Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. The Boys Are Back In Town - John Alcock, Thin Lizzy
2. Jailbreak - John Alcock, Thin Lizzy
3. Don't Believe A Word - John Alcock, Thin Lizzy
4. Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In It's Spotlight) - Thin Lizzy, Tony Visconti, Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, Phil Lynott, Brian Robertson, John Helliwell
5. Rosalie/Cowgirl's Song - Thin Lizzy, Tony Visconti
6. Waiting For An Alibi - Thin Lizzy, Tony Visconti
7. Do Anything You Want To - Thin Lizzy, Tony Visconti
8. Sarah (Version 3) - Thin Lizzy, Tony Visconti
9. Chinatown - Thin Lizzy, Kit Woolven
10. Killer On The Loose - Kit Woolven, Thin Lizzy
11. Trouble Boys - Thin Lizzy
12. Hollywood (Down On Your Luck) - Phil Lynott, Thin Lizzy, Will Reid Dick
13. Cold Sweat - Chris Tsangarides, Thin Lizzy
14. Thunder And Lightning - Chris Tsangarides, Thin Lizzy
15. The Sun Goes Down - Chris Tsangarides, Thin Lizzy
16. Dedication - Thin Lizzy
17. Still In Love With You - Phil Lynott, Ron Nevison, Thin Lizzy
18. She Knows - Phil Lynott, Ron Nevison, Thin Lizzy
19. Yellow Pearl - Phil Lynott, Kit Woolven, Midge Ure

Disc 2:

1. Whisky in the jar - Nick Tauber, Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott, Derek Varnals
2. Out In The Fields - Gary Moore, Phil Lynott
3. Parisienne Walkways - Chris Tsangarides, Gary Moore, Phil Lynott
4. Emerald - John Alcock, Thin Lizzy
5. Bad Reputation - Thin Lizzy, Tony Visconti
6. Wild One - Phil Lynott, Thin Lizzy
7. Fighting My Way Back - Phil Lynott, Thin Lizzy
8. Showdown - Ron Nevison, Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott
9. Black Rose - Phil Lynott, Thin Lizzy, Will Reid Dick
10. Dear Miss Lonely Hearts - Phil Lynott, Kit Woolven
11. The Rocker - Derek Varnals, Nick Tauber, Phil Lynott, Thin Lizzy
12. Are You Ready - Phil Lynott, Thin Lizzy, Will Reid Dick
13. Renegade - Chris Tsangarides, Thin Lizzy
14. King's Call - Phil Lynott, Kit Woolven
15. Angel Of Death - Chris Tsangarides, Thin Lizzy
16. Cowboy Song - Thin Lizzy
17. The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #876 in Music
• Released on: 2007-06-04
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Original recording remastered, Box set, Enhanced
• Running time: 155 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Sometimes overlooked by public and critics alike (though never American radio), this best-of confirms Thin Lizzy as one of rock's greats. Their string of hits, including the wonderful "Dancing in the Moonlight", "The Boys Are Back in Town" and "Jailbreak" remain classic music. The band deserve a place in the pantheon of Irish greats alongside U2, Van Morrison and the Cranberries.

Thin Lizzy were very firmly a good-time group, perhaps strange for a bunch that emerged from both sides of Ireland in a troubled time. But with Phil Lynott's excellent vocals over heavy guitar riffs they never failed to give value for money. This is raucous hell-raising music that straddles, in leather star-spangled pants, 70s monster rock and 80s punk. The live versions are a testament to the band's fantastic live power. On stage they were in their element, spitting, fighting, shouting and singing.

There's also a tinge of sadness under Thin Lizzy's feelgood, ready-for-a-rumble stomp. This was confirmed when Lynott died from a drugs overdose two years after the band folded. Tune into them yourself and find out why so many contemporary bands quote them as an influence. --Jake Barnes

Customer Reviews

The Best Array Of Thin Lizzy There Is
I already owned the Wild One : Best Of, which is good, don't get me wrong but this Greatest Hits package has a broader selection of songs from the greatest band to come out of Ireland apart from maybe U2, who were heavily influenced by Lizzy anyway. Notable inclusions on this album which I was pleased about were "Wild One", a gem from the "Fighting" album, Lynott's solo material, "Dear Miss Lonely Hearts", "King's Call" and "Yellow Pearl", which I was mostly unfamiliar with before I bought this album. Another inclusion I was pleased with was "Black Rose", an epic of spiralling Celtic guitar riffery from Moore and Gorham. Songs taken from "Live and Dangerous", Emerald and Rosalie are superb albeit to be picky I would have gone for the studio version of "Emerald" for sheer impact. One song which didn't make it onto this package was "Massacre" which was sadly never a single but was sheer quality, this can be found on the "Johnny The Fox" album as well as a more powerful version on "Live and Dangerous". So if anyone has the slightest interest in Thin Lizzy, buy this album for starters then I would recommend, "Fighting", "Jailbreak", "Johnny The Fox", "Bad Reputation", "Live and Dangerous", "Black Rose" and "Thunder and Lightning". DON'T HESISTATE, BUY IT

This is it people...
This is the compilation which defines the most criminally overlooked rock band in history. One of the greatest songwriters of the late 20th century, backed up by a troop of amazing guitarists, with Gorham, Robertson and Moore blasting out riffs and, more importantly, some of the greatest guitar solos ever throughout each song on this compilation. This band is a monolith of rock music and thankfully this compilation shows this very well.

my only quibble is that perhaps this shouldve been called 'the very best of' or something like that. In that case southbound and massacre couldve been added too, as well as the rest of the black rose album. The packaging is great also, as well as the music, and the story of lizzy is presented inside along with some great photos of the band etc, in fact the whole package is amazing.

For a new listener to thin lizzy, this album is something which is essential and which is enduring - most serious rock collections i believe should have this amongst them. Also, at such a cheap price here this would make an important addition to any collection and i honestly believe that you will enjoy this, trust me and buy it.

Hard-rocking Irish group of the seventies
Ireland seemed an unlikely place from which a group like Thin Lizzy would emerge - we all had an image of Irish music based on traditional folk and country music. Van Morrison (and his short-lived group Them) had ventured from the Emerald Isle into rock music and made a significant impact, but he seemed to be a one-off. Thin Lizzy changed all that, firmly establishing Irish rock music as a significant force . The Boomtown rats (with Bob Geldof), U2 (with Bono), the Undertones (with Feargal Sharkey), the Cranberries and many other Irish groups have followed Thin Lizzy in making a major impact on the world rock music scene.

Thin Lizzy first made an impact with a hard-rocking version of a traditional Irish folk song, Whiskey in the jar - it made the UK top ten in 1973. If you've heard the song performed in a more traditional style (perhaps by the Dubliners, who typify the traditional image of Irish music), the cover by Thin Lizzy may come as a bit of a shock, but the song sounds great whether performed in a traditional way or by Thin Lizzy. However, that track wasn't really typical of their music. Thereafter, Thin Lizzy abandoned their Irish heritage altogether and focused exclusively on rocking hard but it took a while for them to establish their career.

Three years after their first hit, Thin Lizzy returned to the UK top ten with The boys are back in town, which is much more typical of their sound and was the first of fifteen UK hit singles that Thin Lizzy had between 1976 and 1983, during which time they also made the UK singles chart with an EP. Only two further hits after The boys are back in town (Waiting for an alibi, Killer on the loose) made the UK top ten but several others made the UK top twenty including Don't believe a word, Dancing in the moonlight and Do anything you want.

The first CD of this compilation begins with those fifteen UK hit singles between 1976 and 1983, together with their 1991 hit (Dedication) ant three other tracks. The second CD begins with Whiskey in the jar. The remainder of the second CD contains selected album tracks and some solo recordings by Phil Lynott. Overall, the second CD is not quite up to the quality of the first but it's not far behind.

This is the best Thin Lizzy collection out there. If you like hard rocking music, you'll love this.