(pronounced ’lĕh-’nérd ’skin-’nérd)

Records like this are why I gave up on my initial attempt to listen to all of the albums in this list in chronological order when I reached the mid-70s

Banger after banger. There were like 4 singles on this album, and everything that wasn't should have been

4.0

I know the hits, but never really did a deep dive into a full album. I expected to like a few tracks, but this is a BANGER front to back. Hard for me to throw around the term "perfect album" but this might just be that! "Lynyrd Skynyrd Smokes"

There’s a certain stereotype of a Lynyrd Skynyrd fan that, as someone who grew up in Missouri, I have had the extreme misfortune of verifying many times over. So I never really sat down and listened to the band.

Turns out I wasn’t missing anything. This band is what a confederate flag sounds like.

All around a pretty good vibe. Tuesdays Gone is great and Free Bird is a phenomenal closer. Other than those the other songs were just a bit more interesting than wallpaper. 3/5

4/5 would so massacre people in a church to this

I've heard most of these songs before and the ones I've heard were good, I guess there's a reason I ha ent heard the others. Overall decent album. 3/5

Closer to 4.5 stars than you might think. If a few of the non-hits were on the same level as the hits, it would be there. At least.

Skynyrd has developed a strange reputation thanks to the atrocity that is the reunion-era band, the played-out "Free Bird" jokes, and "Sweet Home Alabama" attaining a level of radio overplay that should be illegal. But don't sleep on the original lineup's albums. It's not just good southern rock; it's damn good rock and roll period.

4/5

Pronounced Owe-Sum

Though not 5 stars... but a solid 4.8 stars!!!

This holds up really well.

This album has a nice selection of cozy rock music from the 70s.

Liked songs: Gimme Three Steps, Simple Man and Free Bird

Rockiges Album mit starken Folk und Westerneinflüssen. Das Album ist durch die E-Gitarre stark Energie geladen. Gut ist “Tuesday Gone”, “Free Bird” und “Simple Man”. Trotzdem hat das Album Längen und recht viel Mainstream, so dass es nicht unmittelbar zum wiederholen inspiriert.

I've been sleeping on Skynyrd too long. This is like all the best parts of country music without the awful steel guitar!

Dreading the connotation this band has and their use of the confederate flag because fuck hate and racism. But just like I did for Kanye, I will rate this on musical merit. This is very much dad rock, a couple of decent songs, but I'm getting tired of this genre. 3*.
Highlights: free bird, tuesday's gone

All killer no filler! Lynyrd Skynyrd brings it with there debut. It took me a long time to really dig into skynyrd, I knew the hits but never sat down and listened to the albums. It was probably a few years ago that i finally dug in and man these guys rule.

This Skynyrd album is up there for one of the greatest debut albums ever. It is stacked with hits. Simple Man, Gimme Three Steps, Tuesday's Gone, Poison Whiskey, and of course.... FREE BIRD!!!!

Favourite songs: Simple Man, Gimme Three Steps, Tuesday's Gone, Poison Whiskey, Down South Jukin', Free Bird, Things Goin' On

Least favourite songs: Mississippi Kid

5/5

3.5

I bleed...

Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man, Free Bird - all amazing. As for the rest...also pretty damn good. I really enjoyed Mississippi Kid. This album rocks. Full marks.