Street Survivors

Artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Label: Mca
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 076732168721
EAN: 0076732168721
ASIN: B000002O07

Release Date: 1990-10-25

Street Survivors

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Tracks:

What's Your Name
That Smell
One More Time
I Know a Little
You Got That Right
I Never Dreamed
Honky Tonk Night Time Man
Ain't No Good Life

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Lynyrd Skynyrd had already fulfilled a good deal of its promise on definitive Southern-rock albums such as Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd and the live One More From the Road when they stepped up their ambition a few more notches for this October 1977 release. Fueled by new member Steve Gaines, the Florida band produced its best album. Gaines, Gary Rossington, and Allen Collins interlocked on guitars as if they'd learned it all in the womb together, while singer Ronnie Van Zant came up with his most evocative lyrics yet. The shadow of death he detected on "That Smell" was closer than perhaps even he thought, however: three days after the record's appearance in stores, he was killed along with five others in a Mississippi crash of the group's tour plane. <I>Street Survivors</I> remains as a classic of American guitar rock. <I>--Rickey Wright</I>

Customer Reviews:

I still miss em.......2004-10-24

The best album of the best band of all time.
The harmony that Steve Gaines and Ronnie Van Zant
put together in You Got that Right is spine tingling.
I saw the band in 1976 with Yes, Peter Frampton, Gary
Wright, and 70,00 screaming people. I went mostly to
see Peter Frampton but came out loving Lynyrd Skynyrd.
One only wonders what could have been since they were
just entering the prime of their music careers.

Survivors of the Street.......2004-08-27

Just after this album is prepared Ronnie Van Zant dies in a plane crash with 3 other band members. What's Your Name? is the first mediocre track. That Smell is one of the best songs of this last masterpiece album of the Skynyrd. After the accident clashing with the issuing of this album the band was torn apart. I Know a Little is a fast one, listen to it. There is a Merle Haggard cover Honky Tonk Night Time Man [Bakersfield Country].

Not as good as many of these reviews suggest.......2004-04-03

Wow - slightly overrated album here. Due to the overly glowing reviews I felt compelled to write one myself. Firt off, while it is a very strong skynyrd album, it does not deserve 5 stars. How about 4? I listened to Nuthin' Fancy and that is a decidedly better album with better songs and a superior sound quality. I like Skynyrd better when they had Ed King instead of Steve Gaines. Don't get me wrong, Gaines is a fantastic player but Nuthin' Fancy is a better "band" album and Gaines tries too hard to purposely outplay Rossington and Collins. But that is understandable considering he literally joined the band off of the street (back-up singer's brother), and he undoubtably was the best guitarist in the group. I believe most talented people probably would have done the same, given the opportunity. He also sings lead on songs and that takes away from the value of having a Van Zant and it seems slightly egotistical on Gaines' part. One may argue that he was expected to showcase his talents, as well as the other members. That's fine but remember, there is a difference between showcase and showboat. First and foremost, Lynyrd Skynyrd was a cohesive band, and secondly, a band that showcased it's members talents. That being said, I must admit his vocal in the song You Got That Right is right on - a true Virgo perfectionist.

However, when things are too perfect in music, it sounds too technical (guitar playing too) and somewhat lacks feeling, that's just my opinion. But again, you must cut some slack here, it was his very appearance with the band on a studio album. It was literally his oppurtunity of his lifetime, he would be the first one to tell you that. But, you can't really take away a guy's effort who obviously was just trying his best. I just think it negatively effected the band and most likely gave the other mates a feeling that this new guy was trying to steal the whole show. You can literally hear it in the music. Maybe they liked it or encouraged it, but I doubt it. These are just personal observations and not really why I'm giving it 4 stars.

The bottom line is that this is a four star album because a couple of songs are noticeably forgettable and plain: I never Dreamed and Ain't No Good Life, although the latter is where Gaines "shows off" his high range vocals, again trying to out-do his band mates. Not really a true critisizm since most everybody else would have done the same thing possessing the enormous talents he held. But it just feels like it lessens the value of having a complete band unity and harmony as well as agreement in feeling/musicianship which, by the way, oozes out of Nuthin' Fancy.

Still a very strong album and I recommend it. Strongest tracks are One More Time, You Got That Right, That Smell, and I Know A Little. Pick it up along with Nuthin' Fancy.

You Never Get To The Bottom Here.......2002-09-09

The heading on this review says it best. The album's centerpiece is the anti-addiction song "That Smell", but other great ones abound here. "What's Your Name" and "You Got That Right" show that Ronnie Van Zant had regained his rock & roll spirit thanks to the addition of guitarist Steve Gaines on ONE MORE FROM THE ROAD, whereas "One More Time" and "I Know A Little" are classic deceit-and-betrayal stories and "I Never Dreamed" speaks of the importance of real relationships with people. The surviving members' advocacies of sanctions against Indonesia in retaliation for that country's trumped-up 2005 drug-smuggling conviction of a young Australian tourist, capital punishment for kidnappers, increased funding for law enforcement, and major federal crackdowns on polygamy, schools and programs afilliated with Scientology (e.g. Mace-Kingsley Ranch), and privately-run "boot camps" for troubled youth make STREET SURVIVORS or any Skynyrd CD/cassette an essential purchase for both your ears AND your conscience.

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