The album ends with two timeless classics, “The Cowboy Song”, which starts with its haunting chorus backed by harmonica about being alone out on the range before the band come crashing in for the second verse to drag the song along the trail, kicking and screaming.
Cest le meilleur album du groupe selon les fans, à la fois dur et émouvant. The one that describes a Viking raid on their beloved Eire in a song called Emerald, my favorite cut from Thin Lizzy’s 1976 smash Jailbreak. Grâce au single The Boys are Back In Town la carrière du groupe décolle aux États-Unis. Lynott was easily capable of writing pretty love songs like “Running Back”, or catchy singles like “The Boys are Back in Town’ with its instantly recognizable opening chords, or stadium hard rock songs like “Warriors” with its no nonsense guitars. Jailbreak, sorti en 1976, est le 6ème album de Thin Lizzy.
With Phil Lynott’s lyrics and drawled vocals, plus his almost funky bass lines, and Brian Downey’s engine room drums, they were able to capitalize on most of the mid-seventies markets. From the opening title track it’s immediately apparent that both Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson have been let loose on their lead axes, often playing in perfect symphony and giving the band that classic dual lead guitar sound that they became famous for. Black Rose: A Rock Legend 1979 Jailbreak (Deluxe Edition) 1976 Live and Dangerous (Deluxe Edition) 1978 Renegade 1981 Still Dangerous (Live At The Tower Theatre Philadelphia 1977) 2009. So at last Thin Lizzy had sprouted wings and flown. This page includes THIN LIZZY Jailbreaks : cover picture, songs / tracks list, members/musicians and line-up, different releases details, buy online: ebay and amazon, ratings and detailled reviews by some experts, collaborators and members. I was blessed to see Thin Lizzy live in Germany just after my favorite period of the band (1975-77) and to this day, it’s impossible to look back on that day without feeling lost in time. Jailbreak is a hard rock music album recording by THIN LIZZY released in 1976 on CD, LP/Vinyl and/or cassette.
The follow up single from the album, the title track, also made the top forty on both sides of the Atlantic. While it’s true that I may hold a listening preference to Thin Lizzy‘s other 1976 release Johnny The Fox, there is just something magical in the grooves of Jailbreak. The first single off the album (which almost did not make it to the disc let alone being the lead-off single) “The Boys Are Back in Town” reached number eight in the United Kingdom whilst reaching number twelve on the U.S.