Street Survivors
Geffen Records - Geffen Records
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Release date: 2008-03-04
Audio CD
Album Rock, Arena Rock, Blues-Rock, Boogie Rock, Hard Rock, Pop, Pop/Rock Music, Rock, Rock & Roll, Rock/Pop, Southern Rock, United States of America
1. What's Your Name - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington, Gary
2. That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Collins, Allen
3. One More Time - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington, Gary
4. I Know a Little - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gaines, Steve
5. You Got That Right - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gaines, Steve
6. I Never Dreamed - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gaines, Steve
7. Honky Tonk Night Time Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Haggard, Merle
8. Ain't No Good Life - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gaines, Steve
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Street Survivors
Date undefinedI've always been a huge fan of this album. For me, and many others, it's still the best Skynyrd album. Until I picked up this CD, I had no idea that Skynyrd had recorded the album twice. It's interesting to hear the original recordings of these songs. While most of them were done better in the rerecorded versions, it's cool to hear how they were originally done. The two songs that were left off the album are good, but I can see why they left them out. They're not quite up there with the eight songs that made the album. It's nice to hear live versions of some of the Street Survivors songs, but it's a shame the sound quality is so poor.
I love the extended original version of "That Smell." It's not quite as good as the classic version we all know and love, but it has some excellent guitar work. It may be heresy to say this, but I've always considered "That Smell" to be the best Skynyrd song ever. Musically, the song is a monster, with a great melody and all that killer guitar work. Add Ronnie's great singing, and some of the best lyrics he ever wrote, and you have a classic. And don't forget the awesome backing vocals by the Honkettes. Despite the grim nature of the lyrics, I can't help smiling whenever I hear them sing "Hell yeah!" It's one of those perfect moments in music.
I can't help wondering what might have been. With an album like this, they were certainly at the top of their game, but, considering their hard-living ways, they may have self-destructed anyway. We'll never know, but at least we have this amazing album (and all their other work). Their record company has been shameless (aren't they all?) about endless repackaging of Skynyrd's material, but this one is worth it, especially if you don't have the remastered single-disc version.
Street Survivors
Date undefinedTheir last album and probably my favorite and I now have on cd instead of vinyl.Deluxe 30th Anniversary: Disc one as origional October'77.Second disc is the Criteria Studio album recorded 1976-77 and has the origional versions of the songs plus a couple that were left off the re-recorded album.Also has an extended guitar jam of That Smell which differs from final recording and is similar to what they did when played live.Also has last song ever recorded by Ronnie called Jacksonville Kid-new lyrics to Honky Tonk Night Time Man tune.I've never heard this before.
Second part of cd is Live in Fresno August '77 featuring "new songs from our next album" and although the sound isn't 100% it's in the nineties and a good addition to previously released live recordings.Even if you have the origional of this it's worth it to get the Deluxe Edition for the bonus material.
Street Survivors
Date undefinedBottom line: This album has already been released as a remastered version, and that single disc remastered version is by far the better value, giving you a remaster of this phenomenal album, plus all the true bonus tracks, but without the useless inferior versions of the original tracks.
Here's the story behind this release: Supposedly, it was Kevin Elson (later to become famous as the producer for giant AOR bands like Journey and Mr. Big), working as a studio engineer, who told the band not to release the album that they had recorded with Tom Dowd, which is contained on disc two of this set. Thank GOD they listened to him. This has always been one of my favorite albums, but it's shocking how lifeless and uninteresting the Dowd recordings sound.
I have always wondered what Skynyrd would have created had it not been for the tragedy that followed this album. Since hearing this, though, I have wondered how much better they would have sounded on earlier albums if they had never met Dowd. Disc two of this set is a scathing indictment of Dowd's skills as a producer. It explains, though, why his most famous clients, including the Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, always sounded better live than they did on studio recordings.
