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Released
  
April 15, 1974

Second Helping (1974)
  
Nuthin' Fancy (1975)

Release date
  
15 April 1974

Producer
  
Al Kooper

Length
  
37:15

Artist
  
Lynyrd Skynyrd

Label
  
Audio Fidelity Records

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Recorded
  
June 1973 (track 1) January 1974

Studio
  
Studio One, Doraville, Georgia (track 1) Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, California

Genres
  
Southern rock, Hard rock, Blues rock, Country rock, Boogie rock

Similar
  
Ronnie Van Zant albums, Southern rock albums

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". 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.

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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

  • 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"

    • Songs

    1Sweet Home Alabama4:44
    2I Need You6:54
    3Don't Ask Me No Questions3:26

    References

    Second Helping Wikipedia
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