Album · 1998
The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Sweet Home Alabama
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4:45
2
I Ain't the One
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3:55
3
Was I Right or Wrong
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5:25
4
Gimme Three Steps
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4:32
5
Workin' for MCA
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4:49
6
Simple Man
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5:59
7
Swamp Music
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3:33
8
The Ballad of Curtis Loew
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4:53
9
Saturday Night Special
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5:12
10
Mr. Banker
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5:22
11
Comin' Home
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5:30
12
Call Me the Breeze
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5:10
13
Free Bird
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9:10
Disc 2
1
What's Your Name
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3:33
2
Whiskey Rock-A-Roller (live)
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4:17
3
Tuesday's Gone
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7:34
4
Double Trouble
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2:51
5
I Know a Little
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3:29
6
Four Walls of Raiford
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4:14
7
I Never Dreamed
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5:22
8
Gimme Back My Bullets (live)
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3:43
9
You Got That Right
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3:48
10
All I Can Do Is Write About It (acoustic version)
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4:24
11
That Smell
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5:51
12
Free Bird (live)
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13:41
In print
First pressed 1998, still pressed 2009 — 25 pressings across 9 countries.
Credits
Jayne Simon
Art Direction
Vartan
Art Direction
Mike Diehl
Artwork
Vartan
Artwork
Mike Diehl
Design
Studio Eric Wondergem BNO
Design
Al Kooper
Engineer
Allen Collins
Instrument · acoustic guitar
Artimus Pyle
Instrument · drums
Billy Powell
Instrument · keyboards
Bob Burns
Instrument · drums
Bobbye Hall
Instrument · percussion
Bobby Keys
Instrument · horns
Ed King
Instrument · bass
Gary Rossington
Instrument · acoustic guitar
Greg T. Walker
Instrument · bass guitar
Jeff Carlisi
Instrument · guitar
Leon Wilkeson
Instrument · bass
Rickey Medlocke
Instrument · drums, backing vocals
Robert Nix
Instrument · drums
Steve Gaines
Instrument · guitar
Steve Madaio
Instrument · horns
Trevor Lawrence
Instrument · horns
Ron O'Brien
Liner Notes
Doug Schwartz
Mastering
Bob Ellis
Photography
Emerson‐Loew
Photography
Emerson-Lowe
Photography
Jim McCrary
Photography
Michael Zagaris
Photography
Neal Preston
Photography
Rob Ellis
Photography
Tom Hill (8)
Photography
Jimmy Johnson
Producer
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Producer
Tom Dowd
Producer
Cassie Gaines
Vocal · backing vocals
Clydie King
Vocal · backing vocals
Jo Billingsley
Vocal · backing vocals
Leslie Hawkins
Vocal · backing vocals
Merry Clayton
Vocal · backing vocals
Ronnie Van Zant
Vocal · lead vocals
The Honnicutts
Vocal · backing vocals