Favourite Albums

Thin Lizzy: Bad Reputation

This great album was released in 1977 and even though it did not have the finger work of a that nice man Mr Moore it still has an elegance and power that’s more than obvious.

Play list.

Side 1.
1. Soldier of fortune. (Lynott)
2. Bad reputation. (Downey/Gorham/Lynott)
3. Opium trail. (Downey/Gorham/Lynott)
4. Southbound. (Lynott)

Side 2.
1. Dancing in the moonlight (it’s caught me in its spotlight). (Lynott)
2. Killer without a cause. (Gorham/Lynott)
3. Downtown sundown. (Lynott)
4. That woman’s gonna break your heart. (lynott)
5. Dear lord. (Gorham/Lynott)

Produced by THIN LIZZY and TONY VISCONTI
Engineered by TONY VISCONTI
Assistant engineers, JON BOJIC, KEN MORRIS, ED STONE

The bad guys
BRIAN DOWNEY: drums and percussion
SCOTT GORHAM: lead guitars and guitars
PHILIP LYNOTT: bass guitar, vocals, string machine and harp
BRIAN ROBERTSON: lead guitars, voice box and keyboards
TONY VISCONTI: recorder
CHRIS O’DONNELL: art co-ordination
CHRIS MORRISON: jet set
JOHN SLATTERY: happy birthday

The good guys and girls
JON BOJIC
KEN MORRIS
MARY HOPKIN-VISCONTI: backing vocals on Dear lord
JOHN HALLIWELL: sax & clarinet (appears by kind courtesy of A&M records Inc)
HARRY “The hand clap”
BIG CHARLIE, MALCOLM AND ALL THE ROAD CREW
PRESIDENT: Tim Harold and all the President’s men
SUTTON COOPER: art

MARKETED BY PHONOGRAM VERTIGO
THIN LIZZY ARE MANAGED BY MORRISON O’DONNELL INTERNATIONAL LTD

Quite simply this is a well-written, excellently recorded album. The musicianship is top notch and the melodies enchanting. It’s title song “Bad Reputation” is actually a very moody piece of work and quite a dark number yet the album has on the whole a great lively feel, it would make a great summer album (I hate saying that). Some of Lynotts vocals are delightful and this is one album worth getting just for the tunes. This is not really an album that went down as an inspiring all time great as it didn’t really offer anything new, it simply improved on earlier attempts in this sound, but do not let that put you off. Go out and buy this now, I purchased it for only £4 on record and it was an investment worth buying.

Thermite.