
Album · 1974
Second Helping
Second Helping is a 1974 rock album by Lynyrd Skynyrd. It runs 8 tracks across 37 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 5.0/5 from 1 rating.
Rock · Southern Rock · Classic Rock
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- 5.0 /5
- 1 rating
- 81 /100
- 8 critics
- 8
- Tracks
- 37 min
- Runtime
- 118 bpm
- Tempo
- A# minor
- Key
Ratings
1 rating · avg 5.0
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8 publications
- AllMusic5/5
- Christgaus Record GuideA−
- The New Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5
- Tom HullB−
- CreemB−
- MusicHound Rock3.5/5
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Tracklist
8 tracks · 37 min
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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 was the first Lynyrd Skynyrd album to feature the band's trademark triple guitar attack. 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.
In brief
- Is Second Helping good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Second Helping 5.0/5 from 1 rating.
- When was Second Helping released?
- Second Helping was released in 1974.
- How many tracks are on Second Helping?
- Second Helping has 8 tracks, with a runtime of 37 minutes.
- What genre is Second Helping?
- Second Helping is catalogued under Rock, Southern Rock, Classic Rock.
- What BPM is Second Helping?
- Second Helping runs at a median tempo of 118 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Second Helping?
- Listeners of Second Helping also rate Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones, Flyin' High by Blackfoot, Running Like the Wind by The Marshall Tucker Band.
Second Helping at a glance
- Label
- MCA Records
- Recorded at
- Record Plant
- Produced by
- Al Kooper
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