Icon (Lynyrd Skynyrd album)

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Greatest hits album by
Lynyrd Skynyrd
ReleasedAugust 31, 2010
Genre Southern rock, boogie rock
Length67:26
Language English
Label Geffen
Lynyrd Skynyrd compilations chronology
Live from Freedom Hall
(2010)		Icon
(2010)		 Last of a Dyin' Breed
(2012)
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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]

Contents

Album Information

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

  1. "Sweet Home Alabama" (Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) - 4:45
  2. "I Ain't the One" (Rossington, Van Zant) - 3:54
  3. "Tuesday's Gone" (Allen Collins, Van Zant) - 7:33
  4. "Gimme Three Steps" (Collins, Van Zant) - 4:30
  5. "Simple Man" (Rossington, Van Zant) - 5:58
  6. "Call Me the Breeze" (J.J. Cale) - 5:09
  7. "You Got That Right" (Steve Gaines, Van Zant) - 3:47
  8. "That Smell" (Collins, Van Zant) - 5:48
  9. "Swamp Music" (King, Van Zant) - 3:33
  10. "Saturday Night Special" (King, Van Zant) - 5:10
  11. "What's Your Name?" (Rossington, Van Zant) - 3:33
  12. "Free Bird" (Live) (Collins, Van Zant) - 13:48

Icon 2 Track Listing

Disc 1

  1. "Sweet Home Alabama" (King, Rossington, Van Zant) - 4:45
  2. "Comin' Home" (Original version) (Collins, Van Zant) - 5:30
  3. "I Ain't the One" (Rossington, Van Zant) - 3:54
  4. "Mr. Banker" (Rossington, King, Van Zant) - 5:21
  5. "Tuesday's Gone" (Collins, Van Zant) - 7:33
  6. "Gimme Three Steps" (Collins, Van Zant) - 4:30
  7. "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" (Collins, Van Zant) - 4:52
  8. "Simple Man" (Rossington, Van Zant) - 5:58
  9. "Swamp Music" (King, Van Zant) - 3:33
  10. "Was I Right or Wrong?" (Rossington, Van Zant) - 5:25
  11. "Workin' for MCA" (King, Van Zant) - 4:47
  12. "Free Bird" (Collins, Van Zant) - 9:10

Disc 2

  1. "Call Me the Breeze" (Cale) - 5:08
  2. "Saturday Night Special" (King, Van Zant) - 5:09
  3. "Double Trouble" (Collins, Van Zant) - 2:50
  4. "All I Can Do Is Write About It" (Acoustic version) (Collins, Van Zant) - 4:24
  5. "Gimme Back My Bullets" (Rossington, Van Zant) - 3:29
  6. "Four Walls of Raiford" (Undubbed demo) (Jeff Carlisi, Van Zant) - 4:14
  7. "Whiskey Rock-A-Roller" (Live) (King, Billy Powell, Van Zant) - 4:16
  8. "That Smell" (Collins, Van Zant) - 5:48
  9. "I Know a Little" (Gaines) - 3:28
  10. "You Got That Right" (Gaines, Van Zant) - 3:47
  11. "What's Your Name?" (Rossington, Van Zant) - 3:33
  12. "Free Bird" (Live) (Collins, Van Zant) - 13:48

Live songs

  • 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

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [2] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 "American album certifications – Lynyrd Skynyrd – Icon". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Icon Series Launched by Universal Music Enterprises" (Press release). prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
  4. ↑ "Icon 2". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
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