Second Helping
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| Studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd | ||||
| Released | April 15, 1974 | |||
| Recorded | June 1973 (track 1) January 1974 |
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Studio One, Doraville, Georgia (track 1) Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, California |
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| Genre | Southern rock, boogie rock, blues rock, country rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 37:15 | |||
| Label | Sounds of the South, MCA | |||
| Producer | Al Kooper | |||
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| Robert Christgau | A− link |
| Rolling Stone | (mixed) link |
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.
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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