Street survivors

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Street survivors
Lynyrd Skynyrd's studio album

Publication
(s)

October 1977

Label (s) MCA

Format (s)

CD, LP, MC

Genre (s)

Southern rock

Title (number)

8th

running time

35:26

production

Tom Dowd , Jimmy Johnson and Tim Smith (Song # 3)

Studio (s)

Criteria Studios, Studio One, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio

chronology
One More from the Road
(1976) 		Street survivors Skynyrd's First and ... Last
(1978)

Street Survivors is the fifth studio album by the rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd . It was released in October 1977 by the Music Corporation of America .

background

After the very successful album One More from the Road , Lynyrd Skynyrd were in their most commercially successful phase. The group began recording Street Survivors with Tom Dowd at Criteria Studios in Miami in April 1977. Due to differences that arose during the mixing of the songs, there was no final agreement, as the group had to meet concert obligations. Later on, further recordings took place at Studio One in Doraville, Georgia. This, however, without Dowd, who was working with Rod Stewart at the time and asked Barry Rudolph for help. With Rudolph, Honky Tonk Night Time Man , That Smell and You Got That Right were re-recorded. After this replacement had to leave the group after a week, the final work was done by Ronnie Van Zant and the two technicians Rodney Mills and Kevin Elson. For this reason, Dowd was not listed on the 1977 cover as a producer. One More Time is an exception here, as it was recorded earlier with a slightly different line-up and Jimmy Johnson and Tim Smith as producers at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios . Street Survivors was released on October 17, 1977. Just three days later, Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and his sister Cassie Gaines were killed in a plane crash and other band members were seriously injured. It remains the last studio album with Van Zant and the only one in which Gaines was involved. The album cover originally showed the band members against an urban, flaming background. Due to the plane crash, the record company exchanged it for a picture of the group in front of a plain, black background, which had already been shown in the first version in a smaller format on the back. The original recordings from Criteria Studios in Miami were later released on the 2008 Deluxe Edition.

Track list

  1. What's Your Name ( Gary Rossington , Ronnie Van Zant ) - 3:30
  2. That Smell ( Allen Collins , Ronnie Van Zant) - 5:47
  3. One More Time (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) - 5:03
  4. I Know a Little ( Steve Gaines ) - 3:26
  5. You Got That Right (Steve Gaines, Ronnie Van Zant) - 3:44
  6. I Never Dreamed (Steve Gaines, Ronnie Van Zant) - 5:21
  7. Honky Tonk Night Time Man ( Merle Haggard ) - 3:59
  8. Ain't No Good Life (Steve Gaines) - 4:36

The 2001 CD Reissue contained bonus tracks as Georgia Peaches and Sweet Little Missy , both of which were already released on the Legend album . In addition, the song Jacksonville Kid from the album Collectybles and two previously unreleased versions of You Got That Right and I Never Dreamed . In addition to the original album and the songs from the 2001 CD Reissue Edition, the CD Deluxe Edition from 2008 contained other alternative versions of the tracks contained in the album. In addition, five live recordings from August 1977 were presented.

occupation

The song One More Time features Greg Walker on electric bass, Rickey Medlocke on drums , Ed King and Leslie Hawkins on guitar , Ricky Medlocke and Tim Smith as background vocals.

Chart successes

The album peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200 . The single You Got That Right was # 69 and What's Your Name was # 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Street Survivors was awarded gold in October 1977 , platinum in December 1977 and double platinum in July 1987 by the RIAA just ten days after its release .

reception

  • The music journalist Robert Christgau wrote that each record side would begin with two very strong songs and that the two weaker songs gained charisma with each listen. The death of Van Zant is deplorable, since one could guess how much good music would have come from him. In the evaluation he awarded an A.
  • Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote on Allmusic that Street Survivors was an unconditional triumph that would have confirmed the band's status as a major Southern rock band. The album would be evidence of the unique size of the group, which would appear here for the last time in their original formation due to the plane crash. It awarded four and a half out of five stars in the rating.
  • In the Rolling Stone Brian Hiatt occasion of the release of the Deluxe Edition wrote that Street Survivors would be the most carefully made and therefore most consistent album of the group. That Smell would have made it into the band catalog even without the response to the tragedy . In the evaluation, he awarded three and a half out of five stars.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Street Survivors at discogs.com
  2. ↑ Americain By Birth by Ron O'Brien and Andy McKaie, CD booklet of The Definitive Lynyrd Skynyrd Collection
  3. ↑ Album at discogs.com
  4. ↑ Photos of the original album cover with flames
  5. ↑ Photos of the new album cover
  6. ↑ The Lynyrd Skynyrd Crash at check-six.com
  7. ↑ 2001 CD Reissue at discogs.com
  8. ↑ CD Deluxe Edition
  9. ↑ Cast details at discogs.com
  10. ↑ Chart successes at allmusic.com
  11. ↑ The band's chart successes at allmusic.com
  12. ↑ Chart successes at riaa.com
  13. ↑ Lynyrd Skynyrd Reviews at robertchristgau.com
  14. ↑ Street Survivors at allmusic.com
  15. ^ Review at rollingstone.com