Reviews (page 11 of 13)
I’m not that much into hard rock but this was a very fun listen and I really enjoyed it, it had some amazing work with the guitar and still in love with you was a standout track 7/10
its nice but alot of the same, spotify doesnt have it also sucks
Typical Thin Lizzy, sounds like the regular album tracks
Exactly why I came to this list: an album I would have never listened to, and will never listen to again
1978. Key Songs: The Boys Are Back In Town, Cowboy Song, Dancing in the Moonlight
Why is a live album even on this list? Overall this is good! Songs are kind of just fine, sound pretty good but nothing stands out that much, guitars decent, good quality for a live album This rendition of The Boys are Back in Town is a bit iffy (as are the vocals on a few other songs) A bit repetitive in sound have had to skim through the second half Faves - Jailbreak, Massacre Overall - Okay! Not really into live albums but it's good quality and music's good. Musically just a bit repetitive Rating - 3/5
les ronflements....j'en peux plus de ce rattrapage qui n'en finit pas.......heureusement que j'ai un puzzle (far west) à terminer en même temps
Licensing issues, only partially available for streaming. Had to listen to it through YouTube, definitely not optimal. I hate live albums. Yeah, I get it, the critics felt the band came alive on stage. I hate listening to the crowd noise. It takes so much away. They could have mixed it out or isolated the mics to reduce it, and they chose not to. My rating: 2/5
yawn
ja dat is hard rock. erg lekker, maar mist best wat van de energie die ik zou verwachten van een live album "any of the girls want a little more irish in them?"
Honestly, I was a little too busy to give my full attention to this album, but I did notice The Boys Are Back in Town when came along. Decent 70s rock--what else is there to say?
Every track sounds the same. Reminds me of 1992, it’s that bad.
A classic, but meh.
I didn’t enjoy this. Two might be generous. Jailbreak was decent (GTA IV soundtrack memories helped) and maybe a couple of others were alright but it was generally just a bog standard rock live album with the standard band shoutouts and solos that might work live (they don’t) but are particularly awful on an album. File this under “you had to have been there”.
Not a fan of the band and hearing them live didn’t enhance my appreciation of them. Majority of songs are not strong and although I’m sure some would laud the solos in it, they are very much not to my taste. The doubled up guitar on the solos particularly sound horrid to my ears.
C'est un oiseau? C'est un avion? C'est Superman? Non, c'est Thin Lizzy live qui me passe un milliard de pieds par-dessus la tête. 2.49 étoiles
Really middle of the road 70s rock. Finding out they added overdubs in the studio so this isn’t really a “live” album either! Minus a star for that
Getting tired of these live albums man
I feel like I'm missing something, because critics, music listeners, and musicians fawn over Thin Lizzy. To me it was boring, and every song sounds like Boys Are Back.
Eh…feels like they’re trying to be the image of a rock band vs actually following through. BABIT excluded of course
oh it's yet another old classic rock record, this time i find it interesting being live, but again, a lot passes by without sparkling anything in me, and i gravitate a little more towards the more fun melodic guitar riffs of some tracks like the first one rather than the more performatic, epic rock of most of the rest. particularly towards the ending, it was rock anthem after rock anthem with triumphal endings but actually. it never. ended. too long
Thin Lizzy is one of those Classic Rock bands that I did not grow up listening to. As a result, there is no nostalgia attached. The production is good for a live album-I especially enjoyed the bass- and it sounds great. The issue is that it’s a double album, which can be a bit much if you’re not totally into it. The songs are not memorable for me. Give me the Hawkwind album any day if you want a double, live rock album from the 70’s on this list
Just doesn’t do much for me. I do love boys back in town but I’d like it more if Springsteen sang it. Or Billy Joel, even. As for the greatness of this “live” yet “overdubbed” masterpiece? It’s good sure, but it’s boring, too. It just doesn’t speak to me.
Was die Gitarristen machen, gefällt mir teilweise sehr. Mag aber den Gesang nicht, mein generelles Problem mit Hard Rock.
Being exposed to more and more live albums on this site has not made me care any more about them.
safa la verdad, me gusto el toque heavy pero hasta ahi nomas
I read it’s not exactly live, and what I heard was not exactly dangerous. So what makes this album essential above any other Thin Lizzy album?
I like thin Lizzy a lot but I'm not sure that this album is so spectacular that it warrants inclusion on this list.
Not much a fan of live albums. Most of it wasn't on Spotify anyways.
Specious
Well, I didn't really feel it.
miss me with this why is the extended version 43 hours long. sorry but just no. didn’t like any of what i heard and i simply wasn’t ready to give any more seconds of my precious life to this.
Boring
a couple of good classic songs on here but other than that a rather tired album
I couldn't get through the full album, to be honest. Its not that its bad music, it just gets boring after a point.
Live albums should not be on this list for the same reason greatest hits: they are both compilation albums. This one isn't even good. 'Live And Dangerous?' Nah, more like tepid and banal. Top track: "The Boys Are Back in Town"
Aggressively fine
I'm not even sure if this belongs on a list of 1001 Live Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, frankly.
I’m typically a sucker for live albums because of what I perceive as added emotion and passion. Not this one. Straight mediocre 1970s rock with little of either. To be fair I wasn’t raised in a “classic rock” home and therefore started with a negative bias toward this band but there was nothing here to dissuade me from my prejudice. A few interesting interludes but far too few to warrant coming back this way ever again. 2/5
Not really that live and not really that dangerous.
I don't think I have a lot to add to the other two-star discourse out there about this record. Having Thin Lizzy's only representation on here be a double "live" album (apparently remastered post-performance) is an objectionable choice. Double live albums would really be for the serious Thin Lizzy fans, and I can promise you I am not one of them. I might have liked to hear one of their studio records to get a sense of them beyond "Boys are Back in Town" but alas, after listening to this record I think I'm all set. Right now I just really don't want to listen to any more 70s rock dudes, for a while at least. I would say this album is boring because it's so one-note, but it's actually sort of motivating, because I just wanted it to end ASAP. There just seems absolutely nothing distinctive or interesting about this record or group. Everything about it (melodies, singing, solos) seems very mediocre.
i'm not the hugest hard rock fan so i didn't go into this album expecting to love it, but there were definitely a couple tracks on there that were pretty cool. after the first couple though, i did find myself getting kind of bored, and the rest began drowning out into background music. overall it wasn't my thing, but i can definitely see the appeal. favorite tracks: jailbreak, southbound
Not bad but nothing great
I kinda enjoy their music but I cannot stand a 10hr live album! Live albums to me are poorly recorded compilations, dont@me
This sounds like generic 70s rock. It's fine, I'm not listening to this again. 2* Recognized: the boys are back in town
Average
Did not care for this album
70s guitar rock isn't for me.
one or two good songs
To me, to be good a live album has to either a) sound unique compared to studio versions or b) transport you to a particular time and place. This does neither, even if the music itself is alright. I'd have rather just listened to studio versions.
It's competently performed and all, but I just personally find this style of music very tame and uninteresting. It's fine, just not for me.
Snooze rock
Kjedelig gubberock med et par lyspunkter her og der.
Seguro sea contradictorio en mí, pero este disco en vivo. No!
The song structure and writing is so generic and boring it made me feel like I was too hard on Van Halen. The solo’s make up for some of it but even they seem a bit formulaic. Could use some more energy and more talented song writers.
Another overdubbed live album
threw this on in the morning, i can see why the live album was picked, all their damn songs sound the same! good energy from the band though, not a lot of breaks in between.
not my roooooooooooooooock
Like gatecrashing a party that has no-one you like there.
Pretty standard late 70s hard rock. Pretty mediocre at that. Some energy but only a few songs
It must have been fun to hear them live back in the day, and the guitar work is amazing, but I didn’t need an hour plus of this, especially because only some songs were great.
Wish the boys would fuck back off
As good as I expected it would be.
Para la mierda que vengo escuchando zafa bastante, muy largo igualmente. 4/10
Live albums shouldn't be on the list, in my opinion. They just aren't the same as an actual album. Also, live albums with extensive studio overdubs are not really live albums. So, with those issues this goes from a 3 to a 2 for me.
Has anybody here with any Irish in them... a live study in one of rock's less elegant faces 1.5
tiene jn par de caniciones buenas y bdurnos solos
Overall not bad, I recognize a couple songs. I’d need to be in the mood to listen to it though 2.5 stars
je li trebao biti dugačak lajv album? mogli su na popis staviti neki njihov studijski album koji ima the boys are back in town (ova lajv izvedba te pjesme stvarno je slaba u usporedbi sa studijskom). ovako je dosta zamorna, i ne mogu podnijeti baš više ovog bumerskog roka, koliko god sama svirka bila okej, jebiga
Love Thin Lizzy, don't love live albums.
Not for me. 90 minutes of shredding guitars.
Very rock and roll and cool. Not my thing though.
Eeeehhhhhh.
It's an uphill battle unfortunately, being a hard rock album (sigh) from the 80s (sigh) that is also a live album (sigh). It's not...awful but it's nothing special at all.
I think any Thin Lizzy album would've been good but live albums are never albums that one "has to" listen before death.
It's grooving a lot, but a little bit too much solo
They’d probably be fun to see live, but the songs themselves aren’t really anything special.
no es puntualmente mi estilo, tiene buenos musicos pero se me hizo repetitivo no le encontré la vuelta
The boys are back in town is a fun song but the rest really is a great bore. Having trouble between a 2 and a 3 for this one.
This is the type of hard rock I don't get at all. The riffs, solos, style of voice, ballads, melodies... I find all to sound super inoffensive and dull, specially the ballad "Still In Love With You" which is super cheesy. The only thing I can give this album some credit is that it is "live", which gives it a more authentic and passionate energy than a studio album, and for an hour and a quarter, this wasn't as bad as other pure hard rock records I had to listen to. I used quotation marks in the word live because it seems there is a bit controversy around how much of this thing is live and how much studio recording they added after the recording. Either way, still hard rock, so I don't care for this album.
As a live album this was alright. Not a huge Thin Lizzy fan though. Mostly harmless.
I don't think this one's for me. 2 stars
Can't hear much here to like. Too long and not a great live recording. Probably sound good if you where there and loaded.
Overrated band with only a few good songs.
I think I’ll always struggle with a live album- it’s so overstimulating and hearing an audience can take me out of what I’m looking for when I’m listening to music. I think it’s also maybe not my genre. But Dancing in the Moonlight is always lovely. I’m committing to trying again in a different atmosphere, perhaps driving tomorrow. Wow especially because I’ve learned their lead, Phil Lynott, was Black which is wild for an Irish rock band.
Not my thing, I don't like most classic rock. I knew Dancing in the moonlight from the Smashing Pumpkins cover, but I much prefer that version. I can't stand saxophone in songs either.
- rokin räimet ja vielä livenä hell ye - ois kuvitellu et tää on jotenki aivan super livealbumi mut aika perus rokin räimettä
Not for me
Someone’s uncle balloted for this to be included.
This is getting 2 stars because it wasn’t enough to pull me away from Mr Styles (sorry not sorry maybe actually sorry)
Thin Lizzy have 1.5 good songs if I’m being generous. Dancing in the Moonlight is a fantastic song. One of the best songs of all time. Shame they couldn’t transfer that skill to other songs!
Some good songs.
holy lord another 70s rock album
не особо слушал их, и наверное и не буду.
I like some Thin Lizzy songs. This is certainly not a completely shit record. But by God, how the fuck do they warrant me having to listen to an hour-long edited live album?
another boring way too long live album
Нахуя это тут
5/10
I don't know why Boston is a 5 for me and Thin Lizzy is a 2, but life is mysterious. I do think it's a high 2. This album rocks in places but mostly is just replacement-level cock rock. The crowd cheers when they hear the intro to Boys are Back in Town, sort of like it's the first song they recognize. It's all a little soulless and not that distinct for me.
I like ‘The boys are back in town’
Ehhhh not as bad as I expected but stil dgaf. Still fun to listen to in the shower the boys are back in town because my uni friends are coming to visit today
A live album needs an impeccable catalogue (like Deep Purple) or fiery energy (like Jerry Lee Lewis) and this has neither.
Fine
Not great
Some say the boys are back in town
#269/1001. It's seems the band and the audience is having fun at a rock gig. So? Asking aloud "I don't know why I had to listen to this album before I die?" My wife answered:" well, it is much easier to listen to it before you die than after it." Nuff said.
Listening to this album was a slog. Many of the songs sounded too similar - with some obvious outliers (jailbreak, boys) Hated the weird overdubbing with the crowd between songs. Maybe just not my vibe. There’s better music from the 70s.
I listened to this album. I had an immediate impression of what it would be like based on the cover. It's for "the boys", whether they are back in town or breaking out of jail or whatever.
ну хз тупо білий мен хуячіт на гітарі бо більше нічого не вміє
Not a fan of live albums. Luckily the singer sounded good live. The album was long. I knew Jailbreak and The Boys are Back in Town.
When to listen: Guitar licks? IDK honestly I probably don't need to listen again. It all sounded very repetitive and didn't interest me.
Ei oikeen livelevyt oo mun juttu. Ihan ok-biisejähän nää on, mutta tiputetaan livehommien vuoksi kaggoseen.
Sometimes fine, most times a thousand years long.
I can see the appeal of this and actually had fun with some of the songs, especially when the sound becomes more groovy. But in total this is too much of a Rock’n’Roll-cliche for me (starting with the album Cover).
A pretty run-of-the-mill classic/hard rock performance. Not a bad listen but nothing special. Best part was Huey Lewis playing harmonica!
So many albums, how did this one make the list
I never thought I’d be listening to a live Thin Lizzy album…. DNF
I did not need 60 minutes of live boogie rock from a band with 2 memorable hits and other songs that just fall flat.
I really don’t get the appeal of live albums, and this album didn’t help. The performances are fine, but the whole “this was recorded in front of people” thing mostly just gets in the way. These songs would’ve worked much better without the crowd and the reminder that this could’ve just been a solid studio album instead.
Some of these songs are tooooo long
Alright songs but the recording quality was poor
Couldn’t get into it.
I can see how Thin Lizzy was a big influence on 80s hard rock. The Boys are Back in Town was the only song on the album I was familiar with. Most of the songs were live & I don't care for live albums
Not a fan of live albums but the music isn't as bad as I thought it'd be for what wikipedia calls "Hard Rock"
Just archetypal rock and roll. Not unenjoyable, but pretty simplistic, exactly the kind of thing that the users of this site seem to love, quality music which is also safe, known, unchallenging, inoffensive, unimaginative... and already boring, by the time I was less than halfway through this hour-and-twenty-minute monster. A compilation of their best performances of their best tracks, which is an advantage not afforded to most other artists in this list, but even so this drags.
Actually better than I expected.
Don’t like live albums
I like the band/instrument playing, but not quite singing. The voice and the way he's singing keeps throwing me off. Not gonna add any
I'm all for Thin Lizzy - a multiracial multi-sides-of-the-troubles irish band, hell yeah. But a live album is not a good way to show them off
I’ve never really liked Thin Lizzy. 70s rock isn’t really a genre that holds its own these days. A live version at over an hour has not made me change my mind.
chắc là cũng hay đó nhưng nó dài 9h52p tao đéo nghe hết được cho đại 2 sao nhé
C’est looooong, mais du bon hard rock! Mais c’est long… 2.5+/5
I'm a fan of good live albums. This unfortunately isn't. I don't mind some Thin Lizzy. But the production here is just lacking. The live energy is just lacking.
Es un disco en vivo de hard rock donde probablemente vayan con sus mejores canciones, no puedo compararlo bien con los discos de estudio. De todas formas suena súper bien, las guitarras claritas, con distorsión, baterías que suenan muy bien y un bajo con unos graves bien potentes, me dio la impresión que el bajo es un rickembacker por cómo suena. No voy a mentir, no escuché todas las canciones completas pero yo creo que tienen claras influencias de otras bandas como led zepelin, kiss, pink floyd, etc y un sonido típico de rock más clásico. Las canciones en general se construyen en base a un riff que están bien buenos y alrededor de eso le agregan cosas donde para mí la estrella es el sonido del bajo. En términos de producción nada muy especial. Yo creo que alcanza el 2 peeero por ser un disco en vivo, largo y sin algo que me llamara mucho la atención está más cerca del 1,5, de nuevo redondeo para arriba Creo que no tuve canción favorita en este:(
This is #day512 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… if there's a band that has twelve studio albums in their roster and you decide to include a live record you must hear before you die, that's kind of odd. Especially when that live album is stitched together from recordings of different shows, then overdubbed to polish the sound. I don't think I needed to hear this before I die. This is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day513.
Meh 5/10
Definitely not the album I felt like listening too today. It’s very upbeat and would be great if I was feeling like that but wasn’t in the mood today. Typical late 70s-early 80s rock and always hits
This is a bit too much. Sounds very dated and not in a good way.
I didn't really enjoy listening to this, but I did enjoy reading about the band after listening to this. Nothing captured me. Not exactly bad, just not one I would choose to revisit.
sure was some live thin lizzy. those boys sure were back in town. 2.5
live albums are rarely good and this isn't an exception. at least there's some good thin lizzy songs
Why was this 10 hours long
I'm a bit torn that live recordings were overdubbed in the studio, which makes the whole point of a live album meaningless. This feels like betrayal.
That singer's voice was horrible
not really my cup of tea
It's a "no" from me. Since it was recorded across so many different dates and overdubbed so heavily, this is essentially just a greatest hits record. I don't mind Thin Lizzy, but I think this goes against the spirit of live recordings.
it was okay not my typical genre i liked the live aspect tho. stand outs : Rosalie , still in love with you 4/10
the boys are back in town the boys are back in town the boys are back in tooooooown
I’m going to lower rank all live albums. I will be downloading more by this band though.
I like Thin Lizzy, but I'm still not a fan of live albums
Classic early hard rock album, not the most great music to listen even if it lead to really good genre years later. It's really monotonous, the songs the way of singing. Some really great guitar solo but that's it. Maybe it's because of the a live album because some of the studios songs are more subtle.
The music is good but this sounds like it was recorded in a tin can.
It's ok as an album. Not great.
Classic rock album. Reasonable vocals. Guitars kept me interested. 41yo listener.
there were moments that surprised me!
i got really excited when the boys are back in town came on because it was a song i knew but then i remembered i hate the boys are back in town and i stopped enjoying it again
I like Garry Moore as a guitarist and think that Thin Lizzy has some bangers. I would have preferred a studio album. Sometimes the energy in a live performance gets lost in the mix, especially if its an older recording.
I'm ONLY nine songs in, and I feel like I've been listening to it ALL day! Not a very lively live album.
I appreciate that you can hear the audience and songs blend together like an actual live show and not a collection of songs that were played live. It is a product of its time and the eye-rolling joke after the first song dates it. Not a repeat listen for me.
Not my jam
I supposed it’s OK for hard rock.
I’m glad to get to know Thin Lizzy better but why is this on this list? It’s a very mediocre live album.
Thought I was gonna like this a lot more than I did. I like Thin Lizzy and I think Phil Lynott was a hell of a front man, but this live album just didn’t do it for me. There’s still some great songs but it’s a little uneven for me.
Singing reminds me sometimes of Hendrix. But no song as close as catchy as Jimi's
long and weirdly uneven. Who wants a collection of live performances from different venues? Every one of these songs are better recorded normally.
Live albums are almost always bad. A live album but the tracks aren’t even from the same concert is just baffling to me. You don’t even get the experience of being at the show… just listening to worse version of the songs you already like. Also way too long. I’m giving it an extra star because “The Boys Are Back In Town” is a banger
Eh, I don't love Thin Lizzy. The performance was good and they sounded pretty dialed in, but the music doesn't do much for me.
High 2. Good rocker. But mostly by the numbers. Need more jam.
So so
So glad I get to know more about this band beyond the boys are back in town which reminds me of one time I went to a football team party in college
I dont mind some Thin Lizzy, but this was too much for me. It’s all a bit straight down the middle rock but then that is largely my view of Thin Lizzy. By the end i just felt bored.
Surprisingly little umph, might just be hope clean the mix is but thought they'd hit harder
Two but it was actually okay. A 2.7 Guessing this got a 3.4
I do enjoy a bit of Thin Lizzy, but live albums in general rank low for me among this chosen lot
Don’t really know why we have a live thin lizzy when it’s just not as good studio album Jailbreak is already great.
Loud boring loud
Thin lizzy? More like thin glizzy
That one song was good
Typical rock live album. Good driving tunes
Alors, nous revoilà face à un album live... Je t'invite d'ailleurs, et si ce n'est déjà fait, à jeter une oreille, ou plutôt un œil, sur ce que j'écrivais à propos du "Live at Leeds" des Who. Ça te posera le décor de ma méfiance quasi pathologique envers ces enregistrements publics que le canon du rock cherche à nous imposer comme des passages obligés. Un album live, pour moi, doit être plus qu'une simple captation ; il doit être un événement, une déflagration, une réinvention. Autant te dire que je pars rarement gagnant. Donc, Thin Lizzy... et la pochette annonce immédiatement la couleur : un groupe en pleine gloire, le poing levé, prêt à en découdre avec une foule en délire. Avant de poser ce disque sur la platine, mes connaissances du groupe étaient, je l'avoue, faméliques. Pour le mec né en 1970 que je suis, bercé au post-punk et à l'indie rock, Thin Lizzy, c'était surtout une image. Celle de Phil Lynott, ce frontman noir charismatique à la basse rutilante, une figure quasi mythologique du panthéon rock. Et musicalement ? Eh bien, mon seul contact tangible était la reprise de "Dancing in the Moonlight" par les Smashing Pumpkins, une version éthérée et mélancolique qui, je m'en rends compte maintenant, est à des années-lumière de l'originale. Je m'attendais à du lourd, du puissant, du riff qui tache. Et sur ce point, je n'ai pas été déçu. Dès les premières secondes, on est happé. Le son est massif, les deux guitares s'entremêlent dans un ballet viril et accrocheur, la batterie martèle sans pitié et la basse de Lynott est un véritable moteur diesel qui propulse le tout. C'est indéniablement efficace. On sent la sueur, la bière tiède, l'énergie brute d'un groupe au sommet de son art, qui sait exactement comment faire exulter un public. Des morceaux comme "Jailbreak" ou l'inévitable "The Boys Are Back in Town" sont des hymnes. C'est carré, ça envoie du lourd, et on imagine sans peine des stades entiers reprenant ces refrains en chœur. Lynott a une présence vocale incroyable, un mélange de rockeur viril et de poète sensible. Il y a une âme dans cette musique, une sincérité qui transpire à travers les enceintes. C'est du rock'n'roll pur jus, sans fioritures intellectuelles, direct dans les tripes. Ça fonctionne. Pour ça, et pour la puissance brute qui se dégage de l'ensemble, je tire mon chapeau. On sent l'effort, la générosité d'un groupe qui donne tout sur scène. Alors, pourquoi cette note famélique de 2 sur 5 ? Pourquoi ce sentiment d'agacement profond qui a fini par l'emporter sur l'admiration initiale ? La réponse tient en trois mots, un concept qui me hérisse le poil depuis mon adolescence : la putain de "branlette de manche". Voilà, c'est dit. Pardonnez mon langage, mais il n'y a pas d'autre terme. Ce disque est l'incarnation même de ce qui me gonfle dans une certaine frange du hard rock des années 70 et qui sera reprise par la suite dans les années 80. Chaque putain de morceau, aussi bon soit-il à la base, est systématiquement coupé en deux par un, voire deux, solos de guitare interminables. Ce n'est plus de la musique, c'est une compétition. Une démonstration technique stérile, un concours de celui qui a la plus longue… gamme pentatonique. Je n'ai rien contre un bon solo de guitare, attention. Un solo qui sert le morceau, qui l'élève, qui raconte quelque chose. Thurston Moore ou J Mascis peuvent te faire décoller avec trois notes tordues. Mais là, non. On a affaire à de l'onanisme à six cordes. Ça dure des plombes, ça tue systématiquement la dynamique du morceau, ça n'apporte rien d'autre que la satisfaction de l'ego du guitariste. Je décroche. Complètement. Au milieu de "Don't Believe a Word", alors que le riff est excellent, voilà que ça part en vrille. Je regarde ma montre. Je pense à ma liste de courses. J'ai envie d'avancer la piste. C'est un signe qui ne trompe pas. Quand la musique devient un prétexte à la démonstration, je me fais chier et royalement. Et le pire, c'est que c'est partout c'est systématique. On sent cette culture du guitar hero qui a gangrené le rock de l'époque, cette obligation de prouver qu'on est un virtuose, quitte à sacrifier l'essence même de la chanson. C'est précisément contre cette dérive que le punk s'est insurgé, et en écoutant "Live And Dangerous", je comprends mieux pourquoi. Il y avait urgence à revenir à des formats plus courts, plus directs, plus authentiques. D'ailleurs, parlons-en de l'authenticité. Ce "live" légendaire a la réputation, tenace, d'être en grande partie un album studio maquillé. Les rumeurs d'overdubs massifs sont légion. Est-ce que ça change quelque chose à l'écoute ? Fondamentalement, non, la branlette de manche reste la même, qu'elle soit enregistrée en une prise ou en cinquante. Mais ça ajoute une couche d'ironie à l'ensemble. Un album live qui n'est pas vraiment live, sensé capturer la magie de l'instant mais qui est en réalité aussi spontané qu'une déclaration d'impôts. Ça la fout mal. Au final, que reste-t-il ? Quelques excellents morceaux, des riffs qui tuent, et l'énergie folle d'un groupe mené par un frontman exceptionnel. Mais tout ça est noyé sous des litres de solo sans âme qui me rappellent pourquoi je n'ai jamais vraiment accroché à ce versant du rock. C'est puissant, c'est indéniable, mais c'est aussi terriblement daté et souvent, oui, terriblement chiant. Le 2/5 est donc pour l'effort, pour la sueur, pour la puissance et pour la mémoire de Phil Lynott. Pour le reste, je préfère encore écouter les Smashing Pumpkins. Au moins, chez eux, la masturbation guitaristique avait quelque chose de torturé et de névrotique. C'est plus mon genre.
Sounds fine but too long. Not one of the 1001 key albums. Also all the songs are some variation of The Boys Are Back in Town.
It's definitely not my type of music. But it is drive and I'm sure that for someone album might sound great. For me it's 1st record that I won't listen till the end of a tape.
I've never really been a Thin Lizzy fan, The Boys are Back in Time always seemed like a dumb song to me. This live album just seems to kind of enforce that opinion. It just seems underwhelming and bland compared to other metal and hard rock bands before, after and in the same era. 2/5
Härligt gitarrsound men jag tycker generellt att det är lite för glatt för min smak
Look it’s a good live album, but in saying that is it really worthy to be on this list, I don’t think so, unlike an earlier album I reviewed where the debut was a live performance, this is not that, and honestly should’ve been parked to allow other albums where people debuted original songs
This band looks like they should be making some sweet metal (or at least big hair metal). But no-they did “The Boys Are Back In Town.” I don’t know what this adds to the musical canon, except for another Boomer-rock anthem I could do without. Not the worst thing to assault my ears, even though this is like Eagles-adjacent. Will not revisit.
I listened to this while mowing the lawn and that’s the most Dad thing I’ve ever done
Tak brzmi nieskończoność. Album poza relacją z fanami (live album) niczym się nie wyróżnia. Za fanów 2-
Ouvir este disco por inteiro é um teste de resistência. Rock básico e sem sutilezas, além de uma qualidade de gravação ruim. Alguns momentos interessantes: "Southbound", "Johnny the Fox Meets Johnny the Weed" e "The Boys are Back in Town", no geral soa barulhento e claustrofóbico.
These guys rock, I just don’t care for live albums
Was not my thing.
Yeah ok I guess.
Not bad, but 8 discs of the same songs in different locations? Not for me.
Live and Dangerous [Live] by Thin Lizzy: 5/10, With every major movement in popular music, there will be bands at the forefront that see massive success without any of the quality of their contemporaries. Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and Metallica are all regarded as some of the most important bands in the development of hard rock and early metal, and I can really appreciate the innovation and quality they all brought to music as a whole, even if I don't love their entire catalogues. What Thin Lizzy did is quite unanimously agreed to be best portrayed on this live album, and they very neatly fit into the early hard rock / blues rock blend that defined the beginning of hard rock. There's not really anything that they did particularly new, and the largest issue for me is how unremarkable the music is when compared against the modern hard rock landscape. I've heard people in their bedroom in the past few years create more interesting and innovative songs than my favourite songs on this album. All of this being said, this isn't a bad live album, or bad music, but I really feel that it's best described as mediocre.
Classic rock. but sounds a little repetitive. Good in small doses. but not the best of that era.
So a live album that isn't actually completely live? What's the point? If I want live, I want actual live, not mishmash of live with overdub.
I got bored listening to this. I just finished Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette, and that was a 5 I’m a male in my late 20’s. The boys are back in town or something
It is a great album that has insane balance between hard rock music and soft lyrics delivery. Not my kind of music but it is a good discovery !
Do you like the music of Thin Lizzy? Oh, you don't? Not a fan at all really? Well, what if we did it as a LIVE ALBUM so you could listen to tunes you don't really like but without studio sound quality and with audience noise/riffs?
I love Thin Lizzy but I dislike live albums.
I don't like this kinda music :/
This is just one of those "it's not bad, but you had 1001 albums to pick for the list and I do not understand how this made it and ____ didn't" situations. Thin Lizzy has always been one of those middle of the road rockers out there. They're pretty good as musicians and composers but sometimes lacked originality. This album is kinda "live", since they did overdub some guitars over the raw live version, which is fair, but it also makes it feel a little deceiving. The songs they picked are almost all what you would expect to listen to as one of their shows. Overall, an album that will be liked by every fan of the genre, though it isn't anything mind blowing for anyone.
War nicht so meins. Irgendwie langweilig
Yeah… I’m with Rosalie on this one.
Thankfully spotify only had 4 of the songs from this album
Thin Lizzy? More like Thick Glizzy, am I right?
Disco péssimo de uma banda ótima, as versões faltam energia e o disco é longo demais
Yup. It’s live. Cool.
Guitar solos? Check. And at near-cliché levels. Good god, just stop. Even the version of the should-always-be-fun “The Boys Are Back in Town” becomes a test of patience. The album exemplifies what can go wrong with live albums—distracting crowd sounds, muffled vocals, musical excesses that only make sense (if then) at an actual concert. No.
... I have nothing good to say about this, ultimately not very "interesting" for me.
Listened to this a while back and it's a good document but the recording is a bit naff, and I just don't really "get" the whole TL thing. 2.5*
les albums live c'est toujours une plaie a ecouter
New rating system to mean shift up and better discern 2 from 3. 1- can’t stand 2- ok but wouldn’t listen again 3- would listen if it came on but not searched for 4- good, would listen again 5- all time Was 2 now 3. Listened more and still a 2. Had all the thin lizzy songs I recognized.
Not really a fan
I can see why people love this album, lots of energy and creative music in that style. Not really for me though
Мужики в джинсовках с нашивками будут слушать этот альбом и говорить, что ЭТО Музыка. Как отчитываются в ревью, только отчасти лайв альбом, и честно говоря, это супэр интересный факт, и теперь мне интересно, как много *лайв* альбомов дописываются в студии. Лучшая песня - Jailbreak.
no es mi estilo 7/7/2025
Doesn’t sound like a live album. Clear there is some overdubbing. Can’t give it more than a 3 as it’s fine. 2 is probably more appropriate since it’s billed as a live album but really isn’t.
Could almost call it circus rock. Definitely a cornerstone of the genre, but not exciting for me.
Blah. Boring. Doesn't even evoke the feeling that it is a 'live' album. Why is this on the list?
Was not familiar with Thin Lizzy. Not my favorite, but might be fun to work up a cover.
Je n'ai pas du tout accorché...
An hour and seventeen minutes of live Thin Lizzy during an outdoor elliptical session in 92 degrees is not as bad as you’d think! And who knew Lizzy had enough songs to play for that long? (Only known song is The Boys Are Back In Town.) Drum solo at the one hour mark was a lift for the crowd and the subject. Last three cuts make for a strong finish. But it’s a live album so free passed its way onto the 1001 Must Hear List. (2.5*s)
Love me some Thin Lizzy but a live one? Live and Dangerous was a fallback release because their producer couldn't produce and this makes the list? Sounds like a pretty kick ass show(s) but still prefer the studio versions. None of the live tracks bring anything extra. Apart from some banter from Lynott there is nothing special here. I'm rating this one harshly not because of the song content but merely for its undeserved list spot...1.72 stars.
Thin Lizzy is fine but I didn't need or want 70+ minutes of them, especially live cuts that in my opinion are worse than the studio versions. There must be another reason this is on the list because this did little to stand out in any way even among live albums. This is one that should probably be replaced. There's some nice guitar work mixed in but the whole product was pretty mediocre for the most part. 1.83 stars Who knew Huey Lewis played harmonica for Thin Lizzy?
Well, it’s absolutely crazy that this is a live album. It sounds so good! But not quite my style.
I'm a lifelong metalhead and frankly this does nothing for me. I grew up on Metallica and all the Bay area thrash bands then moved to the Florida death metal in the '90s. I understand this band has laid the foundation for many heavier bands in the next decade. But for me? Meh. I think it's also their prog tendencies at times which works against my personal tastes. They're all very talented musicians. This is a great sounding live album by the way. "Massacre" is probably my favorite tune because you can see it setting the groundwork for Maiden and/or Metallica. But it's not for me.
It's very strange listening to a live album of a band I hardly know anything about. I guess it was fine? Not really essential in my opinion.
A bit of a hoot, a bit boring. Right on the edge. Was charmed by the lyric ‘I always get chocolate stains on my pants’. Enjoyed the bonus saxophone. I like guitar solos but GOD this is going on a long time. Largely uninspiring, far too long for how samey it is. The Boys Are Back In Town should be on one of those CDs we send into space for aliens, though.
1 hour, 12 minutes, and 20 seconds of songs that are not as good as The Boys are Back in Town, plus 4 minutes and 40 seconds of The Boys are Back in Town.
I like Thin Lizzy. I think they are an underrated band. I love the hits (The boys are back in town, dancing in the moonlight and Jailbreak). I like some deep cuts (Emerald specifically is awesome). I actually got into them through a cover of Emerald by the band Mastodon. Great cover. Just a great Irish band. Butttt i just don't care about 99% of live albums and this one fits in that 99%. These are very accurate, well performed versions of Thin Lizzy songs... and they're just 2% shittier than the original studio versions. I don't see the point. I did chuckle when he told that pickup line to the whole audience... maybe it was a new pick line at that time. Who knows. The singer does sound quite good live. The guitars are good live. I still am just left with an overall shrug. I'm sure in person is was awesome... but i'm not there.... so it's a 2.5 for me.
Thin Lizzy rule but if you're putting live slizzy albums on a list like this, you're thin on ideas. Apparently this is the only Lizzy album on this list also. Jailbreak?! Fuck's sake. Sometimes I'm not sure how the clown who wrote this book kept getting work. If course this has endless 5s. Staying employed by pandering to boomer sensibilities - a tale as old as time.
Some good songs here but I'm not a fan of the live recording
A live Thin Lizzy album is probably amongst the things I want to listen to the least on this current day.
an album you'd need to only experience live standout tracks: they all sound the same to me
This album is a textbook case of much ado about nothing. It features heavy guitar riffs and even more intense solos, but beneath it all, the melodies are pure pop. Sure, it probably sounds great in a stadium after a few—or maybe several—glasses of beer. That said, Thin Lizzy is clearly a group of consummate professionals. But as the saying goes, the Titanic was built by professionals; the Ark by amateurs. A prime example of this mediocrity is “Dancing in the Moonlight (It’s Caught Me in Its Spotlight)”—seriously, that saxophone? I had to skip “Still in Love with You”; it’s the polar opposite of everything I enjoy in music. One more slow, overly emotional track and I’d have dropped the whole album. So, apologies, Phil—by the time “Cowboy Song” came on, I had to turn it off. The only reason I’m not giving this a 1 is because, from a technical standpoint, the performance is flawless.
3/10…hard rock / 70‘s rock
I already know I'm not going to like this. I hate live songs when I am not there to listen to it live because it just defeats the whole purpose. I was so happy to see that it was only 4 songs. Then I compared the live version of jailbreak to the not live version. I actually liked the live version better, which is crazy for me. I do however like the not live version of the boys are back in town more than the live version.
Very lively and fun, but wasn't my taste!
Idk I don’t have a lot of thoughts on this album. I was kinda burnt out due to this being right after ZZ Top. 3/10 Favorite tracks - moonlight, boys are back in town
Some good songs, but this is ultimate classic rock radio. Solid live band, sounded like a fun show.
This should be right up my alley. Maybe it’s because I’m a bit sick, I’m a bit tired but I just couldn’t get into this. I don’t really care for a live album full of songs I’ve never heard (except for The Boys Are Back In Town). Thin Lizzy just didn’t really appeal to me I guess.
1. Jailbreak - 8/10 2. Emerald - 8/10 3. Southbound - 7.6/10 4. Rosalie/Cowgirl’s Song - 4/10 ❌ 5. Dancing in the Moonlight (It’s Caught Me in Its Spotlight) - 7/10 6. Massacre - 7.8/10 7. Still in Love With You - 8/10 8. Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed - 6.5/10 9. Cowboy Song - 7/10 10. The Boys Are Back in Town - 6/10 11. Don’t Believe a Word - 7/10 12. Warrior - 8/10 13. Are You Ready - 5/10 14. Suicide - 7/10 15. Sha La La - 6/10 16. Baby Drives Me Crazy - 3/10 17. The Rocker - 6/10 6/10
Yup, still not liking Live albums all that much. Very few have caught my attention. I like Thin Lizzy a lot, but this album would NOT have been the one that makes this list. 2.25/5
I don't know. Loved them from my high school years. They just feel like a 1 trick pony. A couple great songs and a bunch of others that sound just like them.
This one wasn’t for me, but maybe I’m missing something?? 🤷🏼♀️
Live and Best Of albums really shouldn't be on this list unless they are more than sensational. This is a less than average album from a band that makes less than mediocre music. They also cheated and doctored it up in the studio. It seems this band really likes their music though and they play very well. I just don't want to hear any of their songs.
Not my cup of tea
Not actually live (for some of it) and so on the nose middle of the road rock. Butttt the boys are back in town
I couldn't do it..
I've never been a big fan of 'The Boys are Back in Town' so I kinda knew this wasn't really going to be for me. I can't tell if it's the mastering or the songs themselves but they all had this weird sedate quality to them, they kinda sound like you've just woken up from a 3 hour nap. Doesn't really have the energy of other live albums i've heard. It kinda just sounds like a studio album with cheering in between songs. I like Phil Lynott's vocals I just wish he was in something other than Thin Lizzy.
Love Thin Lizzy but not a huge fan of live albums
Huge fan of the energy and performance of all musicians involved in this album. Lynott's bass and vocals are impeccable, and guitars never hit a bum note. What lets this down is the concept - a mishmash of archived live footage around the world, overdubbed (who knows to what end) to smooth out the kinks. The whole spirit of a live album is therefore totally eroded to a compilation album with a few cheers between tracks. Best Tracks: - Massacre - Suicide - The Boys Are Back In Town Worst Tracks: - The Rocker Rating: 4/10
I have heard a couple of times that the true magic of Thin Lizzy happened live on stage. So why was this overlong "live" album cut together from different shows and overdubbed later? Feels a bit flat, and although the crowd(s) seem(s) to enjoy it, I'm not quite there - hard rock is not my cup of tea.
If I loved this band I,'d love this album, but because i'm not familiar with them, it felt a little forced.
Jeg værdsætter i princippet at bogen er meget "Det her band var bedst live, de kommer ikke helt til fulde på studioalbumsne", men det betyder at man sku ha været der, det betyder ikke at jeg gider høre dobbelt-live-albums!! Dygtig band, fed guitarlyd, kunne sagtens have undværet den her.
Thin Lizzy was never really my music..a live album is not something i ever wanted to hear from them..
Meh.
Acceptable I guess
It wasn't terrible. If it came on the radio I would probably still change the channel but at least I wouldn't smash the mute button beforehand.
I like Thin Lizzy. There is nothing remarkable about this album. Additional point off because it is a live album with alleged overdubs.
This was find. Kinda dull.
It was a rock album. It sounded like all others to me.
I’m glad they have fans. It’s not even music I find terrible. It’s just not something I get excited by. 2.5/5
Generic hard rock stuff. Have both things I generally don't like in albums: Live and double.
😒
Jailbreak is a banger but apart from that the album was mostly dull. I was quite bored by the end of it.
This feels like a live albums recorded in a studio. If that makes sense.. Here’s the thing. It sounds like it’s been polished up for release - it has a very, dare I say it, flat sound. But the appeal of live albums is the unpredictability that comes with (sort of) spontaneity. One doesn’t get anything of that here.
I usually like 70s rock but this album wasn't really my taste and it is also too long. It is also from different live shows, and many songs are also overdubbed, so not quite sure which songs are really live and which are more studio work. Since it's the only album by this band on this challenge, I assume they don't have a strong studio album that could be on this list. I appreciate the musicianship because they are good musicians, but this album isn't for me overall.
The very definition of good, not great. Thin Lizzy has some great tunes over the years, but something about this live album doesn't speak to me. 3/10
too rowdy for me
Kind of boring rock album, but these guys do seem pretty charming. Kinda hair metaly.
Back to rock'n'roll, ohni d drugs und ohni de sex. Denn hani au nur es live album gfunde uf spotify. Ne ne ne, da hani ned so bock.
I feel like you have to like that artist to appreciate live albums, and while Thin Lizzy is in the "alright" bin for me, 76 minutes of live (or live enough) is a stretch.
Now, maybe it’s just that I got my fill of this type of screeching guitar-driven, anthemic, stadium rock (like I got my fill of shooting guns and drinking in gravel pits) in my youthful years. Maybe I’m not the nostalgic type. Maybe I’m not a fan of guitar played mostly above the 7th fret by people who ply the guitar like everyone else. Maybe Kiss is enough of all this for me. Meh Rock…
En bra låt, men annats meh
not bad, but would rather listen to the originals if i needed to. 2.5
Live album=worse
On a different day, I might have been more open to this... but today was not that day...
I hate live albums, the cheering seems propagandizing. Music is louder than the voices. The Boys Are Back in Town is 5/5 so overall 2.5/5
Good live recording but the songs aren't strong enough to make it noteworthy
Extremely medium, would have been a 3 if not live
their songs are pretty basic and uninspired to begin with, and the live instrumentation doesn't add anything.
Bien
Inte min favorit men det sköljer förbi.
2 Stars (5/15)
There's a lot of live albums on this list. I don't know. It's OK, I guess. I have no need to ever listen to it again.
For me this was somewhat dull predictable formula arena rock. Too many long and uninteresting guitar solos. I lost interest after a few songs.
I don’t have time for all this. There’s a number of reasons this record’s placement on the list annoys me, but after listening to it for over an hour, I just don’t want it to take up more of my time. Listenable.
Thin Lizzy is pretty cool, but this is a lot of Thin Lizzy and the overdubs kinda ruin the live feel.
profoundly mediocre and it's not even live. boggles the mind how this "yeah i'm a rock n roll guy and i fuck girls and i shred" shit has ever been anything other than embarrassing for everyone involved
Often felt quite lacklustre, picked up pace about mid way through but then lost it. Also overdubs on a live album? Seriously?
Generic 70s hard rock live album. Nothing really set it apart
A LIVE album? Meh. At BEST.
The Good: The Best Live Double Album according to the experts at NME The Bad: It isn’t all live… The Ugly: I’m not a massive Thin Lizzy fan… Boy oh boy, this one I had to sit through… and hope for time to go flying by. Undeniable that there are some toe tappers on the album, so it wasn’t all wasted time. Still, I could have done with a “normal” live album, instead of two...
Never heared an Irish rock back before, I do like! Like the guitar portion in Emerald. <<dancing in the moonlight, still in love with you.
My initial thought was I really don’t need an hour and 17 minutes of Thin Lizzy in my life. The album confirmed it.
Fav: The Boys Are Back In Town Least Fav: Sha-La-La Way too long, with way too much filler. These factors outweigh the actually good songs and leaves me disappointed for my 100th album
Live albums suck sometimes and this is one of those times.
I’ve never got on with the limited Thin Lizzy I’ve ever heard. I just don’t like Lynott’s vocals and delivery style for whatever reason. Other than that they just seem an ‘ok’ hard rock band. The only tracks I enjoyed were the rock-out/jam style parts in Emerald and Sha-la-la where there were no lyrics. Otherwise it seemed like quite a few songs with a lyrical variation on ‘The boys are back….’ Won’t be heading back here.