Product Description

Die-hard Thin Lizzy fans have been known to exchange blows arguing whether JAILBREAK or LIVE & DANGEROUS truly represents the band's supreme achievement. For devotees of the band's stage prowess it's a no-brainer: LIVE & DANGEROUS was, is,and always will be king of the mountain. Recorded at the height of the band's creative powers as well as its commercialpeak, the album offers energised performances of the band'sbest-known material, reeled out in confident swagger. Even the more obscure material ("The Rocker") and surprising cover songs (Bob Seger's "Rosalie") stand with sturdy pride nextthe band's more celebrated material (the galloping "Cowboy Song", the summer anthem "The Boys Are Back in Town", and the tension filled "Jailbreak". The '70s may have been a decade too often filled with bloated and pompous arena rock, but LIVE & DANGEROUS is a reminder that there was ambitious and arresting rock & roll to be found as well.

Track Listing

1. Jailbreak
2. Emerald
3. Southbound
4. Rosalie/Cowgirl's Song
5. Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In It's Spotlight)
6. Massacre
7. Still In Love With You
8. Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed
9. Cowboy Song
10. The Boys Are Back In Town
11. Don't Believe A Word
12. Warriors
13. Are You Ready
14. Suicide
15. Sha-La-La
16. Baby Drives Me Crazy
17. The Rocker

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3035 in Music
• Released on: 1996-03-18
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Running time: 75 minutes

Album Review
Thin Lizzy's 1978 double album, Live and Dangerous, along with Kiss' Alive, the Who's Live at Leeds, and the Rolling Stones' Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out, is one of the greatest live rock albums of all time. The band wisely hooked up with producer Tony Visconti, again, and although it's become known in later years that the tracks included extensive overdubbing, many of the performances outshine the original studio versions. Except for a few tracks, the majority of the material spans from 1974's Nightlife to 1977's Bad Reputation, while the concerts were recorded during Thin Lizzy's last two major tours (1976 and 1977). Few bands have ever matched the explosive energy that Lizzy creates on such tracks as "Jailbreak", "Emerald", "Rosalie/Cowgirl's Song", "Don't Believe a Word", "Are You Ready" and "Sha-La-La", while their sing-along anthem "The Boys Are Back in Town" proves even more vivacious in a live setting. The more serene material -- "Southbound" and "Dancing in the Moonlight" -- is just as gripping, while the slow blues of "Still in Love with You" contains two of the most heartfelt and lyrical guitar solos ever (a trade-off between both Robertson and Gorham). Add to it such strong album cuts as "Massacre", "Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed", "Warrior", "Suicide", and "The Rocker", and you have the ultimate Lizzy album. Live and Dangerous is a must-have for fans of powerful hard rock. --Greg Prato, All Music Guide

Customer Reviews

Top Class
Just bought this today and it thoroughly deserves to be thought of as the bes tlive album ever from jailbreak to the rocker lynotts charisma shows through especially just before the rocker. all in all for 3 quid even if your not the biggest fan its still worth it. its one fo the best cds i have and will probably remain so.

Live or not - it doesn't matter - it's Lizzy at their peak.
It really doesn't matter to me whether this album is only 1% live; the fact is that Visconti finally managed to capture the energy of Thin Lizzy on tape. This is by far the best Lizzy album, and knocks every studio effort into a cocked hat. Much as I like albums like "Johnny The Fox", if you play this one afterwards, you will know what I mean - there are no better versions of these songs anywhere else. Yes, the original vinyl double LP was lovingly packaged with great photos and a "side" dedicated to each member of the band, and the main shame is that nobody has seen fit to remaster Live And Dangerous and give it the packaging it truly deserves (in the same way that Skynyrd's "One From The Road" has). That said, I don't have any real problems with the sound - this is a 30-year-old album; just put it on and play it loud. Each member of the band is on fire - the twin Les Pauls of Gorham and Robbo are growling through their Marshall stacks, Downey is sublime, and Lynott's stage presence just oozes from the speakers. Lizzy at their peak - just buy it.

Brilliant, full of ideas
Obviously, and as most other reviewers have already written, a fantastic album. It's one of my favourites. I'm glad they fixed it technically because usually live albums are annoyingly poor in that area.

One of the reasons I like this album so much is that the songs are full of song writing ideas that you want to pick up and use again. They seem to have lots of ways to make a track build momentum. Just when you think they can't raise the energy level any more, they do. Maybe that part of the songs works even better live.