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Saturday, 3 September 2011

Album 271: (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)

As I go through the many old albums on this list, it occasionally feels like I'm touring French castles that were massively significant in their day but are relics now. This is one of them.

The only thing I knew about Lynyrd Skynyrd is a story that their concerts would be interrupted halfway through by the crowd chanting "Play Freebird", and there is an essence of them being a one-hit wonder trying to escape from the magnificence of that song. Some of the tracks are great, others aren't; the style of blues influenced Southern US rock isn't particularly to my taste; but they play it much better here than I've heard from other bands.

5/10

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