The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd

Tracklist

• SHM-CD 1
• 1
  Sweet Home Alabama
  4:45
  4.2 ★
• 2
  I Ain't the One
  3:54
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Was I Right or Wrong
  5:24
• 4
  Gimmie Three Steps
  4:31
  4.5 ★
• 5
  Workin' for MCA
  4:48
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Simple Man
  5:58
  4.6 ★
• 7
  Swamp Music
  3:32
  4.0 ★
• 8
  The Ballad of Curtis Loew
  4:52
  4.6 ★
• 9
  Saturday Night Special
  5:12
  4.2 ★
• 10
  Mr. Banker
  5:22
• 11
  Comin' Home
  5:30
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Call Me the Breeze
  5:09
  3.9 ★
• 13
  Free Bird
  9:09
  4.8 ★
• SHM-CD 2
• 1
  What's Your Name
  3:33
  4.6 ★
• 2
  Whiskey Rock-A-Roller (live)
  4:16
  5.0 ★
• 3
  Tuesday's Gone
  7:34
  4.6 ★
• 4
  Double Trouble
  2:50
  5.0 ★
• 5
  I Know a Little
  3:29
  5.0 ★
• 6
  Four Walls of Raiford
  4:14
• 7
  I Never Dreamed
  5:21
  4.5 ★
• 8
  Gimme Back My Bullets (live)
  3:42
• 9
  You Got That Right
  3:47
  5.0 ★
• 10
  All I Can Do Is Write About It (acoustic version)
  4:24
  5.0 ★
• 11
  That Smell
  5:51
  3.9 ★
• 12
  Free Bird (live)
  13:40

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Release credits

• Al Kooper
  acoustic guitar [8], background vocals [8], engineer [2.3, 1.1-2, 1.4-9, 1.12-13], horn [12], organ [13], piano [8], producer [1.1-2, 1.4-10, 1.12-13, 2.3], remixer [2.3, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.13], synthesizer [9]
• Allen Collins
  acoustic guitar [10], electric guitar [2.1, 2.9, 2.11, 1.1, 1.7-9, 1.11-12], guitar [1.2-6, 1.13, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7], vocal [9]
• Andy McKaie
  producer [10]
• Artimus Pyle
  drums (drum set) [2.1, 2.5, 2.7, 2.9-11, 1.9], misc [9], percussion [5, 7]
• Billy Powell
  keyboard [2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.9-11, 1.1-2, 1.4-9, 1.13], piano [11-12]
• Bob Burns
  drums (drum set) [1.1-8, 1.12-13, 2.3]
• Bob “Tub” Langford
  engineer [2.3, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.13]
• Bobby Keys
  horn [12]
• Bobbye Hall
  additional [4], percussion [4]
• Cassie Gaines
  background vocals [3]
• Clydie King
  background vocals [1]
• Cockroach
  handclaps [12]
• Danny Turbeville
  engineer [2.3, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.13]
• Ed King
  bass guitar [2, 4, 6, 13], electric guitar [1, 7-9, 11-12], guitar [3, 5], slide guitar [8]
• Gary Rossington
  electric guitar [2.1, 2.9, 2.11, 1.1, 1.7-9, 1.11-12], guitar [1.2-6, 1.13, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.10]
• Gooshie
  handclaps [12]
• Greg T. Walker
  electric bass guitar [11]
• Jimmy Johnson
  producer [3, 11]
• JoJo Billingsley
  background vocals [3]
• Kooder
  handclaps [12]
• Leon Wilkeson
  background vocals [5, 7, 9, 12], bass guitar [1.3, 1.5, 2.5, 2.7], electric bass guitar [1.1, 1.7-9, 1.12, 2.1, 2.9-11]
• Leslie Hawkins
  background vocals [3]
• Lynyrd Skynyrd
  producer [1, 9, 11]
• Merry Clayton
  background vocals [1]
• Moochie
  handclaps [12]
• Mr. Feedback
  handclaps [12]
• Punnel
  handclaps [12]
• Rickey Medlocke
  background vocals [11], drums (drum set) [11]
• Rob Ruscoe
  engineer [10]
• Robert Nix
  additional [3], drums (drum set) [3]
• Rodney Mills
  engineer [2.3, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.13], mix [1, 5, 7, 9, 11]
• Ron O'Brien
  producer [10]
• Ronnie Van Zant
  handclaps [12], lead vocals [2.1, 2.3, 2.9, 2.11, 1.1-4, 1.6-9, 1.11-13], misc [1, 9], vocal [2.5, 2.7, 2.10, 1.5]
• Roosevelt Gook
  additional [1.6, 1.13, 2.3], background vocals [3], bass guitar [3], mellotron [3], organ [6, 13]
• Steve Gaines
  electric guitar [1, 9, 11], guitar [5, 7], lead vocals [9], vocal [1]
• Steve Madaio
  horn [12]
• The Honkettes
  background vocals [11]
• The Honkettes
  background vocals [4]
• Tim Smith
  background vocals [11], producer [3, 11]
• Toby
  handclaps [12]
• Tom Dowd
  producer [1-2, 4-5, 7, 9-11]
• Trevor Lawrence
  horn [12]
• Wolfman
  handclaps [12]
• Show all credits (43)

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  The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd

  2x CD
  25 August 1998
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  The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd

  2x Digital Media
  25 August 1998
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  The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd

  2x CD
  2005
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  Gold

  2x CD
  8 August 2006
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  Gold

  2x SHM-CD
  2006
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  Gold

  2x CD
  2006
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  The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd

  2x CD