Three "must listen" to Thin Lizzy albums from the 70's you should hear in your lifetime if you are fan of "Vintage Rock"

Introduction



Hello, everyone. I am back this week after taking a long month off. In this month's entry, I am going to be switching gears back to the topic of music. No one can and should underestimate the value that music has on society and it's cultural significance. Today, I am briefly going to be looking at three of what I would argue are three of Thin Lizzy's "best" albums from the late 1970's and the significant impact they have had on Rock N' Roll over the last fourty or so years. I am going to rate them and then try to convince you the listener, why you should listen to them or at least "consider" listening to these albums if you are a fan of Vintage Rock. Like always, it will be up to you determine whether or not they have any intrinsic value. Now that I have got that out of the way, I can begin to describe my favorite Thin Lizzy albums from the 1970's:

Three of my top favorite Thin Lizzy albums


  1. Bad Reputation (1977) - Phil Lynott (lead singer of Irish band Thin Lizzy) listed this as the "best" album the band has ever done (before he passed away in 1986) and I couldn't agree with him more. It was produced by New Yorker Toni Visconti in 1977 in Toronto. It has a much harder "edge" to it (this is evident on drums and with duel harmonized guitars). Recently, A remastered version was released in 2011 showing us how good recorded analog records actually sound, when they are transferred digitally! Bad Reputation is no exception. The entire album is great from start to finish, but some of the more notable tracks on the album are "Bad Reputation", "Opium Trail", and "Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me It's Spotlight)". If you aren't going to listen to the album from start to finsh, you at least want to hear three track's. Bad Reputation sadly never received as much attention here in the U.S as it did over in Europe. It was overshadowed by "Jailbreak" from 1976, which was Thin Lizzy's BIGGEST U.S album. That comes last on on this list.
  2. Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979) - One of Thin Lizzy's "hardest" albums. This album was AGAIN produced by Toni Visconti in 1979 in Europe. It spawned a number of popular singles at the time, but ALSO didn't chart that well in the U.S. The entire album is spectacular from start to finish, but some of the more notable tracks from the album are "Do Anything You Want To do", where Lynott puts on his best Elvis "impersonation", "Waiting for an Alibi", "Sarah" a song dedicated to his second daughter who was born in 1979, and "Roisin Dubh", which means the "Black Rose" in celtic. It's a song about Celtic mythology. If you decide not to listen to the whole album, you at least need to hear these track's.
  3. Jailbreak (1976) - One of Thin Lizzy's most "popular" albums here in the U.S. This album was produced before Toni Visconti, but was critically well received in the U.S. It spawned a number of single's, including Thin Lizzy's two biggest hits "Jailbreak" and "The Boys are Back in Town". These can be heard on "Classic Rock" radio stations all over the U.S to the point of "Nausea" I would argue. The album also had a lot of well known other songs that were never released as singles, including the ever so popular "Cowboy Song" and "Emerald" that were included on subsequent "hits" compilations from the band. I would recommend listening to the album from start to finish to gain a "new" appreciation for it, even if you are a die hard who has heard it a million times over.


I think that about covers you on all of the bases! I hope this post give you some incentive to want to go out download or at least stream all three of these records on ITunes, Spotify, or now even Google Music if you are fan! If you have any more questions or anything to add about them, drop me a line! I always look forward to hearing from you. In the meantime, I have two new classes that I have just started for the summer. I may or may not have time to update the "Labyrinth" here, until at least June again. Be patient, I will be back with a new entry on a different topic soon enough. I hope everyone enjoy's the start to to summer. I look forward to writing again soon! Take care.



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