Life (Thin Lizzy album)

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Life
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Live album by
Thin Lizzy
ReleasedOctober 1983
Recorded27 November 1981; 10–12 March 1983
Venue Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK; The Leisureland, Galway, Ireland
Genre Hard rock, blues rock
Length97:45
Label Vertigo
Warner Bros. (US only)
Producer Phil Lynott, Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy live albums chronology
Live and Dangerous
(1978)		Life
(1983)		 BBC Radio One Live in Concert
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 7/10 [2]

Life (subtitled Live, and labelled Life:Live on the original vinyl LP editions) is a double live album by Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, released in 1983. This double album was recorded during their farewell tour in 1983, principally at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, UK. Phil Lynott had felt reluctantly that it was time to disband the group after the 1983 tour and to mark the occasion, former Thin Lizzy guitarists Eric Bell (1969–73), Brian Robertson (1974–78) and Gary Moore (1974, 1977 and 1978–79) joined the band on stage at the end of these gigs to do some numbers. This was called "The All-Star Jam".

Contents

The versions of "Renegade", "Hollywood" and "Killer on the Loose" featuring Snowy White had been performed two years earlier when he was still with the band.[ citation needed ] White's participation was only credited to "Renegade".[ citation needed ]

Lynott described the slower tempo version of "Don't Believe a Word" as being the original arrangement. A version of the song with the slower arrangement appears on Moore's Back on the Streets album from 1978, with Lynott on bass guitar and lead vocals and Brian Downey on drums.

During the performance of "The Rocker", all of the guitarists (except for White) played at the same time (Moore, John Sykes, Scott Gorham, Robertson and Bell), making a total of eight members on stage performing at once (including keyboard player Darren Wharton).

Track listing

(CD issues combine sides 1 and 2 on CD1 and sides 3 and 4 on CD 2)

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Thunder and Lightning" Brian Downey, Phil Lynott 5:10
2."Waiting for an Alibi"Lynott3:20
3."Jailbreak"Lynott4:05
4."Baby Please Don't Go"Lynott5:00
5."The Holy War"Lynott5:57
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Renegade"Lynott, Snowy White 6:25
7."Hollywood (Down on Your Luck)" Scott Gorham, Lynott4:02
8."Got to Give It Up"Lynott, Gorham6:55
9."Angel of Death"Lynott, Darren Wharton 6:06
10."Are You Ready"Downey, Gorham, Lynott, Brian Robertson 2:56
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Boys Are Back in Town"Lynott4:48
2."Cold Sweat"Lynott, John Sykes 3:10
3."Don't Believe a Word"Lynott5:10
4."Killer on the Loose"Lynott6:19
5."The Sun Goes Down"Lynott, Wharton5:02
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Emerald"Downey, Gorham, Lynott, Robertson3:50
7."Black Rose"Lynott, Gary Moore 6:50
8."Still in Love With You"Lynott8:50
9."The Rocker" Eric Bell, Downey, Lynott4:50

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1983–1984)Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [3] 29
UK Albums (OCC) [4] 29
US Billboard 200 [5] 185
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [6] 29

References

  1. ↑ Prato, Greg. "Thin Lizzy – Life review". AllMusic . Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 355. ISBN   978-1-894959-31-5.
  3. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Thin Lizzy – Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Thin Lizzy Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
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