Icon (Lynyrd Skynyrd album)

Icon
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedAugust 31, 2010
GenreSouthern rock, boogie rock
Length67:26
LanguageEnglish
LabelGeffen
Lynyrd Skynyrd compilations chronology
Live from Freedom Hall
(2010)
Icon
(2010)
Last of a Dyin' Breed
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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

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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

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  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

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Disc 1

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  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

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  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
  • 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

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  • 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

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[2] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b "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.