Vicious Cycle (album)

Vicious Cycle
Studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Released May 20, 2003
Recorded November 2002 – January 2003 at Cartee Day Studios, except 15
Genre
Length 70:40
Label Sanctuary
Producer Ben Fowler and Lynyrd Skynyrd, except 15
Lynyrd Skynyrd chronology
Christmas Time Again
(2000)		 Vicious Cycle
(2003)		 God & Guns
(2009)


Vicious Cycle is the twelfth studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd, released in 2003. It was the first album recorded by the band following the death of original bassist Leon Wilkeson, with the song "Mad Hatter" being written in his honour. The album is the first to feature bassist Ean Evans, the first mainstream album with Michael Cartellone on drums (he appeared on Christmas Time Again, which was largely ignored), and the last album that guitarist Hughie Thomasson played on before he died. It included the single "Red, White & Blue" which peaked at number 27 on the US Mainstream Rock charts.

The CD booklet contains a recount by year of events in the band's history since 1964.

In the album, Kid Rock features in the bonus track, a remake of "Gimme Back My Bullets". Wilkeson died during recording, but does appear on two songs, "The Way" and "Lucky Man".

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

Track listing

  1. "That's How I Like It" (Blair Daly, Rickey Medlocke, Gary Rossington, Hughie Thomasson, Johnny Van Zant) – 4:33
  2. "Pick Em Up" (Tom Hambridge, Medlocke, J. Van Zant) – 4:20
  3. "Dead Man Walkin'" (Kevin Bowe, Medlocke, Rossington, Thomasson, J. Van Zant) – 4:30
  4. "The Way" (Medlocke, Rossington, Thomasson, J. Van Zant) – 5:32
  5. "Red, White, & Blue" (Donnie Van Zant, J. Van Zant, Brad Warren, Brett Warren) – 5:31
  6. "Sweet Mama" (Hambridge, D. Van Zant, Robert White Johnson) – 3:59
  7. "All Funked Up" (Medlocke, Jim Peterik, Rossington, Thomasson, J. Van Zant) – 3:33
  8. "Hell or Heaven" (Medlocke, Peterik, Rossington, Thomasson, J. Van Zant) – 5:14
  9. "Mad Hatter" (Hambridge, Medlocke, Rossington, Thomasson, J. Van Zant) – 5:38
  10. "Rockin' Little Town" (Hambridge, Medlocke, Rossington, Thomasson, J. Van Zant) – 3:36
  11. "Crawl" (Medlocke, Peterik, Rossington, Thomasson, J. Van Zant) – 5:09
  12. "Jake" (Hambridge, Medlocke, Rossington, Thomasson, J. Van Zant) – 3:41
  13. "Life's Lessons" (Medlocke, Peterik, Rossington, Thomasson, J. Van Zant) – 5:59
  14. "Lucky Man" (Medlocke, Rossington, Thomasson, J. Van Zant) – 5:35
  15. "Gimme Back My Bullets" (Bonus Track featuring Kid Rock) (Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant) – 3:41

Personnel

Lynyrd Skynyrd
Additional personnel

Chart performance

Album
Chart (2003) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 30
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US Main US US AC
2003 "Red White & Blue (Love it or Leave)" 27 - -
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

  1. ↑ Theakston, Rob (2011). "Vicious Cycle - Lynyrd Skynyrd". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 August 2011. Rob Theakston
  2. ↑ Abowitz, Richard (2011). "Lynyrd Skynyrd: Vicious Cycle : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
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