Street Survivors (Deluxe Edition) [Remaster]

Performer: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Lynyrd Skynyrd: Ronnie Van Zant (vocals); Steve Gaines (guitar, background vocals); Allen Collins, Gary Rossington (guitar); Billy Powell (keyboards); Leon Wilkeson (bass); Artimus Pyle (drums). Producers: Tom Dowd, Jimmy Johnson, Tim Smith. Reissue producer: Ron O'Brien. Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida and Studio One, Doraville, Georgia. Includes liner notes by Ron O'Brien. Digitally remastered by Doug Schwartz (Mulholland Music, Hollywood, California). Producers: Tom Dowd, Jimmy Johnson, Tim Smith. Sadly, STREET SURVIVORS would prove to be the final Lynryd Skynyrd album of the Ronnie Van Zant-era. Only three days after this, the band's fifth studio album (sixth overall) was released in 1977, the band boarded the tragic plane flight that killed singer Ronnie Van Zant and new members guitarist Steve Gaines and background vocalist Cassie Gaines. The fact that STREET SURVIVORS was one of Skynyrd's best albums only intensified the tragedy--it appeared as though the band was peaking artistically. "What's Your Name" caught the band at its most fun and playful, the grim "That Smell" warned against the dangers of drug and alcohol addiction, and "I Know A Little" showed off its country roots.

Rolling Stone (p.60) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[B]est of all is the group's raucously virtuosic take on Merle Haggard's 'Honky Tonk Night Time Man,' which overflows with gorgeous country riffs that sound like pure chicken-fried joy." Q (May 2002, p.132) - 4 out of 5 stars - "...[Skynyrd at] their stadium-filling peak....STREET SURVIVOR suggested something of a renaissance....it wasn't to last..." Uncut (p.97) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[The album] sounds as fabulously feral as ever, in particular the deadpan odes to excess, 'What's Your Name?' and 'You Got That Right'." Mojo (Publisher) (p.121) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he music here -- quintessentially Southern rock'n'roll -- carries a life-affirming spirit, typified by the honky-tonk groupie anthem 'What's Your Name' and the sweetly soulful 'I Never Dreamed'..." Blender (Magazine) (p.80) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Skynyrd stayed closer to the common dirt of the everyday, rooting their music in blues, soul and outlaw country and composing every note of their three guitarists' solos with blue-collar labor." Paste (magazine) (p.73) - "STREET SURVIVORS exhibited a renewed vigor and updated edge....SURVIVORS careens from the Celtic vibe of 'One More Time' to the raw, Bakersfield boogie of Merle Haggard's 'Honky Tonk Night Time Man'..." Record Collector (magazine) (p.94) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "If you like your Southern rock with honking brass and plenty of bottle then the last hurrah of the Ronnie Van Zant-led line-up of Alabama's finest is just the ticket."

During their 1970s heyday, Lynryd Skynyrd emerged as the preeminent practitioners of Southern rock. Their triple-guitar attack and country-tinged songs carved a permanent spot on the playlists of classic rock radio. Since its first release in 1973 their epic hit "Freebird" has received more airplay than anything this side of "Stairway to Heaven." The tragic deaths of visionary lead guitarist Steven Gaines and lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zandt in a 1977 plane crash cut down the band at its peak; but after parting ways for several years, the surviving members re-formed the group, with Van Zandt's little brother Johnny at the helm.

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