Track Listing

1. Soldier Of Fortune
2. Bad Reputation
3. Opium Trail
4. Southbound
5. Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In It's Spotlight)
6. Killer Without A Cause
7. Downtown Sundown
8. That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart
9. Dear Lord

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12719 in Music
• Released on: 1996-03-18
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 36 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
When Thin Lizzy decamped to Canada to unwind from a year of incident and illness, the result was Bad Reputation, which sounds, if not exactly laid-back, then at least damn smooth: Phil Lynott is confident enough to loosen Lizzy's atomic boogie and open his writing to jazz and folk influences, while the band are (despite their shifting membership at the time) tighter than ever, playing with a new delicacy, less force, more thought. Scott Gorham emerges as a genuinely original guitarist, Tony Visconti's production sharpens the edges of their sound, and in the title track, "Southbound" and "Dancing In The Moonlight", Lizzy are at their handsome, deep-blue best. --Taylor Parkes

Customer Reviews

a very pleasing album!
Thin lizzys eighth album is a laid back album in parts,a relexed,self assured piece of work with a rock n blues formula running through it.
The album opens with the brilliant 'soldier of fortune' with a delicious riff raking through it,scott gorham whips his guiatr skills into a frenzy here and lynotts bass plucks like a madman,lynotts vocals here and throughout are very mellow and enchanting,trapping the listener with their authority and almost storylike formula.
The title track hurtles in next with some great drive in the riff and the drum playing here is excellent,brian downey is a skilled player and this is his masterpiece,the song is class as well.A very autobiographical song follows in 'Opium trail' which is about well,the title says it all,this song sends shivers dancing up my spine.Speaking of dancing,'dancing in the moonlight' features here with its sultry saxophone use and a very sing along formula to boot,love that.The album is littered with themes such as love,God,pain and bad natured behaviour and all told in a narrative style,a very good album if im honest with little in the way of wasted moments.,ah yes,this is my first thin lizzy album so maybe there are more treats to be heard hey.

More heroes, villains and heartbreaking women
Sorry, I can't share the unbounded enthusiasm of the previous reviewers about this one. Lizzy were in their pomp when they made 'Bad Reputation' and their confidence shows. It includes 'Dancing In The Moonlight,' one of their best singles, featuring that great bass intro. Significantly, though, only one other song from this album made it on to 'Live And Dangerous': 'Southbound,' a melodic, well-crafted track, featuring a memorable guitar riff in their usual cut-glass style. Elsewhere, the title track and 'Opium Trail' fizz with energy and both fade out on some fine riffing, but neither are great songs.
Lizzy attempt to put a lot of different styles and changes into this album, but it isn't really their thing. 'Soldier Of Fortune' would be as good as 'Southbound' were it not for the pause and military drum tattoo in the middle which squanders the track's momentum. 'Killer Without A Cause' is straight-ahead pleasing hard rock; 'Downtown Sundown' is just a bit too limp; 'That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart' reminds me of their best tracks from 'Fighting,' 'Wild One,' and works well. 'Dear Lord' features a simple, but tingling choir-like keyboard start and finish and is one of their more successful experiments.
Great in places, good in others, but a classic it isn't. Worth buying if you like their other stuff though.

One from Lizzies richest seam.
This a superb album from Lizzy peak days. Bad Boy Robertson temporarily kicked out of the band left Scott gorham to do guitar work on nearly all the tracks but this does not affect the quality of the album and gorham more than steps upto the line. Superb songs all with great lyrics and well produced. Guitar harmonies are great also confirming lizzies trademark.

At this stage in the game Lynott loved the maverick hardman image and played on this throughout the album. This is period Lizzy ruled before the substance abuse got the better of the them. The band still partied hard but worked harder in the studio and on stage which unfortunatley did not stay this way. The Band in the their prime produced albums that never had a bad track, took them to another level when played live and always left you wanting more.And this is one of those.

A gem.

An essential for any rock enthusiast.