The only cut that I never warmed much to, is album closer Dear Lord. Good collaborations with Phil, Downey and Scott on the title cut and Opium Trail and Killer Without a Cause is a buried nugget and nice Lynott/Gorham number as well. I think Phil came up with some good and solid material and it seems that he was on a roll with songs like Dancing in the Moonlight, Soldier of Fortune, That Woman., and Southbound (although I prefer the "live" soundcheck version of Southbound on L&D). The record is a natural forward step from Johnny the Fox(which I like), and it's a shame that Robbo made this one his last appearance on a studio release with the band(in his telling, he was simply doing a session). Agreed its fairly lacking in the recording mix and production side, which having Visconti as co-producer was a surprise to me. Phil didn’t speak to him for a few years.īad Reputation is a fairly strong release from the writing and performing aspect. He got him back on the Black Rose, but he left the tour halfway through with no notice. Gary went and did Colosseum II, and Phil waited for him to come back.
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It’s been said that after that tour he wanted Gary full time. Phil had Gary Moore fill in for the 2nd time when Robbo got a bottle in the hand for the Queen tour. The people around the band have said that without Robbo’s contributions, Jailbreak wouldn’t have even happened.
I also think Robbo resented Phil getting most of the writing credit. It’s sad that those two couldn’t get along. Tony wanted him all over the album, but Phil didn’t and Robbo wasn’t making things better with his attitude and drinking. Apparently, when Robbo showed in Canada to make the album, Phil wasn’t speaking to him and he was drunk and pissed at Phil. Tony Visconti asked for him and management also wanted the winning Lizzy team again.
Impressive! So, for me, and as contentious as this may be, this is Lizzy's final beautiful golden egg.Click to expand.Rob I was recovered by then, but Phil didn’t want him back in the band. Downey and Gorham are on fire throughout, and whilst it might only be a sound check, the whole band play their asses off. The final track is best in this respect, but sits a bit oddly because of that same fact, it being the sole non-album track, and a live soundcheck sans vocals to boot. These latter are really excellent, but hardly strikingly surprising archival discoveries from the vaults. Some of the Lizzy reissues add a lot of different material, here you simply get several reiterated tracks from the album in BBC sessions. Thunder & Lightning is brilliant, but it's so much an '80s metal album that it's almost a totally different band, and something of an anomaly in the Lizzy catalogue.Whilst the remastered sound is stunning, personally I feel the extras are only so-so. Black Rose has some great tunes, but it's not as consistently excellent, and Chinatown and Renegade are, for me at any rate, poor showings by classic Lizzy standards. Phil writing great tunes, with good collaborative efforts filling the album out, Downey and Gorham bringing musical finesse and fire to Lynott's great vocal/bass leadership combo. The bonus track BBC sessions show how tight and together they were. The music ranges from the hard funky rock of the title track (Downey's drumming on this is colossal: he's a true Titan of the tubs!) to the slinky soul of Dancin' in The Moonlight, taking in mid paced rockers like Soldier of Fortune and Opium Trail whilst still leaving space for Phil's sensitive side, on such tracks as Southbound and Downtown Sundown.It's a bona fide classic: great songs, great playing. It sounds like the classic Lizzy lineup at its peak. You wouldn't know that from simply listening to it.
After this they took an extended break, 'Robbo' disappearing from the scene at the time for a spell, and Downey absenting himself for a while when they reconvened in '79, finally returning with Black Rose.As the cover pic suggests, this album is largely the work of a three piece. Thin Lizzy'Bad Reputation'Expanded CD New & Sealed**See picture for reverse sleeve info & track listing**Bad Reputation ends a very fertile run of albums from Lizzy, from their eponymous '71 debut, with one album a year, except for the two in '76, up to this one. Artikelnummer: 384406187853 Thin Lizzy-Bad Reputation-CD-EXPANDED EDITION inkl.
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