Jailbreak (album)

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Jailbreak
Studio album by Thin Lizzy
Released	March 26, 1976
Recorded	Ramport Studios, London, Dec. 1975 - Jan. 1976
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	35:52
Label	Mercury
Producer	John Alcock
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau B- link Rolling Stone link
Thin Lizzy chronology
Fighting (1975) Jailbreak (1976) Johnny the Fox (1976)

Jailbreak is the sixth studio album by Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 1976. (see 1976 in music). This album proved to be Lizzy's commercial breakthrough in the U.S. The singles include "Jailbreak" and "The Boys Are Back in Town", the latter being Thin Lizzy's biggest hit. The band originally wanted to release the more pop-oriented "Running Back" as the first single, which may account for the song's accessible arrangement and production.

On the 1996 Mercury CD reissue (#314 532 294-2), "Angel from the Coast" and "Running Back" are listed as the second track with only one running time, making it appear to be a single song called "Angel from the Coast Running Back", and there is no third track listed. But all the songs are sequenced as on the original LP release.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Personnel

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Phil Lynott except as indicated.

[edit] Side one

1. "Jailbreak" – 4:01
2. "Angel from the Coast"(Lynott, Brian Robertson) – 3:03
3. "Running Back" – 3:13
4. "Romeo and the Lonely Girl" – 3:55
5. "Warriors" (Lynott, Scott Gorham) – 4:09

[edit] Side two

1. "The Boys Are Back in Town" – 4:27
2. "Fight or Fall" – 3:45
3. "Cowboy Song" (Lynott, Brian Downey)– 5:16
4. "Emerald" (Gorham, Downey, Robertson, Lynott) – 4:03

[edit] Personnel

• Brian Downey - drums, percussion
• Scott Gorham - lead guitar, guitars
• Phil Lynott - bass, vocals, acoustic guitar
• Brian Robertson - lead guitar, guitars

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