Essential

~ Release by Thin Lizzy (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1The Boys Are Back in Town
4:25
2Do Anything You Want To
engineer:
Kit Woolven
producer:
Thin Lizzy (Irish hard rock band) and Tony Visconti
acoustic guitar and bass guitar and lead vocals:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar and background vocals:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy, blues guitar)
recording of:
Do Anything You Want To
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
33:52
3Dancing in the Moonlight (It’s Caught Me in Its Spotlight)
engineer:
Tony Visconti
producer:
Thin Lizzy (Irish hard rock band) and Tony Visconti
acoustic guitar, bass guitar and harp and lead vocals:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist)
saxophone:
John Helliwell
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1977)
recording of:
Dancing in the Moonlight (It’s Caught Me in Its Spotlight)
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
publisher:
PolyGram Music Ltd.
4.43:28
4Don’t Believe a Word
producer:
John Alcock (producer)
acoustic guitar and bass guitar:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy & Motörhead)
vocals:
Phil Lynott
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1976), Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2018) and Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 2018)
recording of:
Don’t Believe a Word
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing International Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
4.52:19
5Bad Reputation
recording of:
Bad Reputation
writer:
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer), Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Phil Lynott
3:10
6Killer Without a Cause
recording of:
Killer Without a Cause
writer:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Phil Lynott
3:35
7Sha La La
3:27
8Emerald
recording of:
Emerald
writer:
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer), Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist), Phil Lynott and Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy & Motörhead)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd (UK)
4:02
9Are You Ready (live 1976)
live recording of:
Are You Ready
writer:
Ken Gold and Billy Ocean
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Imagem London Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
2:43
10Sugar Blues
4:19
11Roísín Dubh (Black Rose) A Rock Legend
7:05
12Hollywood (Down on Your Luck)
4:10
13Warriors
4:08
14Toughest Steet in Town
3:59
15Still in Love With You
5:38
16The Sun Goes Down
6:20
17Soldier of Fortune
5:18
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#TitleRatingLength
1Waiting for an Alibi
3:31
2Whiskey in the Jar
5:46
3Chinatown
recording of:
Chinatown
writer:
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer), Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist), Phil Lynott and Snowy White (guitarist)
4:42
4Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed
producer:
John Alcock (producer)
bass guitar:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy & Motörhead)
vocals:
Phil Lynott
recording of:
Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed
writer:
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer), Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Phil Lynott
53:42
5Rosalie
assistant engineer:
Jeremy Gee
engineer:
Keith Harwood
producer:
Phil Lynott
bass guitar:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy & Motörhead)
vocals:
Phil Lynott
cover recording of:
Rosalie
lyricist and composer:
Bob Seger
publisher:
Gear Publishing
2:56
6Fighting My Way Back
recording of:
Fighting My Way Back
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
3:11
7Angel of Death
recording of:
Angel of Death
writer:
Phil Lynott and Darren Wharton
6:18
8Randolph’s Tango
3:47
9The Holy War
engineer:
Chris Tsangarides and Andrew Warwick (producer/engineer)
producer:
Thin Lizzy (Irish hard rock band) and Chris Tsangarides
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and John Sykes
keyboard:
Darren Wharton
recording of:
The Holy War
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
55:11
10Opium Trail
3:56
11Trouble Boys
producer:
Thin Lizzy (Irish hard rock band) and Kit Woolven
cover recording of:
Trouble Boys
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bremner
3:34
12Baby Drives Me Crazy (live 1978)
live recording of:
Baby Drives Me Crazy
writer:
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer), Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist), Phil Lynott and Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy & Motörhead)
6:41
13Dear Heart
recording of:
Dear Heart
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
4:35
14Wild One
assistant engineer:
Jeremy Gee
engineer:
Keith Harwood
producer:
Phil Lynott
acoustic guitar and bass guitar:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy & Motörhead)
vocals:
Phil Lynott
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1975)
recording of:
Wild One
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
4:21
15We Will Be Strong
5:10
16Leave This Town
3:49
17Massacre
3:01
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#TitleRatingLength
1Killer on the Loose
producer:
Thin Lizzy (Irish hard rock band) and Kit Woolven
bass guitar:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Snowy White (guitarist)
vocals:
Phil Lynott
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1980)
recording of:
Killer on the Loose
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
3.753:57
2Jailbreak
producer:
John Alcock (producer)
acoustic guitar and bass guitar and lead vocals:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy & Motörhead)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) (in 1976) and Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1976)
part of:
VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (2008-12-29) (number: 73)
recording of:
Jailbreak
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing International Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
4.44:02
3Sarah
3:23
4Cold Sweat
engineer:
Chris Tsangarides and Andrew Warwick (producer/engineer)
producer:
Thin Lizzy (Irish hard rock band) and Chris Tsangarides
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and John Sykes
keyboard:
Darren Wharton
recording of:
Cold Sweat
writer:
Phil Lynott and John Sykes
3.63:07
5Little Darling
2:56
6Mexican Blood
3:41
7A Song for While I’m Away
recording of:
A Song for While I'm Away
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
5:08
8Black Boys on the Corner
recording of:
Black Boys on the Corner
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
3:24
9The Rocker (live 1978)
4:18
10Southbound
4:27
11King’s Vengeance
recording of:
King’s Vengeance
writer:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Phil Lynott
4:09
12Johnny
recording of:
Johnny
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
4:23
13Renegade
6:07
14Genocide (Killing of the Buffalo)
5:06
15She Knows
5:14
16Got to Give It Up
4:23
17Cowboy Song
recording of:
Cowboy Song
writer:
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer) and Phil Lynott
publisher:
Pippin the Friendly Ranger Music Co. Ltd.
version of:
Derby Blues
5:15