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Unfortunately many of these songs are no longer available on spotify :( What I was able to listen to was good tho, like the guys voice. Ah, they sing the boys are back in town, good stuff
Blind album and artist, only know the name. It's okay. Don't lime that the 1st album I heard of this artist was a live one, and it sounds like the band recording was maxed and put on top of the clapping and stuff...? Kind of bothers me compared to other live albums I heard.
In a nutshell: Live and tame. Overall: 3/10
The boys are back in town... again!? 2/5
Good energy and didn’t suck for a live album
Definitely a high quality album thst deserves to be in the book.
That was painful. I don't know if I didn't like it because it was live or because it just wasn't my jam. No tracks I'd save, I suppose 'Boys Are Back in Town' is iconic, but yeah I was not having a good time start to finish.
amazing live album. Great songs, great playing
Thin Lizzy is just awesome, and this album is the perfect showcase of that. Rock on 🤘 😎
Helt kiva bra bas
Underrated band.
meh
I can appreciate that this is an impressive live album, but I'd rather listen to recordings than a live album. Not a fan of the cheering.
Fun live album.
Meh
Great rock, good fun to listen to. Dancing In The Moonlight, Massacre, Still In Love With You (the blues-esque voice is spectacular)
Ganska kul. The Boys Are Back In Town, Massacre, Warriors och Sha-La-La var bäst.
Na
Enjoyed it pretty much all the way through. Wish I'd have heard it earlier
I've always liked Phil and his swagger. This is a fairly standard live rock album though- most of the hits are on here.
Oof that’s some good rock
Gonna sound harsh, but I found this album really boring and tedious. Maybe I’m not a live version guy but I found this pretty bland.
Very good album for a band that I only know one song from. I like the style, both as a band and musically. Some of the songs are a bit too much rocking though without much going on. Favorite song: Cowboy Song. 7/10
Well this is great
oh wow, Thin Lizzy! "Dia dhuit!" I've never listened to them very religiously (or even agnostically) but I'm starting to see why live albums are part of this list. I'm getting more out of "Jailbreak" & "The Boys Are Back" today than I normally get from the oft-heard studio recordings. Canadian rock radio will give you those two songs and nothin else HL: "Jailbreak", "Emerald", "Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight)", "Cowboy Song"/"The Boys Are Back in Town", October 24, 2023
1/5
Bruce Springsteen with sicker guitar and a slightly worse/iconic voice. After a few songs I thought 'this is a boys are back in town beat', lo and behold the song comes on later in the album and they wrote it. Crazy
Wow, lots of guitar solos. My son and I listened on an hour long car journey yesterday. It was a reasonably good experience. I can see these guys probably had a fair bit of influence on some more modern bands. Enjoyed the musicianship and crowd interaction. Took note to listen again to Massacre I think it was… there was a few really good tracks on here and I was glad of the mixture of styles and timings. But those guitar solos… one every 2 or 3 minutes perhaps? Easy on the solos!
amazing
Was not expecting to enjoy this, but surprisingly fun. Did not realize they basically invented having two lead guitarists, and you can really hear that come through in their live set here.
Pleased to see this. I was aware of its reputation, but had never heard it. Really enjoyed it. Far more musical than I expected. Though I don't know why my expectations were low. Definitely one to be on the lookout for. A solid to high 4.
5 stars! The other albums that have got top marks from me were all ones I already knew and loved. This is the first complete surprise for me. I’d only ever heard a handful of Thin Lizzy songs, probably the ones that every other human has heard & I’d never really given the band another thought. So I played this one today curious to hear some more. It started really well, but I was kind of busy pottering around with it on in the background. When ‘Massacre’ came on, I started to pay some closer attention, then the guitar solos on ‘Still in Love with you’ just stopped me in my tracks. Awesome song. The album got a 2nd play later on, under the headphones and without any other distractions. Blown away by it all to be honest. Phil Lynotts vocal and bass incredible. But the song writing and musicianship is so so strong. Plenty of variety here too. Slightly saddened to read on the Wiki review about the contentious amount of studio overdubbing of the live recordings, but it shouldn’t spoil things. It’s a brilliant piece of work, and I can feel the energy they must have had ‘Live’. Why has it taken me this long to realise that this a seriously good band?!
Better than I expected. Gary Moore's guitar playing was excellent. However a few songs did seem to start with similar intros and thought The Boys Are Back In Town was beginning about 3 times before it actually played. Enjoyable, will I revisit? Maybe. A low 3 for destroying my preconceptions of this band. Thank god there was no Whisky in the Jar (or Jarrow if you're that bloke from Metallica) or it would have been a lot lower
i don't like this band. Not un-listenable but so 70s and not even sounding Irish.
Put me back in jail if it means I don't have to listen to this album anymore. Look, I like Thin Lizzy fine. I may even have a fond memory or two of playing their music on Guitar Hero, but I don't need a bloated live album of Thin Lizzy. No one does. And this album isn't even "live." It's a compilation of live shows overdubbed with studio fixes. Again, all fine and good, but this type of album does NOTHING to enhance the average listener's appreciation of the whole wide world of music. No reason to include it on this list.
Neither truly live or dangerous, Lizzy’s big night out is awful bloated for an artist purporting to be thin.
This album is rock and roll at its finest
Boys are back in town! It was nice, pretty fun, but they can go back to their village now. Entertaining at moments, but ultimately quite a boring album.
What a pleasant surprise. I couldn’t listen to the entire album because Spotify had removed several of the tracks from the album, but I got a small taste.
Classic rock is classic. The fact that Huey Lewis played harmonica on this album blew me away. A fun listen.
Good ol' rock 'n' roll, really fun album, nothing too special. Still in Love with You and the transition from Cowboy Song to The Boys Are Back in Town were standout moments for me.
Essential Tracks: The Boys Are Back in Town (Playlist) Massacre Jailbreak Still in Love with You
I didn't like this album, I loved it. Thin Lizzy had their own distinctive sound, with quite a number of hit tracks on this album. The only problem I have with Thin Lizzy is that I need to be in the mood to listen to them, otherwise I could never listen to an album in one go.
Only Thin Lizzy from “The Boys Are Back in Town”. This live album showcased so much more of their work and talent. Loved the energy to this one
I enjoyed the sound of the crowd and love performance. The lead singer had great lyrics and the upbeat tempo made it a fun listen
Anytime I hear Thin Lizzy on the radio, I change the station. I have none of their songs on my playlists. They seem like cheesy disposable 70's rock to me. That said, I didn't hate this album. Massacre is a really good song. Still not something I would listen to again.
Live, sure. Dangerous? Sure. Dangerously boring.
This tour was the second concert I attended ..45 years ago. Still sounds as fresh as on the night. Fantastic front man and the duel guitars make for a great sound never to be forgotten.
"Live and Dangerous" is a live double album by Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. The album was compiled from live performances in London, Philadelphia and Toronto with producer Tony Viscoti who didn't have time to work on a studio album. It was then overdubbed in Paris; the amount of overdubbing is a mystery although some claim upwards of 75% of the album. Commercially, it hit #2 in the UK and, critically, it had widespread acclaim with some considering it one of the best live albums of all time. The album opens up with the crowd chanting on "Jailbreak." Guitar driven and very clean sounding. Actually, all these songs are very clean sounding for a live album. More relentless guitar and solos. It the segues into "Emerald." This is even more fast paced and I noticed how heavy metal this sounds. You hear that on a number of songs. The melody is the king on "Dancing in the Moonlight." The saxophone is more prominent on this version. One of my favorite Thin Lizzy songs. The band goes full throttled fast and hard in "Massacre." Relentless guitar. Bass and drums. It's about the unknown heroes killed in the American plains. A slow acoustic guitar begins "Cowboy Song." This sounds great, very similar to the studio version. It goes right into another big song "The Boys Are Back in Town." Great rhythm guitar. Very nice mixing and production with each instrument coming through. The fourth side showcases the variety in their music. "Suicide" and "Sha-La-La" are mostly metal. They go bluesy in "Baby Drives Me Crazy" with no less than Huey Lewis on the harmonica. I predict this will be the only time Huey Lewis is mentioned in the challenge. The album closes with the hard rockin' "The Rocket." Fantastic drumming. Yeah, this album rocks. The band is tight. The songs are very clean sounding; I don't care how much of it was overdubbed...it sounded great. I was surprised at how hard and heavy they sound. It's no surprise it comes up in some of the best metal live album rankings. If you like a hard rockin' live album, this is a good place to go.
Electric
Pretty cool live album
Probably really good, but only 5 or so songs available in NA on Spotify.
fun live album. Surprisingly, Huey Lewis was announced on the album as playing harmonica for the band, and this was before he formed Huey Lewis and the News.
I HATE this thin guitar tone.
Good album. Recognised some of the songs, but like the live versions of most.
I really expected screaming and shitty long guitar solos but it was a lot more lyric focused than I expected and I didn’t expect much. One of the only loud rock albums I fully enjoyed. Even the guitar solos were still good
Fairly generic rock album. Good for a live album nothing particularly special
Heard before. Took me many tries to get through, still not quite through with it now. I don't know why, but I kinda like it. Can't say why. The melodies are stuck in my head and it seems like a cool crowd, even if it's not from one show or all that live, apparently. + Southbound + Rosalie (Cowgirl's Song) + Massacre + Still In Love With You + Dancing In The Moonlight + The Boys Are Back In Town Probably some more.
Massacre
old school 70s rock. boring.
Better than The Who and Queen. More straight hard rock. Gets boring after an hour, but a forty minute highlights cut would slap. These guys can play. Chugging drums, blazing lead, nice little double lead lines harmonizing guitars. Who and Queen probably better live. Solid late seventies live rock.
I dont like classic rock like this quite boring
This is a decent live album, though I don't feel like the live recording sounds great. It's void of a lot of the energy that I feel is necessary for a live album to really hit. You don't feel any of the crowd energy/excitement and the production feels way too bass-focused, it just sounds super muddy to me. All of that being said, there are a number of solid songs on here and they perform them well. I saw somewhere that there was a remastered version of this somewhere but I'm assuming that's not what's on Apple Music because I feel like they should have addressed some of the production shortcomings (unless some of this was due to the mic setup that was used). I would really like to hear a remixed/remastered version of this one because I feel like that could add a full star to this album. Standout Tracks: Jailbreak, Rosalie/Cowgirl's Song, Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight), Cowboy Song, The Boys Are Back In Town, Suicide, The Rocker
Had to listen on YT. Pro-tip: when you search for this album if you find it in the search results and select play directly from the Google window (under the Videos results), it will expand the video and play it *without* ads! (The video I found was uploaded by MazNour II.) I don't normally love live music as much, but something about this Thin Lizzy performance just really worked for me. Absolutely loved this from start to finish!
"This is uh..."
Started off not as interested but quite liked a couple songs. Especially the slower fiddly stuff, dancing in the moonlight for example
Yep, these guys know how to play instruments that's about all I can say it's pretty meh. I really don't like calling this a live album. RIP Phil Lynott, he was pretty cool.
Not much on Spotify
Favourite Song: The Boys are Back in Town
Good live album, love how you can feel the energy
Day 5 (I think), and the first album we’ve gotten that I don’t own in one form or another. (Yes, I own a Meat Loaf album. I have hoarding issues.) Also the first one I’ve never listened to before, even though it seems like an album I should have and like. A lot critics and bands I like are Thin Lizzy fans. Out of the five or six albums we’ve been assigned here, one would guess that Meat Load would’ve been the album I’ve never heard (though truthfully I’d never listened to entire thing before). Some might even think the Pointer Sisters, but only those who were unaware of my soft spot for disco. I’ve listened to some album cuts from Thin Lizzy, but never gotten into them enough to make it through a full album. Which leads me to the album itself. I don’t have much to say. It didn’t really do it for me. I skipped through sections of songs just to get to the guitar solos. I liked the several hits I already knew. The band sounds good. I think it’s just that the songs weren’t catchy enough for me. And I just didn’t respond to the lead vocals with much feeling. I can see the appeal but I fell asleep before I got to the end. Maybe I’ll give it another try down the road.
I mean, sure. 2.5
Classic rock
Classic album. Phil had the full package, no pun intended
Doesn't really feel like an album to me, more like a compilation (at least the first half). The songs are mediocre, but I liked Dancing In The Moonlight, so there's that
listened to this across 2 days, could not remember a single thing from the previous day when I resumed the album. utmost unremarkable
I like their classics but not a fan of live
Maybe the best live album I've ever listened to.
1/1978 Springsteens idol
Its good, but its not great. Maybe this album set a standard, but it sounds so much like all the other 70s rock, you know? Anyway, its got a few good tracks but it doesnt grab me for some reason. 3/5
With cornball songs like "The Boys are Back in Town" they're about as dangerous as an overfed and declawed arthritic house cat.
Was not a bad album recognized a few of the songs never knew who they were by. Will have to look more into there music.
This was pretty good. Usually live albums are hit or miss, but this was one of the good ones. Good performance and a good collection of songs. I'm not exactly itching for more, but I enjoyed this. 4/5
Can't really say much about this. The songwriting is standard fare, but at least the performances were enticing.
Down-the-middle rock. I miss this.
Har bare hørt et par Thin lizzy låter før, ble positivt overrasket av at det ikke er så corny som de låtene får det til å virke som. Fortsatt ganske corny, altså, men ikke så gæernt som fryktet:) dette er ganske bra, et sted mellom 3 og 4 av 5.
we wpuld thank evrry body for coming especially if yoj xame teice lr three tkmes
Not a fan
I did not realize Thin Lizzy sounded so much like Bruce Springsteen.
Explosive live album! What an underrated hard rock band Thin Lizzy is!
Dug this more than expected, almost got a hint of metal in there some of the riffs reminded me of Iron Maiden. Dudes got a powerful voice and you can feel the swagger. Not reinventing the wheel but a well made controversially "live" album.
BL: Thin Lizzie is not a band I’m particularly passionate about in any way. I remember being about 12 and performing “Jail Break” on stage in front of the rest of our theatre group. They didn’t think too much of it, I didn’t think too much of it. He wanted to learn it cos it was a piece for his grade 3 or 4 guitar I believe. Since that there’s been little to no listening of them from me. I can appreciate “whiskey in the jar” as a song but other than that I don’t think I’d really go out my way to listen to them. AL: there is not much I can say about the content of this album and yet so much around the context of this album. The music? Functional at best, mostly middle of the road music from a couple hit wonder 70s rock band. One track that stood out was “Massacre”, surprisingly good. However my main criticism of this album is it isn’t technically a live album. As a lot of it is overdubbed, not good enough to be a studio album but not a pure live album this stands as a unique but not provocative example of interference. The one thing I will say that’s evident from this is that Phil Lynott is very clearly an amazing frontman, having the crowd wrapped around his finger (unless the cheering is overdubbed too). Wouldn’t recommend a listen to this. Would maybe be better if it was a single album as opposed to a double. FT: “Massacre” 2/5
I only knew Thin Lizzy through the boys are back in town and even that song was totally underwhelming on this album. If you have to select the best performance from several shows AND still have to do overdubs you probably are not good enough a live band to release a live album. This lacks energy in every way, the songs are mediocre as well. Not horrible but will not play again.
Genuinely speaking, I find that live albums fall a bit flat. You don't have the benefit of precise mixing like on the album, and you don't have the energy that you'd get from actually being there in person. That holds true here, too. I do like Thin Lizzy and it was fun hearing a lot of their best songs in one place, but I'd rather be listening to a proper studio production, to be honest.
Love it. I've often heard people say Thin Lizzie is underrated & now I agree. There is some damn good music on this album
почему именно этот лайв альбом непонятно???? у них намного лучше который лайф называеца, он даже более культовый :/. А Ю РЕДИ ТУ РОК А Ю РЕДИ ТУ РИК ИТ АП 6/10 (пушто люблю эту группу)
Very solid album. Great tight music for a live performance and perfect vocals.
It’s cock rock and live so of course they cock it up a bit more. It’s fine, whatever. They’re kinda lame as fuck though, like an Irish Kiss, kinda cool but I hate that I like bits of it. 3 stars I guess
No me guardé ningún tema, pero estuvo bueno escucharlo. Me hizo acordar al Queen rockero.
Pretty decent
Haven’t heard it before. Only bits n bobs. Loved it.
Amazing
Todas me han sonado un poco igual 🥴
Punchy
The biggest and best surprise on this list thus far.
y bueno qsy 7/10
loved it would listen again forgot how many thin lizzy tracks I like. sounded like a great gig.
I mean, it's Thin Lizzy. Phil Lynott is an icon, and Gary Moore is a god
This is one of my favorite albums I've listened to on this journey thus far. It hit so hard! I had no idea that Thin Lizzy was even good, I've only ever heard two songs by them. This is way better than those two.
Ok, now i get it with Thin Lizzy. Their studio albums leave a lot to be desired compared to this “live” record. This is heavy duty, man.
This isn't even available on Spotify. But Thin Lizzy is f'ing awesome.
Är inte så mycket för liveplattor såvida de inte heter 101.
I enjoy Thin Lizzy, but this album really doesn't need to be here. I'm still giving it a 4 because the band was so good.
Er is vermoedelijk nooit zo onbekommerd gerockt als in de jaren zeventig. Gekke pakjes aan en laat de gitaren maar vlammen. Ook deze heren wisten waar ze het halen moesten. Theatraal maar strak. Goed gedaan weer.
Dit is de klassieke stevige rock, nog voordat men ging overdrijven. Bijzonder goed uitgewerkt en sterk samenspel. Ondanks de hoge standaard van de band, weten de gitaarspelers er bovenuit te springen. Het blijft valsspelen zo'n live-album. Het is gewoon een best-of . Of zouden hun studio-albums ook zo'n continue hoge kwaliteit hebben? Ik kijk er naar uit. 4,5 ster.
Geniale muziek dit. Het nasale stemgeluid van Phil Lynott (voor zover hij dat nog kon, het verhaal ging dat hij een gat in zijn neusschot had gesnoven van de coke), de twee gitaren die door elkaar heen gillen. En naast dat het dus een voorbeeld is geweest voor veel metal uit de jaren 80 (whisky in the jar, jailbreak), hebben ze ook een paar geweldige ballads gemaakt, waarbij je gewoon echt meevoelt met waar ze over zingen. Still in love with you, wow, prachtig. Later maakte Lynott nog met zijn maatje Gary Moore (niet op deze cd te horen, maar wel regelmatig betrokken bij Thin Lizzy) het wonderschone Parisienne Walkways. En dan eindigt de plaat met een klassieker, waarop ze willen laten weten dat ze naast gevoelige zielen eigenlijk gewoon rockers zijn. Hele dikke 5 sterren, lekker!
Damn, that's some classic Rock and Roll. This Album is definitely the type of music I love, it's all high energy and has a timelessness feeling to it and the fucking boys are back in town is on here man it's great just for that.
Fun to listen to. Dancing in the moonlight 5/5
Totally decent, but no way essential. Enjoyable listen though.
C+ Jailbreak - 3 Emerald - 2 Southbound - 3 Rosalie / Cowgirl’s Song - 2 Dancing In the Moonlight (It’s Caught Me In Its Spotlight) - 4 Massacre - 4 Still In Love With You - 4 Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed - 2 Cowboy Song - 3 The Boys Are Back In Town - 4 Don’t Believe a Word - 4 Warrior - 3 Are You Ready - 3 Suicide - 3 Sha-La-La - 2 Baby Drives Me Crazy - 2 The Rocker - 2 Usually not a huge fan of live albums, and this definitely could've been shortened by a few tracks, but it was a blast.
oh my god, the guitars!!! brian robertson absolutely murdered his guitar solos and the instrument itself in live and dangerous. thin lizzy is definitely a well-rounded band, so it's not like the other instruments were lackluster or boring. but gosh there was something magical about the guitar in this recording. "still in love with you" and the guitar? are you kidding me?! the energy on this album is HOT. the way the album opens and closes with the cheers allows it to be played on a seamless loop, like a never ending concert. phil lyontt has great audience interaction, even through an audio only recording. by the way, absolutely wild that huey lewis makes a little cameo on the harmonica during "baby drives me crazy"! i'm not mad about it, but i'm just saying i assumed at first it was a different huey lewis.
Here we are again with what feels like an insignificant inclusion of a live album. Yes they sound good, yes it's fantastic 70s hard rock, but does it seem like a significant live album, enough for its inclusion over other Thin Lizzy albums? Not really. So why not just a greatest hits album, if they were going to include this? I don't know. Anyway, I digress, but I enjoyed this so have your stars.
I thought this would be generic early hard rock. It is much better. I actually think these guys were an influence on early ‘70s hard rock. Innovators in good hard driving rock.
Between 2and 3
Better than I was expecting
Dull
I hate it
Dancing in moooonlight
Some great solos and jams, no songs really stood out but not in a bad way?
Honestly pretty good listen
Live albums can be hit or miss. I really enjoyed this. Probably more than any of their albums in full. Nice that it’s not all from the same gig, doesn’t detract. 4/5
PREFS : Jailbreak, Emerald, Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight), Massacre, Cowboy Song, The Boys Are Back In Town, Warriors, Sha La La MOINS PREF: The Rocker
Solid album
This is a benchmark for live albums.
Pure rock and roll. This album had an incredible vibe. Cowboy Song was my favorite on the album.
I love Thin Lizzy but find it really hard to enjoy live albums. Can’t hold it against them though.
Right group, wrong album. Go early young man, go early.
Great live album
This album has got to have been my biggest disappointment from the 1001 albums so far. Previously, I'd heard one song from this album: "The Boys are Back in Town." I heard it on the radio, but I'm thinking it was probably the studio version I heard. My dad told me it was Thin Lizzy, and I remember him saying: "this song is all about the riff" (I'm young- born this century- so a lot of the music on this list is more my dad's era). I agreed with him. The lyrics aren't that great, but the riff has stuck in my head ever since, after only hearing the song that one time (I never heard it again). However, I like my lyrics. It takes more than a good riff for me to like a song. Despite that, the first few tracks left me pleasantly surprised. The lyrics were a lot better, the musicianship was top notch, the energy and overall sound was really my vibe, and I was genuinely thinking this might turn out to be my first five star album so far. However, it only got worse from there. From those first few great songs, all of a sudden the quality of song writing just deteriorated, and I would even say most of the track list is terrible. By the end it was just hard to listen to. Favourite tracks: Emerald, Still In Love With You, Southbound
I really dug this recording. Live recordings are actually not always my favourite but this one had amazing power and urgency. Also since this is a live album it's worth mentioning they didn't mix 'crowd noises' in too heavily.
Finally listened to it more than 2 years after.. september 2025, pretty solid album, I like the deeper notes of his voice 3.5
Great energetic rock!
Awesome album!
Very good, keep getting surprised by live albums
Very solid album/performance
Excellent. Classic rock at it's finest with added live vibes. Would thoroughly recommend.
Mehh
phil lynott and the boys ripping it up on stage. stone cold quality and i couldn’t get enough. minimal banter with the crowd, just thin lizzy doing what they do best… pounding you relentlessly with that sweet sweet rock and roll. highlights: “jailbreak”, “rosalie”, “johnny the fox meets jimmy the weed”, “cowboy song”, “warriors”.
Ugh
The boys are back in town to bore me comepletely
Jailbreak- 3.5/5 Emerald- 4.2/5 Southbound- 4.7/5 Rosalie / Cowgirl's Song- 5/5 Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight)- 5/5 Massacre- 3.4/5 Still in Love With You- 4.7/5 Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed- 3.7/5 Cowboy Song- 4/5 The Boys Are Back in Town- 5/5 Don't Believe a Word- 3/5 Warrior- 3.6/5 Are You Ready- 4.7/5 Suicide- 5/5 Sha-La-La- 4.3/5 Baby Drives Me Crazy- 4.6/5 The Rocker- 4.8/5 Total- 4.3/5
lol this isn't even a real live album, it's a bunch of live recordings with overdubs on top. almost every live album from the 70s that is mythologized is mostly held in that esteem because the very idea of live recordings of rock 'n' roll bands was revolutionary. and they're not bad. but "you must listen before you die"? GTFO with that, boomers.
Fun covers and guitar riffs. They will put you in the right mood on a Friday afternoon.
didnt get this at all originally. turns out southbound is actually the key to immortal life
I feel like I preface live albums with "I don't like live albums but..." so much at this point that I don't even know if I can even rightfully say I don't like live albums anymore. This is a great rock record, I didn't really know Thin Lizzy besides their big radio hits, I didn't realize how heavy they were for the 70s. Performances are great and show virtuosity without being too winding and annoying, songs are catchy and well structured, really good album all the way through.
Loved this album, love them, amazing!
Would have been nice if I could listen to this whole thing on Spotify
Bonne qualité audio pour un album enregistré live. Du rock assez classique pour ce que je peux en juger. Me fait passer un bon moment, sans trop se démarquer
The only Thin Lizzy song I'd heard before today was "Emerald," the b-side to a song that I believe is titled "The Fellas Are Here In Our City Again." I kid, I'd only ever heard "The Boys Are Back in Town," which, for the record, is a very fun song. However, with that tiny sample of their catalog, and with the help of some user reviews, I had a pretty good idea of what I was in for: some okay '70's rock. And I think that's exactly what I got. Aside from Phil Lynott's vocals, not much else stuck out to me on this album. The guitar hooks were fun but unremarkable, the rhythm instruments were just kind of there, and the lyrical content was about what I'd expect from a band whose big hit sounds like it's talking about Danny Zuko and the rest of the T-Birds coming back after serving two years for larceny. I will say that the segue from "Cowboy Song" to "The Boys Are Back in Town" was really slick, which is an admittedly weird thing to admire, but I kind of had to take what I was given here. I don't think this album is bad, but it just takes a back seat to all of the other great things that were coming out in the '70's.
Ya know, for a live album, this was quite enjoyable.
Some fun songs, some others I didn't enjoy.
This album just gave me ass hair
I swear I didn't have a hairy back before listening to this!
I suddenly want to open a Pabst, buy leather pants and ride a motorcycle until the end of time.
Mah...
I really like how it almost felt like I was actually at the concert with how the songs flowed into each other
My parents loved thin Lizzy and this album was on constant rotation in my house. Weird how some songs I can barely remember and some songs put me straight in my kitchen at 8 years old, guess that's how kids minds work. Sure there's a good dollop of nostalgia in this but I think Thin Lizzy are probably the coolest band there is. As anthemic as all of the other classic rock but more varied, great guitar work and a band that clearly sound amazing live. Would be high up on my dream festival bill.
Pleasantly surprised. Very listenable, and very few songs feel like throwaways. I did not like Are You Ready? but the vast majority were overall enjoyable.
Not a fan of live albums but apparently this was overdubbed so it sounded better than usual live albums. That doesn't really make it a live album and I can see why it rubbed people the wrong way. The album is incredibly long but there's some good guitar work here. Don't think I'd listen to it again though.
This was completely different to what I was expecting. I thought thin Lizzy were more kinda cheesy stadium rock. How wrong I was. Thought this was really good overall.
Just can’t get into this style of classic rock
Classic radio rock
Excellent, great production and fantastic performances of great songs
love Thin Lizzy, but prefer the studio albums
This is just superb. Phil Lynott's comment about 'girls want a bit more Irish in them' aside (it was of its time), this is a raucous, guitar-heavy celebration of 1970s rock, and I am here for it. A dad-rock joy.
Download Festival 2011, Thin Lizzy on the main stage. Me on my friends shoulders as they play "Boys are Back in Town" which is kinda funny since that friend hadn't realised by that point they were a woman all along, and have since transitioned. I'm in my festival poncho and jester hat, and get featured on the main screen. We go wild!! It was even shown on the highlights on Kerrang, and that still image took ages for me to screenshot and save. That was my Facebook profile photo for years on end. A core memory. The albums just alright.
While I'm typically opposed to Live/ Greatest Hits albums being included on this list, and especially ones that aren't truly live and have been overdubbed, I found this was a very nice intro to Thin Lizzy. I was previously only familiar with the hits
awesome, wasn't familiar with the live versions, even better than studio
The album itself was ok, but it’s just not something I’d pick up and listen to. Ok background music though. Listen again: probably not Purchase for my collection: no Favourite Song: Still In Love With You Worst Song:
A couple of good tracks
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I honestly enjoyed this way more than I thought I was going to.
This is well made but the songs are not great.
Favorite song Still in love with you
Went in expecting to hate it. Not a big fan of 80s rock. Heard most of the songs a thousand times. But, I enjoyed it. Probably because it was live. Best song: Southbound
When I first started this review project and was generated my first live album, I was confused as I thought that surely the studio albums would be the better option. However, some of my favourite albums have since ended up being live (Cheap Trick Live at Budokan was incredible!). With that in mind, let’s see how Thin Lizzy sound! Songs I already knew: Jailbreak, The Boys Are Back In Town Favourites: The Boys Are Back In Town, Still In Love With You Thankfully, we have here another fantastic live album. Phil Lynott’s vocals are perfect throughout - there is genuinely nothing I can fault with the singing at all. The guitars are great throughout, and the solo of Still In Love With You deserves a mention - the song is a ballad, but the solo is face melting! My only complaint is that the last quarter of the album didn’t feel quite as interesting as the rest so my attention did admittedly start to waver. Overall, a very good, fun album.
They just wanted to slap another live album on the list so they reached into a bag blind and pulled this out
Enough of the live albums cmon list
cap live album
Much as I love Thin Lizzy and knew a lot of the songs I could’ve done without a very long live album. if it indeed can be called live. Too long, too many guitar solos, wore my patience a bit thin. Their singles are absolute belters though. But I prefer smaller doses.
The Boys are Back in Town is an all-time favorite. The album was enjoyable, even with the shenanigans that come with a live album.
The album cover could have been from Spinal Tap — just so over the top cock rock. Cracked me up. The band is killer, drummer is great, not going to make it to my all-time list of faves, but put me down as a Thin Lizzy fan. I'd have awarded this a 3.5, but as that's not an option, this gets a 4 because I enjoyed the ride.
I certainly knew the name Thin Lizzy, and it turns out, I knew them from the song "The Boys Are Back in Town." But other than that, I went into this totally blind. At first, I kind of rolled my eyes and wondered why this was on this list. The band can certainly play, though none of the songs seemed very inspired or interesting. But I don't know, it has it charms, too. I soon found myself nodding along to a couple of tracks. "Massacre" was pretty great, and it reminded me of early U2. A couple other songs had me thinking, "Oh, that's actually kind of cool." The drum solo was even kind of fun. I know there is some controversy over how much of this was recorded live and how much of it was overdubbed later. Whatever. It was perhaps more of a deep dive into the band than I needed, and I could have used a less weedly-weedly guitar solos, but at the end of the day, I'm glad I heard it. Maybe if I listened again, I'd get more out of it.
While not exactly my style of music, there is something raucous and fun about Thin Lizzy.
What an incredible live album. Pure energy start to finish. Crank it up and hold on. Excellent!
Quality drops towards the end but the first 3/4 is very good.
One of the best live albums I’ve ever heard. Philly Lynott’s bass lines and vocals are stellar, the guitar solos are killer, and drums are tight and in the pocket. Standouts: Jailbreak, Emerald, Rosalie / Cowgirl’s Song, Cowboy Song, Suicide, Baby Drives Me Crazy, and The Rocker.
A couple fun ones, but kinda bland and repetitive.
Can't believe how much I loved this
Vähemmän äijää, kuin muistelin. Ilahduttava perjantaiaamupäivän kokonaisuus.
Yks parahaista live-levyist. Jytää! 4/5
Oli lopulta ihan jees rockia, vaikka puolessa välissä meinasin tylsistyä. Bangerit olikin loppupuolella. Sanotaan 2,5/5.
En vieläkään tiedä livelevyistä, mutta eipä tässä liveisyys liikoja haitannut. Klassista rokkailua, sopii perjantaihin. 3/5, melkein nelonen.
The one and only Huey Lewis on harmonica for Baby Drives Me Crazy.
Raucous fun. Note to self, listen to more Thin Lizzy
Well, the cover terrified me and I didn't expect anything good. Anyway, it was quite fun.
This is one of those times where I had to listen to an album I never would have freely chosen, and this time I was right. While this is never a bad album, it never caught my attention beyond being a whole lot of unmemorable mid-70s guitar rock to me.
For a live album, I thought that it was a pretty good one. For me, the rockin' from the 70s only goes so far on my enjoyment scale. In small slices, I can really rock out, but then it just seems to get less and less interesting. So, my appreciation for this album is limited.
I had fun rocking out to this album. I think it would have been a heck of a thing to experience live. I did feel though that the songs were a little samey-samey and the hour and twenty minutes felt long.
Missing this is now the great regret of my pre-teen years. Love the cover photo! Love the music! Holy shit these guys tear up the stage! Best live album ever? YES YES YES YES B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-BABY RIP IT UP!
This album rules. Might be the best way to introduce someone to this band.
I'm not a Thin Lizzy fan...and I don’t usually like live albums….but, this album, pulls it off. A good selection of songs, performed well in front of a crowd. After this listen, i just might pay more attention to other Thin Lizzy albums. Surprised. I am. 3/5
If you’ve ever been listening to ‘Jailbreak’ or ‘Boys are back in town’ and thought to yourself wow I wish I could hear live versions of these classic rock tracks plus one hour ten minutes more of other ones by Thin Lizzy this is the album for you
I like live albums with lots of energy! I like the songs I know! I like people named Lizzie!
Better than I expected
A great live album striking the right balance between tune and embellishment.
Classic album, just had a 118 remastered album released as i listen.
Very cool "live" album, it really succeeds in showing the strengths of Thin Lizzy. Too bad it's been doctored this much, I would've enjoyed it a bit more if it felt a bit more organic. Still very representative of Thin Lizzy at it's finest 8 out of 10
I had heard of Thin Lizzy and a couple of their songs but didn't know or remember much more. It's definitely 70s rock and sounds like it was fun. Not the band's fault at all, but because I grew up on this sound and have heard it for decades, and because I have for quite some time now listened to all sorts of music often with a lot of complexity to it, it's really hard for my ears to hear it as interesting. Just too many soundalikes out there. The band performs very well, so again, not a reflection of them. Just oversaturation to my listening ears.
Great album if you're in the garage working on your car. But I'm not. Pretty solid guitar riffs though.
2.5/5 nothing special just 70s rock
Fun. Long. Not all the hits.
Not a fan of live albums
I love Thin Lizzy.
Such an underrated band and huge influence on the NWOBHM. 4+.
Lekkere rockmuziek. Helaas vind ik live registraties niet zo fijn. ***
This guy has about the best voice and delivery in rock.
I don't love live albums, and I hope that this isn't the only Thin Lizzy entry on this list. But as far as live albums go, this one is great, partly because Thin Lizzy was just so killer live and have so many great songs. It's well recorded, and it captures their energy really well. Had a blast listening to this.
Far more enjoyable than I imagined. Even live, this band sound so good.
Really liked this album. Great live album with lots of good tracks. 4/5
Liked it, classic rock
Lots of guitar solos. Actually this was pretty solid. And I have not heard much of this band before.
I got as far as the second track and its terrible intro and bailed. Rock music can be a terrible thing, if this album is anything to go by. Plodding, predictable and overdone.
All metal is shit, right? Apart from Thin Lizzy. I was going to write some snark such as Live and Dangerous? Live and Limp, more like. But this is half decent for a genre I don't give a stuff about. OK, so it may not actually be live. *shhhhh* Neither was The Style Council's Home and Abroad. And that was bloody awful. I'd take Thin Lizzy over that, any day.
Good energy on this live album, but nothing else too remarkable to set it apart from anything else. Still, not a bad listen by any means. 3/5.
for me this is a lot of 70s hard rock all at once, but it's good 70s hard rock. 7/10
7/10. When I see an artist's name, I make some assumptions about the album. From "Thin Lizzy" I figured this would probably be a female lead singer/solo act, and be pirate music. I'd say I was about 20% right, because the band was Irish
Cowboy Song and Boys Are Back in Town are pretty much the only tracks I cared about in this 77 minute live (but not entirely live) album. 6/10
This is an odd choice, the only album on the list by this band is a live recording, or rather a series of recorded concerts. If the original songs are not good enough to make the list how do live versions make them better. Thin Lizzy were a very good band, they found their sweet spot with the twin leads but it was all down to the charisma of Phil Lynott. This collection showcases how good they could be live. It would have been better to just record one concert and tinker with that rather than tinker with several - or better still leave it raw as concert goers experienced it.
I have a negative bias towards hard rock, but if I focus on the music on its own, it was alright.
I fucking hate live albums... It's ok. Would probably give this a 3 maybe a 4 if it was a studio album. That is the only thing keeping this thing from being a 1 2/5
surprisingly listenable. may have to come back and listen to the rest of the album
Fine live record but it's nothing special no idea why this is here
Does what it says on the tin..
I'm not a big fan. I do sometimes like this genre, but this one feels a bit less exciting than others
Classic rock, with just a bit of a harder edge
this album kind of requires that you like thin lizzy. some good ones on here, but they're not necessarily always my cup of tea. fun listen, though, and cool to hear the crowd engaged
live albums are super super hit or miss and this one didn't really do anything for me, definitely has some of their better tracks but i don't feel this is an improvement over the studio versions
This is where the hold steady got it
Some great songs, just not a huge fan of live albums
Good classic rock album.
This is a rock band at its peak. It’s live; they play loud; there’s a touch of metal, a song about cowboys, ballads, and that one jam you can sing along to. Delightful.
Seemed like pretty regular rock, nothing particularly special or unique about it. And an automatic deduction for being a live album.
Alright
Started out not liking it, but it grew on me.
Holy shit that was good. I had only heard "Boys are back in town" on the radio. I'm actively pissed at my classic rock stations for not carrying more of their songs.
I was a bit unsure of this as I started listening, frankly I think it starts off pretty weak with Jailbreak (an OK song) and Emerald (pass) We then get a couple of great songs in a row including a great love song Still In Love With You. We also hear the famous The Boys are Back In Town, which is the rare live version that I enjoy as much as the original. Ending is a bit weak imho, but not bad overall. Definitely would relisten to a few tracks, but not the whole album.
vagg og velta. ryþmi og melódía. allt í lagi. 3,5.
Only partially in Spotify
Oof, not sure about this. I can enjoy one or two Thin Lizzy songs as it goes, they're fun. But 17 in a row? No. For what is basically a best of compilation, I only recognised two songs I think. By the time the boys were back in town I'd spiritually gone home because I was bored. By Warriors, you can throw as many virtuosic guitar solos at me as you want, because I've mentally checked out completely. Checks - 5 songs left. Ok, we can do this. Songs that broke the mold and so I enjoyed: Massacre, Emerald.
it’s pretty cool but there’s only so much i can take
What an album! Great songs, instrumentals & production
This album was live, dangerous, and absolutely rocked. THIN LIZZY!!! Guitar solos to melt your face off and epic drum solos. 5 stars
Amazing. Great energy, great recording. Probably the best live album i've ever heard
Yeah, like the hits but it was a bit of a slog.
Honestly, why are live albums in the book? Most of them don't bring anything new to the table.
A live album. Joy. Decent-enough tracks, clearly a talented outfit, but not something I'd get excited by and an immediate 1 star review by virtue of being a live album. Maybe 2 for not being painful?
Today's album was a much welcomed change from the garbage that I've been getting lately. I love Thin Lizzy, they are a super underrated classic rock band from Ireland. Their music has everything you want from classic rock: stellar vocals, guitar solos, drum solos, leather, smoke, and sex appeal. Hell, second song in, the singer is asking women in the audience if they'd wanna bang. This live album is a compilation of the best bits from three separate shows they played: the Tower Theatre in Pennsylvania, the Hammersmith Odeon in London, and the Rainbow Theatre in London. That said, it contains all of their hits, plus some stuff I hadn't heard before, but was equally as awesome. One song even featured Huey Lewis on harmonica (Baby Drives Me Crazy)! Overall, a phenomenal record! Who cares if they overdubbed applause, it is the music and energy that shines through! Listened to it 3 times today, and will definately listen again in the future. Favourite songs: Cowboy Song, The Boys Are Back In Town, Dancing in the Moonlight, Jailbreak, Massacre, Rosalie (Cowgirl's Song), Emerald, Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed, Suicide, Baby Drives Me Crazy Least favourite songs: Sha-La-La, Still in Love With You 5/5
Не могу поверить, что я выдержал час с лишним однотипной музыки. Ладно, справедливости ради, она далеко не вся однотипная, ибо члены группы явно знают, как не наскучить звуком и поддерживать формулу песен интересной. Каждое соло здесь исполнено идеально (особенно барабанное), вокал в меру эксентричный и почти что не приедается, но, как мне кажется, альбом всё-таки немного затянут. Да, инструментал исполнен безупречно, но всему должен быть лимит. В общем и целом альбом очень энергичный и не заставит заскучать. (7.5)
Really wanted to give this 3. 5 great album but just struggle with the hype around it.
Live album - automatic 1
5/5. What a fun and energetic live album. Never a huge fan of thin lizzy but this just covers all the bases for a live album and is just greatest hits but better.
Live albums are hard to appreciate, and this is no exception to that. The album seems like they had a good time, the crowd seemed like they had a good time, but that is just it. The listener of this live album, did not have a good time. Expectations were already low, and perhaps a little bias is here in that this album had been touted as one of the best live albums to ever be produced. The metrics used to determine that are unknown, but from a listeners' perspective, the album was just a live album. Did this impact the way live albums were produced going forward? No indicators there. Is Thin Lizzy culturally relevant at the time? Yes, and this album was produced at their peak. Recognizable hits like "The Boys Are Back In Town" sounded better on their respective albums, the nostalgic trip was a little too familiar. Live albums should (as a matter of opinion) convey a little more of the heart and soul of a band's catalog that is hidden from a studio production. Not so much of that was here, exceptions being crowd engagement in between songs. Maybe that is what a live album is, but in the year of our Lord, 2023, the expectation that this was an arguably great live album is no longer met.
Goede hits, lekkere rock. Goed bezig
Great live album
Álbum ao vivo muito bem executado. A escolha das músicas e sequência das músicas demonstraram a categoria do rock da banda.
Maybe I’ve never been a 70s hard rock fan. Or a live album fan. I’m doing this project to try to explore more. But I was glad when this album was over. Every song just felt almost indistinguishable from the next and from any other hard rock band of the time.
Otro disco en directo y que además no está completo en Spotify. No suena mal y está entretenido. Con "The Boys Are Back in Town", "Cowboy Song" o "Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight)" es suficiente para tener 3 estrellas. Aunque no creo que sea un disco imprescindible.
Not a huge fan, but I can see the appeal of this as a live album.
I said no live albums. Especially not this one. It’s sloppy.
A great introduction to Thin Lizzy 3 Only half of it is availible on spotify tho. But that half is pretty great so whatever. 4
Well, I don't generally like live albums, and I don't generally like double albums, so we're not off to a great start here. Overall, I feel the same way about this that I feel about most live albums. This sounds like a fucking kick ass concert to be at, and the recording of it doesn't really do it justice. 3/5 Please stop sending me double live albums, I have no use for them
More like a 2.5 but overall enjoyed more than expected. I thought they were more metal for some reason, proven wrong!
This was really fun. It’s a bit long at an hour and seventeen minutes but basically every song rips.
For an album that didn’t fit my vibe i gotta say it’s pretty good
Solid, no problems with it but likely wont return
Seth MacFarlane is a borderline 21st century genius. Peter Griffin is up there with Frank Costanza as one of the greatest of comic characters. Where am I going with this? We have a nice little riff going in our house where upon hearing a particular type of song, we nominate it as a Peter Griffin type song, one that he'd funk out to with Cleveland etc. Listening to this took me to Kiss Alive and Rock and Roll Allnite, comfy bedfellows the Lizz and the boys in face paint, and they are purveyors of Peter Griffin type rocking out madness par excellence. Here we are post Cream/Yes/Deep Purple et al and the riffing in unison style of stuff (much beloved by Spinal Tap) but pre hair metal and all that palaver. The thing with these bands is that they could play, were tight, well rehearsed and had played in every gin joint and bar she'd ever avoided walking into. Clearly this record shows that a gig with Phil and boys was always going to be a good night out, even if towards the end you started hanging out at the bar, going the chat with the one with the nice blue eye shadow and Farrah Fawcett hair. What's the problem then pop fans? Firstly no good songs bar Jailbreak, their cover of Rosalie and of course The Boys Are Back. They were limited songwriters period. Secondly, they clearly got stuck in with a particular sound and arrangements and just could not bust out, or didn't have the ability to bust out.
Even though I never really listened to this band, they somehow seem to have the archetypal 70s hard rock sound. Enjoyable in bursts, and the live energy on this album is great (as is the mix, at least for the time).
This album was recorded at concerts in 1976/77 & released in June 1978. In October 1978, I was one of 100,000 people who saw Thin Lizzy at the free 2SM Rocktober concert, in the forecourt of Sydney Opera House. I have to say I was more interested in the support bands Sports, from Melbourne, & American band Wha-Koo, whose lead singer, David Palmer, had sung lead on the Steely Dan classic, Dirty Work. Wha-Koo were dreadful. It was Thin Lizzy’s concert for the taking. I imagine the set-list would not have been too different to this album. The line up, however had changed - Brian Robertson had quit the band when this album was released, replaced by Gary Moore. The twin-guitar thing was a killer. Unsurprisingly, the album sounds great - it was produced by Tony Visconti. I never thought Lizzy wrote great songs, except for The Boys Are Back In Town, but they make up for it with their gung-ho approach here. As live double-albums go, this one’s a real winner.
I've struggled with what to say about Thin Lizzy. I came across a review of the Jailbreak album by Marty Sartini Garner (https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/thin-lizzy-jailbreak/) which helped me bring my feelings into focus, and really applicable to Live and Dangerous. I shall now quote liberally: "Like many songs of its era, “The Boys Are Back in Town” evangelizes the poseur myth of rock’n’roll: It wants you to believe that the music can whisk you away from who you actually are. … Thin Lizzy’s unwavering belief in their power as a band and the simple joy they get from playing together is so strong, it nearly makes the legend feel like it’s worth believing in, no matter if you know how all of these stories pan out. Who wouldn’t want to feel this free, even if the freedom dies the moment the record’s over? …. The band is simply too happy, too taken by how much they enjoy what they’re doing—both the music they were making and the way it allowed them to see themselves—for the power and aggression of these songs to come across as truly dangerous or liberating. … In effect, it turned the band into something like professional wrestlers working the circuit—the muscles they flex are real, the fights themselves aren’t, and they can still feel the humming in their bodies for days afterward. They knew how to use this to their artistic advantage. On its surface, [“Jailbreak”] serves as a warning shot, the cry before the battle: “Tonight there’s gonna be trouble,” Lynott promises. It’s tough-guy shit, but it’s impossible to believe. All four of them are strutting, making a show of how easily they can control their power. This swagger—the knowingness of it, how plainly they telegraph their pleasure—is absurd; escaping prison has never sounded less risky. The original Thin Lizzy played with David Bowie and Slade, and Lynott’s experience observing expert showmen up close, as well as the band’s own connection with their audience, let them embrace the absurdity of living one’s life as a rock star. It’s a trait they shared with ZZ Top, and it’s what makes Lynott as irresistible on “Jailbreak” as Billy Gibbons is on “La Grange.” He’s clearly having a ball, savoring the posture of the chorus as he leans deep into the words “Don’t you be around,” practically cooing for the listener in a way that is anything but threatening. He obviously wants you to be around. … Lynott enjoyed a reputation as a poetic lyricist, and his rakishness has an air about it that is popularly associated with poetry, or maybe just with poets: He implies a self-contained sensuality, a somewhat tragic devotion to love, a presumed dedication to deeper things. Put another way: He was a little pretentious. It’s certainly a way of saying that his lyrics were usually decent at best, but that pretension makes him a compelling figure; it gives these songs a charge they would lack in hands that weren’t so silky." This really put a finger on what I liked (and also disliked about this album); they have rock and roll swagger to burn. They are tight and heavy, and can swing, and they are having a ball. They play the rock and roll outlaw bad-boy image for all it is worth, although (and this is the key point of the review that spoke to me), _nobody_ really believes it. But they are having a blast, and they are inviting the audience to have a blast with them. I listened through to this, and then checked out the footage of their 1978 gig at the Sydney Opera House (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aif_E102wU&t=2174s), and man, they could tear it up. And the audience seems to be having a pretty great time. How live is this album? While there is certainly some post-production overdubbing and polishing (a lot less than on Kiss Alive, I suspect), this is a great sounding record, and the excitement comes through. I was reading up, and apparently the track Southbound was a soundcheck recording, and you can really hear the difference in energy level. The band is really feeding off the audience, and the energy level is really high. The twin guitar attack is tight and exciting (I enjoyed Robertson and Gorham trading fours on Emerald), and helps establish the blueprint that clearly influential on New Wave of British Heavy Metal and the bands that develop after that. Producer Tony Visconti has given the whole album a terrific sheen without compromising on the visceral excitement. Thin Lizzy had toured with Slade and Bowie prior to this, and learned a lot about stagecraft. Apparently Chas Chandler (then Slade's manager) threatened to throw Thin Lizzy off the tour because of Phil Lynott's poor stage presence and lack of interaction with the audience. How far he came in just a few years! You can hear on this record (and see on the Opera House footage) how he could work a crowd. Clearly, they were a terrific live band and a really great night out, I'm sure. It's a pity the songs are a bit weak. Well played, but a bit rote, and clearly just posturing at being dangerous. This also suffers from the problem of most double albums; too long, too much filler. Given their tendency to rely on their arrangements, this could have easily been trimmed to a tight and terrific single album, where the lack of variety would not have been quite as evident. Still, highlights for me include Jailbreak, Emerald, Massacre, Still in Love with you (cheesy though it might be), Suicide, and, of course, The Boys are Back in Town. Surprising cameo from Huey Lewis on harmonic on Baby Drives Me Crazy, a purely filler audience participation song that I would cut in a heartbeat. So, I found this album energetic and fun while listening to it, but it dissolves like fairy floss as soon as it is over. Three stars.
Additional notes. Add them before you vote using the stars below. Welcome to the Afterfuture Mike Ladd 4 Global reviews I liked Phil Lynott, he was taken too soon. I actually prefer the studio versions of most of these songs but there's no denying the live versions bring a lot of energy not to mention some amazing guitar snd drum virtuosity
Highlight: The Boys Are Back In Town
3.5 generyczny rock, "The boys are back in town" klasyka.
Not the Thin Lizzy album I would have liked to hear today, but it's pretty enjoyable. I was prepared not to like it, and I do agree that the "overdubbing" gives the album somewhat of an uncanny, live-not-live feel. Like something is just off about it. But then you know, I listened, and these songs still rock. I'd probably recommend the studio albums, which have better production, but you can't deny that TL were pretty awesome. Fave Songs: Emerald, Massacre, Cowboy Song, Still in Love with You, Suicide, Don't Believe a Word, Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed, The Boys Are Back in Town
Basic. Inauthentic. Shit.
notes - live album by irish rock band thin lizzy - drums are SO GROOVY - really incredible instrumentalists - There’s some debates about whether or not the album was really “live” - a couple songs here are real standouts but none are awful - Very consistent if a bit long fav - still in love with you - pink floyd vibes a bit least fav - johnny the fox - funny but definitely not my fav song 3/5 - enjoyable but can only see myself going back to a couple songs
This album is an absolute banger. I'd only really listened to Jailbreak before, but I'm definitely checking out more Thin Lizzy albums now. So many big, big tunes in here. Massacre is fucking great! Jailbreak is a tune! Emerald is utterly badass! All the guitars are awesome. The squealing guitar solos are SO my jam. Phil Lynott's vocals are iconic. Do I want it to lose a star for not being fully live...? No, I enjoyed it way too much for that. A great discovery, this.
Typical 70's "Foghat Rule" album - double, live. The sound on this is really weird - apparently they overdubbed most of it in the studio and just left in the drums and audience noise from the live shows? You can tell the sound is really off. If you like Thin Lizzy I'm sure this is a fantastic record. Unfortunately, I don't like Thin Lizzy...
I like the parts that sound like Van Morrison. I don’t like the parts that sound like Kiss. This whole record is pretty standard toolbox rock but Lynott’s voice stands out as something unique among the standard 70s hard rock sounds.
Loud, raucous and a hell of a lot of fun. Phil Lynott’s charisma and talent are evident even in a purely audio format.