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Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning Audio CD

A fair review of the Thin Lizzy "Thunder and Lightning" 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: Thunder and Lightning
Rating:
Release Date: 1990-05-28
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Thunder and Lightning 2: This Is the One 3: Sun Goes Down 4: Holy War 5: Cold Sweat 6: Someday She Is Going to Hit Back 7: Baby Please Don't Go 8: Bad Habits 9: Heart Attack

Great music, ok CD version.
It will sound better. The music rules, but get one of the Japanese non-remastered CD versions instead. .


Think Lizzy cd
the cd is awesome. I received the Thin Lizzy cd very quickly. Thanks so much.


The last... and one of the best
I'll just add a couple of things. Many other people have sung the praises of this fine album. :) One thing (and I know it's the wildest of pipe-dreams) is that I would love for someone to reissue this CD with the cover art Jim FitzPatrick painted for it. Despite the fact that, IMO, the art was some of the best Jim ever did for Lizzy, the record company decided to go with something more "modern" and "metal". From what I understand, Phil Lynnot was NOT pleased with that decision. One other factoid, for those who give a damn: "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott once listed "Cold Sweat" as among his top ten favorite songs.
It is such a CRIME that this was the last Thin Lizzy album. I just watched the "Live and Dangerous" DVD on the 4th, 22 years after Phil's death. What a great band.
Rest in peace, Philo. .


A Great Finish!
In what may be their hardest album, Lizzy offers up some heavy riffing, powerful song-writing, and those always identifiable Phil Lynott vocals. "Like thunder
and lightning,
God damn it's so exciting!"

Thin Lizzy's final studio album, and they certainly went out swinging. If you're looking for the more mellow Lizzy, the one exemplified on the self-titled Thin Lizzy or Shades of a Blue Orphanage, you won't really find that here. If you want to hear Lizzy really wail and pour a ton of energy into their music, then this is a good album to check out.

There are just so many great tracks on this album. Hard hitters like the title track and "Bad Habits" are well balanced by great, somewhat softer tunes like "The Sun Goes Down" and all around great songs like "Holy War" and "Baby Please Don't Go. " This is really just a phenomenal album.


Out with a bang
Thunder and Lightning was not so much a return to form as an evolution into something different. I found Thin Lizzy to be either tired or hit-and-miss during the Snowy White albums. The higher energy numbers like "Cold Sweat" and the title track had more power than Lizzy had shown, and even something moodier like "The Sun Goes Down" still had a dark energy beneath the surface. In a perfect world, there would have been no need to Lizzy to split after this effort, clearly there was life left and the new blood John Sykes brought to the band had to have helped.

I'd seen the other reviews criticizing poor sound quality on the Wounded Bird release, but with no extra tracks on the Import Version I couldn't justify the higher price. True, this is no remaster, but if you're like me and have only had this one on vinyl for 20 years it's good to have a reasonably-priced version you can listen to without "dragging out all the gear". .


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