Solo in Soho

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Solo in Soho
Soloinsoho.jpg
Cover photo by John Swannell
Studio album by
Philip Lynott
Released18 April 1980 [1]
May 1980 (Japan)
RecordedWinter 1979–early 1980
Studio Good Earth Studios, Soho, London, Compass Point Studios, Nassau, The Bahamas
Genre Rock
Length35:47
Label Vertigo (Europe and Japan)
Mercury (Canada)
Warner Bros. (US)
Producer Philip Lynott, Kit Woolven
Philip Lynott chronology
Solo in Soho
(1980)		 The Philip Lynott Album
(1982)
Singles from Solo in Soho
  1. "Dear Miss Lonely Heart" / "Solo in Soho"
    Released: April 1980
  2. "King's Call" / "Ode to a Black Man"
    Released: June 1980
  3. "Yellow Pearl" / "Girls"
    Released: October 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 9/10 [3]
Hot Press (mixed) [4]
Music Week Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]
Smash Hits 5/10 [6]

Solo in Soho is the debut solo album by Irish rock singer Philip Lynott, released while he was still in Thin Lizzy. Current and former Lizzy members guested on the album, including Scott Gorham, Brian Downey, Snowy White, and Gary Moore. Brian Robertson also contributed to the writing of one of the tracks, "Girls".

Contents

Guest musicians

Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler plays on the single "King's Call", a lament to Elvis Presley. Huey Lewis plays harmonica on "Tattoo (Giving It All Up for Love)" and "Ode to a Black Man". Lewis later covered "Tattoo" on the 1982 Huey Lewis and the News album Picture This , titled "Giving It All Up for Love".

Yellow Pearl

"Yellow Pearl" was released as a single in two remixed versions; the first of these was later used as the theme tune from 1981 until 1986 for the popular BBC TV music programme Top of the Pops . This version was later included on Lynott's second solo album, The Philip Lynott Album .

Critical reception

Billboard's reviewer left positive review on an album by saying that Lynott's "lyrics have special appeal". He resumed: "There is nothing here even vaguely similar to the dramatic rock energy of "The Boys Are Back in Town" yet this is a bold and interesting batch of tunes aided by uncluttered arrangements and sound playing". [7]

Track listing

All songs by Philip Lynott, except where noted.

Side one
  1. "Dear Miss Lonely Hearts" (Lynott, Jimmy Bain) – 4:11
  2. "King's Call" – 3:40
  3. "A Child's Lullaby" – 2:43
  4. "Tattoo (Giving It All Up for Love)" – 3:21
  5. "Solo in Soho" – 4:15
Side two
  2. "Girls" (Lynott, Bain, Brian Robertson) – 4:00
  3. "Yellow Pearl" (Lynott, Midge Ure) – 4:06
  4. "Ode to a Black Man" – 4:06
  5. "Jamaican Rum" – 2:43
  6. "Talk in 79" – 3:00

Singles

Personnel

Production

Charts

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