Second Helping is the second studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd, released April 15, 1974. It features the band’s biggest hit single, “Sweet Home Alabama,” an answer song to Neil Young’s “Alabama” and “Southern Man”, which reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1974, as well as drummer Bob Burns’ final recordings.
Second Helping reached #12 on the Billboard album charts. The RIAA certified it Gold on September 20, 1974, and Double Platinum on July 21, 1987.
- “Sweet Home Alabama” 4:43
- “I Need You” 6:55
- “Don’t Ask Me No Questions” 3:29
- “Workin’ for MCA” 4:49
- “The Ballad of Curtis Loew” 4:51
- “Swamp Music” 3:31
- “The Needle and the Spoon” 3:53
- “Call Me the Breeze” 5:09
Ronnie Van Zant – lead vocals
Gary Rossington – guitar
Allen Collins – guitar
Ed King – guitar, backing vocals, bass on “I Need You” and “Don’t Ask Me No Questions”
Leon Wilkeson – bass (all tracks except “I Need You” and “Don’t Ask Me No Questions”), backing vocals
Bob Burns – drums, except “I Need You”
Billy Powell – keyboards
Mike Porter – drums on “I Need You”
Merry Clayton, Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews – background vocals on “Sweet Home Alabama”
Bobby Keys, Trevor Lawrence and Steve Madaio – horns on “Don’t Ask Me No Questions” and “Call Me the Breeze”
Al Kooper – backing vocals, piano on “Don’t Ask Me No Questions” and “The Ballad of Curtis Loew”
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