Second Helping

Good quality

This is one album that can be played over and over again. Every song on the record is a gem. Wonderfully pressed vinyl. All in all a must buy.

Everyone thinks of Sweet Home Alabama, which is indeed a joyous romp, and still sounds great coming out of the radio. This, however, is a very well-balanced album and SHA is supported by tracks in a variety of styles. I Need You is slow but powerful, with guitars at times sounding like Wishbone Ash; Swamp Music is very much southern funk in style, JJ Cale's Call Me The Breeze is a great workout to close proceedings. The lyrics are a bit obvious and corny at times, and LS did tend to emulate the Rolling Stones to a large extent, but these days that sounds like high praise indeed, and who sounds this good any more??

When this came out in 1974 as the follow up to their great debut LP, Lynyrd were largely depicted and seen as good ol' Southern boys living out a hard rock'n'roll lifestyle on the road playing their brand of Southern blues and rock. Thirty years on now remastered and with three great extra tracks added, it is clear that the music that was captured faithfully on record by Al Kooper in tow again as their producer, has indeed aged very well and has definitely got better with age and may in retrospect even have the edge on its predecessor. Great playing by all the group(the guitar hero returns in triple with Gary Rossington, Ed King (moved up from bass)and Allen Collins) all fronted by that now sadly lost voice of Ronnie Van Zant, who to these ears has always been the US answer to Paul Rodgers of Free/Bad Company fame.As Al Kooper states in the sleevenotes, the move to LA to record had no effect on the group's output with many surplus biographical songs from the first outing being available. Personal favourites are "The ballad of Curtis Loew" a loving tribute to an old blues mentor and "Call me the Breeze", which for my money is still the best JJ Cale cover ever! Also one hopes at long last the rock writers and critics who claimed at the time the track "Sweet Home Alabama" was the South's answer to Neil Young's prior "Southern Man" track will now appreciate the subtle spoof of regional pride it was always intended to be (and which per the sleevnotes also it seems fooled Governor George Wallace of Alabama!).Timeless music meant to be played loud!

A very good 2nd album from the legendary Southern rockers.The iconic songs Sweet home Alabama, Workin' for the MCA, The ballad of Curtis Loew, Swamp music, Call me the breeze and The needle and the spoon are all here.

Again another excellent album, definitely a worthy second helping of Lynyrd Skynyrd.. Despite the mis-interpretation of Sweet Home Alabama, by some people, this is still a brilliant album by a great band.

Strong follow up to the band’s debut album. Opens with the band’s signature tune ‘Sweet Home Alabama’. Fabulous cover of JJ Cale’s ‘Call Me The Breeze’ is another highlight!