Reviews (page 4 of 13)
Ну ок, это, вероятно, был великолепный энергичный концерт, особенно для фанатов. Но это никак не может быть одним из ЛУЧШИХ альбомов, даже этой группы, потому что это лайв!
How i never Heard of this band before? They were so influential for all rock and metal history. A black leadsinger. The songs are legendary. Simply amazing.
I was living for those live guitar riffs.
Really classic rock and roll tunes with an all timer in the boys are back in town. Had a lot of fun with this one even if it doesn’t really make you think too much.
Though I didn't know any of the songs on here before listening to it, there were still plenty of energetic and good performances (I especially liked the drummer on multiple tracks)
On vinyl
I listened to this while writing my letter of resignation! I loved this album. My dad likes it too.
Not for me. Interesting how much of this is dubbed in the studio. It makes the quality better but still has the live album vibe j don’t like. Can’t be mad at Boys are Back in Town tho.
Good hard rock, but unfortunately the sound quality isn't great. That said, it's a fun listen. Great guitar parts and maybe the world's only Black, Irish frontman lead the way. A few of the songs reminded me of Foghat.
This rocked. I only knew a couple of songs but enjoyed most of this even if it was a little long overall. The guitar solo in “Still in Love With You” was excellent.
I think the live albums have been pretty good and this should not be punished for its place in the lineup! That said some parts of it were long and not overly engaging but other parts! Were good!!
This is getting 2 stars because it wasn’t enough to pull me away from Mr Styles (sorry not sorry maybe actually sorry)
My favourite of the live albums by far, even if only because this one felt so much more full of life and urgent. I can’t say that I loved any of the songs but it exceeded my expectations I’m sorry that it provoked anti-Irish hate I liked that this one actually sounded like a live show that it might have been fun to attend
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!
First time I hear about this band, and this is good
What is the appeal?
I don't know if I would consider Thin Lizzy a must hear band in your lifetime, there are quite a number of 70s rock bands that sound similar. That being said this was a good album and if you're going to pick any Thin Lizzy album to include, this would be the one.
No. 379/1001 Jailbreak 4/5 Emerald 3/5 Southbound 4/5 Rosalie 4/5 Dancing In The Moonlight 4/5 Massacre 4/5 Still In Love With You 4/5 Jhonny The Fox Meets Jimmy 3/5 Cowboy Song 4/5 The Boys Are Back In Town 4/5 Don't Believe A Word 3/5 Warriors 3/5 Are You Ready? 4/5 Suicide 4/5 Sha-La-La 3/5 Baby Drives Me Crazy 3/5 The Rocker 3/5 Average: 3,59 Not the biggest fan of live albums, but this was actually really good.
1978 год, и Thin Lizzy выпускают один из самых заряженных живых альбомов в истории рока. Записан в основном в Hammersmith Odeon в ноябре 1976-го — там, где зал и сцена буквально дышат друг в друга. Фил Линотт был редким явлением: чернокожий фронтмен в британском хард-роке, харизма которого пробивала стены. Горэм и Робертсон на двух гитарах плели такие гармонии, что студийные версии тех же песен после этого звучат бледновато. Честность требует оговорки: продюсер Тони Висконти потом признавал, что студийных доработок там было немало. Но знаешь что — не важно. "Jailbreak", "The Boys Are Back in Town", "Rosalie" — всё это звучит так, будто тебя схватили за шкирку и не отпускают сорок минут. Живой или нет, но этот альбом до сих пор поднимает с дивана.
Wow! I bet this was awesome to hear live! Sounds like they put on a great show.
Some good songs.
This might be one of the best live albums I’ve ever heard, maybe I just got this on the right day and time but it was great
Not my thing.
WOAH! i like irish rock?
3.3 Start off with the classic line of I don't think live albums should be on here except in extreme circumstances. This doesn't feel extreme. Doesn't help that the fidelity is not the best. Music itself, I enjoyed the more metally bits. Emerald, Massacre etc. Never bothered with these guys before but that guitarist can really shred. This is offset by too many pretty naff slow ballad-esque ones. Overall it's good, but don't think I'll be revisiting.
So this is a live album but its a mashup of performances from different shows. That's cheating. The fact that it's live doesn't even add anything. Sometimes they'll say something cheeky between songs and then there's a polite applause after each track, which is actually just annoying. You would think if they are cherry picking from different gigs they would choose ones with more energy. The singing also pisses me off. He sounds exactly like someone who would wear those leather pants. The guitars are impressive i guess but cliche. Towards the end of the album I feel like I'm listening to a pantomime. Cringe.
Favorites: Favorites: Southbound Cowboy Song The Boys are Back in Town Don't Believe a Word
This might be my favorite live album we've gotten so far. The only song that I recognized was The Boys are Back in Town, which sounded alarmingly similar to the studio version that I'm familiar with, which makes me think the concert itself would have been boring but the record turned out alright.
It's live, not sure about dangerous though. I think it works pretty well as a live album, but it didn't blow me away. Pretty good.
I'm LOVING this vibe - I don't care if it's been dubbed over, a really good album for solos and also just to listen to
Great
I just knew a pair of Thin Lizzy songs and I was not a great fan of the band, but listen this album changed my mind. A great band, pure rock and roll, fun, full of energy, cool to sing along... I'ma new Thin Lizzy fan
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
3+
holy lord another 70s rock album
Familiar with this one. A great heavy band with a not inconsiderable gift for pop tunes.
It was almost 80 minutes long and I still didn't want it to end. The catchy songs and charisma left me wanting to play it again and again.
не особо слушал их, и наверное и не буду.
Oeh een livealbum. Best goede manier om een nieuwe artiest te leren kennen, was hier alleen bekend met "The Boys are Back in Town". Lekker energieke gitarenherrie, miss beetje te glam voor mijn smaak. En had het na 5 kwartier ook wel weer gehoord op zich. Zou het nog weleens opzetten
I was surprised by this one- powerful rock music with really skilled instrumentation. A lot of energy and some big hits
Sounds like a show I would have had a lot of fun at. I can see why this is on the list
Lekkere muziek maar ik ben over het algemeen niet van de live albums. Zeker niet als ik het concert zelf niet heb bezocht.
"Live And Dangerous" ticks off all the boxes on what a great live album is supposed to be. Energetic, it offers fresh takes on their songs, even if some of it was overdubbed in a studio. The band performs strongly, combining well-mixed instrumentals with catchy melodies.
Thin Lizzy is terribly underappreciated so I'm glad they made the list. A live double album is an interesting choice though. Jailbreak is an awesome song. Did Phil Lynott invent the "little Irish in ya?" joke? This Bob Segar cover is as much Segar as is on the whole list. I don't understand rock musicians' fascination with the Old West. These guys are more intense about it than most (excluding terrible Bon Jovi). Cowboy Song and anything by Bob Dylan gets a pass on the Old West thing. They must have been hyped to play live because it feels like every song is just a hair faster than the album version. The Boys are Back in Town is their biggest hit but not even close to the most listened to song off this album. The drum solo on Sha-La-La is too long. Huey Lewis was the harmonica player for the show they recorded Baby Drives Me Crazy at!
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
3.5
Very solid live album. You could really feel the energy on The Boys Are Back In Town, and Still in Love with You is beautiful. Definitely recommend.
Very similar to Black Sabbath, but more fruity.
I didn’t get all the way through this one. I’ve never really been much of Thin Lizzy fan, and this live album did nothing to change that for me.
Great album with many songs I liked. Prefer live music. This album also matches my preferences. Hard rock, crooners, and most recently country are my top three genres. Rock guitar and great hooks. 2 songs added to playlist.
A kickass live album that really deepened my appreciation for Thin Lizzy. Lots to love here.
I don't think some of the hits I've been listening to over the years were them, great album
outro album ao vivo -_- FAVS (top 3): rosalie (cowgirls song), still in love with you, cowboy song mençoes honrosas: jailbreak, southbound, massacre, the boys are back in town, sha-la-la, the rocker GENTE mds MUITO bom que guitarras deliciosas mt bom, nao senti mt a pegada do ao vivo, so qnd ele falava aii essa é a musica sei la oq mas de todo jeito tudo bem; engraçado q tem 1h16 e passou rapidinho... qnd é bom é assim msm nota final: 4/5
Great band with lots of hits. But I kind of wish they had chosen one or two studio albums of Thin Lizzy, instead of only this one live album.
Pretty fun live album
Нахуя это тут
Pah
First exposure outside of their biggest songs, and I'm genuinely surprised how good Thin Lizzy are.
Album unavailable
LOVE! Pure energy ! A great live LP.
I mean it was alright. Probably helped that it wasn't really a live album.
Every track after 20 seconds: hell yeah! get down! Every track after 1 minute: it's kinda boring now, actually.
5/10
Oops I forgot to listen to this one. Boys are back in town is a good song tho
Liked the first 2/3 of the album in terms of good vocals and plenty of guitar-y guitar, although nothing besides Boys are Back in Town was particularly memorable.
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’
This was really great. I love live albums, and this one did not disappoint. I was impressed with the band, who I feel like I'd vaguely heard of but who hadn't really stuck with me. They're rock-solid, and I could totally see myself reaching for them more often than a lot of the other classic rock out there.
Who knew I should have explored them more after hearing their one big song
didn't feel anything crazy about this but was nice to listen to
This album saved me.
idk pretty solid live album. i haven't listened to thin lizzy outside of the hits, so it was neat to hear some songs i didn't know "live" for the first time. would maybe put this one on again. i quite liked "still in love with you"
I like thin lizzy alright but i am sick and tired of live albums
Decent, not super memorable. 2.5-3
Top notch live album.
Thin Lizzy rips, one of the better live albums we’ve gotten on imo
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
Not really sure what’s dangerous here, other than maybe falling asleep while driving when this is on.
A live album needs an impeccable catalogue (like Deep Purple) or fiery energy (like Jerry Lee Lewis) and this has neither.
A rousing live performance by a hard rock 70s band, featuring Phil Lynott's unique husky vocal delivery of story lyrics bolstered by the band's characteristic twin guitar backing. Great guitar solos, good music - includes their two big hits Jailbreak and The Boys Are Back in Town, and the rest of the songs are just as satisfying.
Typischer 70er Jahre Opa-Hardrock mit 2 Leadgitarren. Riecht nach Koks und Groupies. Genau mein Ding.
When I used to hunt out records, back in the 80s, this was one of the albums most likely to be in a bargain bucket for 50p. I was tempted many time to buy a copy, as many of my favourite albums came from bargain buckets. In fact an album appearing there didn't necessarily mean it was a bad album, maybe just too many copies were pressed. Thin Lizzy were similar to UFO, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and even Motorhead, hard rock, but not part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, more of an influence upon this movement. I wonder if they had persisted longer, if they would have moved to more of a heavy metal sound, or stuck to their blues/ hard rock/ soul origins. Anyway, this is a fine studio album with a few background crowd noises to make it sound like a live album. There's a rawness to the sound that is compelling, and the material never gets boring. It's a basic two-lead guitar, bass, drums, vocals sound from this era, but I'm impressed that almost every song was written by the band themselves. Four stars.
Fine
3.5⭐️/5 02.19.2026
A lot of the tracks have the same sound, Boys are Back in Town x infinity
More enjoyable that I expected.
Not sure why this was chosen vs the studio album. Good songs though!
One of the most fun albums I've heard, the transition on Cowboy song into the boys are back in town was great. His quote after the first song set the tone for the album lol. Great stuff
Great Songs: Good Songs: Jailbreak, Emerald, Rosalie / Cowgirl's Song, Massacre, Still In Love With You, Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed, Cowboy Song, The Boys Are Back In Town, Don't Believe A Word, Warriors, Are You Ready, Baby Drives me Crazy, The Rocker Mid Songs: Southbound, Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In Its Spotlight), Suicide, Sha-La-La Bad Songs:
3.1 1x driving back from Asheville
Not great
I like this genre of rock. Good listening.
6/10
This album was fantastic. I knew 2 or 3 songs and it flowed so well.
Good album
really enjoyed the old rock sound and loved the guitar solos - goes hard. whole album is a vibe.
Some say the boys are back in town
Thin Lizzy rules!
#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.
I never really got in to Thin Lizzy. They were probably a bit old school for me. This kind of sums that up: it's a bit rambling and rarely sounds like an actual live album. Which is a shame. Not terrible, but not great either. Just about creeps up to 3, but it's really 2.51
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It's a cracking album but it so obviously NOT live
Not listening to this. Sorry. Listened to Mr Morales instead.
Still don't understand the rubric for live albums ending up on this list but it's fun enough. See you at Dino's Bar and Grill.
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.
Meh
It's great,it's amazing
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
Very cool, I only knew a couple of hits of Thin Lizzy. I really enjoyed this album, while usually I am not too big on live albums. Will definitely put some of these in some playlists, and explore their discography.
I was pleasantly surprised by this album. Great frontman with thundering bass.
A good album, I liked Emerald, Rosalie and the Boys Are Back In Town the most.
Great album I really enjoyed listening to this artist, I did add most of these songs to my playlist and I will be looking into this artist more!
Not usually a fan of live albums, but this was just too good! Fun and rockin’ all the way through.
That was long.
Thin Lizzy was the nickname given to Len Houmous’ 25th wife. Liz McColghan 4.0 8/17 Johnny The Fox
Great fun and they sound amazing live. Really enjoyable with Jailbreak and The Boys are Back in Town.
perfect spring album
Pretty good not a bad listen
Not always in the mood for shredding to the max but this is pretty fun. Good for Friday night field party with jean jacket natural light &tx On the heels of Disintegration it was a relief. Sounds like some controversy about how live it actually is, but if it sounded anything like this I would have rocked out with my hawk out. Just between us girls my wife said it was scaring our dog and made me turn it off but she left so we're jamming.. 3.9
Classic dad rock, can't go wrong The guitar solo in Still In Love With You was beautiful, would've been life changing hearing that live Why did I think the backstreet boys sang The Boys are Back in Town whoops Favourite: Dancing in the moonlight (the sax :PPP)
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.
Classic rock album, but didn’t really catch my interest or my full attention, feels like something you have heard before. There were a few tracks that I liked but nothing crazy.
All the songs are amazing but I think that it is overrated by critics who put this as the groups best album. I think the songs are kind of all over the place switching so much and I like an album with more flow like peppers or abbey road.
Powerful
10/10
Good fun
Great live album, one of the best of the period
Well at least the live albums are mostly best of's, so I got to hear most of the thin lizzy stuff I like, 1 or 2 new songs that were nice
Neat! :)
fun and fine i don't knowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww i am suffering from food-borne illness
I am a big fan. Best album so far on my list. Irish rock is awesome.
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.
Mellow rock. Its alright. 3/5
very good very nice
i cannot believe i did not know about phil lynott before now
Important live compilation album historically but didn’t resonate with me. Muddy sound.
Color me surprised -- another MUST HEAR live album from the golden days of garage rock. Don't get me wrong, I love live music and listen to a lot of lesser quality recordings of my own volition, but its really hard for me to justify live albums when the artist isn't doing anything to innovate on the source material. Sure you get a glimpse at the energy of the event and you get some taste for the crust that comes with a live rendition. In some (rare) events you can be amazed to find that the vocals and musical craftsmanship hold up to the exposure of live recording. But almost never is the experienced heightened by the stripping of studio magic (outside of jazz and other improvisational forms where it is truly a one-of-one experience). I'll say that this is definitely a case where the quality is surprisingly high in translation. The vocals sound great and the band is tight and responsive with decent mixing. It almost makes me question what sort of studio treatment this might have gotten after the original take -- not that it really matters. In any event, this is some high quality working on your car music. Crusty guitars and driving rhythms that make for a solid time. Definitely some quality licks to be had here. And despite my intro doubting the merits of live albums on this list I'm hard pressed to give this lower than a 4. Would have loved to be at this show.
Another live album that absolutely rocks out. Maybe I'm uninformed but there doesn't seem to be anything particularly special about this concert. Maybe it just feels weird to have so many live albums on this list, as enjoyable as they may be. Going high 3 here.
Listened to this album so many times when I lived in College Park, and I am happy that it finally came up because I told Kevin a number of years ago that he should give this album a listen. I try to make a point to listen to this every St. Pats Day. Thin Lizzy just absolutely rocks and there are a lot of songs on here (Emerald, Massacre, Cowboy Song) that really prove that. I was trying to think of what to rate this based on this listen, but I can't give it anything other than a 5. When it came down to it, while not perfect at all, there is a reason why I have listened to it so many times and it must be because I like it so much.
Live album is kinda lame. And while it's lame to have live ones on here this rocked. Low 4.
Ihan menevää rokkia, mut aina hankala kuunnella näitä livelevyjä. Meni mukavasti tosin sunnuntaiaamu tän parissa
Ei ollut muuten kuin nimenä tuttu. Jotenki tykkäsin kitarasaundista ja muutenkin meno oli paikoin aika letkeää jammailua. Laitetaan höveliys päissään nelonen! Pitää ehkä tutustua tarkemmin
Ei oikeen livelevyt oo mun juttu. Ihan ok-biisejähän nää on, mutta tiputetaan livehommien vuoksi kaggoseen.
Joo tämmöset liverieskat on aina vähän hankalia lähestyä. Tässä tapauksessa täston vissiin rajusti studiossa jälkikäteen äänitelty soitantaa rumpuja lukuunottamatta ja sitten pistetty livemölyä sekaan, joten se MUTKISTAA suhtautumista entisestään. Kirkkain silmin meinaan mietin, että aika jämäkkää soitantaa. Sinänsä tää on sitten vissiin enempi kokoelma tai jotain. Sillai tää nyt on ihan kivaa rokkia ja tuollon tota lassikkoa seassa. En jaksa ruveta nipottaankaan arvosanahommissa kun tän parissa kuitenkin ihan viihtyy.
Ihan ok. Välillä vähän pörinää soundit, mutta biisit kantaa.
It seems I really didn't like this as much as nost people, but as good as just their studio stuff to me which is pretty solid stuff but nothing extremely special.
I always shudder a little at the sight of the 70's rock double album format but Thin Lizzy is good stuff. The bass guitar on this version of The Boys Are Back In Town is absolutely pummeling brother. The drums on Sha-La-La gave me no choice but to add another star.
i had heard the boys are back in town before and a lot of the songs give off the same vibe
Sometimes fine, most times a thousand years long.
On the one hand, it’s generic 70s power rock, but on the other hand, it does that well.
This one was just alright. Like many live albums it's nothing mind-blowing, but the performances are still great and Thin Lizzy just in general were a really good band with many great songs, so I don't mind. Overall it's simply a decent album and I enjoyed my time listening it. 3/5
I like a lot of this old-school ’70s rock, but as a live album, some of these songs just don’t hit the same. I’m sure the shows these recordings came from were great, but the album itself sounds pretty rough. With better sound quality, this easily could’ve been a 5-star record.
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 suppose I can recognise very good musicianship here and certainly a distinctive sound. Frantic guitar solos are not my thing, but the Thin Lizzy sound doesn't over rely on this cliché. I like it least when it does but there is otherwise consistency and variety here. Rock for sure, but not too heavy. The singles are strong and the ballads add something. I'm not the greatest fan of a live album but everyone on stage and in the audience seems to be having a great time.
Thin Lizzy has largely escaped me until now. I've come across interviews with Phil Lynott and always thought him an intelligent, proud Irishman, but I never quite connected him with Thin Lizzy. If anything, I imagined him as a folk-rock musician. This was a welcome correction: he and his bandmates get stadium rock right. I’ll gladly return to this when I’m in the mood for an hour of solid hard rock.
Very enjoyable!
The only Thin Lizzy album you need to hear is Jailbreak. Jailbreak might be the only album you need to hear, period. This is good. Most of their records are, but c'mon.
Live albums are always a hit-or-miss affair, and I braced for the worst when Phil Lynott implored the crowd for help and the “put your hands together” clapping rose in my ear on the leadoff track, “Jailbreak.” Despite a few other moments of audio that don’t translate outside the venue, it’s solid. The playing is tight, it’s well recorded, with crowd noise minimized except for applause, Lynott is in good voice, and it’s a good sampler of Thin Lizzy’s quality. Glad to hear “Massacre” included; it’s a fuckin' jam. Bonus points for their excellent cover of the early Bob Seger song, “Rosalie.”
I did not need 60 minutes of live boogie rock from a band with 2 memorable hits and other songs that just fall flat.
It is a solid live record and very representative of Thin Lizzy's live shows at the time. The record sounds good, feels right and has none other than Huey Lewis on harmonica on "Baby Drives Me Crazy". A great live record, no doubt. There is some debate as to how much studio magic was applied to make this sound the way it does and how accurate the credits as to where the songs were recorded are, but it becomes irrelevant when one listens to the record. Like many 70's live records, it was touched up, sure. But it's still great.
enjoyable. good songs!
Not a huge listener of live albums, but this one was pretty good! Never heard much of Thin Lizzy before this, and it was a great introduction! Some songs were a bit long, but I still got a few likes out of this one!
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.
Sounds amazingly full and robust for nearly 50 year old recording! I listened to the "Super Deluxe" 4CD version of the record, nearly got to the end of second CD, but that was it. Anyway, you can hear what this band did to early heavy metal, Iron Maiden has taken a lot to their playbook from these guys. It's nearly Motörhead level of influence, personally not as important tho.
Some of these songs are tooooo long
Good concert album. I'm usually very demanding of live albums, I need them to be really good and entertaining for me to listen to them. I need a lot of interaction with the crowd, I want to feel like I'm there. Just listening to music from the album won't cut it (exception to S&M from Metallica, as it's just a whole new world of their music). And in terms of "Live And Dangerous" I feel like I just got very good renditions of TL songs. And it's not like they are a band I'm particularly into. So all in all - a good album, easy to listen and quite fun. But not something I'll be going back to at any point. 6/10
For a live album, it was good. I do need to revisit it again.
This was pretty good, actually. I didn’t expect to like it so much. Stand-outs - Dancing In The Moonlight (It’s Caught Me In It’s Spotlight) - Still In Love With You
Wait. Thin Lizzy has other songs other than Boys Are Back In Town? And they're actually pretty good songs?
Hmm! A nice big thick slice of thin lizzy. A con job to call this live; and tbh, their greatest hits would be better - some inclusions here were bettered with the release of Black Rose. Great fun
3.5
3.5
lowk slapped
Very clean for a live album. Not much crowd noise. Spunds like the best of a set of live recordings. Overall the album is ok but I have heard better live albums.
Surprising to see a live album on here. I don't usually listen to Thin Lizzy but there were a few good songs on here I'd listen to the studio recording of
Super energetic hard rock album, with lots of classic songs. What’s not to love? It seems rumours of it’s over-production have probably been exaggerated - Tony Visconti made some tweaks no doubt, but I don’t think that takes away from this snapshot of a band at the peak of their ability.
God damn are there just some fun fucking albums to have on a Friday. Fuck all you prog rock bros telling me it isn’t smart enough, sometimes you just want to have fun and crush a rack with your boys and this is the perfect music to do it to.
Ever wonder why Metallica covered an Irish folk song? Yeah, that's actually more of a cover of the Thin Lizzy version than it is their own rendition of the traditional song. Second thing you need to know: Phil Lynott is cool as hell. Great performer, good frontman, good singer and bass player. Thin Lizzy really blew up the notion of twin, harmonizing guitars in a hard rock band (though they don't sound so heavy, these days), but the heart of the band was Lynott. The album's pretty good. I'm not a Thin Lizzy stan but it's reflective of a pretty accomplished touring band around their peak. Plus, if you write 'The Boys Are Back In Town', we put some respect on your name. It's a live one, so half of you are going to hate that, but it's fun. Let's call it a 4, I guess. Why not, Lynott?
Alright songs but the recording quality was poor
Couldn’t get into it.
2026.01.24.
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
Best Song: The Boys Are Back In Town. This really does make the boys being back in town feel like a joyous occasion. Worst Song: Still In Love With You. A tediously long song, full of guitar wankery that - although good - wasn't interesting enough to speak to me in any conceivable way. Overall: Technically proficient, but it has a kind of soulless quality that prevents me from really getting into it. Add that to the overly long run time, and the fact that it's oddly a hodgepodge of different live performances so you don't even get continuity of a single experience, it feels like an odd inclusion to this list.
Álbum muito bom. Scott Gorham e Brian Robertson mandam muito bem nas guitarras. Phil Lynott também vai bem no baixo e vocal. Músicas boas do início ao fim, mas "Emerald", "Still In Love With You" e principalmente "The Boys Are Back In Town" foram os destaques para mim.
Decent
The guitar is very good, I think this is pretty cool not necessarily exceptional, I’m assuming this is because it was recorded live. The Instrumentals are great, does get a little boring as it goes on, all a very very similar vibe. Didn't know the boys are back in town was from this artist, pretty cool. Acceptable, 7/10 I would listen to 1 or two of these songs willingily and the rest would be fine unwillingly
Very stereotypical. It's good but I really wasn't in the mood for this. Not any better than last time.
This was great! I did get kind of bored of it halfway through, though.
This is a kick ass live record. The Platonic ideal of the rock guitar sound. Last note of "Cowboy Song" right into "Boys are Back in Town" fucking rules.
rock n rock n rollllll, rock n rock n roll!
actually being there live would be craaazy i think
It's nice, the songs are catchy, but they all sound very similar to each other, so none of them really stands out.
Never thought much of Thin Lizzy, but this actually rocked
It's ok, not bad.
Fantastic. Exceeded expectations
can’t listen to lmao it’s not available
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"
Solid without filler. I generally don't connect with live albums, mostly come away with a 'you had to be there' feeling. This is some good stuff, band is firing on all cylinders and it's m-fing Phil Lynott!
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.
I did not have high hopes for this album. I already have some strong opinions on whether live albums should even count (although I did concede for Johnny Cash's "At Folsom Prison") and on top of that it's not actually a recording of a single live performance - It's a mish-mash of live recordings from over the years that have then also been overdubbed. This leads into my second issue, being compilations/greatest hits albums. These also don't really belong on here because they fly in the face of what it really means to be an album, and not just a bunch of disparate songs. This album gets around that issue in exactly the way it avoids being a straight up live album - by being a curated selection of recordings, assembled with purpose and intention. You see despite all of my misgivings and apprehension going in... it's just great! Fun from start to finish, (though a little long) and it's hard not to get into "The Boys Are Back In Town". It's absolutely worthy of a good score if you only consider how enjoyable it is to listen to, and so it earns a 4 from me.
Perfectly fine hard rock... I guess? Clearly a lot of technical skill, but this kind of music just doesn't appeal to me despite being to appreciate it. If that makes sense?
A double live album is a tough introduction to a band, they're really more for established fans. At the end of the first song he says "is there anybody here with any irish in them? is there any of the girls who would like a little more irish in them" So there's that Two stars
"Hey! Female! Come here!", "My teen queen", "The drinks will flow and blood will spill and if the boys wanna fight you better let them", "Black magic woman, you've got a hole". Name one woman who feels safe around you.
Actually better than I expected.
You’re linked to the wrong version of the album on Spotify
Not usually my taste, but the songs on this album were brilliant. The vocals and guitars are pretty iconic and it's impossible but to enjoy. Full of a lot of charm.
Overall not a bad album with some songs that are well known and entertain. Nostalgic album that has a feel good vibe.
Phenomenal- electric performance from Thin Lizzy. How I wish I was there! I was singing along to the hits I knew but I enjoyed every other track just as much. This album delivered iconic bass lines, catchy songs, smooth vocals, tasty guitar solos, all with the added energy of the crowd to add the cherry on top.
Live and Dangerous is classic rock at its best, capturing the feeling of being front-row at a Thin Lizzy show with an expertly curated setlist of electrifying riffs and melodies that make you want to dance.
Did not know the band except for the one song. Positively surprised. 8/10
Don’t like live albums
This was actually really good. The fact it was a live album was awesome. Huey Lewis on the harmonica? I would listen to this again. Might print a photo of them and put it on my wall. Can’t listen to it all the time, but it’s good
On hyvä.
Kyllähän Thin Lizzy rokkaa 🤘🏼⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ai että, hyviä riffejä, hyviä kitarastemmoja ja hyvää kunnollista rokkia! ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Muy buen disco. No lo conocía y Thin Lizzy tiene rollazo.
Unfortunately not many songs on Spotify but what I could listen to was great, classic rock album. Boys are back in town!
Dude i can't even listen to most of the songs
a great time. had zero idea they were an irish band. only knew boys are back in town prior to listening to this, thanks to simgstar rock. slay
Phenomenal!!! You know when you listen to an album and then go see that artist and it sounds nothing like what you heard before? Thin Lizzy is definitely not in that category. Listening to this made me jealous that I wasn't at that concert, and this is coming from someone who before today couldn't particularly say that they're a Thin Lizzy fan (I knew maybe 2 songs???). Electric. A little bit of grit under that shine. Perfect.
Great band.
not anything new from the last 30 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
continuing my trend of liking classic rock music less and less from this list
There's only 4 songs available on Spotify, but I get the drift. 4/5
Really solid live album, didn’t love all of these songs necessarily, but the recording and everything is great. Solid craftsmanship, musicianship, everything. Four out of five.
I did look at this album and wince a little. 76 minutes long and for a band I know all of one song for? I expected very little. It may be for that reason that I was so pleasantly surprised. This album was solo on solo on solo and I didn't even flinch for the first full hour thinking about how long the album was. I do think if the album were 15 minutes shorter I'd be debating a 5 but otherwise this was electric. Well worth a listen of any rock fan, aware of Thin Lizzy or not. I also won't actively fault it for being too long seeing as this is a compilation of live performances and not exactly made to be digested in one sitting like most albums and so I will view it more as that, a list of their best performances on this said tour. The musicianship is really great, vocals and instrumentals are all top notch and while it does flow a little strangely there are some songs in here that are absolute gems I would now have killed to see live. You can't quite rate a live album like a standard album but in terms of sheer enjoyment and listenability this is really good. So much so I intended to listen to this while doing other things and multiple times stopped my main activity to lean back and just breath in the album. Best songs: Dancing in the Moonlight Worst songs: N/A Rank compared to everything else so far: 20/50 (below Franz Ferdinand, above 2112)
mwah! love this album it’s so peak
80’s rocker. One good song.
Decent hard rock
I'm a bit split on this: It's definitely good music for what it is, but what it is is a genre I find too middle-of-the-road to be genuinely interesting. I can hear how influential this band is just by how rock-bar-music everything sounds. However, I wouldn't mind seeing it live. I really don't like the live album sound and vibe in this one, it makes for a punishing prolonged listening: And it's a double album to boot. If it was a single album of the best songs and studio recorded, I could see this being a 4-5. But as it stands as a product, I gotta deduce a star for just how unpleasant a super long live album is.
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
Gotta thank my motha for listening to Thin Lizzy when I was younger.
fantastic!! love that this was a live album. not always a fan of that but it worked very well here. this is the first or second rock album I’ve enjoyed beginning to end! will definitely be listening to this again. -favourite tracks: EMERALD and STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU
One of the most underrated bands ever and top 5 live albums ever made. Really captures Phil Lynott in his essence
Live albums are so hit or miss, but if they're on this list I assume they will be great or at least unique. Reading up on it I saw that parts of some of the tracks were dubbed over in production of the album.... so not quite all-the-way live, I guess. Live and Dangerous starts off strong and just keeps going. It's pretty good. I don't even listen to Thin Lizzy, but this is a quality album. I'd expect it to be if I'm picking and choosing and dubbing from a selection of live tracks, though. Its got everything you want in a classic rock album. Lots of face melting solos. Good pacing. Nice energy. Yeah, it's really solid. Favorites are "Jailbreak" "Rosalie/Cowgirls Song" "Massacre" and "The Boys Are Back in Town" - everyone likes a classic. It's a double album. It's long, probably a bit too long, as it starts to drag after "Warrior." Some really good old school tracks though. A definite 4/5 for me.
For a live album this seemed pretty darn good. Would likely have rated higher if Spotify let me listen to more than 4 songs.
Sometimes nice but also boring
Great voice
Thick lizard
Fun live show with solid hits and bangers
4 is maybe a little generous but man they can shred like crazy. Great stage presence, high quality recording, fun all the way through.
Fairly enjoyable. I liked it more than I would have thought.
I wasn't aware Thin Lizzy had a live album and where has it been all my life. My goodness, this absolutely rips. The jam at the end of I'm Still In Love With You was unexpectedly awesome.
My Dad hates “The Boys Are Back In Town” so much that it’s become a family joke. Once again a decent album but I was expecting more punch.
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.
I was kind of skeptical when I saw it was a live album but it slayed
Good straightforward rock
chắc là cũng hay đó nhưng nó dài 9h52p tao đéo nghe hết được cho đại 2 sao nhé
10/01/2026 1. jailbreak - liking the bass :) vocals are really nice as well! guitar solo is reallllly nice. "hey female"????? 70s rock band being a bit misogynistic is not new, but female is odd?? *2. emerald - liking the sound of this one more immediately... the guitar(s?) are reaaaallly nice! bass and vocals still great as well :) reeealllly nice ending!! *3. southbound - loving the chorus of this. a bit mellower than the previous track... lyrics are very bittersweet... love it <3 4. rosalie (cowgirl's song) - back to rockier. his voice is a lot smoother than i was expecting for a hard rock album, which is a very happy surprise for me! instrumentals are still great - love the guitar riff in the chorus! 5. dancing in the moonlight (it's caught me in it's spotlight) - guitar and bass is a bit groovier at the start... not as big on this one as i was the other ones, but not even thirty secs in yet.... saxaphone!!!! bass is great! saxaphone solo!!!!!! love when the guitar kicks in... ending reallllly great :) 6. massacre - loving the way the songs are fading into each other... drums are fantastic on this one. bass and guitar fantastic as well!! guitar solo is reallly great!!! lyrics are sososo good! *7. still in love with you - immediately sounds softer.... loving the vibe of this one.... reallly sweet instruments and vocals.... very groovy bass. 8. johnny the fox meets jimmy the weed - halfway through! loving it but not sure how i'm going to get through another half lol. oooh funkier.... very reminiscent of tommy the cat....... really loving the vibe of this one. lots of guitar solos in this album! they're really nice, but not sure if i'll feel the same eight more tracks in..... 9. cowboy song - immediately more folksier.... softer guitars are reallly lovely.... love the word coyote.... (don't know why, just nice to say/hear). please stop saying female!!! liking it still now it's gotten louder, but did like the softer sound a bit more. drums in the chorus are nice :) 10. the boys are back in town - have to admit, not massively looking forward to this one.... better when hearing the verses as well as the chorus, but it's too overplayed to feel energetic, especially when i've still got about fourty-odd minutes left halfway through an album!!!!!!! live version is better though :) 11. don't believe a word - had a break :) immediately liking the energy! really liked it, but getting a bit tired of this now and not as good as the other songs. 12. warriors - bassline is really nice. guitar solo really great as well. 13. are you ready? - ready for this album to end. immediately sounds very stadium rock... not crazy about it, but still really nice. would probably like it more if i wasn't waiting for this album to end, because the instruments are still reaaalllly great! 14. suicide - loving the guitar riff on this one! bassline is really great as well... just a bit samey after fourteen songs!!!!!!!! 15. sha-la-la - drum solo is nice and also a great change up!!!!!!!!! going a bit insane right now cannot wait for this to be over! another drum solo!!!!!!! 16. baby drives me crazy - how is this seven minutes long..... liking the groove at the start though. harmonica is nice, along with the other instruments still. reminds me of another song and i can't think what!! 17. the rocker - bass realllly nice. liked this one a lot more than the last few tracks, but still very relieved it's over nowww :) was expecting more of a stadium rock sound (from the little i know about thin lizzy, i already knew they were a 70s/80s hard rock band), but eneded up really loving this one..... but it did not need to be that long. a lot of the songs also sounded fairly similar to each, but i love how they sound so i don't really mind though lol. particularly loved the more mellower songs and it did get a bit too stadium rock towards the end, but maybe i had just become too cynical after an hour and a half of this!!!!!!!
Let’s Rock!
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I'm not going to lie, I dedn't listen to this album fully through. I REALLY disliked this album and I don't really know why. I do usually listen to rock and metal but for some reason this album just gave me a headache.
I’m writing this review and I’m not even done the record because it is a live album. And I don’t think any ordinary live record should be on here. And this is an ordinary live record. It sounds ok. The remastered recording is pretty clear. The music is played accurately and the riffs and solos, which Thin Lizzy is known for, hit, just like the records. My issue with live records is, it’s 9 times out of 10 a greatest hits record but live. 1001 records I need to hear before I die should not be a live record. Give me the actual album or albums. I want the start to finish. The vision of the record. Not a cut and paste greatest hits live records. It doesn’t do it for me. Sure there are exceptions to this. Live records that have made history and are a must SEE. Hearing live records doesn’t even give you the full experience. Imagine listening to a live Iron Maiden record and not seeing the visuals. Or Nine Inch Nails, or Tool, or Pink Floyd… sure they’re going to sound awesome. But a hug portion of the experience is visual. So live recordings, although are great to listen to, don’t belong on a “prestigious” list such as this. I can copy and paste this to every live review.
not on apple music? fun tho
C’est looooong, mais du bon hard rock! Mais c’est long… 2.5+/5
I always think of highschool with this band. There was a kid who’s favorite band was Thin Lizzy and he got picked on for it. Maybe because it was the 2000’s not the 70’s. Anyways, decent live album with good sound quality.
Best Track - "Jailbreak"
really epic live album, really enjoyed it all
Wow, it's so mediocre. Such white. So dudes.
I went into this really only knowing a few tracks, boys are back and jailbreak. I made the mistake of reading some of the reviews before hand which mentioned that they may have touched it up afterwards in the studio and that put me in the frame of mind that supposedly one of the best live albums wasn’t authentic. It took a few songs to get over this and enjoy it for what it was and I had a great time with it. Recommended
O fuck me, 17 komadov & live album. Namesto, da bi dobla dons Bowieja? K je njegov rojstni dan in 10 let od Blackstar? Ok. So far, it's a concert alright. What in dad rock is this hell I'm in? In kako pridem ven? "Massacre" mi je bil kr kul? (Možn, da zato k je ful kratek.) A, se mi je zdel, da prepoznam ta naslov ("The Boys Are Back in Town"). "Are You Ready?" Da bo tega čez 70 minut dolgega albuma konc? Sm ja. (Občutek je, k da sm končno fertik 5 ur kasneje.)
In 1978 Thin Lizzy was my favorite band. This record captured a pretty much perfect concert by a band at full power. You can hear the tone in Scott Gotham’s guitar as one that will shortly become ubiquitous in both metal and punk. The song selection first rate with exceptionally good versions of Cowboy Song and Boys Are Back in Town. I saw Thin Lizzy a year later in Vancouver BC playing a similar set but, for me, it was a huge letdown. It was a tired lifeless band going through the motions. On this recording Phil’s vocals are vibrant and energetic and the sonic palate is evident on this excellent soundboard recording that has been enhanced. What makes this recording a must listen is how the sound is crisp with a lively crowd making you believe you were there. 8/10
Energetic, love that it's live, i liked most riffs and solos
Thought that was a well-produced, clean and fun Live album
Only knew one of these tracks I think, enjoyed the album though
The boys definitely back in time for this review
Listened on: Spotify Listening experience: Multiple attempts Finally got through the 17 songs - a long one! I didn’t hate it but it got a bit boring. He has a great voice and the guitars are great.
To me it sounded like more vocally talented version of Elivis and that classic 80s rock combined. Not bad. I don’t like that the album is only available in live.
Pure, unadulterated 70s heavy metal/blues. A fine collection of live performances across multiple live shows.
I love live albums but not this era of hard rock. I think “The Boys Are Back in Town” is about as cheesy as it gets. But the power of this album is undeniable and the live energy really helps me appreciate not only the technical skill but also how electrifying it must have been to hear this sort of ground-level working-class songwriting possess such operatic force. The lead singer’s riffing between songs is definitely hokey rock star stuff of a bygone era but I guess it’s a cliche for a reason and this album is a record of that time. At least he’s charmingly Irish (which I didn’t know before). Love these performances of South Bound and Dancing in the Moonlight. I don’t know how anyone can hear these harmonized lead guitars or the saxophone on Dancing in the Moonlight and say the music here isn’t absolutely exceptional…
Great album Dancing in the moonlight is a classic Definitely not what I thought I enjoy but so wrong
Muscula,r dude rock with lots of terrific guitar interplay. Both of those guys really ripped. Phil, his swag and charisma. I enjoyed this more and more as it went on. Some boring aside, I do look forward to revisiting this.
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.
Hell yeah get this shit on lego rock band
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:(
As far as the genre, it's better than ACDC, Kiss etc. I'm still not buying it though.
Fun live album, couple good songs. Overall average
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.
Good live album, rather long
Meh 5/10
Hard Rock, definitivamente tampoco es de mi géneros pero entiendo la fama. Ne gustaron un par de canciones.
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
brian downey ... WOW!!!
I saved a few songs to relisten in Ireland, but it’s not very memorable
I enjoyed the album, classic rock with live band energy, elevated by Phil Lynott’s great voice.
Honestly, pretty good dad rock, liked "Massacre" a lot
BANGER
It's alright. Maybe a bit too repetitive.
Enjoyable classic rock but fairly middling overall
This is a bit too much. Sounds very dated and not in a good way.
The boys are in their element. Look, if you hate having a good time, give this a bad score. But if you love to party, this is your huckleberry.
spoko spoko najbardziej wyłapałam podczas słuchania cover Sade haha
Not bad but not great either. I’d pick a lot of other rock albums to listen to over this
The first half had too many slow songs to really feel dangerous, but the title is totally appropriate when we get to the second half! I like the harmonized guitars in theory, but I'm not sure how well I actually like their sound, but at least the songs on here are all pretty good.