Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
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Free Music Review: Sweet memories
Hit: 4 Stars
This album was the first one Thin Lizzy album I heard in my life, and this was almost 25 years ago. It's a great album and still fresh and exciting. I enjoy it very much.Free Music Review: Hey you, good lookin' female...come 'ere
Hit: 4 Stars
All Thin Lizzy is worth delving into. Lynott was one of those rare individuals. The fact that all you ever hear is the boys are back in town is just downright criminal. They have such an impressive catalog. Great dual guitar sound, great drummer, great songwriting. Faves are this album, Live & Dangerous, and Johnny The Fox. Free Music Review: Thin Lizzy's maturation
Hit: 5 Stars
I have to admit I didn't like Thin Lizzy at first, beyond The Boys Are Back In town. When I first bought this in 1989 I was heavily into a Black Sabbath phase, and somwehow Thin Lizzy didn't sit quite right with me. I didn't like the slow songs, I disliked the funky elements (here typified by Angel From The Coast) and they seemed too down to earth for my taste.
How things have changed! Twenty years later I mainly listen to classcial but Thin Lizzy are one of only a handful or rock bands I still listen to. Now, I can really appreciate this band. They had so much; songs with melody yet attitude, great musicianship, and if I may use a quote beloved of pretentious music critics, "resonance". Incredibly though it took 6 albums in as many years for Thin Lizzy to gain widespread acclaim, although with Jailbreak it's easy to understand why the public finally realised how good this band was. The songs are all finely crafted, catchy and the famous (and influential) twin guitar style was perfected here after some experimental attempts. The main attraction to Jailbreak is of course the song The Boys Are Back In Town, very nearly the perfect all out rock and roll song, neatly combining melancholy touches in the verse to the triumphant, rousing chrous.
I might point out too that I've come to appreciate Lizzy as musicians too. Of course Scott Gorham and Brian Roberstson are the easiest to spot here, but Brian Downey is a drummer that should get wider acclaim. He's never overpowering in the way that some rock drummers are but complements the songs with an almost perfect beat and cymbal technique. He's not trying to outshine the others, he know his job is to provide a solid base for the others to build on. Listen to Angel From The Coast for an example. Above all though I've come to regard Phil Lynott's voice as one if the best in rock. He sings somewhat like Freddie Mercury, sharp, not flat, and there are vocal harmony overdubs that sound not dissimilar to some Queen.
Overall if you want hard rock that isn't ashamed to be melodic then Thin Lizzy are a band you should like. Perhaps the best analogy I can make is to Queen. They share a similar ratio of rockers to slow songs, they use melodic yet aggressive guitar and use similar vocal techniques. Thin Lizzy are much more streetwise and earthy than the (intentional) theatrics of Queen though. (As an aside Thin Lizzy toured with Queen in 1977, what a show that must have been!)
Maybe the only problem I have with Jailbreak as an album is that it seems to outshine any other Thin LIzzy release in popularity. Ask the average rock fan about Thin Lizzy and they'll name The Boys Are Back In Town. Some might be able to tell you that it's from Jailbreak and mention either the title track or maybe Emerald. For 90% of rock fans though, the rest of Thin Lizzy's catalog is a mystery. Which is a shame as they did so many good songs both previously and after their breakthrough with Jailbreak, and this album is just one aspect of their multi faceted career. Although this album, as a whole, is clearly one of Thin Lizzy's high points, it is not the bands only great moment. If you want to experience Thin Lizzy though, then Jailbreak is the ideal start point.
Free Music Review: Near Perfect
Hit: 5 Stars
Hardcore fans of any band will usually play favorites with a band's less famous albums, and they've often right to do so. But, there's a reason why Jailbreak is the most famous offering from Thin Lizzy. Now, granted, if you think only of "The Boys Are Back in Town," when you hear of Lizzy, then you're probably not a serious fan. But there's not a weak track on this album. Front to back, it's stellar!Free Music Review: One of the best hard rock albums of the '70s
Hit: 5 Stars
Thin Lizzy's 1976 album, Jailbreak, is not only the band's most successful album but also one of the best hard rock albums of the 1970's. Unfairly called a one-hit wonder by the majority of music fans for their now classic track "The Boys Are Back In Town", Jailbreak proved that Thin Lizzy were anything but that. Whether it's on a beautiful ballad, an intense rocker, or something in between, everything here is done with passion. Phil Lynott was one of the best songwriters in the genre and his vocals were always spot on, possessing plenty of soul and bite. Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson's guitar work was excellent and would prove influential to a newer generation of heavy metal bands. Brian Downey was a top notch drummer whose performance always matched the song's mood. The album truly is one long highlight as there's nothing even close to a bad or mediocre song here. "Running Back" and "Fight or Fall" are great ballads that never become sappy while "Angel from the Coast" and "Romeo and the Lonely Girl" are memorable story songs similar to what Bruce Springsteen used to write, only heavier. The tracks "Warriors", "Emerald", and the title song are great hard rockers full of menacing riffs. "Cowboy Song" would become one of the band's most cherished songs, most notably due to its guitar solo, one of many that Gorham and Robertson, would play in unison. Finally, "The Boys are Back in Town" is their signature song, still in regular rotation on AOR stations 30 years after its release. All told, Jailbreak is one of the best hard rock albums of the `70s and still doesn't fail to impress. Highest recommendation.