Thin Lizzy - Black Rose - A Rock Legend (1979) (2CD) (Deluxe Expanded Edition 2011)
Posted: 22 Jan 2026, 08:42
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose - A Rock Legend (1979) (2CD) (Deluxe Expanded Edition 2011)
Year : 1979 (Digisleeve Limited Edition)
Style : Hard Rock , Classic Rock
Country : Ireland
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 189 mb
Bio:
Thin Lizzy are a hard rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist and lead vocalist Phil Lynott, met while still in school. Lynott led the group throughout their recording career of twelve studio albums, writing most of the material. The singles "Whiskey in the Jar" (a traditional Irish ballad), "Jailbreak", and "The Boys Are Back in Town" were major international hits. After Lynott's death in 1986, various incarnations of the band emerged over the years based initially around guitarists Scott Gorham and John Sykes, though Sykes left the band in 2009. Gorham later continued with a new line-up including Downey.Lynott, Thin Lizzy's de facto leader, was composer or co-composer of almost all of the band's songs, and the first black Irishman to achieve commercial success in the field of rock music.Thin Lizzy featured several critically acclaimed[citation needed] guitarists throughout their history, with Downey and Lynott as the rhythm section, on the drums and bass guitar. As well as being multiracial, the band drew their members not only from both sides of the Irish border but also from both the Catholic and Protestant communities during The Troubles. Their music reflects a wide range of influences, including blues, soul music, psychedelic rock, and traditional Irish folk music, but is generally classified as hard rock or sometimes heavy metal. Rolling Stone magazine describes the band as distinctly hard rock, "far apart from the braying mid-70s metal pack".AllMusic critic John Dougan has written that "As the band's creative force, Lynott was a more insightful and intelligent writer than many of his ilk, preferring slice-of-life working-class dramas of love and hate influenced by Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, and virtually all of the Irish literary tradition."[3] Van Morrison, Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix were major influences during the early days of the band, and later influences included the pioneering twin lead guitars found in Wishbone Ash and American artists Little Feat and Bob Seger.In 2012, Gorham and Downey decided against recording new material as Thin Lizzy so a new band, Black Star Riders, was formed to tour and produce new releases such as their debut album All Hell Breaks Loose.Thin Lizzy plan to reunite for occasional concerts.
Album:
A new remastered and expanded edition of Black Rose was released on 27 June 2011.This new edition is a 2CD set with the original album on disc one and bonus material on disc two.Black Rose: A Rock Legend is the ninth studio album by Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. Released in 1979, it has been described as one of the band's "greatest, most successful albums".It was the first time that guitarist Gary Moore remained in Thin Lizzy long enough to record an album—after previous brief stints in 1974 and 1977 with the band. The album peaked at No. 2 on the UK charts[5] making it the band's highest-charting album in the UK. It was their fourth consecutive album to be certified Gold by the BPI.Black Rose included the second song Phil Lynott wrote about a member of his family titled "Sarah", the first song by this name having appeared on 1972's Shades of a Blue Orphanage, written about his grandmother, also named Sarah. The song on Black Rose is about his new-born daughter.The last track "Róisín Dubh", consists of traditional songs, all arranged by Lynott and Moore, as well as many original parts. The song "Will You Go Lassie, Go" (also known as "Wild Mountain Thyme") is sometimes mistakenly credited as a traditional song but was in fact written by William McPeake and first recorded by Francis McPeake. It is credited on the album to "F. McPeak."At least two of the songs - "Waiting for an Alibi" and "S & M" - were debuted on the early summer 1978 dates before Brian Robertson's departure from the band.In a contemporary favourable review for the Irish magazine Hot Press, Dermot Stokes remarked: "Black Rose marks no major departure" from Thin Lizzy's "crystallised" imagery and sound, although "a poppier-feel insinuates itself here and there--seemingly by design". However, he was dubious about the rosy vision of Ireland offered in the title track and wondered whether the band had lost contact with the real life of their country.Writing in Smash Hits, Red Starr stated that the album: "lacked memorable melodies" and that "the blend of traditional tunes in the title track is an unholy mess." Starr acknowledged that fans of the band would be happy with "the reworking of their familiar hard rock style" but went on to note that there was: "nothing new for the rest of us."In a modern review, Greg Prato of AllMusic described the album as: "Thin Lizzy's last true classic album" and "their most musically varied, accomplished, and successful studio album." He praised Moore's presence as: "a perfect fit" and singled out "Do Anything You Want To", "Waiting for an Alibi" and "Sarah" as stand-out tracks. He also praised the title track and its "amazing, complex guitar solo."In his Collectors Guide to Heavy Metal, Martin Popoff defined the album as "a charmed release" where "Waiting for an Alibi" and "Got to Give It Up" emerge as "two Thin Lizzy classics" and the title track "is on a plane more in league with fine literature than anything as base as rock 'n' roll."
Line Up:
Phil Lynott – lead vocals, bass guitar, twelve-string guitar
Scott Gorham – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Gary Moore – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Brian Downey – drums, percussion
Additional musicians:
Jimmy Bain – bass guitar on "With Love"
Huey Lewis – harmonica on "Sarah" and "With Love"
Mark Nauseef – drums on "Sarah" (uncredited)
Production:
Tony Visconti – producer
Kit Woolven – engineer
Will Reid Dick, Chris Tsangarides – assistant engineers
Tracklist:
CD1:
01. Do Anything You Want To (3:53)
02. Toughest Street In Town (4:02)
03. S & M (4:08)
04. Waiting For An Alibi (3:30)
05. Sarah (3:33)
06. Got To Give It Up (4:26)
07. Get Out Of Here (3:38)
08. With Love (4:40)
09. Roisin Dubh (Black Rose) A Rock Legend (7:04)
CD2:
01. Just The Two Of Us (2:45)
02. A Night In The Life Of A Blues Singer (5:41)
03. Rock Your Love (4:14)
04. Don't Believe A Word (3:16)
05. Toughest Street In Town (3:56)
06. S&M (3:16)
07. Got To Give It Up (3:23)
08. Cold Black Night (3:34)
09. With Love (4:31)
10. Black Rose (4:04)
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Year : 1979 (Digisleeve Limited Edition)
Style : Hard Rock , Classic Rock
Country : Ireland
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 189 mb
Bio:
Thin Lizzy are a hard rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist and lead vocalist Phil Lynott, met while still in school. Lynott led the group throughout their recording career of twelve studio albums, writing most of the material. The singles "Whiskey in the Jar" (a traditional Irish ballad), "Jailbreak", and "The Boys Are Back in Town" were major international hits. After Lynott's death in 1986, various incarnations of the band emerged over the years based initially around guitarists Scott Gorham and John Sykes, though Sykes left the band in 2009. Gorham later continued with a new line-up including Downey.Lynott, Thin Lizzy's de facto leader, was composer or co-composer of almost all of the band's songs, and the first black Irishman to achieve commercial success in the field of rock music.Thin Lizzy featured several critically acclaimed[citation needed] guitarists throughout their history, with Downey and Lynott as the rhythm section, on the drums and bass guitar. As well as being multiracial, the band drew their members not only from both sides of the Irish border but also from both the Catholic and Protestant communities during The Troubles. Their music reflects a wide range of influences, including blues, soul music, psychedelic rock, and traditional Irish folk music, but is generally classified as hard rock or sometimes heavy metal. Rolling Stone magazine describes the band as distinctly hard rock, "far apart from the braying mid-70s metal pack".AllMusic critic John Dougan has written that "As the band's creative force, Lynott was a more insightful and intelligent writer than many of his ilk, preferring slice-of-life working-class dramas of love and hate influenced by Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, and virtually all of the Irish literary tradition."[3] Van Morrison, Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix were major influences during the early days of the band, and later influences included the pioneering twin lead guitars found in Wishbone Ash and American artists Little Feat and Bob Seger.In 2012, Gorham and Downey decided against recording new material as Thin Lizzy so a new band, Black Star Riders, was formed to tour and produce new releases such as their debut album All Hell Breaks Loose.Thin Lizzy plan to reunite for occasional concerts.
Album:
A new remastered and expanded edition of Black Rose was released on 27 June 2011.This new edition is a 2CD set with the original album on disc one and bonus material on disc two.Black Rose: A Rock Legend is the ninth studio album by Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. Released in 1979, it has been described as one of the band's "greatest, most successful albums".It was the first time that guitarist Gary Moore remained in Thin Lizzy long enough to record an album—after previous brief stints in 1974 and 1977 with the band. The album peaked at No. 2 on the UK charts[5] making it the band's highest-charting album in the UK. It was their fourth consecutive album to be certified Gold by the BPI.Black Rose included the second song Phil Lynott wrote about a member of his family titled "Sarah", the first song by this name having appeared on 1972's Shades of a Blue Orphanage, written about his grandmother, also named Sarah. The song on Black Rose is about his new-born daughter.The last track "Róisín Dubh", consists of traditional songs, all arranged by Lynott and Moore, as well as many original parts. The song "Will You Go Lassie, Go" (also known as "Wild Mountain Thyme") is sometimes mistakenly credited as a traditional song but was in fact written by William McPeake and first recorded by Francis McPeake. It is credited on the album to "F. McPeak."At least two of the songs - "Waiting for an Alibi" and "S & M" - were debuted on the early summer 1978 dates before Brian Robertson's departure from the band.In a contemporary favourable review for the Irish magazine Hot Press, Dermot Stokes remarked: "Black Rose marks no major departure" from Thin Lizzy's "crystallised" imagery and sound, although "a poppier-feel insinuates itself here and there--seemingly by design". However, he was dubious about the rosy vision of Ireland offered in the title track and wondered whether the band had lost contact with the real life of their country.Writing in Smash Hits, Red Starr stated that the album: "lacked memorable melodies" and that "the blend of traditional tunes in the title track is an unholy mess." Starr acknowledged that fans of the band would be happy with "the reworking of their familiar hard rock style" but went on to note that there was: "nothing new for the rest of us."In a modern review, Greg Prato of AllMusic described the album as: "Thin Lizzy's last true classic album" and "their most musically varied, accomplished, and successful studio album." He praised Moore's presence as: "a perfect fit" and singled out "Do Anything You Want To", "Waiting for an Alibi" and "Sarah" as stand-out tracks. He also praised the title track and its "amazing, complex guitar solo."In his Collectors Guide to Heavy Metal, Martin Popoff defined the album as "a charmed release" where "Waiting for an Alibi" and "Got to Give It Up" emerge as "two Thin Lizzy classics" and the title track "is on a plane more in league with fine literature than anything as base as rock 'n' roll."
Line Up:
Phil Lynott – lead vocals, bass guitar, twelve-string guitar
Scott Gorham – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Gary Moore – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Brian Downey – drums, percussion
Additional musicians:
Jimmy Bain – bass guitar on "With Love"
Huey Lewis – harmonica on "Sarah" and "With Love"
Mark Nauseef – drums on "Sarah" (uncredited)
Production:
Tony Visconti – producer
Kit Woolven – engineer
Will Reid Dick, Chris Tsangarides – assistant engineers
Tracklist:
CD1:
01. Do Anything You Want To (3:53)
02. Toughest Street In Town (4:02)
03. S & M (4:08)
04. Waiting For An Alibi (3:30)
05. Sarah (3:33)
06. Got To Give It Up (4:26)
07. Get Out Of Here (3:38)
08. With Love (4:40)
09. Roisin Dubh (Black Rose) A Rock Legend (7:04)
CD2:
01. Just The Two Of Us (2:45)
02. A Night In The Life Of A Blues Singer (5:41)
03. Rock Your Love (4:14)
04. Don't Believe A Word (3:16)
05. Toughest Street In Town (3:56)
06. S&M (3:16)
07. Got To Give It Up (3:23)
08. Cold Black Night (3:34)
09. With Love (4:31)
10. Black Rose (4:04)
Download links for all albums only on our blog here: http://goodmetalandhar.do.am/