Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation
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Free Music Notes for Bad Reputation
Free Music Review: Killer with a good cause
Hit: 5 Stars
The first thing that comes to mind is: Hell, they could sound "pop" and still be hard rockers. So why they never played on radio, with few exceptions like "boys are back in town".
Bad Reputation is an great effort to make Thin Lizzy a successful band without losing their style. It is clear that they mixed here on this record the rawness from Jailbreak, and the experimentations from Johnny the Fox". So, it's an album like "midway", but never half succeeded. No way, this is really a good piece of 70's hard rock, even better than most of the trash done during 80's and 90's when it comes to hard rock.
A sad mark to this album is the fact that it is the last time Robbo and Gorham put their guitar to fight together in a studio. But what a great way to say farewell to arms! I prefer Robbo a little bit, but Gorham is terrific, there ain't no such thing as a bad riff from the beginning to the end.
Some people may consider this album kinda laid-back stuff, but try to sse from another side, it's hard rock, with melodic phrases, without being glossy or fancy.
Really heavy tunes: Bad Reputation - opium trail - Killer without a cause
Other great tracks: That woman is gonna break your heart (the most beautiful Lizzy's ballad, along with Sarah)
Southbound- highway style song
Soldier of fortune - great opening track, beautiful guitar solo
Anyway the whole album is great, except maybe for Dear Lord, but, any song put after That Woman... is simply unfair.
In a four years space, those guys sent to the world such gems as Fighting, Jailbreak, Johnny the Fox, Bad Reputation, Live and Dangerous and Black Rose. Man, I mean, they were at least AWESOME!
Free Music Review: You better turn yourself around...
Hit: 5 Stars
From strength to strength as a recording band, nevertheless Thin Lizzy were reduced to a three piece once more due to the temporary incapacitation of Brian Robertson. Unfortunately for Robbo this would ultimately lead to his exit from the band. For 'Bad Reputation' most of the guitar duites fell to Scott Gorham who was often looked at as a second banana in this celebrated partnership. However Gorham produced arguably his finest work as an axeman and 'Bad Rep' is a better album for it. Despite the hiatus of Robbo, 'BR' contains much of the trademark harmonies that defined the band's sound. The title track is an incredible piece of street metal which also includes another outrageous performance from Brian Downey. "Soldier of Fortune", "Southbound" and "Dear Lord" further demonstrate that sometimes less is more. Robertson does contribute killer leads in "Opuim Trail" and "Killer without a Cause" (another classic!) but Scott takes care of business quite well. And Philip? He's the same genius as always whether emulating one of his heroes in "Dancing in the Moonlight" (Van Morrison) or making one of his celebrated confessionals in "Dear Lord" (I believed your story now you believe mine!). "Dancing" proved to be a minor hit for Lizzy but their last real success in the States would have to wait til the live record. 'Bad Reputation' the album would prove to be the end of an era as far as the band's studio albums went, the last stand of troubled genuis Brian Robertson. For consistent, brillant hard rock in the mid to late seventies, there was none better than Thin Lizzy. Time is right to settle scores!Free Music Review: Lizzy Must Have Known My Ex!!
Hit: 5 Stars
Here's another collection of fantastic songs that you'll never hear on your local classic rock station due to too much time spent on Led Zeppelin and The Eagles. Bad Reputation is one of four Thin Lizzy cds that are considered the band's best work, number three to be exact. From what I've read, Dancing In The Moonlight was a minor hit from this album, but most likely a hit everywhere but America. Why the songs Bad Reputaion and Opium Trail weren't smash hits is a total mystery we'll probably never figure out. If you're familiar with, and like Jailbreak or Johnny The Fox, then I can guarantee Bad Reputation will not disappoint. If you're unfamiliar with this band/album altogether, then I can talk till I'm blue in the face, but in the end you're just gonna have to buy it to see what the big deal is.Free Music Review: KILLER ALBUM
Hit: 5 Stars
Thin Lizzy was once again a threesome on Bad reputation thanks to Brian Robbo Robinson's out of control behavior that one way or another forced him outta the band. While he did provide some guitar licks, the majority of riffs, solos, and killer leads are done by Scott Gorham. The quiet one in this bunch, he steps out of the shadow of Robbo and lays down some of Lizzy's best riffs ever with the title track, Opium Trail, and Killer Without A Cause. Phil Lynott is in fine lyrical and vocal form, penning some great slow numbers like South Bound and Dancing In The Moonlight. This is one of the band's finest albums and the tour and live album that follwed are absolutely sensational.Free Music Review: what a great album!
Hit: 5 Stars
i love all thin lizzy's stuff because the music is always top notch and the lyrics are always so sincere (even if they're almost corny sometimes!) in the mid 70's we used to swim in valley forge park everyday and listen to "jailbreak" and to this day whenever i hear anything off that record it reminds me of those days! i saw lizzy on this tour and they opened with soldier of fortune. they played opium trail and almost all of the "live and dangerous" album too! but everything here is classic, southbound, dear lord, bad reputation, it's all good! the greatest thing about thin lizzy is that they have an album to fit whatever mood you're in! get this one!