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  • Artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1979 12
  • Total Time: 83:28
  • Type: Compilation (best of)
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Gold & Platinum was compiled by Gary Rossington and Allen Collins, the two surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, after the band's tragic plane crash of 1977. Though many years have elapsed since its 1979 release, the double-record set remains the best, most concise compilation of the groundbreaking Southern rock band. Over the course of two albums, all of Skynyrd's hits -- "Sweet Home Alabama," "Free Bird," "Saturday Night Special," "What's Your Name," "You Got That Right" -- are featured, as well as essential album tracks like "That Smell," "Down South Jukin'," "Gimme Three Steps," "I Know a Little," and "Tuesday's Gone." Some great songs like "Workin' for MCA" are missing, and the four-disc box set may be more comprehensive, but it's hard to imagine a better, more concise greatest-hits collection than Gold & Platinum. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Down South Jukin' (Lyrics) Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd (2:12)
Saturday Night Special (Lyrics) DeWayne Blackwell, Larry Bastian, Ronnie Van Zant, Ed King Lynyrd Skynyrd (5:08)
Gimme Three Steps (Lyrics) Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd (5:00)
What's Your Name? Claude Johnson, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd (3:31)
You Got That Right (Lyrics) Steve Gaines, Ronnie Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd (3:46)
Gimme Back My Bullets (Lyrics) Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd (3:28)
Sweet Home Alabama (Lyrics) Ronnie Van Zant, Ed King, Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd (4:44)
Free Bird (Lyrics) Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins Lynyrd Skynyrd (14:10)
That Smell (Lyrics) Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd (5:47)
On the Hunt (Lyrics) Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd (5:25)
I Ain't the One (Lyrics) Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd (3:17)
Whiskey Rock-A-Roller (Lyrics) Ronnie Van Zant, Ed King, Billy Powell Lynyrd Skynyrd (4:33)
Simple Man (Lyrics) Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd (5:57)
I Know a Little (Lyrics) Steve Gaines Lynyrd Skynyrd (3:28)
Tuesday's Gone (Lyrics) Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins Lynyrd Skynyrd (7:32)
Comin' Home (Lyrics) Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins Lynyrd Skynyrd (5:30)

Credits

Gary Rossington (Guitar), Leon Wilkeson (Bass), Allen Collins (Guitar), Billy Powell (Keyboards), Ronnie Van Zant (Vocals)
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Gold & Platinum
Greatest hits by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Released Dec 1979
Genre Southern rock
Label MCA
Lynyrd Skynyrd chronology
Skynyrd's First And... Last
(1978)		 Gold & Platinum
(1979)		 Best of the Rest
(1982)

Gold & Platinum is a 1979 compilation of Lynyrd Skynyrd songs. Spanning their rather brief career from 1972-1977, the album contains a few live tracks from the band's critically-acclaimed One More From The Road, including "Gimme Three Steps", "I Ain't The One", and a very spirited rendition of "Free Bird".

 Please help improve this article by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page. (June 2007)

Track listing

Disc One

  1. "Down South Jukin'" 2:12 BMI
  2. "Saturday Night Special" 5:08 BMI
  3. "Gimme Three Steps (Live)" 5:00 BMI
  4. "What's Your Name?" 3:31 BMI
  5. "You Got That Right" 3:46 BMI
  6. "Gimme Back My Bullets" 3:28 BMI
  7. "Sweet Home Alabama" 4:44 BMI
  8. "Free Bird (Live)" 14:10 BMI

Disc Two

  1. "That Smell" 5:47 BMI
  2. "On The Hunt" 5:25 BMI
  3. "I Ain't The One (Live)" 3:17 BMI
  4. "Whiskey Rock-A-Roller" 4:33 BMI/ASCAP
  5. "Simple Man" 5:57 BMI
  6. "I Know A Little" 3:28 BMI
  7. "Tuesday's Gone" 7:32 BMI
  8. "Comin' Home" 5:30 BMI
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Johnny Van Zant · Gary Rossington · Rickey Medlocke · Michael Cartellone · Mark Matejka · Peter Keys · Robert Kearns
Ronnie Van Zant · Allen Collins · Billy Powell · Steve Gaines · Cassie Gaines · Leon Wilkeson
JoJo Billingsley · Bob Burns · Kurt Custer · Ean Evans · Randall Hall · Leslie Hawkins · Larry Junstrom · Ed King · Artimus Pyle · Hughie Thomasson
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20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lynyrd Skynyrd · All Time Greatest Hits · Best of the Rest · Endangered Species · The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd · Gold & Platinum · Greatest Hits · Legend · Lynyrd Skynyrd Box Set · Skynyrd's First And... Last: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album · Skynyrd's Innyrds · Old Time Greats · A Retrospective · Solo Flytes · Then and Now · Then And Now, Vol. 2 · Thyrty The 30th Anniversary Collection · What's Your Name
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