Thin Lizzy (album)

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Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy cover
Studio album by Thin Lizzy
Released April 30, 1971 (LP) and August 20, 1971 (New Day EP)
Recorded January 4-January 9, 1971 (LP) and June 14-June 17, 1971 (New Day EP)
Genre Rock
Length 50:45
Label Deram
Producer(s) Scott English
Professional reviews
Thin Lizzy chronology
Thin Lizzy
(1971)		 Shades of a Blue Orphanage
(1972)


Thin Lizzy is the first studio album by Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy, released in 1971. (see 1971 in music).

[edit] Track listing

  1. "The Friendly Ranger at Clontarf Castle" (Bell, Lynott) – 2:57
  2. "Honesty Is No Excuse" (Lynott) – 3:34
  3. "Diddy Levine" (Lynott) – 3:52
  4. "Ray-Gun" (Bell) – 2:58
  5. "Look What the Wind Blew In" (Lynott) – 3:16
  6. "Éire" (Lynott) – 2:04
  7. "Return of the Farmer's Son" (Downey, Lynott) – 4:05
  8. "Clifton Grange Hotel" (Lynott) – 2:22
  9. "Saga of the Ageing Orphan" (Lynott) – 3:39
  10. "Remembering, Pt. 1" (Lynott) – 5:57

According to the album liner notes, recording of the original debut album began on January 4, 1971. Exactly fifteen years later, Phil Lynott died on January 4, 1986. When the album was repackaged for CD, the four tracks that comprised the rare "New Day" EP were added:

  1. "Dublin" (Lynott) – 2:27
  2. "Remembering, Pt. 2 (New Day)" (Bell, Downey, Lynott) – 5:06
  3. "Old Moon Madness" (Lynott) – 3:56
  4. "Things Ain't Workin' Out Down at the Farm" (Lynott) – 4:32

This album is due to be re-issued sometime in April 2007. As of 21/03/07 it is not known what bonus content it will feature or if it will feature any bonus content at all.

[edit] Personnel

Thin Lizzy
John Sykes | Scott Gorham | Marco Mendoza | Michael Lee
Phil Lynott | Brian Downey | Eric Bell | Gary Moore | Brian Robertson | Snowy White | Darren Wharton | Tommy Aldridge | Randy Gregg | Midge Ure | Mark Nauseef
Discography
Studio albums: Thin Lizzy | Shades of a Blue Orphanage | Vagabonds of the Western World | Nightlife | Fighting | Jailbreak | Johnny the Fox | Bad Reputation | Black Rose: A Rock Legend | Chinatown | Renegade | Thunder and Lightning
Live albums: Live and Dangerous | Life | BBC Radio One Live in Concert | The Peel Sessions | Boys Are Back in Town: Live in Australia | One Night Only
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