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Lynyrd Skynyrd - All Time Greatest Hits
: (...) Some of Synyrd's greatest tunes-how can you go wrong? This isn't little kid college punk alterna-trash. These are incredibly talented American musicians that sing about more than the current, "I am so depressed/angry/morose/fill in the blank with whining." Beautiful blues based rock n roll for people with actual taste. Buy it!
This is a good compilation but it's missing some of the big hits like Tuesady's Gone, Needle and Spoon, Don't Ask me no Questions, etc. Besides those 3 songs missing and some others I can't think of at the moment I would definately recommend this CD.
If you can, I would get the gold and platinum album instead. I would give that one a 5 stars, that is if they sell it here... im not sure...
 We all have a few albums that we can listen to from start to finish without skipping a single song. For me, those are few and far between. But for me, Lynyrd Skynyrd's All Time Greatest Hits is one of those. It starts out perfectly with my favorite song of all from them: "Sweet Home Alabama". For some reason, of my immediate family members, I'm the only one that likes this song. I think they're SUPER crazy for NOT liking it! The guitars and the singing create a flawless melody that's stayed with me longer than I can remember, and it still creates the same magic every time I hear it. Oh yeah, and the fact that I'm from Alabama doesn't hurt either.
This collection of 14 songs ends on just as high of a note, with the band's other most popular song: "Free Bird". I generally don't like live songs nearly as much as I do the studio versions, but that song's just a winner no matter how they perform it. I've heard the original version along with at least two live versions and like many, I never tire of it. I already had a compilation by Lynyrd Skynyrd, whom I think is the greatest southern rock band of all time and one of the best bands that will ever be heard, period. It was called Skynyrd's Innyrds: Greatest Hits, which was apparently an import album. But the more I listened to classic rock stations, the more I kept hearing other Skynyrd songs that I liked and wanted that weren't on that respective compilation. "Simple Man" and "Gimme Back My Bullets" were the main two.
When I ran up on this CD, I saw that it was the perfect fit for me. It has all the Lynyrd Skynyrd songs that I can't live without, for now. "Sweet Home Alabama"! "Free Bird (live)"! "Simple Man"! "Gimme Back My Bullets"! "That Smell"! "Gimme Three Steps"! "Swamp Music"! Those are my favorites, but I like them all, even the ones that I didn't recall hearing before, such as "Comin' Home".
One thing that not many have mentioned is how versatile of a band Lynyrd Skynyrd was. Take a listen and you'll see that they were mainly a group that liked to have fun both with their lyrics and with the way they perform. The live version of "Free Bird" provided paints a vivid picture of Ronnie Van Zant on the stage with all his bandmates having fun entertaining the crowd. "What's Your Name", "Gimme Three Steps", and "Swamp Music" are songs that are simply fun, along with being unique. They have a personality all their own. And they knew how to put some heartfelt emotions into their music too. "All I Can Do Is Think About It" and "Simple Man" are both inspirational songs that are good to listen to no matter what mood you're in, where you're at, or what you're doing.
It wouldn't surprise me a bit if I hear more Lynyrd Skynyrd songs I like on the radio so much that I decide to buy a double-disc collection or even a box set by them one day. But until then, All Time Greatest Hits will be the one that'll be living in my CD player.
The booklet adds to this album's value. Read every word of the top notch biography of Lynyrd Skynyrd that was written by Ron O'Brien and I guarantee you'll have a much greater respect for this band. It's best not to think about "what might've been", but how can you help not doing so in the case of Ronnie Van Zant and a few others being killed in that plane crash? If he were still living now, just imagine, with all the success that Lynyrd Skynyrd's songs have had already, how much more great, classic, unforgettable, timeless music could've been made. All the ones on this CD were first shown to the world in a stretch of four years (1973 - 1977).
At least we'll always be able to enjoy every minute of what we have here. And it couldn't have been any better.
Obviously, since this does indeed have many of Skynyrd's best songs on it, it is going to be a good album. However, it is not the best Skynyrd "best of" album that you can find. It could've been a lot better. For instance, Tuesday's Gone, my all-time favorite LS track isn't on this disc at all! Neither is the studio version of Freebird! To have a Skynyrd disc that is missing those two songs and to call it "All Time Greatest Hits" is blasphemy! Get The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd instead.
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