title: The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd
text: # The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd
  
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  The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd, is a two-disc compilation of Lynyrd Skynyrd in the peak years of its classic lineup (1971–1977). The double album was remastered and re-released in 2006 as part of Universal's Gold series.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  ### Disc one
  
  * "Sweet Home Alabama" (Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:45
  * "I Ain't the One" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:54
  * "Was I Right or Wrong?" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:24
  * "Gimme Three Steps" (Allen Collins, Van Zant) – 4:31
  * "Workin' for MCA" (King, Van Zant) – 4:48
  * "Simple Man" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:58
  * "Swamp Music" (King, Van Zant) – 3:32
  * "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" (Collins, Van Zant) – 4:52
  * "Saturday Night Special" (King, Van Zant) – 5:12
  * "Mr. Banker" (King, Rossington, Van Zant) – 5:22
  * "Comin' Home" (Original version) (Collins, Van Zant) – 5:30
  * "Call Me the Breeze" (J.J. Cale) – 5:09
  * "Free Bird" (Collins, Van Zant) – 9:10
  
  ### Disc two
  
  * "What's Your Name?" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:33
  * "Whiskey Rock-a-Roller" (Live) (King, Billy Powell, Van Zant) – 4:16
  * "Tuesday's Gone" (Collins, Van Zant) – 7:34
  * "Double Trouble" (Collins, Van Zant) – 2:50
  * "I Know a Little" (Steve Gaines) – 3:28
  * "Four Walls of Raiford" (Undubbed demo) (Jeff Carlisi, Van Zant) – 4:14
  * "I Never Dreamed" (Gaines, Van Zant) – 5:21
  * "Gimme Back My Bullets" (Live) (Rossington, Van Zant) – 3:42
  * "You Got That Right" (Gaines, Van Zant) – 3:47
  * "All I Can Do Is Write About It" (Acoustic version) (Collins, Van Zant) – 4:24
  * "That Smell" (Collins, Van Zant) – 5:51
  * "Free Bird" (Live)" (Collins, Van Zant) – 13:41
  * Disc 1, Tracks 1, 5, 7-8, 12 from Second Helping (1974)
  * Disc 1, Tracks 2, 4, 6, and 13 and Disc 2, Track 3 from (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (1973)
  * Disc 1, Track 3 from Skynyrd's First and... Last (1978)
  * Disc 1, Track 9 from Nuthin' Fancy (1975)
  * Disc 1, Track 10 from Legend (1987)
  * Disc 2, Tracks 1, 5, 7, 9, and 11 from Street Survivors (1977)
  * Disc 2, Tracks 2 and 12 from One More from the Road (1976)
  * Disc 2, Track 4 from Gimme Back My Bullets (1976)
  * Disc 2, Tracks 6, 8, and 10 from the Lynyrd Skynyrd Box Set (1991)
  * Disc 1, Track 11 is previously unreleased (1998)
  
  **Live songs**
  
  * Disc 2, Track 2 recorded 7/7/1976 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia
  * Disc 2, Tracks 8 and 12 recorded 7/8/1976 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia
  
  ## Certifications
  
  | Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
  | - | - | - |
  | United Kingdom (BPI) | Silver | $60,000^^$ |
  | United States (RIAA) | Platinum | $500,000^^$ |
  | $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||
  