vocals, [[piano]] on "Don't Ask Me No Questions" and "The Ballad of Curtis Loew"
* [[Al Kooper]] – backing vocals, piano on "Don't Ask Me No Questions" and "The Ballad of Curtis Loew"


==Charts==
== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
!Chart (1974)
! Chart (1974)
!Peak<br/>position
! Peak<br/>position
|-
|-
{{Album chart|Canada|9|chartid=3872a|artist=Lynyrd Skynyrd|album=Second Helping|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 April 2018}}
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|-
|{{album chart|Billboard200|12|artist=Lynyrd Skynyrd}}
{{Album chart|Billboard200|12|artist=Lynyrd Skynyrd|refname=Billboard 200|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 April 2018}}
|-
|}
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Lynyrd Skynyrd|title=Second Helping|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|relyear=1974|certyear=1987|accessdate=December 25, 2021|refname=RIAA}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:MCA Records albums]]
[[Category:MCA Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Al Kooper]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Al Kooper]]
[[Category:Boogie rock albums]]

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Second Helping
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 15, 1974
RecordedJune 1973 (track 1)
January 1974
StudioStudio One, Doraville, Georgia (track 1)
Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length37:15
Label
  • Sounds of the South
  • MCA
ProducerAl Kooper
Lynyrd Skynyrd chronology
(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)
(1973)
Second Helping
(1974)
Nuthin' Fancy
(1975)
Singles from Second Helping
  1. "Don't Ask Me No Questions"
    Released: April 1974
  2. "Sweet Home Alabama"
    Released: June 24, 1974

Second Helping is the second studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on April 15, 1974. It features the band's biggest hit single, "Sweet Home Alabama", an answer song to Neil Young's "Alabama" and "Southern Man",[2] which reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1974.

Second Helping reached #12 on the Billboard album charts. The RIAA certified it Gold on September 20, 1974, and Double Platinum on July 21, 1987.[3]

Background

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After the success of their debut album, (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd), Lynyrd Skynyrd's fan base continued to grow rapidly throughout 1973, largely due to their opening slot on the Who's Quadrophenia tour in the United States. Second Helping features Ed King, Allen Collins, and Gary Rossington all collaborating with Ronnie Van Zant on the songwriting, and cemented the band's breakthrough.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[5]
CreemB−[6]
Rolling Stone(favourable)[7]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[8]
MusicHound Rock3.5/5[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[10]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[1]
Tom HullB−[11]

Reviewing for Rolling Stone in 1974, Gordon Fletcher said Lynyrd Skynyrd performs a consistent style of Southern music-influenced blues rock similar to the Allman Brothers Band, but lacks their "sophistication and professionalism. If a song doesn't feel right to the Brothers, they work on it until it does; if it isn't right to Lynyrd Skynyrd, they are more likely to crank up their amps and blast their way through the bottleneck." Fletcher concluded that Second Helping is distinct from (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) "only by a certain mellowing out that indicates they may eventually acquire a level of savoirfaire to realize their many capabilities".[7]

Robert Christgau in Creem was also lukewarm, saying Lynyrd Skynyrd is "still a substantial, tasteful band, but I have a hunch they blew their best stuff on the first platter."[6] Christgau warmed to the album later, reappraising it in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981); he observed "infectious putdowns of rock businessmen, rock journalists, and heroin", and "great formula" in general: "When it rocks, three guitarists and a keyboard player pile elementary riffs and feedback noises into dense combinations broken by preplanned solos, while at quieter moments the spare vocabulary of the best Southern folk music is evoked or just plain duplicated."[5]

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine said Second Helping "replicated all the strengths" of the first album's expert Southern rock "but was a little tighter and a little more professional."[4] Houston Press placed it #2 on its list of "Five Essential Boogie-Rock Albums."[12]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sweet Home Alabama"4:43
2."I Need You"
  • King
  • Rossington
  • Van Zant
6:55
3."Don't Ask Me No Questions"
  • Rossington
  • Van Zant
3:29
4."Workin' for MCA"
  • King
  • Van Zant
4:49
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Ballad of Curtis Loew"
4:51
2."Swamp Music"
  • King
  • Van Zant
3:31
3."The Needle and the Spoon"
  • Collins
  • Van Zant
3:53
4."Call Me the Breeze"J. J. Cale5:09
  • Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–8 on CD reissues.
1997 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Don't Ask Me No Questions" (Single Version)
  • Rossington
  • Van Zant
3:31
10."Was I Right Or Wrong" (Demo)
  • Van Zant
  • Rossington
5:33
11."Take Your Time" (Demo)
  • Van Zant
  • King
7:29
  • Track 9 previously released as the band's lead single in April 1974
  • Track 10 previously unreleased
  • Track 11 previously released on Legend

Personnel

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Lynyrd Skynyrd
Additional personnel
  • Mike Porter – drums on "I Need You"
  • Merry Clayton, Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews – background vocals on "Sweet Home Alabama"
  • Bobby Keys, Trevor Lawrence and Steve Madaio – horns on "Don't Ask Me No Questions" and "Call Me the Breeze"
  • Al Kooper – backing vocals, piano on "Don't Ask Me No Questions" and "The Ballad of Curtis Loew"

Charts

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Chart (1974) Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[13] 9
US Billboard 200[14] 12

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[3] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ a b Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 505–506. ISBN 978-0-74320-169-8.
  2. ^ Back, Les (2000). "Voices of Hate, Sounds of Hybridity: Black Music and the Complexities of Racism". Black Music Research Journal. 20 (2): 142–143. doi:10.2307/779464. JSTOR 779464.
  3. ^ a b "American album certifications – Lynyrd Skynyrd – Second Helping". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  4. ^ a b AllMusic review
  5. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: L". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 1, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  6. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (September 1974). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  7. ^ a b Fletcher, Gordon (July 4, 1974). "Second Helping". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone.
  8. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus. p. 885. OL 11913831M.
  9. ^ Graff, Gary, ed. (1996). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink. p. 163. OL 8145585M.
  10. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th rev. ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 505. OL 21112308M.
  11. ^ Hull, Tom (April 1975). "The Rekord Report: First Card". Overdose. Retrieved June 26, 2020 – via tomhull.com.
  12. ^ "Five Essential Boogie-Rock Albums". Houston Press. April 26, 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  13. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 3872a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Lynyrd Skynyrd Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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