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Second Helping
Studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Released	April 15, 1974
Recorded	Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles in January 1974 except for track 1 at Studio One in Doraville, Georgia in June 1973
Genre	Southern rock; Alternative country
Length	37:15
Label	MCA
Producer	Al Kooper
Professional reviews
	Allmusic link; Robert Christgau (A-) link; Rolling Stone (mixed) link;
Lynyrd Skynyrd chronology

Second Helping is a 1974 album by Lynyrd Skynyrd. It was the band's second album, and featured their biggest hit single, "Sweet Home Alabama", an answer song to Neil Young's "Southern Man" and "Alabama". The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1974. Second Helping also featured "The Ballad of Curtis Loew," "Don't Ask Me No Questions," "Workin' for MCA," and "Call Me the Breeze," the latter of which includes an acclaimed piano solo. This was the first Lynyrd Skynyrd album to feature the band's trademark triple guitar attack.

The album reached #12 on the Billboard Album charts, eventually becoming multi-platinum.

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[edit] Side one

"Sweet Home Alabama" (Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:43
"I Need You" (Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 6:55
"Don't Ask Me No Questions" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:26
"Workin' For MCA" (Ed King, Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:49

[edit] Side two

"The Ballad of Curtis Loew" (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:51
"Swamp Music" (Ed King, Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:31
"The Needle And The Spoon" (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:53
"Call Me The Breeze" (J. J. Cale) – 5:09

[edit] 1997 CD reissue bonus tracks

"Don't Ask Me No Questions (Single Version)" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:31
"Was I Right Or Wrong (Demo)" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 5:33
"Take Your Time (Demo)" (Ronnie Van Zant, Ed King) – 7:29

Tracks 9-11 previously unreleased on compact disc.

[edit] Personnel

Ronnie Van Zant - lead & backing vocals, J&B
Gary Rossington - Gibson Les Paul - guitar, rhythm & acoustic guitar on "Sweet Home Alabama"
Allen Collins - Gibson Firebird - guitar
Ed King - Fender Stratocaster - guitar, slide guitar, rhythm & bass on "I Need You"
Billy Powell - keyboards, piano on "Sweet Home Alabama"
Leon Wilkeson - Gibson Thunderbird - bass
Bob Burns - drums except '"I Need You"

Additional:

Mike Porter - drums on "I Need You"
Clydie King - background vocals on "Sweet Home Alabama"
Merry Clayton & Friends - background vocals on "Sweet Home Alabama"
Bobby Keys, Trewor Lawrence & Steve Madiao - horns on "Don't Ask Me No Questions " & "Call Me The Breeze"
Al Kooper - backing vocals, piano on "Don't Ask..." & "The Ballad Of Curtis Loew", also producer

Contents

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[edit] Side one

[edit] Side two

[edit] 1997 CD reissue bonus tracks

[edit] Personnel