Life (Thin Lizzy album)

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Life
Live album by Thin Lizzy
Released	October 16, 1983
Recorded	1981-1983 (Hammersmith Odeon)
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	97:47
Label	Vertigo
Producer	Philip Lynott and Thin Lizzy
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Thin Lizzy chronology
Thunder and Lightning (1983) Life (1983) Boys Are Back in Town: Live in Australia (1999)

Life (subtitled Live) is a double live album by Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 1983. (see 1983 in music). This double album was recorded during their farewell tour in 1983, principally on Hammersmith Odeon. Phil Lynott had felt reluctantly that it was time to disband the group after the 1983 tour and to mark the occasion, ex-Lizzy guitarists Eric Bell (1969-73), Brian Robertson (1974-8) and Gary Moore (1974 and 1978-9) joined the band on stage at the end of these gigs to do some numbers. This was called "The All-Star Jam".

[edit] Track listing

1. "Thunder and Lightning" (Downey, Lynott) -5:11
2. "Waiting for an Alibi" (Lynott) -3:17
3. "Jailbreak" (Lynott) -4:08
4. "Baby Please Don't Go" (Lynott) -5:02
5. "The Holy War" (Lynott) -4:53
6. "Renegade" (Lynott, White) -5:45
7. "Hollywood (Down on Your Luck)" (Gorham, Lynott) -4:10
8. "Got to Give It Up" (Gorham, Lynott) -7:04
9. "Angel of Death" (Lynott, Wharton) -5:56
10. "Are You Ready" (Downey, Gorham, Lynott, Robertson) -3:00
11. "The Boys Are Back in Town" (Lynott) -4:53
12. "Cold Sweat" (Lynott, Sykes) -3:08
13. "Don't Believe a Word" (Lynott) -5:12
14. "Killer on the Loose" (Lynott) -5:00
15. "The Sun Goes Down"(Lynott, Wharton) -6:45
16. "Emerald" (Downey, Gorham, Lynott, Robertson) -3:27
17. "Black Rose" (Lynott, Moore) -6:40
18. "Still in Love with You" (Lynott, Moore) -9:00
19. "The Rocker" (Bell, Downey, Lynott) -4:47

[edit] Personnel

• Phil Lynott: Bass guitar, vocals.
• Scott Gorham: Guitars.
• John Sykes: Guitars, backing vocals.
• Brian Downey: Drums, percussion.
• Darren Wharton: Keyboards, backing vocals.

Additional Musicians:

• Eric Bell: Guitar ("The Rocker").
• Gary Moore: Guitar ("Black Rose", "The Rocker").
• Brian Robertson: Guitar ("Emerald", "The Rocker").
• Snowy White: Guitars ("Renegade", "Hollywood", "Killer On The Loose").

[edit] Trivia

• The version of "Renegade", "Hollywood" & "Killer on the Loose" featuring Snowy White had been performed two years earlier when White was still with the band. Ironically, White's participation was only credited to "Renegade".

• During the performance of "The Rocker" all of the guitarists (except for Snowy White) played at the same time (John Sykes, Scott Gorham, Brian Robertson, Eric Bell & Gary Moore) for a grand total of 8 members on stage performing at once. (Including Darren Wharton.)

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