Icon (Lynyrd Skynyrd album)
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Released | August 31, 2010 | |||
Genre | Southern rock, boogie rock | |||
Length | 67:26 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Geffen | |||
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Icon is a compilation album from the American southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. It was released on August 31, 2010. The album was certified Gold on November 12, 2015 by the RIAA.[2]
Album Information
[edit]Lynyrd Skynyrd's Icon collection was released as a part of the Icon album series released by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe), a collection of compilation albums "from 30 major artists spanning rock, pop, R&B and country."[3]
Icon comes in a standard one-disc edition, as well as a two-disc edition titled Icon 2 which features an additional live track and rarities in addition to other singles from the band.[4]
Track listing
[edit]- "Sweet Home Alabama" (Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) - 4:45
- "I Ain't the One" (Rossington, Van Zant) - 3:54
- "Tuesday's Gone" (Allen Collins, Van Zant) - 7:33
- "Gimme Three Steps" (Collins, Van Zant) - 4:30
- "Simple Man" (Rossington, Van Zant) - 5:58
- "Call Me the Breeze" (J.J. Cale) - 5:09
- "You Got That Right" (Steve Gaines, Van Zant) - 3:47
- "That Smell" (Collins, Van Zant) - 5:48
- "Swamp Music" (King, Van Zant) - 3:33
- "Saturday Night Special" (King, Van Zant) - 5:10
- "What's Your Name?" (Rossington, Van Zant) - 3:33
- "Free Bird" (Live) (Collins, Van Zant) - 13:48
- Tracks 1, 6, and 9 from Second Helping (1974)
- Tracks 2-5 from (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (1973)
- Tracks 7-8 and 11 from Street Survivors (1977)
- Track 10 from Nuthin' Fancy (1975)
- Track 12 from One More from the Road (1976) and recorded live on 7/8/1976 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia
Icon 2 Track Listing
[edit]Disc 1
[edit]- "Sweet Home Alabama" (King, Rossington, Van Zant) - 4:45
- "Comin' Home" (Original version) (Collins, Van Zant) - 5:30
- "I Ain't the One" (Rossington, Van Zant) - 3:54
- "Mr. Banker" (Rossington, King, Van Zant) - 5:21
- "Tuesday's Gone" (Collins, Van Zant) - 7:33
- "Gimme Three Steps" (Collins, Van Zant) - 4:30
- "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" (Collins, Van Zant) - 4:52
- "Simple Man" (Rossington, Van Zant) - 5:58
- "Swamp Music" (King, Van Zant) - 3:33
- "Was I Right or Wrong?" (Rossington, Van Zant) - 5:25
- "Workin' for MCA" (King, Van Zant) - 4:47
- "Free Bird" (Collins, Van Zant) - 9:10
Disc 2
[edit]- "Call Me the Breeze" (Cale) - 5:08
- "Saturday Night Special" (King, Van Zant) - 5:09
- "Double Trouble" (Collins, Van Zant) - 2:50
- "All I Can Do Is Write About It" (Acoustic version) (Collins, Van Zant) - 4:24
- "Gimme Back My Bullets" (Rossington, Van Zant) - 3:29
- "Four Walls of Raiford" (Undubbed demo) (Jeff Carlisi, Van Zant) - 4:14
- "Whiskey Rock-A-Roller" (Live) (King, Billy Powell, Van Zant) - 4:16
- "That Smell" (Collins, Van Zant) - 5:48
- "I Know a Little" (Gaines) - 3:28
- "You Got That Right" (Gaines, Van Zant) - 3:47
- "What's Your Name?" (Rossington, Van Zant) - 3:33
- "Free Bird" (Live) (Collins, Van Zant) - 13:48
- Disc 1, Tracks 1, 7, 9, and 11 and Disc 2, Track 1 from Second Helping
- Disc 1, Track 2 from The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd (1998)
- Disc 1, Tracks 3, 5-6, 8, and 12 from (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)
- Disc 1, Track 4 from Legend (1987)
- Disc 1, Track 10 from Skynyrd's First and... Last (1978)
- Disc 2, Track 2 from Nuthin' Fancy
- Disc 2, Tracks 3 and 5 from Gimme Back My Bullets (1976)
- Disc 2, Tracks 4 and 6 from the Lynyrd Skynyrd Box Set (1991)
- Disc 2, Tracks 7 and 12 from One More from the Road
- Disc 2, Tracks 8-11 from Street Survivors
Live songs
[edit]- Disc 2, Track 7 recorded live on 7/7/1976 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia
- Disc 2, Track 12 recorded live on 7/8/1976 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia
Certifications
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[2] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
[edit]- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ a b "American album certifications – Lynyrd Skynyrd – Icon". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
- ^ "Icon Series Launched by Universal Music Enterprises" (Press release). prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
- ^ "Icon 2". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-01-12.