![]() In Britain, only the Grease soundtrack kept it off number one. Live And Dangerous was a huge hit in 1978. “Is there anybody here with any Irish in them? Is there any of the girls that want a little more Irish in them?” And it has the kind of between-song banter that only a man as charming as Phil could have gotten away with. In that moment is everything you need to know about what makes live albums so great.Ī double album, it includes a bunch of the best rock songs ever written: not the band’s first hit single Whiskey In The Jar, but so many others: Jailbreak, Emerald, Don’t Believe A Word, Dancing In The Moonlight (It’s Caught Me In Its Spotlight), Rosalie, Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed, The Rocker, and of course Cowboy Song and The Boys Are Back In Town. It also has one of the great rock ballads, Still In Love With You, on which Gorham and Robertson’s playing will break your heart. As soon as it registers with the audience, the sound of cheering and applause is deafening. It’s when Thin Lizzy ease down through the gears at the end of Cowboy Song, when Phil Lynott sings, “The cowboy’s life… is the life for me”, and then, boom, they’re into The Boys Are Back In Town. On the greatest live album of them all, there is a perfect moment. Recorded in London, Toronto and Philadelphia, Live And Dangerous may not have been completely live, but it was still Thin Lizzy at their peak Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous (1978) – Album Of The Week Club Review ![]()
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