Black Rose: A Rock Legend
| Black Rose: A Rock Legend | ||||||||||
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| Studio album bi Thin Lizzy | ||||||||||
| Released | 13 Aprile 1979 | |||||||||
| Recordit | Paris an Lunnon; December 1978 – Februar 1979 | |||||||||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||||||||
| Lenth | 38:49 | |||||||||
| Label | Vertigo (UK) Warner Bros. Records (US) |
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| Producer | Tony Visconti | |||||||||
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Black Rose: A Rock Legend is the nint studio album bi Erse rock baund Thin Lizzy. Released in 1979, it haes been describit as ane o the baund's "greatest, maist successful albums".[1]
The album debuted an peakit at #2 in the UK album chairts an is the baund's maist successful studio album. It wis the first time that blues rock guitarist Gary Moore remained in Thin Lizzy lang enough tae record an album efter previous stints in 1974 an 1977 wi the baund.
Table o contents |
Sangs[edit]
The album includit the seicont sang Lynott wrote aboot a member o his family entitled "Sarah", the first sang bi this name haein appeared on 1972's Shades of a Blue Orphanage, written aboot his grandmither, namit Sarah an aw. The sang on Black Rose is aboot his then newly born dochter.
The last track, "Róisín Dubh", consists o traditional sangs, aw arrangit bi Lynott an Moore, as well as oreeginal pairts. The sang "Will You Go Lassie, Go" (Wild Mountain Thyme) is sometimes mistakenly creditit as a traditional sang, but wis in fact written by William McPeake, an first recordit bi Francis McPeake (an is on the album creditit tae F. McPeak).
Reception[edit]
| Profeesional ratins | |
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| Review scores | |
| Springheid | Ratin |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Greg Prato o Allmusic describit the album as "Thin Lizzy's last true classic album", an their "maist muisically variet, accomplished, an successful studio album". He praist Moore's presence as "a perfect fit", an singled oot "Do Anything You Want To", "Waiting for an Alibi" an "Sarah" as staund-oot tracks, amang ithers. He praised the title track, an its "amazin, complex guitar solo".[2]
Track leetin[edit]
| No. | Teetle | Writer(s) | Lenth |
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| 1. | "Do Anything You Want To" | Philip Lynott | 3:53 |
| 2. | "Toughest Street in Town" | Scott Gorham, Lynott, Gary Moore | 4:01 |
| 3. | "S&M" | Brian Downey, Lynott | 4:05 |
| 4. | "Waiting for an Alibi" | Lynott | 3:30 |
| 5. | "Sarah" | Lynott, Moore | 3:33 |
| 6. | "Got to Give It Up" | Gorham, Lynott | 4:24 |
| 7. | "Get Out of Here" | Lynott, Midge Ure | 3:37 |
| 8. | "With Love" | Lynott | 4:38 |
| 9. | "Róisín Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend"
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Lynott, Moore
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7:06 |
Remastered edition[edit]
A new remastered an expandit edition o Black Rose wis released on 27 Juin 2011. This new edition is a 2CD set, wi the oreeginal album on disc ane, an bonus material on disc twa.
Disc twa[edit]
- "Just the Two of Us" (B-side) (Lynott)
- "A Night in the Life of a Blues Singer" (Langer version) (Lynott)
- "Rockula (Rock Your Love)" (Jimmy Bain)
- "Don't Believe a Word" (Slow version - Lynott/Moore vocals) (Lynott)
- "Toughest Street in Town" (Different version) (Lynott, Moore, Gorham)
- "S&M" (Nassau, 1978) (Lynott, Downey)
- "Got to Give It Up" (Nassau, 1978) (Lynott, Gorham)
- "Cold Black Night" (Nassau, 1978) (Moore)
- "With Love" (Nassau, 1978) (Lynott)
- "Black Rose" (Nassau, 1978) (Lynott, Moore)
Personnel[edit]
- Phil Lynott – bass guitar, lead vocals, twal-string guitar
- Scott Gorham – lead guitar, backin vocals
- Gary Moore – lead guitar, backin vocals
- Brian Downey – drums, percussion
Additional personnel[edit]
- Huey Lewis – harmonica on "Sarah" an "With Love"
- Jimmy Bain – bass guitar on "With Love"
References[edit]
- ↑ Dave Simpson. "Gary Moore: the guitarist as gunslinger", The Guardian, 7 February 2011. Retrieved on 8 Februar 2011..
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Prato, Greg. Black Rose review. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved on 22 Juin 2011. .
