Black Rose - Thin Lizzy

By the time that 1979's Black Rose album was offered up for public consumption, Thin Lizzy had a decade of experience behind them, which had seen them rise from the best kept Irish secret to an international group with a string of top selling albums behind them. Changes in the line up, mainly amongst the ranks of guitarist had blessed the band with some of the biggest names in seventies rock and made for a range of styles that allowed the band to ...
...they had set for themselves. Black Rose is the watershed album between the great days of the seventies and the eighties that would see them as really just another good band, good but no longer great. What is quite good about this album, though, is that in style it represents a large swathe of what the band do best. Not so much for having any all defining Thin Lizzy songs or major hits, but more that the range of styles seem representative of the ...

steerpyke 11.03.2006 (12.03.2006) · Read full review
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This is another album that triggers childhood memories for me. Being Irish and having rocker parents I was brought up listening to bands like Lizzy 'cause that was just my family. This is one of my favourite albums because of the uniqueness it possesses and its reference to Phil Lynotts problems. It has songs that remind me of friends, family and anything else in my life, because it is a relatable kind of album and that's why many people love it. ...
...this is a cracker of a song. Upbeat and quirky, a definate favourite of mine. There are joky songs to be had too on the album, 'S & M' is hilarius and shows the bands willingness to show they were never afraid to put themselves put there for the purpose of their fans enjoyment. 'Got To Give It Up', is probably one of the only songs that gets me right in the heart, the irony of it is nearly unbearable. The fact that Phil died of the effects of 'not ...

Lauren007 25.05.2008 · Read full review
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