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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Thin Lizzy - Thin Lizzy + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Feb-28-2016 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........1990 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........14 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.thinlizzyband.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Thin Lizzy Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Thin Lizzy Label : The Decca ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ I always thought Thin Lizzy was an odd choice ║ │
│║ for the Archives. Not that I dislike them or ║ │
│║ want to argue whether or not they are a metal ║ │
│║ band, but I always saw them as more of a hard ║ │
│║ rock band. It seems strange that they should be ║ │
│║ included and not, say, Uriah Heep. However, Thin ║ │
│║ LizzyÆs first album, along with most of their ║ │
│║ early work, is certainly not truly metal. ║ │
│║ However, it is a fun hard rock/rock album. ║ │
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│║ The album starts off with The Friendly Ranger at ║ │
│║ Clontarf Castle, which has an almost psychedelic ║ │
│║ intro, then going into a more traditional early ║ │
│║ Thin Lizzy song. The Boys Are Back in Town this ║ │
│║ is not however. Phil LynottÆs vocals seem to do ║ │
│║ more driving the song than the instrumentals ║ │
│║ until the solos and actual instrumental parts. ║ │
│║ Most of this song, for instance, is made of a ║ │
│║ fairly simple bass line and a drum beat. There ║ │
│║ isnÆt a lot of guitar until the singing actually ║ │
│║ ends. Honesty is No Excuse is mostly an acoustic ║ │
│║ guitar playing a handful of chords, another ║ │
│║ simple bass line, and the drums again. Although ║ │
│║ the music never strays far from how it starts, ║ │
│║ the song is still rather fun and interesting due ║ │
│║ to LynottÆs lyrics and singing. ║ │
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│║ For the most part, this is how a lot of the ║ │
│║ album sounds; acoustic songs, with some electric ║ │
│║ solos and parts, some good drumming and some ║ │
│║ decent enough but simple bass. But all the songs ║ │
│║ are given life by LynottÆs lyrics and vocals. ║ │
│║ Despite the fact Phil was never considered any ║ │
│║ kind of amazing stand out vocalist, his voice ║ │
│║ fits Thin LizzyÆs music great. Other high points ║ │
│║ of the album for me include Look What the Wind ║ │
│║ Blew In and the closer Remembering, Pt. 1. ║ │
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│║ The album is far from perfect though. Ray-Gun ║ │
│║ starts off with some almost Hendrix-like guitar ║ │
│║ riff, but aside from the interesting riff, was ║ │
│║ never a standout track for me. I donÆt know why, ║ │
│║ I like the riff but it just canÆt hold my ║ │
│║ attention well enough. Also, despite the fact ║ │
│║ IÆm often a sucker for slow ballad-like tracks, ║ │
│║ I tend to just find Eire uninteresting, however ║ │
│║ itÆs only about 2 minutes long, so itÆs rather ║ │
│║ forgivable. ║ │
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│║ Any other songs not mentioned are generally ║ │
│║ decent. Not amazing nor are they terrible. All ║ │
│║ together this is a decent rock debut album. Not ║ │
│║ as good as their work to come, but if youÆre a ║ │
│║ fan of LynottÆs voice or 70Æs rock, itÆs worth ║ │
│║ checking out. However, I can easily see this not ║ │
│║ being a favorite of people who people who want a ║ │
│║ more metal-styled Thin Lizzy. Which leaves me ║ │
│║ with a question on whether I should rate this a ║ │
│║ metal album, which itÆs clearly not, or as a ║ │
│║ rock album, despite the fact itÆs on a metal ║ │
│║ site. I think even though I enjoy this album as ║ │
│║ a hard rock album, IÆm going to have to lower ║ │
│║ the score due to the fact that I can see a lot ║ │
│║ of metalheads not enjoying this particular Thin ║ │
│║ Lizzy album. IÆd normally probably give it a 76 ║ │
│║ -77%, due to it being a decent hard rock debut ║ │
│║ with a few weak tracks, but lowering it to about ║ │
│║ a 70% seems fair, all things considered. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - the friendly ranger at clontarf castle [03:02] │
│ 02 - honesty is no excuse [03:42] │
│ 03 - diddy levine [07:08] │
│ 04 - ray-gun [03:08] │
│ 05 - look what the wind blew in [03:27] │
│ 06 - eire [02:10] │
│ 07 - return of the farmer's son [04:16] │
│ 08 - clifton grange hotel [02:31] │
│ 09 - saga of the ageing orphan [03:40] │
│ 10 - remembering part 1 [06:02] │
│ 11 - dublin [02:30] │
│ 12 - remembering part 2 (new day) [05:08] │
│ 13 - old moon madness [03:56] │
│ 14 - things ain't working out down at the farm [04:33] │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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