All Time Greatest Hits

All Time Greatest Hits

by Lynyrd Skynyrd
All Time Greatest Hits

All Time Greatest Hits

by Lynyrd Skynyrd

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Overview

Lynyrd Skynyrd's 2000 compilation All Time Greatest Hits suffers from the same ailments that plague many compilations of its time, but there is one problem in particular that hurts it: instead of offering all of the "all time greatest hits" on one disc, the compilers pulled their punches, overlooking a few big songs while occasionally substituting live or acoustic versions for the original studio versions. That means that this is a Skynyrd compilation without the famed original recording of "Free Bird" -- a live version is here instead. It doesn't really matter that it's a good version, taken from 1976's One More from the Road, or that the live version actually charted in the Top 40; nor does it matter that "All I Can Do Is Write About It" is a good acoustic version originally released on the eponymous 1991 box set, because this is a collection made for a general audience. It should, therefore, have the versions that a general audience knows best. Apart from that, and the usual nitpicking over songs that should have been included ("Workin' for MCA," "Don't Ask Me No Questions," etc.), this remains a solid collection, containing most of the Skynyrd material that a casual follower could want. If the double-album Gold & Platinum remains the greater compilation, that's because it captures the essence of the band better. This includes most of the best-known songs on one disc, and that's noteworthy in its own right; it may even be preferable for some listeners. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 03/14/2000
Label: Barclay / Mca
UPC: 0008811222925
Rank: 9113

Tracks

  1. Sweet Home Alabama
  2. Gimme Three Steps
  3. Simple Man
  4. Saturday Night Special
  5. Swamp Music
  6. The Ballad of Curtis Lowe
  7. Call Me the Breeze
  8. Comin' Home
  9. Gimme Back My Bullets
  10. What's Your Name?
  11. You Got That Right
  12. All I Can Do Is Write About It
  13. That Smell
  14. Free Bird

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lynyrd Skynyrd   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Edward King   Composer
Bobby Womack   Composer
J. More   Composer
J.J. Cale   Composer
Ed King   Composer
Claude Johnson   Composer
Gary Rossington   Composer
Doug Schwartz   Remastering
DeWayne Blackwell   Composer
Ron O'Brien   Liner Notes,Photography,Reissue Producer
Larry Bastian   Composer
Joe Hicks   Composer
M. Black   Composer
Vartan   Art Direction
Ronnie Van Zant   Composer
P. Carpenter   Composer
Jim McCrary   Back Cover
Beth Stempel   Coordination
Smay Vision   Design
Allen Collins   Composer
Steve Gaines   Composer
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