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Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend Audio CD

A fair review of the Thin Lizzy "Black Rose: A Rock Legend" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Thin Lizzy reviews here, or go back to the Thin Lizzy tabs.

Thin Lizzy Band: Thin Lizzy
Title: Black Rose: A Rock Legend
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Release Date: 1998-10-20
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Do Anything You Want To 2: Toughest Street in Town 3: S&M 4: Waiting for an Alibi 5: My Sarah 6: Got to Give It Up 7: Get Out of Here 8: With Love 9: Roisin Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend

Tell me the legends of long ago...
"Roisin Dubh" would be his ultimate statement of love for all things Irish and his name checking of names from Irish mythology and literature fitted seamlessly with the folksy guitar adaptations that both Phil and fellow countryman Gary Moore applied to the music. Irish folk was always in Philip Lynott's heart and likewise songs dedicated to his homeland littered the Thin Lizzy catalog over the band's roughly seventeen year career. The result is a masterpiece of Celtic rock and probably the true artistic pinnacle of Thin Lizzy's career. `Black Rose' the album was also a commercial success in Britain and on the continent if not America. Gary Moore had rejoined Lizzy as a semi-permanent replacement for Brian Robertson and his playing proved to mesh perfectly with Scott Gorham as the traditional Thin Lizzy harmonies rang true once more. Once you hear the album opener "Do Anything You Want to" and the guitars it is unmistakably Thin Lizzy even before Philip begins his lead vocal. "Waiting for an Alibi", the first single, also became one of the band's most successful and was a perfect embodiment of the archetypal Lizzy sound. "Got to Give it Up" was an ominous self-confessional that unfortunately was paid little heed by the song's composer but it remains a highpoint on a LP full of highlights. "Toughest Street in Town" was macho, street Lynott while "Sarah" was sentimental and sweet. "S&M" was as nasty and funky as its title suggests. There really are no bum notes or false turns on `Black Rose' which ended the seventies on a triumphant note. Unfortunately the new decade would see the slow decline of the band's fortunes as its leader would slowly succumb to the effects of . . . . . that stuff. Drinking whiskey in the jarooooh.


Okay....put on the brakes if you don't own anything by these guys yet
This album has a handful of what one might consider. . bad songs. Now maybe I was spoiled after hearing Jailbreak, but I'd say FIGHTING is a better over all album. "Do anything you want to" and "Waiting for an alibi" are two songs on here worth noting. There are certainly some awesome solos on this recording as well. The last song, the title track, was what got me pumped for this album, however the track before it left such a sour taste in my mouth I didn't enjoy it as much. This is why people buy mp3s I guess. If you don't want to be disappointed get Jailbreak, it's flawless.


Hard, not heavy
A hard rock record. This thing just roars from the beginning and seldom lets up. . . not heavy. . . just hard. The best hard rock groups of the 70's had that melodicism that went with the songs.

Know what I really liked about Thin Lizzy? The drum sounds. As simple as it may sound, it wasn't, and isn't, easy to get a great drum sound. Whoever engineered those Thin Lizzy records really got Downey's sound right.


Everyone Said it best, i'm only here to join in :)
Black Rose embodies everything about Phil's songwriting that makes you want to play it again and again. I own every Thin Lizzy record and this note for note, song for song, is a hard rock masterpiece that showcases a time in music that will never be duplicated again. This is a masterpiece.


Thin Lizzy's best
Yeah, Jailbreak has three super tunes and some "others". IMO this is their best effort top-to-bottom. This album is fantastic from start to finish. Roisin Dubh and Got to Give it Up are my favorites.


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