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Second Helping is a 1974 album by Lynyrd Skynyrd. It was the band's second album, and featured its biggest hit single, "Sweet Home Alabama", an answer song to Neil Young's "Alabama" and "Southern Man".[1] The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1974. This L.P. was the last to feature Bob Burns on drums.
The album reached #12 on the Billboard album charts. It was certified Gold on 9/20/1974, Platinum and 2x Platinum on 7/21/1987 by the RIAA.
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Track listing[]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Sweet Home Alabama" |
| 4:43 |
2. | "I Need You" |
| 6:55 |
3. | "Don't Ask Me No Questions" |
| 3:29 |
4. | "Workin' for MCA" |
| 4:49 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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5. | "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" |
| 4:51 |
6. | "Swamp Music" |
| 3:31 |
7. | "The Needle and the Spoon" |
| 3:53 |
8. | "Call Me the Breeze" | J. J. Cale | 5:09 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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9. | "Don't Ask Me No Questions" (Single Version) |
| 3:31 |
10. | "Was I Right or Wrong" (Demo) |
| 5:33 |
11. | "Take Your Time" (Demo) |
| 7:29 |
- Tracks 9-11 are previously unreleased
Personnel[]
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Ronnie Van Zant – lead vocals
- Gary Rossington – guitar
- Allen Collins – guitar
- Ed King – guitar, backing vocals, bass on "I Need You" and "Don't Ask Me No Questions"
- Billy Powell – keyboards
- Leon Wilkeson – bass, backing vocals
- Bob Burns – drums, except "I Need You"
- 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"
References[]
- ↑ Back, Les (2000). "Voices of Hate, Sounds of Hybridity: Black Music and the Complexities of Racism". Black Music Research Journal. 20 (2): 142–143.
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