Audio CD review:
Thin Lizzy - The Definitive Collection

Thin Lizzy - The Definitive Collection

Band: Thin Lizzy Title: The Definitive Collection Rating: Release Date: 2006-06-20 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Whiskey in the Jar - Thin Lizzy, Traditional 2: The Rocker 3: Still in Love with You 4: Showdown 5: Wild One 6: Jailbreak 7: The Boys Are Back in Town 8: Cowboy Song 9: Don't Believe a Word 10: Bad Reputation 11: Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight) 12: Rosalie/Cowgirl's Song - Thin Lizzy, Seger, Bob 13: Do Anything You Want To 14: Waiting for an Alibi 15: Chinatown - Thin Lizzy, Downey, Brian 16: Dedication

Not bad, but not good, get Dedication if you can only afford 1 Thin Lizzy cd I love alot of music, Zeppelin, Free, Deep Purple on and on, but Thin Lizzy does it for me. IMO, the greatest band to ever grace a stage was Thin Lizzy. Tops. None higher than Phil Lynott. This cd has alot, but it's just a reissue of Dedication minus She Knows and Fighting My Way back, which are both excellent. But you get Jailbreak, The Boys are back in Town, Chinatown, Bad Reputation, Still In Love with You, and 11 others. I personally like all of their albums, Johnny the Fox and Black Rose being the best, but if you are new to Lizzy try this. After you are mesmerized. . . and you will be, just go ahead and seek out (the 4 cd box) Vagabonds Kings Warriors Angels plus get Live and Dangerous. You will not regret it oneiotta. Next day birthday gift To my surpise and delight it was delivered the next day by noon as advertise. I order this item the day before a birthday and selected next day shipping. Simple amazing!. No way, no way... Call it "Best Of", "Greatest Hits", whatever. You simply cannot take a band with Lizzy's caliber and vast discography, throw in it 16 songs and call it "DEFINITIVE COLLECTION". But "Definitive" this is not, no way! That's why I rate it two stars: not for the songs (which are great) but by the misleading concept of this merchandise. . I think is a good collection of Thin lizzy Not complete, but the essential, this band was great! I think is not do a compilation of this great band. Decent Collection Of Hits I also I heard of the band being an influence to bands that came out later on, for example Def Leppard, which made a cover of another song fron Thin Lizzy, "Don't Believe A Word", and would play "Jailbreak" in their set selections when they would play gigs in the late 70's. I've heard of Thin Lizzy, mostly from their hit "Boys Are Back In Town" which came out in 1976, the year I was born. I saw on VH-1 Classic in Fall 2006 a series of live from BBC performances from bands like The Police, AC/DC and Thin Lizzy. I must say that I was impressed by the performance and the interaction from lead singer, the late Phil Lynott and fans in attendance. Besides the obvious hits like "Boys Are Back In Town", "Don't Believe A Word", "Jailbreak" , etc. , some of my other favorite songs fron this collection are "I'm A Rocker", "Rosalie", "The Cowboy Song" and "Wild One". According to past reviewer's recommendations, check out "Dedication" for a more complete Greatest Hits Collection from Thin Lizzy . You can see a complete list of all Thin Lizzy discography, or go back to the Thin Lizzy tabs