Black Rose: A Rock Legend

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Black Rose: A Rock Legend
Studio album by Thin Lizzy
Released	April 13, 1979
Recorded	Paris & London, Dec. 1978 - Feb. 1979
Genre	Hard rock
Length	38:49
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Tony Visconti
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Thin Lizzy chronology
Live and Dangerous (1978) Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979) Chinatown (1980)

Black Rose: A Rock Legend is the ninth studio album by Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music).

The album debuted at its #2 peak in the UK album charts and is the band's most successful studio album to date. For the first time rock/blues guitarist Gary Moore stayed in the band long enough to record an album having had previous stints in 74 and 77 as well as working with Lynott in the rock band Skid Row in the late 60s and early 70s.

Around this time Moore recorded the album Back on the Streets with Lynott, spawning the UK top 10 single "Parisienne Walkways" (with Lynott on vocals). He left Lizzy that year following a dispute but worked with Phil Lynott again on his tours in 1984 and 1985 and on the top 5 single "Out in the Fields" and accompanying album Run for Cover, on what were to be Lynott's final performances before his untimely death in January 1986.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Do Anything You Want To" (Lynott) – 3:53
2. "Toughest Street in Town" (Gorham, Lynott, Moore) – 4:01
3. "S&M" (Downey, Lynott) – 4:05
4. "Waiting for an Alibi" (Lynott, Moore) – 3:30
5. "Sarah" (Lynott, Moore) – 4:20
6. "Got to Give It Up" (Gorham, Lynott) – 4:24
7. "Get Out Of Here" (Lynott, Ure) – 3:37
8. "With Love" (Lynott) – 4:38
9. "Róisín Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend" (Moore, Lynott) – 7:06
   1. Shenandoah
   2. Will You Go Lassie Go
   3. Danny Boy
   4. The Mason's Apron

[edit] Personnel

• Brian Downey - drums, percussion
• Scott Gorham - lead guitar, backing vocals
• Phil Lynott - bass, vocals, twelve-string guitar
• Gary Moore - lead guitar, backing vocals

With

• Huey Lewis - harmonica on "Sarah" and "With Love"
• Jimmy Bain - Bass on "With Love"

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