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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
Name = Nuthin' Fancy |
Type = [[Album]] |
| name = Nuthin' Fancy
Artist = [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] |
| type = [[Album]]
Cover = LynyrdNF.jpg |
| artist = [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]
| cover = Nuthin' Fancy (Lynyrd Skynyrd album - cover art).jpg
Released = March 24, 1975 (US)<br /> |
| alt =
Recorded = Recorded at WEBB IV Studios, [[Atlanta]], in January 1975 and [[Studio One (recording studio)|Studio One]], Doraville, [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] in August 1974|
| released = March 24, 1975
Genre = [[Southern Rock]] |
| recorded = January 1975 (except for track 1, August 1974)
Length = 37:34 |
| venue =
Label = [[MCA Records]] (US)<br /> |
| studio = WEBB IV Studios, [[Atlanta]] (except for track 1, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia)
Producer = Al Kooper|
| genre = [[Southern rock]], [[blues rock]], [[boogie rock]], [[hard rock]]
Reviews =
| length = 37:34
*[[All Music Guide]] {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:iifozfaheh2k link]
| label = [[MCA Records|MCA]]
|
| producer = [[Al Kooper]]
Last album = ''[[Second Helping]]''<br />(1974) |
| prev_title = [[Second Helping]]
This album = '''''Nuthin' Fancy'''''<br />(1975) |
| prev_year = 1974
Next album = ''[[Gimme Back My Bullets]]''<br />(1976) |
| next_title = [[Gimme Back My Bullets]]
| next_year = 1976
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Nuthin' Fancy
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Saturday Night Special (Lynyrd Skynyrd song)|Saturday Night Special]]" / "Made in the Shade
| single1date = May 19, 1975
}}
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r12123|pure_url=yes}} link]
|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=0-89919-026-X|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 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev3score = (mixed) [https://web.archive.org/web/20071014192158/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/lynyrdskynyrd/albums/album/242698/review/5945284/nuthin_fancy link]
| rev4 = ''The Daily Vault''
| rev4Score = B+<ref name=vault>{{cite web |url= http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=88 |title=The Daily Vault Music Reviews : Nuthin' Fancy |first=Christopher |last=Thelen |work=dailyvault.com |year=2019 |access-date=February 6, 2019}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}
}}
'''''Nuthin' Fancy''''' was released in 1975 (see [[1975 in music]]) and was the third album by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]. The album went Platinum in th U.S.


'''''Nuthin' Fancy''''' is the third studio album by the [[Southern rock]] band [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], released in March 1975. It was their first to reach the top 10, peaking at number 9 on the U.S. album chart. It was certified gold on June 27, 1975, and platinum on July 21, 1987, by the [[RIAA]].<ref name=RIAA/> This was the band's first record with new drummer [[Artimus Pyle]]. In late May 1975, guitarist [[Ed King]] left the band in the middle of their "Torture Tour." The album is best known for its only single, "Saturday Night Special," an anti-gun song that peaked at #27 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' chart.
==Track listing==
#"[[Saturday Night Special (song)|Saturday Night Special]]" (E.King - R. Van Zant) – 5:08
#"Cheatin' Woman" (R. Van Zant - G.Rossington - A.Kooper) – 4:38
#"Railroad Song" (E.King - R. Van Zant) – 4:14
#"I'm a Country Boy" (A.Collins - R. Van Zant) – 4:24
#"On the Hunt" (A.Collins - R. Van Zant) – 5:25
#"Am I Losin'" (G.Rossington - R. Van Zant) – 4:32
#"Made in the Shade" (R. Van Zant) – 4:40
#"Whiskey Rock-A-Roller" (E.King - R. Van Zant - B.Powell) – 4:33


==Critical reception==
==Personnel==
[[Robert Christgau]] gave the album a positive review, stating: "On the one hand, two or three cuts here sound like heavy-metal-under-funk--check out 'Saturday Night Special,' a real killer. But on the other, Ronnie Van Zant has never deployed his limited, husky baritone with such subtlety. Where Gregg Allman (to choose a purely random example) is always straight, shuttling his voice between languor and high emotion, Van Zant feints and dodges, sly one moment and sleepy the next, turning boastful or indignant or admonitory with the barest shifts in timbre. I mean, dumb he ain't."<ref>[https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Lynyrd+Skynyrd Robert Christgau: CG: Lynyrd Skynyrd]</ref>


== Track listing ==
*[[Ronnie Van Zant]] – lead [[vocals]]
{{Track listing
*[[Allen Collins]] – [[Gibson Firebird]] [[guitar]]
| headline = Side one
*[[Ed King]] – [[Fender Stratocaster]] & [[Gibson SG]] [[guitar]]
| extra_column =
*[[Gary Rossington]] – [[Gibson Les Paul]] [[guitar]]
| title1 = [[Saturday Night Special (Lynyrd Skynyrd song)|Saturday Night Special]]
*[[Billy Powell]] – [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
| length1 = 5:08
*[[Leon Wilkeson]] – [[bass guitar]]
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
*[[Artimus Pyle]] – [[drums]], [[percussion]]
* [[Ed King]]
* [[Ronnie Van Zant]]}}
| extra1 =
| title2 = Cheatin' Woman
| length2 = 4:38
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
* [[Al Kooper]]
* [[Gary Rossington]]
* Van Zant}}
| extra2 =
| title3 = Railroad Song
| length3 = 4:14
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
* King
* Van Zant}}
| extra3 =
| title4 = I'm a Country Boy
| length4 = 4:24
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
* [[Allen Collins]]
* Van Zant}}
| extra4 =
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| extra_column =
| title1 = On the Hunt
| length1 = 5:25
| writer1 = {{flatlist|
* Collins
* Van Zant}}
| extra1 =
| title2 = Am I Losin{{'-}}
| length2 = 4:32
| writer2 = {{flatlist|
* Rossington
* Van Zant}}
| extra2 =
| title3 = Made in the Shade
| length3 = 4:40
| writer3 = Van Zant
| extra3 =
| title4 = Whiskey Rock-a-Roller
| length4 = 4:15
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
* King
* [[Billy Powell]]
* Van Zant}}
| extra4 =
}}


* Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–8 on CD reissues.
Additional:


{{Track listing
*Barry Harwood – dobro, [[mandolin]]
| all_writing =
*Jimmy Hall – [[harmonica]]
| headline = 1999 CD reissue bonus tracks
*David Foster – piano
| extra_column =
*Bobbye Hall – percussion
| title9 = Railroad Song
| note9 = Live at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA, April 27, 1975
| length9 = 5:27
| writer9 = {{flatlist|
* King
* Van Zant}}
| extra9 =
| title10 = On the Hunt
| note10 = Live at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA, April 27, 1975
| length10 = 6:10
| writer10 = {{flatlist|
* Collins
* Van Zant}}
| extra10 =
| total_length =
}}

*Tracks 9 and 10 are previously unreleased

== Personnel ==
'''Lynyrd Skynyrd'''
* [[Ronnie Van Zant]] – lead vocals
* [[Gary Rossington]] – guitar
* [[Allen Collins]] – guitar
* [[Ed King]] – guitar
* [[Leon Wilkeson]] – bass guitar
* [[Artimus Pyle]] – drums, percussion
* [[Billy Powell]] – keyboards

'''Additional personnel'''
* Barry Harwood – [[dobro]], [[mandolin]]
* [[Jimmy Hall]] – harmonica
* [[David Foster]] – piano
* [[Bobbye Hall]] – percussion

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (1975)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
| align="center"| 91
|-
{{Album chart|Canada|17|chartid=6136a|artist=Lynyrd Skynyrd |album=Nuthin' Fancy|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 12, 2024}}
|-
{{Album chart|UK2|43|date=19750427|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 12, 2024}}
|-
{{Album chart|Billboard200|9|artist=Lynyrd Skynyrd|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 12, 2024}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Lynyrd Skynyrd|title=Nuthin' Fancy|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1975|certyear=1987|accessdate=December 25, 2021|refname=RIAA}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Lynyrd Skynyrd}}

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[[Category:Albums produced by Al Kooper]]

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Latest revision as of 13:25, 22 January 2024

Nuthin' Fancy
Studio album by
Lynyrd Skynyrd
ReleasedMarch 24, 1975
RecordedJanuary 1975 (except for track 1, August 1974)
StudioWEBB IV Studios, Atlanta (except for track 1, Studio One, Doraville, Georgia)
GenreSouthern rock, blues rock, boogie rock, hard rock
Length37:34
LabelMCA
ProducerAl Kooper
Lynyrd Skynyrd chronology
Second Helping
(1974) 		Nuthin' Fancy
(1975) 		Gimme Back My Bullets
(1976)
Singles from Nuthin' Fancy
  1. "Saturday Night Special" / "Made in the Shade"
    Released: May 19, 1975
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
Christgau's Record GuideA−[1]
Rolling Stone(mixed) link
The Daily VaultB+[2]

Nuthin' Fancy is the third studio album by the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released in March 1975. It was their first to reach the top 10, peaking at number 9 on the U.S. album chart. It was certified gold on June 27, 1975, and platinum on July 21, 1987, by the RIAA.[3] This was the band's first record with new drummer Artimus Pyle. In late May 1975, guitarist Ed King left the band in the middle of their "Torture Tour." The album is best known for its only single, "Saturday Night Special," an anti-gun song that peaked at #27 on the U.S. Billboard chart.

Critical reception

[edit]

Robert Christgau gave the album a positive review, stating: "On the one hand, two or three cuts here sound like heavy-metal-under-funk--check out 'Saturday Night Special,' a real killer. But on the other, Ronnie Van Zant has never deployed his limited, husky baritone with such subtlety. Where Gregg Allman (to choose a purely random example) is always straight, shuttling his voice between languor and high emotion, Van Zant feints and dodges, sly one moment and sleepy the next, turning boastful or indignant or admonitory with the barest shifts in timbre. I mean, dumb he ain't."[4]

Track listing

[edit]
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Saturday Night Special"
5:08
2."Cheatin' Woman"
4:38
3."Railroad Song"
  • King
  • Van Zant
4:14
4."I'm a Country Boy"
4:24
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."On the Hunt"
  • Collins
  • Van Zant
5:25
2."Am I Losin'"
  • Rossington
  • Van Zant
4:32
3."Made in the Shade"Van Zant4:40
4."Whiskey Rock-a-Roller"
4:15
  • Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–8 on CD reissues.
1999 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Railroad Song" (Live at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA, April 27, 1975)
  • King
  • Van Zant
5:27
10."On the Hunt" (Live at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA, April 27, 1975)
  • Collins
  • Van Zant
6:10
  • Tracks 9 and 10 are previously unreleased

Personnel

[edit]

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Additional personnel

Charts

[edit]
Chart (1975) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[5] 91
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[6] 17
UK Albums (OCC)[7] 43
US Billboard 200[8] 9

Certifications

[edit]
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[3] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: L". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0-89919-026-X. Retrieved March 1, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  2. ^ Thelen, Christopher (2019). "The Daily Vault Music Reviews : Nuthin' Fancy". dailyvault.com. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "American album certifications – Lynyrd Skynyrd – Nuthin' Fancy". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  4. ^ Robert Christgau: CG: Lynyrd Skynyrd
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 6136a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  7. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  8. ^ "Lynyrd Skynyrd Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
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