Nuthin' Fancy

Nuthin' Fancy
File:Nuthin' Fancy (Lynyrd Skynyrd album - cover art).jpg
Studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Released	March 24, 1975
Recorded	Recorded at WEBB IV Studios, Atlanta, January 1975, (except for track 1, Studio One in Doraville, Georgia, August 1974)
Genre	Southern rock, blues rock, boogie rock, hard rock
Length	37:34
Label	MCA
Producer	Al Kooper
Lynyrd Skynyrd chronology
Second Helping (1974)Second Helping1974 Nuthin' Fancy (1975) Gimme Back My Bullets (1976)Gimme Back My Bullets1976
Singles from Nuthin' Fancy
"Saturday Night Special" / "Made in the Shade" Released: May 19, 1975

Nuthin' Fancy is a 1975 album by Lynyrd Skynyrd, their third studio album, and their first to reach the Top 10, peaking at #9 on the US albums chart. It was certified Gold on 6/27/1975 and Platinum on 7/21/1987 by the RIAA. This is the first record with new drummer Artimus Pyle and the last with guitarist Ed King until the reformation of Lynyrd Skynyrd and the release of Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	A− link
Rolling Stone	(mixed) link

Track listing

Side one

1. "Saturday Night Special" (Ed King, Ronnie Van Zant) – 5:08
2. "Cheatin' Woman" (Al Kooper, Gary Rossington, Van Zant) – 4:38
3. "Railroad Song" (King, Van Zant) – 4:14
4. "I'm a Country Boy" (Allen Collins, Van Zant) – 4:24

Side two

1. "On the Hunt" (Collins, Van Zant) – 5:25
2. "Am I Losin'" (Rossington, Van Zant) – 4:32
3. "Made in the Shade" (Van Zant) – 4:40
4. "Whiskey Rock-a-Roller" (King, Billy Powell, Van Zant) – 4:33

1999 CD reissue bonus tracks

9. "Railroad Song" (Live-4/27/1975 at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA) (King, Van Zant) – 5:27
10. "On the Hunt" (Live-4/27/1975 at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA) (Collins, Van Zant) – 6:10

• Tracks 9-10 are previously unreleased

Personnel

Lynyrd Skynyrd

• Ronnie Van Zant – lead vocals
• Allen Collins – guitar
• Ed King – guitar
• Gary Rossington – guitar
• Billy Powell – keyboards
• Leon Wilkeson – bass guitar
• Artimus Pyle – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Barry Harwood – dobro, mandolin
• Jimmy Hall – harmonica
• David Foster – piano
• Bobbye Hall – percussion
• Bob Burns - drums on "Saturday Night Special (Lynyrd Skynyrd song)"