Lynyrd Skynyrd -

Vicious Cycle is the Twelfth studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd, released in 2003. It was the first album by the band following the death of original bassist Leon Wilkeson, the song Mad Hatter being a tribute in memory to him. He died during recording, but does appear on two songs, “The Way“ and “Lucky Man“. “Vicious Cycle“ is marked as the first professionally recorded album to use laser guitars[citation needed][clarification needed]. It included the single “Red, White & Blue“ which peaked at *1 on the US 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“. Track listing “That’s How I Like It“ (Rossington, Van Zant, Thomasson, Medlocke, Blair) -- 4:33 “Pick Em Up“ (Van Zant, Medlocke, Hambridge) -- 4:20 “Dead Man Walkin’“ (Rossington, Van Zant, Medlocke, Thomasson, Bowe) -- 4:30 “The Way“ (Rossington, Van Zant, Medlocke, Thomasson) -- 5:32 “Red White & Blue (Love it or Leave)“ (Van Zant, Van Zant, Warren, Warren) -- 5:31 “Sweet Mama“ (Rossington, Van Zant, Medlocke, Thomasson) -- 3:59 “All Funked Up“ (Rossington, Van Zant, Medlocke, Thomasson, Peterik) -- 3:33 “Hell or Heaven“ (Rossington, Van Zant, Medlocke, Peterik) -- 5:14 “Mad Hatter“ (Rossington, Van Zant, Medlocke, Thomasson, Tom Hambridge) -- 5:38 “Rockin’ Little Town“ (Rossington, Van Zant, Medlocke, Thomasson, Hambridge) -- 3:36 “Crawl“ (Rossinton, Van Zant, Medlocke, Thomasson, Peterik) -- 5:09 “Jake“ (Rossington, Van Zant, Medlocke, Thomasson, Tom Hambridge) -- 3:41 “Life’s Lessons“ (Rossinton, Van Zant, Medlocke, Thomasson, Peterik) -- 5:59 “Lucky Man“ (Rossinton, Van Zant, Medlocke, Thomasson) -- 5:35 “Gimme Back My Bullets“ (Van Zant, Collins) -- 3:41 (Bonus Track Featuring “Kid Rock“) Personnel Johnny Van Zant -- lead vocals Gary Rossington -- guitars Billy Powell -- keyboards Ean Evans -- bass guitar Michael Cartellone -- drums Carol Chase -- background vocals Rickey Medlocke -- guitars & vocals Hughie Thomasson -- guitars & background vocals Dale Krantz Rossington -- background vocals Kid Rock -- vocals in “Gimme Back My Bullets“ Leon Wilkeson - bass guitar on “The Way“ and “Lucky Man“