Live And Dangerous

stupid that my first thought was Thin Lizzy the "as seen on TV makeup brand" But this album slaps

Jailbreak was a partying anthem for me and best friend so I'll always like that one as well as The Boys are Back in Town! I never listened to any of Thin Lizzy's full albums before though and was pleasantly surprised by how good they are and how much I liked them. Rock on!

love it

I listened to one song

The sound was somehow 'empty'

For some reason, a lot of songs on the album weren’t available on Spotify. What I heard sounded pretty good.

I was once of the mindset that the only valid live alum was Alive 2007, which felt like a one-time experience. This album has changed my views entirely — this rocked. Not every day you get Huey Lewis to do harmonica for you. Won’t go out of my way to find new live albums, but I won’t outright ignore them now!

Superb. Good sound, a greater band Easoly one of th3 best live albums.

I would give this a 5, but it is clear from their perfect playing that there is considerable overdubbing in this live album, which I think makes this live album not really a live album.

classic

Cooler 70er Rock

Such a clean sound for a live album.

Faithful representation of their sound, all the hits, good atmosphere, what's not to like.

Love the album but is so fake. Not that live but classic anyway

Thin Lizzy was a stereotypical 70s hard rock band. This covers a good portion of their body of work. It has the high energy classic guitar riff based songs and the real original songs that were their big hits. It's easy to listen to even if they're a little generic. I think of them as Led Zeppelin lite. Competent, good on stage, but not as creative or original. Scale: 5 - My absolute favorites. 4 - Albums I like. 3 - It was ok to listen to but I wouldn't seek it out. 2 - Didn't like. 1 - Absolute shit.

4/5 now that was nice!

This is very close to 5 stars for me. The playing is confident and on-point, with a near-perfect blend of grungy distortion and smooth licks. Guitar and bass are in sync for much of the album (woo!) and the vocals are rough in their usual classic hard-rock way. The riffs are reasonably catchy, though they really start to sound similar after an hour of riff-oriented songs all in the same style. (I’m glad I didn’t do a track-by-track analysis.) The audience interaction is really fun; live recordings are always improved by an engaged crowd (see: YYZ performance by Rush in Rio). Honestly, any and all of the songs may as well be highlights, but my personal ones are Dancing In The Moonlight, The Rocker, Are You Ready?, and Southbound. The band definitely knows how to effectively and satisfyingly end a song, much to my delight, but just a few of the tracks take too long to reach that ending. Still, one of my favourite-ever live albums. Thin Lizzy slaps.

The Boys are Back in Town! - 3.5/5

Jojah says it’s wack, but I say he’s wack 8/10

Pretty cool guitar stuff and way more entertaining than I thought it'd be. Still a little repetitive. 5.5/10

Listening to a live album with no prior knowledge of an artist’s music can be difficult. But the way you can differentiate a bad from a good one is when it manages to be good with the listener not having that predisposed knowledge. Thin Lizzy does that. What I love most about this kind of rock is just how easy it is. I’m someone who can really appreciate something with lots of depth and thought behind it. But I can also appreciate just how simple and fun this is. They play their instruments damn well, and it just makes for a good time. Almost all of the bands’ big hits are on here, and they all slap. This album also sounds remarkably good. Not just production wise, even though the actual clarity of the instruments is amazing. But down to the performances. They sound nearly identical to their studio versions, especially with the vocals. Rating: 8/10

Thought I didn’t like it; then realized it bangs.

Great first half but it falls off a touch towards the end...still pretty much the best live album ever

Phil Lynott a tope. Un 4.

I liked this more than I was expecting. I'm not too familiar with their music outside of a couple of songs, but I can see how great this show would be if you were a fan. Neutral on the singer but thought the instrumentation and the solos were good!

I’m really struck by how metronomic and precise they are live, this is almost like a studio recording with live acoustics.

A loud, live and raucous experience. It’s clear these Irish rockers sound equally as good live as they did on any of their studio efforts. There are so many iconic songs packed into this huge live album. Fantastic!

Great stuff,

Though it is likely the Jameson I was drinking at the time, the tracks are engaging, energetic and easy to enjoy. Though the sound is a little hollow, it sounds really good for a live album and certainly covers lots of hits. I'm going to ignore Johnny the Fox, and give it a ....

Knew nothing other than The Boys Are Back in Town. Very surprised by this band. Enjoyed the instrumentals and very little vocals. Lots of shredding 4

Over an hour of great shuffle hard rock bordering on heavy metal but grounded in a way metal is not. Great musicians Lynott is a marvel. It’s a lot to take in but nearly every song is tight and interesting to listen too.

Awesome live performance

Some great moments, some not so great moments. On the whole, glad I heard this, but something I’m unlikely to return to.

Decent production, I love live albums so it’s nice to hear these tracks live from a band like this. Never really listened to much Thin Lizzy, but I’m digging it.

1978. THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN! Yes! Good vibes at 5am. I appreciate what I consider the 70s “sound”, unique vocals, electric guitar, bass, and drums. Doesn’t need a whole lot of clutter.

Great fun, Phil's a great frontman

Solid Live Album - Remastered version isn't on Spotify, the OG version sound quality is a little iffy.

Good energy and didn’t suck for a live album

Thin Lizzy is just awesome, and this album is the perfect showcase of that. Rock on 🤘 😎

Underrated band.

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

Oof that’s some good rock

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

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.

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.

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

"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

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.

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

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

Started off not as interested but quite liked a couple songs. Especially the slower fiddly stuff, dancing in the moonlight for example

Classic album. Phil had the full package, no pun intended

I like their classics but not a fan of live

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

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.

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)

Punchy

loved it would listen again forgot how many thin lizzy tracks I like. sounded like a great gig.

This isn't even available on Spotify. But Thin Lizzy is f'ing awesome.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dancing in moooonlight

Some great solos and jams, no songs really stood out but not in a bad way?

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.

Great live album

Great energetic rock!

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.

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”.

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

Fun covers and guitar riffs. They will put you in the right mood on a Friday afternoon.

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.

Ya know, for a live album, this was quite enjoyable.

This album just gave me ass hair

I suddenly want to open a Pabst, buy leather pants and ride a motorcycle until the end of time.

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.

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.

Favorite song Still in love with you

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.

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.

Quality drops towards the end but the first 3/4 is very good.

Can't believe how much I loved this

Yks parahaista live-levyist. Jytää! 4/5

Raucous fun. Note to self, listen to more Thin Lizzy

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.

I like live albums with lots of energy! I like the songs I know! I like people named Lizzie!

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

Fun. Long. Not all the hits.

I love Thin Lizzy.

Such an underrated band and huge influence on the NWOBHM. 4+.

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.

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.

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.

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

This is where the hold steady got it

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.

Started out not liking it, but it grew on me.

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.

Great live album

Álbum ao vivo muito bem executado. A escolha das músicas e sequência das músicas demonstraram a categoria do rock da banda.

Not a huge fan, but I can see the appeal of this as a live album.

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

This was really fun. It’s a bit long at an hour and seventeen minutes but basically every song rips.

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.

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

Loud, raucous and a hell of a lot of fun. Phil Lynott’s charisma and talent are evident even in a purely audio format.

Ég er náttúrulega sökker fyrir Phil Lynott. Skemmtileg læv plata, flest bestu lögin.

Super cool album, the vibe is really chill and viby and there are some super great guitar solos ! Actually surprised by the amount of bangerness in the album. Would definitely listen to again. Big 4.5 / 5

Great gand, great live

Bra!

Never heard of it before. Not here for "still in love with you" (ugh "please come back I'm feeling ~lonely~" from a man, can we not?) Other than that, GREAT old-school heavy metal! 1970s Irish band, some mellow influences. Good "best of album".

Real rock.

Overdubbed or not, it still makes for an exhilarating and positive compilation. Excellent proper rock n roll to wipe away the joke of punk!!!!

People have been telling me forever that Thin Lizzy is awesome but I never really believed them. I believe them now. They're awesome! They have a hard rock style that stretches from heavy metal to blues rock and everything in between. “Emerald” even takes an Irish jig melody and turns it into a heavy metal jam - never heard that before! I was feeling pretty down this afternoon and “Still in Love With You” just completely changed the direction of my mood and my day. What a great song and a great performance! Love those guitar solos! And I love that intense drum solo on “Sha-La-La” and the way the crowd joins in by clapping! Really fun to hear the live performances. It's a well-recorded live album and captures the fun and energy of the show. Phil Lynott is a great showman and I enjoyed hearing his intros and banter. I'm probably gonna come back to this in a few months and go, "I shoulda given this one a 5."

Awesome album. So many Thin Lizzy hits on this record and I was first thinking that it was surprising that if there's only one Thin Lizzy album on this list that it would be a live one, but it makes sense because this set list was jam packed. "Jailbreak" "Rosalie / Cowgirls Song" "Still in Love with You" "The Boys are Back in Town" are all great. I don't think I've heard this record before but I think it's going to become my primary listen when I am like "ooh I need to listen to Thin Lizzy!". Phil Lynott was a king.

I`m not a fun of Live album, but this is good

Good live album.

Its all fun and games until somebody does a drum solo

Suicide best song. Especially the guitar part towards the end. Album gets better the further into it you get. Mr Lizzy has a lovely irish accent

Very solid. Classic songs on here, might go higher if I relisten

Full album isn't on Spotify, sadly. From the 6-7 songs I heard it's pretty good. I've always been a mild fan of these guys - they get up and go, but I'd never rave about how fantastic they are. Either way this is an easy 4/5.

Finally got around to listening to this. I’m not usually a fan of live albums but this was phenomenal.

Very good! Would listen again

Almost as good of a live album as The Stone’s Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out.

A great rock and roll album I had never heard before. Love the voice, the twin guitars, the lyrics, the variation between hard driving songs and ballads… I will definitely be listen to this again!

Love some Phil

I'm a fan... I only knew about two songs before but this is sneaky good

This is a great live album. I didn’t know many of the songs but they all were good songs. Huey Lewis on harmonica!

Pretty solid rock album. Enjoyed the energy of the album.

A better than average live rock album, in terms of songs and production, with the highlights being the legendary guitar work and riffs that would define the 80s.

Nice classic rock album that has an excellent sound quality for a live album but lacks a few bigger hits

Leuk live album. In tegenstelling tot veel andere had ik hier niet het gevoel van 'je moest er bij zijn'

More classic rock goodness.

Great music

Rocking and rolling

Great guitar with a great rock band

First time ever listening to Thin Lizzy. I was expecting whiny rock, but was pleasantly surprised!

A *double* live album? Mercy. Of course I trust the list enough to at least give it a listen. Probably doesn't help that I'm not familiar with Thin Lizzy beyond "The Boys are Back" and "Jailbreak" and "Whiskey in a Jar". The album cover goes out of its way to emphasize, um, shall we say, "masculine energy". So that's what I'm expecting. Starts moderately strong and then we get the little bon mot confirming the impression given by the cover art. Moving on, it all sounds amazingly good, possibly because it apparently isn't *really* live. But there's a certain energy missing. Perhaps because it isn't one performance straight through, and the overdubbing, there's no feeling of momentum. Still, the overall chops are impressive even if I'm feeling like it all falls a little flat for me. Two days ago the album generator gave me Metallica live with the San Francisco Orchestra. That was a worthy project and may be coloring my judgement of Thin Lizzie's effort by a star. But now reading Phil Lynott's sad story I feel a little guilty about my overly harsh judgement and want to give that star back.

This was pretty fun. I bet it was a great concert

Good all around rock.

Stark trea. Kommer att återbesöka studioversioner av Thin Lizzy

Jailbreak - 7/10 Emerald - 10/10 Southbound - 8/10 Rosalie / Cowgirl's Song - 7/10 Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me In Its Spotlight) - 7/10 Massacre - 8/10 Still In Love With You - 8/10 Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed - 7/10 Cowboy Song - 9/10 The Boys Are Back In Town - 9/10 Don't Believe a Word - 9/10 Warriors - 10/10 Are You Ready - 7/10 Suicide - 8/10 Sha-La-La 7/10 Baby Drive Me Crazy - 8/10 The Rocker - 7/10

Good rock album

Shame only half the album is on Spotify, because I definitely enjoyed what was there!

Good live energy and instrumentation. Lyrics not very interesting.

Хороший альбом.

I have TL's "Jailbreak". But besides the two or three big hits from that album, I could not tell you the other tracks. Having said that, I kind of liked this album. It's a nice live representation of the band and what their style was. And Huey Lewis plays harmonica on a track?! Whoa. I don't think I've ever complained about this on an album before, but the mix is very off. It's like they had vocals pumped through one lead, and all the instruments on another. I know other live albums of the era were not like this. Then there's the argument of this is even a live album to begin with. A lot of live albums of that time had MASSIVE overdubs. This one (at least by one of the producers) seems to be of similar feel. That's what I get from the stuff online, anyway. So I can't really say either way. Regardless, I liked the songs they did play, even though I only knew two of them. The others seemed to groove pretty well, and even with a fairly lame drum solo, this would be the disc I would pick to be a good representation of the band. Definitely one I would pick out.

first listen blisteringly cool

thin lizzy is the greatest rock band to ever do it

Very fun. Some great jams on this. Fun album goes so quickly

Listened to on 5/18/22 4/5 Favorite song: The Boys are Back in Town, Jailbreak I usually hate live music but this album was SO fun and made me feel like I was front row at their concert - big fan of the 70s vibe

There are over 1,000 Christmas songs but only one song about the boys being back in town

Half the album not available on Spotify. Four stars because it's Lizzy.

I had not heard this previously and I haven't listened to much Lizzy besides the "hits", so this was a nice wide range of tracks spread throughout this double LP. They sounded like a great band to see live and this live record brings life and a freshness to the studio tracks. Will listen repeatedly!

Tiukkaa, solidii rokkii

I still strongly feel that a live album on this list is a list way of sneaking in a best of but this has been great. 4/5

Rad discovery!

I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would!

Rocked!

I read an article talking about how classic rock radio does a disservice to artists by condensing varied careers into just a couple of signature songs that get played. Thin Lizzy was used as the prime example and after listening to this album, that article was spot on. Thin Lizzy is known for their hard rock two guitar harmony, but their music incorporates elements form soul, jazz, blues, and of course Irish traditional music. Phil Lynott is an incredible frontman and his lyrics explore the trials of the working class, something with which he was very familiar. To top it off, these guys are just phenomenal players. I’ve grown quite disillusioned by classic rock as I’ve gotten older, but Thin Lizzy shows that despite its tired superiority complex, classic rock is often seen as classic for a reason.

For not being a huge Thin Lizzy fan this live album has a lot of energy. Still in Love with You and Emerald are great on this album.

4/5. Solid, hard-rocking, and pretty proto-maiden. Can’t ask for much more

A bit too long. Production very good. Phil’s voice is really good. Guitars are good too.

Un dels grans directes del rock. Porta la fama d'estar massa retocat com per estar tan ben considerat, però malgrat això és un recull generós que glossa la carrera de Thin Lizzy en un dels seus millors moments, amb un Phil Lynott exultant i una banda ben engreixada

Quite like this band. 4 stars probably. My favorites in broad genre are still 1 man/woman and microphone or a rather simple band with a few instruments. This falls close to the latter. If it gets too electrical or too screaming metal not so my taste, but quite like this.

Good live album with a lot of classic tunes on it. 4

good rocking, 4-; album is really long, but it wasn't too tiring, I really enjoyed it

Flows so well for a live album, impeccable guitar playing. Every second song sounds like they're about to break into Boys Are Back in Town at any moment but that doesn't bother me.

gillade detta rätt mycket faktiskt. älskar rösten hans.

Excellent introduction to phil lynott and thin lizzy.

Fairly solid album. I am a bit biased though considering I’m Irish… Strong songs. Bit long however and also not a big fan of live albums…

A solid show, even if it's a few shows stitched together. I knew about Thin Lizzy before, but had never listened to what I heard past the songs on the radio. Excited to get one of their records on this list. The transition from "Cowboy Song" to "The Boys Are Back In Town" is fantastic. Favorite tracks: "Don't Believe A Word", "Dancing In the Moonlight", "Still In Love With You"

I knew virtually nothing about this band, but this was an impressive introduction. The quality here is better than many rock studio albums. None of the songs blew my mind at all, but it was solid and fun

Thin Lizzy live up to the live album's name with some of the most ferocious, flat out rocking tunes that came out of 1970s Ireland. The live cut of Rosalie/Cowgirl's Song is stupendously great and the segue from Cowboy Song to The Boys Are Back in Town is godly. Good times abound here! Favorites: Southbound, Rosalie/Cowgirl's Song, Still in Love With You, Cowboy Song, The Boys Are Back in Town, Warrior, Sha-La-La.

The band actually sounded really though I don't really care for them. Has a very 70s rock sound. 7/10.

Rock

Muddy sounding at points, but the songs and performances are awesome. Had to find the deluxe edition, as the regular was missing a few of the songs for some reason.

jam band AC/DC background rock. live recording adds extra pizazz

Only a handful of live albums on here so far. There is a certain sound and atmosphere from a live album, and while this is not one I ever thought I wanted or needed to hear, it is a decent collection of songs performed by a somewhat underrated band in their heyday. Jailbreak is a sweet track to open a concert with, and I had no idea that Rosalie was a Bob Seger cover. I knew it only as a Thin Lizzy song, and consequently the name of my daughter. While this is not a classic in my mind, there's not one clunker here, which I think is the appeal of most good live albums. I can't really rail too hard against this.

The album listens end-to-end like a classic rock narrative about tough kids living rough lives. Almost like a coming-of-age rock opera following the lives of the youth of a town in the mid 20th century. For me, the absolute bright spot of this album is the explosive intensity of 'Massacre' segued into the lamentation of 'Still in Love With You'. Both songs and performances are phenomenal, but something about them being back-to-back heightens the poignance of both. Overall, the quality of the album (overdubbed or not) did well to maintain the air of a live performance and showcased exactly why Thin Lizzy deserves their place on this list.

classic

blistering performances of some of lizzys greatest hits. Soaring harmonies, punchy bass, swinging drum lines and phil's iconic snarl and grimly poetic lyrics all recontextualized in a live setting. It's excellent.

This is not what I thought Thin Lizzy sounded like, was expecting much more glam rock for whatever reason. The 70s dangled a souvenir for many future bands, and passed on a fair legacy

Nice discoverment, Irish Band, Phil Lynott lead singer and writer, statue in Dublin

Das geht hart ins Haarspray, Luftgitarren und Bierdosen. Swag!

A right old dripping fanny of a record. She's a squirter. SHE'S A SQUIRTER, MAVIS! FETCH THE LAWNMOWER, I'M COMING IN!

One of the best live albums I’ve listened to in a long time. The rock is pure and pleasant without swerving into metally thrashing. Can hear some of the bands they’ve inspired throughout the album - especially Ween on a few tracks. I can’t get enough of “Dancing in the Spotlight”.

This was a pretty enjoyable live album. It didn’t all sound the same and the big hits were fun. Not much to say about it other than that it was a good listen. Fav songs: emerald, boys are back in town

I hate live albums, this was a rare exception. Brilliant

Some amazing songs on this. My bass guitar teacher had me learning loads of Thin Lizzy tracks at one point, so listening to this elicited some nostalgic feelings. That being said, it's perhaps a little too long which makes repeat listens feel a bit of a slog. 3.5 stars, but I'll round up

1978 - Rock

I saw Thin Lizzy on this tour in 1978 - they were wonderful, and set the template for hard rocking bands to follow. Les Pauls and Marshalls on the side, bass player in the middle - Big Country, Hanoi Rocks, Guns N Roses and The Supersuckers all made hay on the basic form. This is a cracking live album, even if there are strong suggestions that lots of it was tweaked after the event.

понравилось. вообще живые альбомы это, конечно, своя вселенная - с одной стороны там куча хитов, с другой звучат они почти всегда хуже записей, так что обычно я их начинаю пробовать только когда уже знаком с материалом группы. Но здесь мне хватило и двух известных хитов Jailbreak и The Boys Are Back in Town (это вообще один из моих гимнов по жизни со всеми этими переездами), чтобы довольно спокойно занырнуть в остальной репертуар. Ну и норм, хороший концертник, ничего прям сверхъестественного, конечно, но все песни прям бодрые, весёлые, качёвые, нет никакой блюз-роковой тошноты и кринжовых взаимодействий с публикой (ну почти). Вообще банда прям хорошо удивила в плане сонграйтинга, напомнило такую смесь Led Zeppelin и Roxy Music. Классные песни (думаю, на досуге послушаю студийные альбомы), классная энергия, играют и поют хорошо. Короче на таком концерте я бы и вживую побывать не отказался, тут спокойно 8/10 можно ставить (а больше концертники в довольно редких случаях получают). Лучшие песни: почти все, ну 2 хита сразу выделяются, а кроме них особенно зашли Emerald (как же соляки в конце прокачивают), Southbound (из двух баллад эта понравилась побольше, чем Still in Love with You, милая такая), Warriors (концовка огонь), Suicide (осуждаем) и Sha La La (в конце так и хочет крикнуть НИШТЯК, БОРЮСИК!) Не очень: две песни про ковбоев, не люблю такое, ну и Baby Drives Me Crazy - тут и по названию всё понятно, кал для быдла. С другой стороны почти всю песню они упражнялись в аэробике с залом, так что можно простить. А так класс)

Amazing live album

As a big Thin Lizzy I’m always going to be biased. 8/10. Rocks hard, has moments of vulnerability as well, and the lyrics are more poetic than you might expect. There are some songs which aren’t quite as strong, but there isn’t a bad song on the album.

Not my thing, really, but that doesn't obscure the fact that this is an excellently put together album. Just good vibes.

Está bien chido, qué lástima que en Spotify no esté completo.

Live albums should not be on the list as these are more or less greatest hits. But if you put one on it, this is a good candidate. Good banging hard rock by a band with a lot of drive in their performance.

Seems similar to early Judas Priest, which is interesting since they continued into heavier territories. Awesome songwriting.

One of the better live albums I’ve heard. The bob seger cover song and combination of songs from multiple albums make it worthwhile. If it wasn’t live it’d be great but overall I still liked it. 7.5/10

Surprised to see a live album but i liked it

Quite a good album. I don’t normally enjoy live albums but this one went over really well. They definitely have a lot of great hits and a good presence. I’ve enjoyed a lot of their songs in the past and could see myself enjoying more.

Such a fun album. Great performance, too. Still In Love With You is a brilliant song and the drum solo on Sha-La-La is fantastic.

Amazing live set

Good rock album

ta legal mas faltava metade das musica no baguio

Good, guitar solos. Not super entrapping.

Thin Lizzy me parece un grupo con una clase inusual en el hard rock. Están a años de distancia de sus coetáneos. Este directo sigue sonando tan nostálgico y reconfortante como la primera vez que lo escuché. Southbound, temazo.

Loved this group’s music... high school tunes rocked.....You’re always hear the songs when we went to Friday night and Saturday night parties

Eipä tähänkään oikein ajan hammas ole purrut. Eniten häiritsi se, että tämä on jopa hyvin kliininen livelevyksi. Sen verran wikipedioin, että levy oli koostettu useamman keikan tallenteista. Lisäksi levyä varten oli jonkin verran äänitetty osuuksia päälle studiossa, mutta siitä miten paljon, oli erilaisia näkemyksiä. Vähän taas helppo nelonen tällaiselle very best of the best tallenteelle. Hyvällä mielellä nelonen taas siksi, että The Boys Are Back tuo aina mieleen Vintiöiden sketsit.

Awesome!

Vaikka en livelevyistä yleensä pidä, oli tämä kyllä kovaa kamaa. Lizzyltä joitain kappaleita aikaisemmin kuunnellut ja olihan niitä kovia vielä lisääkin. Yhtyettä pitänee ottaa lisää kuunteluun.

Toimii.

I actually really enjoyed this

La guitarra es brutal, quizas fue mi primer album en vivo que he escuchado completo muero de envidia por las personas que la presenciaron.

very good music with very catchy lyrics and amazing guitar. all recorded live music though so not the best for headphones

Tons of fun and energy. Classic glam rock sound, Irish. Amazing guitar. Surprisingly good quality for a live album.

7

Bastante bastante bueno

nice

Powerful, energetic, twin guitars, Lynott at his best. Classic!

Phil Lynott a tope.

I’ve never really listened to much Thin Lizzy, but this seems like the kind of concert I could have gone to and had a good time regardless of that fact. Pretty standard 80s rock, but still fun. I’m going to exclude “Jailbreak” and “The Boys Are Back In Town” from below and focus more on the songs I didn’t know. Favorite Tracks: “Emerald,” “Massacre,” and “Baby Drives Me Crazy”

Semibängeri Slässic Hard rock

Such an awesome live album. The energy was absolutely incredible and the pure rock atmosphere was something to imagine when listening away. Sweet sweet sweet guitar riffs and some awesome rocking ballads. Would highly recommend.

Really enjoyed this. This was great driving music.

Really good even tho some fake

class

Erittäin asiallista jytärokkijytäilyä. Ensiluokkaista hiihtolenkkimusaa. Useampiakin tuttuja biisejä joita en välttämättä olisi osannut yhdistää Thin Lizzyyn. Selvästi aukkoja tämän genren tuntemuksessa! Ehkä tähän mennessä tämän projektin suurin positiivinen yllätys ennakkoluuloihin verrattuna.

Oldie but goodie

a good rockin time, first listen to any thin lizzy which is weird considering how i grew up on this kinda music but i dig it, lean more toward the heavier stuff but the blues rock numbers are nice too. good energy and really good mixing

Didn't realize I knew so many Thin Lizzy songs already! Good classic rock

One of the best albums ever.

Only listened to half, pretty solid shit. Thin Lizzy is good shit

12/1 Damn good live Rock album. Didn't even see that the boys were back in town on this. Standout Tracks: Emerald, Southbound, Dancing in the Moonlight, Still in Love with You, The Boys Are Back in Town, Sha-La-La, The Rocker

Loved it - not one bad song on the ablum. Will revisit.

Fine! The lead into boys are back was fun. I dislike having to hear the band intros on live albums.

Monday, 14 September, 2026 Rockin album. Too long. Phil Lynott is a great bass player and front man. The twin guitar hero’s slay.

Favourite Songs: Still In Love With You

bom

Now this is rock n’ roll.

A fairly straight up approach to 70's rock and roll... I feel like this did help me appreciate Thin Lizzy a bit more. They are good at making pop-driven catchy songs layered in fuzzy, Wah guitar. This album, as a stand alone though, didn't feel particularly special in any real way.

A few years ago I saw Pup, Pkew Pkew Pkew, and the Dirty Nil. All three bands came out for the encore together and played the Boys Are Back In Town. It was wild and somehow wasn’t a mess considering the number of guitars and basses that were on stage. That was definitely a far more memorable event than this album, but to be fair, I was actually there. That said, I don’t dislike Thin Lizzy and I didn’t hate this album, but I don’t think I really needed to hear a double, semi-live album from them. Do they not have a studio album that would have been a better fit for the list?

Ok album

Didn't expect thin lizzy of all bands to have a highly regarded live album. It was pretty good, not great, as it is for most people I only recognized two songs on it.

I thought I had never heard a Thin Lizzy song before, had no idea Boys Are Back In Town is theirs. Thought it was Bon Jovi’s. I didn’t mind this album was easy to rock along too, might listen to some more Thin Lizzy! And Huey Lewis on the Harmonica

I like my live albums to document a moment in time. I'm le enamoured when it's recorded over several dates, as this is. It becomes a bit too sterile at that point and often lacks the magic that the truly great live albums have. That said, it's a solid collection of songs and is enjoyable enough as a best of... just wish it had been a little more dangerous!

Good old fashioned head banging rock. Good to have a live album.

Sounded very similar

Solid rock, even live (which I'm not usually a big fan of)

Meh

Är inte förtjust i livealbum normalt sett, men detta är ändå bra musik så det får bli en helt vanlig trea i betyg.

Exactly how much of this is properly live is anyone's guess, but it's certainly a slick sounding album. The performances are perfectly fine and the twin guitar sound is sensational. The problem is that once they've played the hits they've still got plenty of time to fill on a double album. So they bring out the B Grade (and, eventually, the C Grade) material. Sure, hearing Boys are Back in Town is great, but there's plenty of filler. No-one is putting this on just to hear Baby Drives Me Crazy. Well played filler, certainly, but filler none the less.

It’s a live album. These should not be on the list. Thin Lizzy good, at least. 3.5/5

fine

Too many slow songs but this live performance was more than good, especially in 1978.

You can certainly hear the influence Thin Lizzy had on Iron Maiden. A decent live album, but it starts to blend after a bit.

Rock

Classic MJ album

Liked it a lot, and had a great time listening! Loads better than their other album, Dead and Safe.

Pretty cool old school hard rock album but waaaaay too long.

Besonders dangerous wirkte es jetzt nicht auf mich. Ich bin aber überrascht wie sehr das schon über die 70er als offenbar feste Hard Rock (?) Institution steht. Logische Konsequenz, ein Livealbum als „best of“ herauszubringen, mit dem mir sympathischen Prinzip der Zusammenstellung der besten Versionen verschiedener Städte. Über die Länge überzeugt es mich nicht. Als Livealbum an sich aber eigentlich schon. Dann landen wir wohl irgendwo bei starken 3 Sternen.

Some interesting guitar work but apart from that they're just another rock band amongst many.

While their live shows were probably great, this album being live doesn't really capture that energy. Recognized one song; everything was ok

Thin Lizzy is fine but having live albums that are essentially going to be something of a hit compilation kind of bothers me. I'm not anti-live-album for the list but I don't know if this would be a case for having one.

alright, got kinda samey after a while.

Wasn't familiar at all with this band, minus boys are back in town, so had no expectations at all, good or bad. I liked this alot.

Not my cup of tea but some shreddy goodness. I see the appeal.

5/10

Fine, three stars…

Love the tunes. Don’t find this moving.

Better to have the studio version

Live versions, need to checkout studio versions of: Dancing in the Moonlight Massacre Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed

A little lackluster for a live album but fun. Would kick ass to see the boys are back in time live