I was in a band in 1976 in London we’d booked a studio in Southall to do our first proper recording I went out to get us lunch and heard this song blaring out from a record shop it was The Boys Are Back and I just wanted to give up it was amazing you couldn’t compete! I forgot lunch and went and dragged the guys to the shop Emerald is bloody amazing my favourite ever guitar duel at the end also Still In Love With You the version off Live and Dangerous so good it’s got me through nearly all my break ups since 1978! And we lived 2 mins from Hammersmith and went to every gig that week that became Live and Dangerous and the new RSD release such a great band. Phil lived in Kew Road about 5 mins walk from my parents house in Kew such a sad end to such a great talent but some guys just aren’t born to make old bones
My favorite album is the debut Thin Lizzy album. Despite the recordings not being as polished as the rest it has some awesome tracks, Diddy levine, honesty is no excuse, remembering 1 and 2. This album feels like a love experience/lesson from phil himself.
Agree. This album is probably 2nd place for me, as I just love th Black Rose album more. What is really great about their debut, is that it is really soulfull. You feel that every song on it happened in real life and Phill just telling you that
I love ever Lizzy album so it’s hard to choose but here are my picks anyway. 12) Shades Of A Blue Orphanage 11) Vagabonds Of The Western World 10) Thin Lizzy 9) Nightlife 8) Chinatown 7) Johnny The Fox 6) Renegade 5) Thunder And Lightning 4) Bad Reputation 3) Jailbreak 2) Fighting 1) Black Rose
For me being Irish in Ireland, Thin lizzy are one of the greatest ever! I have the Róisín Dubh Tattoo. 12) Shades Of A Blue Orphanage 11) Vagabonds Of The Western World 10) Nightlife 9) Johnny The Fox 8) Renegade 7) Thin Lizzy 6) Thunder And Lightning 5) Chinatown 4) Jailbreak 3) Vagabonds of western world 2) Róisín Dubh (Black Rose) 1) Bad Reputation I favor the early stuff more than this person does ach still great stuff.
My Top 12 Thin Lizzy Albums, There isn't a bad Lizzy Album. 12. Renegade 11. Thin Lizzy 10. Shades of a Blue Orphanage 9. Chinatown 8. Black Rose: A Rock Legend 7. Bad Reputation 6. Nightlife 5. Thunder and Lightning 4. Fighting 3. Jailbreak 2. Vagabonds of the Western World 1. Johnny the Fox Could do without, The Boys are back in Town.
My nominations: 12) Thunder & Lightning 11) Shade of a Blue Orphanage 10) Vagabonds of the Western World 9) Thin Lizzy 8) Fighting 7) Nightlife 6) Bad Reputation 5) Jailbreak 4) Renegade 3) Johnny the Fox 2) Chinatown 1) Black Rose
Very hard to argue with that list I love the softness of phils voice on some songs on jailbreak, the killing of the buffalo on chinatown is one of my top lizzy songs
You’re absolutely clueless. If Lynott had been healthy and lived, John Sykes would have updated Thin Lizzy’s sound and made them highly relevant in the 1980s. They would have blown all the other Seventies dinosaurs away. All the plaudits Coverdale/Whitesnake got for the 1987 album co written by Sykes- all that would have gone to Lizzy. Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy would have at last got their dues with the Lynott/Johnny Sykes partnership. Tragically, not to be. “Mindless shredder”- pppffff.
What I love about Bad Reputation (besides the songs) is that Gorham is on 90% of the album. Robertson is only on two tracks, and at Gorham's insistence. Scott Gorham is criminally underrated.
Wow great insight in this video. You're right that Jon Sykes was going to turn Thin Lizzy into a premiere 80s metal band and it would have been absolutely biblical.
I love almost all Thin Lizzy studio albums, my favorite overall is Chinatown actually! The only one I think is just pretty good is Vagabonds of the Western World (it just feels a bit weird to me, especially before Nightlife which is a favorite), and the only one I genuinely don’t like is Shades Of A Blue Orphanage. That ones kinda hard to sit through tbh
1. Thunder and Lightning (1983) 2. Johnny The Fox (1976) 3. Jailbreak (1976) 4. Bad Reputation (1977) 5. Black Rose (1979) 6. Renegade (1981) 7. Fighting (1975) 8. Chinatown (1980) 9. Vagabonds of The Western World (1973) 10. Nightlife (1974) 11. Thin Lizzy (1971) 12. Shades of a Blue Orphanage (1972)
I'm with you, Gary. "Boys Are Back in Town" cannot be overplayed for me. I hear it on the radio, and the volume goes up, much like any UFO song I ever hear on the radio. Jailbreak isn't may favorite Lizzy LP, but I love the record.
not every song has that power but johnny and suicide turned my head into a music video machine ... espeicially johnny ... like a short story in a sense with musical interruptions
1) Black Rose 2) Fighting 3) Jailbreak 4) Chinatown 5) Thunder & Lighting 6) Bad Reputation 7) Nightlife 8) Renegade 9) Johnny The Fox 10) Vagabongs Of The Wetern World 11) Thin Lizzy 12) Shades of A Blue Orphanage The top 10 albums are all just about perfect and they can all change on any given day other than the top 2
12. Thin Lizzy 11. Shades of a blue orphanage 10. Vagabonds ... 9. Nightlife 8. Fighting 7. Renegade 6. Bad Reputation 5. Johnny the Fox 4. Jailbreak 3. Black Rose 2. Chinatown 1. Thunder and Lightning
I feel like there are plenty of rock bands that don’t get the respect they deserved. Thin Lizzy is one of my favorites along with Bachman turner overdrive.
I have a soft spot for fighting album. Kings vengeance is my favourite lizzy song. I first saw then on the fighting tour in 75 at Londons new Victoria theatre. By the way lynott is said as in why not. Not lyn not
1.Jailbreak 2.Fighting 3.Renegade 4.Black Rose 5.Johnny The Fox 6.Bad Reputation 7.Thunder & Lightning 8.Vagabonds Of The Western World 9.Nightlife 10.Thin Lizzy 11.Chinatown 12.Shades Of A Blue Orphanage
@@buzzbuzzerson3592 I listened to Renegade from start to finish last night. I also like it (as I do all of their albums) but I wouldn't have it as being Lizzy's 3rd best. One album that I listen to least is actually 'Black Rose' ! Obviously it contains a strong selection of tuneful songs but apart from the superb title track the album tends to sound to 'power-pop' and over-produced for my liking.
My List (12:) Thin Lizzy (11:) Shades Of A Blue Orphanage (10:) Nightlife (9:) Vagabonds Of The Western World (8:) Renegade (7:) Chinatown (6:) Black Rose: A Rock Legend (5:) Bad Reputation (4:) Fighting (3:) Jailbreak (2:) Thunder And Lightning (1:) Johnny The Fox
You're wise to know just how low-key good Johnny is. For me it's 3 man cage fight between Johnny, Jailbreak, Fighting. Also I like their first three albums WAY better than anything after Bad Rep. Most Lizzy fans feel the opposite. Maybe I love the first three because I'm a huge early Rod Stewart fan, and those 3 are in that style. Even Nightlife, which is really good too. @@braydenh.9210
Let me say this, there’s no thin lizzy song I don’t like. I love every album and really just about every song. 12) Vagabonds On The Western World 11) Shades of Blue Orphanage 10) Thin Lizzy 9) Renegade 8) Thunder and Lightning 7) Chinatown 6) Johnny The Fox 5) Bad Reputation 4) Black Rose 3) Nightlife 2) Jailbreak 1) Fighting
The first four records are in their own category. Then there is Jailbreak, which I think has always been overrated. Not my favorite. All rest are so good, that it is very Hard to put them any order.
Glad you ranked Renegade higher than a lot of people do. It’s probably my 3rd or 4th favorite.
My fave Lizzy album is CHINATOWN. I loved Snowy Whites playing on this album .
Lizzy wrote wonderful tunes.
Man great video !!! Love Thin Lizzy in my top 5 And give or take a couple your ranking is spot on cheers!
I was in a band in 1976 in London we’d booked a studio in Southall to do our first proper recording I went out to get us lunch and heard this song blaring out from a record shop it was The Boys Are Back and I just wanted to give up it was amazing you couldn’t compete! I forgot lunch and went and dragged the guys to the shop Emerald is bloody amazing my favourite ever guitar duel at the end also Still In Love With You the version off Live and Dangerous so good it’s got me through nearly all my break ups since 1978! And we lived 2 mins from Hammersmith and went to every gig that week that became Live and Dangerous and the new RSD release such a great band. Phil lived in Kew Road about 5 mins walk from my parents house in Kew such a sad end to such a great talent but some guys just aren’t born to make old bones
My favorite album is the debut Thin Lizzy album. Despite the recordings not being as polished as the rest it has some awesome tracks, Diddy levine, honesty is no excuse, remembering 1 and 2. This album feels like a love experience/lesson from phil himself.
Agree. This album is probably 2nd place for me, as I just love th Black Rose album more. What is really great about their debut, is that it is really soulfull. You feel that every song on it happened in real life and Phill just telling you that
I love ever Lizzy album so it’s hard to choose but here are my picks anyway.
12) Shades Of A Blue Orphanage
11) Vagabonds Of The Western World
10) Thin Lizzy
9) Nightlife
8) Chinatown
7) Johnny The Fox
6) Renegade
5) Thunder And Lightning
4) Bad Reputation
3) Jailbreak
2) Fighting
1) Black Rose
My top 3: 1= Renegade, 2= Bad Reputation, 3= Johnny the Fox.
Chinatown is a great album, if you like heavy music. It is their second heaviest album after Thunder and Lightning.
Subscribed just on your first assessment of Thin Lizzy.
For me being Irish in Ireland, Thin lizzy are one of the greatest ever! I have the Róisín Dubh Tattoo.
12) Shades Of A Blue Orphanage
11) Vagabonds Of The Western World
10) Nightlife
9) Johnny The Fox
8) Renegade
7) Thin Lizzy
6) Thunder And Lightning
5) Chinatown
4) Jailbreak
3) Vagabonds of western world
2) Róisín Dubh (Black Rose)
1) Bad Reputation
I favor the early stuff more than this person does ach still great stuff.
Hey Gary, thanks for the video. i like all their albums. Fighting is my favorite. It is so fresh and cool.
My Top 12 Thin Lizzy Albums, There isn't a bad Lizzy Album.
12. Renegade
11. Thin Lizzy
10. Shades of a Blue Orphanage
9. Chinatown
8. Black Rose: A Rock Legend
7. Bad Reputation
6. Nightlife
5. Thunder and Lightning
4. Fighting
3. Jailbreak
2. Vagabonds of the Western World
1. Johnny the Fox
Could do without, The Boys are back in Town.
Everyone has their own opinion but for me Chinatown and Renegade for the sound quality and songs is right up there
bad reputation is my fav by this group but live and dangerous is all you need.
My nominations:
12) Thunder & Lightning
11) Shade of a Blue Orphanage
10) Vagabonds of the Western World
9) Thin Lizzy
8) Fighting
7) Nightlife
6) Bad Reputation
5) Jailbreak
4) Renegade
3) Johnny the Fox
2) Chinatown
1) Black Rose
2 corrections. 1. It's pronounced gary MOORE. Not GARYmoore. Emphasis is on Moore. 2. He played on the Nightlife album. Still in Love with You song.
Very hard to argue with that list I love the softness of phils voice on some songs on jailbreak, the killing of the buffalo on chinatown is one of my top lizzy songs
Jon Sykes guitars are biblical on Thunder and Lightning
It's awful. He was just a mindless shredder. Lizzy were never that type of band.
You’re absolutely clueless. If Lynott had been healthy and lived, John Sykes would have updated Thin Lizzy’s sound and made them highly relevant in the 1980s. They would have blown all the other Seventies dinosaurs away. All the plaudits Coverdale/Whitesnake got for the 1987 album co written by Sykes- all that would have gone to Lizzy.
Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy would have at last got their dues with the Lynott/Johnny Sykes partnership.
Tragically, not to be.
“Mindless shredder”- pppffff.
I love Thunder and Lightening. Possibly the greatest last album produced by a major rock act.
It’s up there along with Innuendo and Abbey road by Queen and the Beatles, respectively
I concur.
I've been a Lizzy fan since 1978 and in my opinion it's their worst album.
@@johntate5050That's because you may be a casual fan who would be ok with their final album being Jailbreak Part 7
What I love about Bad Reputation (besides the songs) is that Gorham is on 90% of the album. Robertson is only on two tracks, and at Gorham's insistence. Scott Gorham is criminally underrated.
Best band in the world 🌎 thin lizzy very good live
Wow great insight in this video. You're right that Jon Sykes was going to turn Thin Lizzy into a premiere 80s metal band and it would have been absolutely biblical.
I agree about them being underated!Vagabonds title track is awesome & underated, The Hero & the Madman is an awesome almost prog rock epic!
I love almost all Thin Lizzy studio albums, my favorite overall is Chinatown actually! The only one I think is just pretty good is Vagabonds of the Western World (it just feels a bit weird to me, especially before Nightlife which is a favorite), and the only one I genuinely don’t like is Shades Of A Blue Orphanage. That ones kinda hard to sit through tbh
1. Thunder and Lightning (1983)
2. Johnny The Fox (1976)
3. Jailbreak (1976)
4. Bad Reputation (1977)
5. Black Rose (1979)
6. Renegade (1981)
7. Fighting (1975)
8. Chinatown (1980)
9. Vagabonds of The Western World (1973)
10. Nightlife (1974)
11. Thin Lizzy (1971)
12. Shades of a Blue Orphanage (1972)
I'm with you, Gary. "Boys Are Back in Town" cannot be overplayed for me. I hear it on the radio, and the volume goes up, much like any UFO song I ever hear on the radio. Jailbreak isn't may favorite Lizzy LP, but I love the record.
not every song has that power but johnny and suicide turned my head into a music video machine ... espeicially johnny ... like a short story in a sense with musical interruptions
I think the band is great..I think the best album they did was Johnny the fox...every album had a couple of killer tracks
1) Black Rose
2) Fighting
3) Jailbreak
4) Chinatown
5) Thunder & Lighting
6) Bad Reputation
7) Nightlife
8) Renegade
9) Johnny The Fox
10) Vagabongs Of The Wetern World
11) Thin Lizzy
12) Shades of A Blue Orphanage
The top 10 albums are all just about perfect and they can all change on any given day other than the top 2
Gary Moore played the solo on 'Still in Love With You' that appears on the 'Nightlife' album .
Can you tell me how to get that black rose in the globe? That's cool.
12. Thin Lizzy
11. Shades of a blue orphanage
10. Vagabonds ...
9. Nightlife
8. Fighting
7. Renegade
6. Bad Reputation
5. Johnny the Fox
4. Jailbreak
3. Black Rose
2. Chinatown
1. Thunder and Lightning
I feel like there are plenty of rock bands that don’t get the respect they deserved. Thin Lizzy is one of my favorites along with Bachman turner overdrive.
I cannot pick albums in order so many good deep cuts on the vinal leaves me hopeless. Love Phlips music am i crazy?
great review bro🎸i think the rating system went 9,9.1,9.2,9.3 and so on😂
I have a soft spot for fighting album. Kings vengeance is my favourite lizzy song. I first saw then on the fighting tour in 75 at Londons new Victoria theatre. By the way lynott is said as in why not. Not lyn not
1.Jailbreak
2.Fighting
3.Renegade
4.Black Rose
5.Johnny The Fox
6.Bad Reputation
7.Thunder & Lightning
8.Vagabonds Of The Western World
9.Nightlife
10.Thin Lizzy
11.Chinatown
12.Shades Of A Blue Orphanage
I agree with your top 2 positions
@@TheHumbuckerboy Most would be horrified I have Renegade at three, but I love that album.
@@buzzbuzzerson3592 I listened to Renegade from start to finish last night. I also like it (as I do all of their albums) but I wouldn't have it as being Lizzy's 3rd best. One album that I listen to least is actually 'Black Rose' ! Obviously it contains a strong selection of tuneful songs but apart from the superb title track the album tends to sound to 'power-pop' and over-produced for my liking.
@@TheHumbuckerboy I agree. I actually prefer hearing songs from Black Rose live. The Title track, Waiting For An Alibi and Got To Give It Up.
@@buzzbuzzerson3592 Yes, Got to Give it Up is definitely better live IMO
My List
(12:) Thin Lizzy
(11:) Shades Of A Blue Orphanage
(10:) Nightlife
(9:) Vagabonds Of The Western World
(8:) Renegade
(7:) Chinatown
(6:) Black Rose: A Rock Legend
(5:) Bad Reputation
(4:) Fighting
(3:) Jailbreak
(2:) Thunder And Lightning
(1:) Johnny The Fox
Typo. You meant to put Nightlife where you have Black Rose. And vice versa.
@@Frip36 I was 13 when I typed that 😭
@@Frip36 Johnny The Fox is still their best work after 2 years
You're wise to know just how low-key good Johnny is. For me it's 3 man cage fight between Johnny, Jailbreak, Fighting.
Also I like their first three albums WAY better than anything after Bad Rep. Most Lizzy fans feel the opposite. Maybe I love the first three because I'm a huge early Rod Stewart fan, and those 3 are in that style. Even Nightlife, which is really good too. @@braydenh.9210
Good . Cold sweat 👍
Never go full stone sober.
Let me say this, there’s no thin lizzy song I don’t like. I love every album and really just about every song.
12) Vagabonds On The Western World
11) Shades of Blue Orphanage
10) Thin Lizzy
9) Renegade
8) Thunder and Lightning
7) Chinatown
6) Johnny The Fox
5) Bad Reputation
4) Black Rose
3) Nightlife
2) Jailbreak
1) Fighting
Nightlife over Black Rose…interesting!
Trevor knows what he's doing. @@lilyjenkins6274
Only guy to get the order closest to correct.
Ray gun is too good to be in last place , id put blue orphanage in last place
The first four records are in their own category. Then there is Jailbreak, which I think has always been overrated. Not my favorite. All rest are so good, that it is very Hard to put them any order.
Wrong. They’re all no 1!
Renegade is the best album thin lizzy ever made 🎸🎸🎸
It's a grower. Maybe in my top 6