Track listing
Side one

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 [bad word] 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 - [bad word] except "I Need You"

Additional:

    Mike Porter - [bad word] 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