01 "Sweet Home Alabama" (Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:43 02 "I Need You" (Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 6:55 03 "Don't Ask Me No Questions" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:26 04 "Workin' for MCA" (Ed King, Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:49
Side two
01 "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) – 4:51 02 "Swamp Music" (Ed King, Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:31 03 "The Needle and the Spoon" (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:53 04 "Call Me the Breeze" (J. J. Cale) – 5:09
1997 CD reissue bonus tracks
01 "Don't Ask Me No Questions (Single Version)" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:31 02 "Was I Right Or Wrong (Demo)" (Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 5:33 03 "Take Your Time (Demo)" (Ronnie Van Zant, Ed King) – 7:29
Tracks 9-11 previously unreleased on compact disc.
Personnel
Ronnie Van Zant - lead vocals Gary Rossington - Gibson Les Paul - guitar, rhythm and acoustic guitar on "Sweet Home Alabama" Allen Collins - Gibson Firebird - guitar Ed King - Fender Stratocaster - guitar, slide guitar, rhythm guitar and bass on "I Need You" Billy Powell - keyboards, piano on "Sweet Home Alabama" Leon Wilkeson - Gibson Thunderbird - bass Bob Burns - drums except "I Need You"
Additional:
Mike Porter - drums on "I Need You" Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews - background vocals on "Sweet Home Alabama" Merry Clayton and friends - background vocals on "Sweet Home Alabama" Bobby Keys, Trewor Lawrence and Steve Madiao - horns on "Don't Ask Me No Questions" and "Call Me the Breeze" Al Kooper - backing vocals, piano on "Don't Ask..." & "The Ballad of Curtis Loew", producer
Second Helping Studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd Released April 15, 1974 Recorded Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, California, January 1974 (except for track 1, Studio One in Doraville, Georgia, June 1973) Genre Southern rock, blues rock, country rock, hard rock Length 37:15 Label MCA Producer Al Kooper