Thin Lizzy: Fighting CD Track Listing

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Thin Lizzy Fighting (1975)
Originally Released 1975\nCD Edition Released April 1990\nRemastered CD Edition Released March 18, 1996\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Musically, 1975's more hard rock-oriented Fighting was definitely a step in the right direction for Thin Lizzy (it's predecessor, Nightlife, was too rooted in laid back rock), yet compositionally, songwriter Phil Lynott was still developing. While the band was on tour with Bob Seger a year earlier, they were upset that Seger did not perform one of their favorite songs, "Rosalie." Lizzy took the matter into their own hands, covering the track for Fighting, and eventually making it their own concert staple (and eventual U.K. hit single when a live version was released in 1978). The muscular blues-groove of "Suicide" was another standout, as was the melodic "Wild One," the closing rocker "Ballad of a Hard Man," and two tracks paired back to back that create an underrated Lizzy epic, "King' s Vengeance" and "Spirit Slips Away." Guitarists Gorham and Robertson have a more prominent role on the album, as their trademark dual guitar harmonies take center stage (and would inspire such future rock/metal bands as Metallica, Iron Maiden, and Def Leppard). Fighting did not prove to be the band's much sought-after commercial breakthrough (that was right around the corner, with 1976's Jailbreak), but it did introduce the band as a true hard rock force. ~ Greg Prato\n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nJust blow me away!!!, July 16, 2004\nReviewer: A music fan\nFirst, let me state that the UK album cover of "Fighting" is much cooler. (Very punkish looking, and if you listen to some of the album's tracks like "Ballad of the Hard Man", "Suicide", and "Fighting My Way Back", very appropriately. Like somebody else wrote, these guys were way ahead of their time).\nThis, the first album featuring the classic lineup of Phil Lynott, Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, and Brian Robertson, is a high water mark in music to me. From the first time I heard them, the twin guitar sound of Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham grabbed me, and etched itself permanently on my brain. And that sound started with this album. I would put it just a notch below their next 4 studio albums (chronologically), Jailbreak, Johnny the Fox, Bad Reputation, Black Rose, but it is still a five star effort. \n\n"Just blow me away!" \n\n(That's the last lyric Phil blasts on the blistering final cut "Ballad of the Hard Man") \n\nSome useless sidenotes, on the album version, "King's Vengeance" and "Spirit Slips Away" run into each other without a break. Why couldn't they do that on the CD? (Sounds trivial, but I grew up accustomed to it being that way). And further, the live version of "Suicide" on "One Night Only" really kicks. (But not as good as the original version heard here, with Brian. Great stuff).\n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nALL GREAT SONGS - an exceptional, superb album***, October 13, 2001\nReviewer: Tony "sir_isaac_newton" (Seattle)\nThe first Thin Lizzy album I bought (on vinyl!). It is a great album -- every bit as good as the legendary "Live and Dangerous" album. There is not a bad track on it. My album had a different cover picture (UK edition vs USA?). As far as songs go, Ballad of the Hardman is great hard rocker ("I've been beat up, cut up, told 'sit down and shut up', but I'm a hard man" - got to love it! "They have a scheme to sell your dreams to silver screens and glossy magazines."). Spirit Slips Aways is a beautiful, sensitive and soulful song "...that fateful day when your spirit slips away..." -- a contrast that somehow does not seem out of place. Brian Robertson is a wonderful and melodic, soulful player who provides a perfect foil to Phils vocals. Scott Gorham is also wonderful of course. The Freedom Song is rousing -- suprisingly powerful and soulful. I could go on but the point is, every song here is very strong and can stand alone. Definitely buy this one. Highly recommended.\n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nDo you appreciate thoughtful lyrics and melody? If so..., November 10, 1998\nReviewer: A music fan\nThin Lizzy's "Fighting" is for you. Pay no heed to what any nay-saying critic writes. Thin Lizzy's total recorded output is masterful, to say the very least. Although each of their 15 or so studio records has a flavor all its own,"Fighting" is a provacative blend of passion, integrity, musicianship, and frivolity. This fact is especially apparent when taking into account the album's release date (1975). While other bands were carrying on about "rocking and rolling all nite" or how fast their cars sped down the highway (I won't mention whom), Phillip Lynott was baring his soul with poetic verse and lyric. A truly sublime aura of groundbreaking harmony guitar pervaded the mix, making Lynott's lyrics all the more urgent and memorable. Especially noteworthy tracks include: "For Those Who Love to Live," "Wild One," "King's Vengeance," and "Freedom Song."-David Newman 1998\n\nHalf.com Album Notes\nThroughout Thin Lizzy's fitful and never-ending series of lineup changes (mainly in guitar players), the band did manage to stay true to leader Phil Lynott's desire that it remain a great guitar band. FIGHTING marks the beginning of the band's most commercially successful lineup (with Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson on guitar). Not coincidentally, the band's most consistent albums surfaced during this period as well. Lynott's grand artistic ambitions, which often resulted in half-baked concept ideas, began to reign themselves in to a more streamlined approach that better suited his basic hard rock approach.FIGHTING put forth the formula that earmarks nearly all of the band's best work: hard pumping rock & roll offset with tightly melodic dual guitar lines and Lynott's soulful vocals. Opening with Bob Seger's "Rosalie," a classic '70s power chord rocker, the band struts with confidence and more than a little swagger. The pounding "Fighting My Way Back," is propelled by a pulsing rhythm section, huge guitars, and sheer bravado on Lynott's part. And just when things seem to be on the verge of slipping into macho posturing, a yearning tear in Lynott's voice reveals the vulnerability that lies beneath all barre chords.
This rock cd contains 10 tracks and runs 38min 28sec.
Freedb: 8c09020a
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