Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd (Expanded Edition)

(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) is the debut studio album by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on August 13, 1973, by MCA Records. Recording took place in Doraville, Georgia at Studio One, following a lengthy period of rehearsals. Prior to the album's conception, many of its songs were already featured in Lynyrd Skynyrd's live repertoire. To promote it, the band released "Gimme Three Steps" and "Free Bird" as singles; these, along with "Simple Man" and "Tuesday's Gone", are among the band's best-known songs. (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) received acclaim from music critics, and brought the band to the forefront of the Southern rock genre in the 1970s. The album peaked at 27 on the Billboard 200, and received gold and double platinum certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America. It has appeared on several editions of Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

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