One more from the road
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| Live album by Lynyrd Skynyrd | ||||
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Publication |
1976 |
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Double LP |
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Title (number) |
14th |
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running time |
81:30 |
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One More from the Road is a double - live album of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd and released in September 1976 by MCA .
background
Recorded July 7-9, 1976 at the Fox Theater in Atlanta , Georgia, One More from the Road is the group's first release with new guitarist Steve Gaines , who had joined the band just a month earlier. The album is Lynyrd Skynyrd's only official live release prior to her plane crash in 1977.
Track list
- Workin 'for MCA (Ed King, Ronnie Van Zant) - 4:38
- I Ain't the One (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) - 3:37
- Searching (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) - 3:51
- Tuesday's Gone (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) - 7:39
- Saturday Night Special (Ed King, Ronnie Van Zant) - 5:30
- Travelin 'Man (Leon Wilkeson, Ronnie Van Zant) - 4:08
- Whiskey Rock-a-Roller (Ed King, Billy Powell, Ronnie Van Zant) - 4:14
- Sweet Home Alabama (Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) - 6:49
- Gimme Three Steps (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) - 5:00
- Call Me the Breeze ( JJ Cale ) - 5:27
- T for Texas ( Jimmie Rodgers ) - 8:26
- The Needle and the Spoon (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) - 4:17
- Crossroads ( Robert Johnson ) - 3:44
- Free Bird (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) - 13:30
The Deluxe Edition, released in 2002, also includes some previously unreleased recordings or recordings from other albums and shows a total of 24 songs.
Chart successes
One More from the Road reached number 9 on the Billboard 200 and the single Free Bird reached number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 . The RIAA awarded the album gold in October 1976, platinum in December 1976 and 3 × platinum in July 1987.
reception
- The music journalist Robert Christgau wrote that the live album was a good souvenir for concert goers and that he himself would never have missed the group. The band's hits would rock, he awarded an A-.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote on Allmusic that the album would feature the band's enormous song catalog. Together with the strong performances, One More from the Road would be worth listening to, but not essential. It awarded three out of five stars.
- John Milward wrote in Rolling Stone that the album would clearly show the band's influences between American blues rock and British hard rock. It would also depict how Lynyrd Skynyrd would always have relied on a stable repertoire of rock material rather than instrumental expertise. Van Zant's singing would always be reliable.