Jailbreak
by Thin Lizzy
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Thin Lizzy bestography
Jailbreak is ranked as the best album by Thin Lizzy.
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Jailbreak track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Jailbreak rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 17 Music Albums of 1976 | 4/17 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 35 Music Albums of 1976 | 23/35 | 2 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 86/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 86/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 26 Music Albums of 1976 | 16/26 | 2 |
| 2026 | Strixen | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 24/40 | 40 |
| 2026 | Kettwig | JoeFM's Album top 500 (401-500) | 75/100 | - |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 54/100 | 9 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 418 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,594 | |||
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Jailbreak ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 30 hours ago | mizzle | 1,560 | 82/100 |
| ! | 3 days ago | Siromynian | 1,708 | 76/100 |
| ! | 08/18/2026 14:19 | Mrump | 544 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.7/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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Jailbreak forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 5 days ago in Chart of the day (#5449): By junodog4 BestEverAlbums 09/26/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5447): By adbrack1988
neilgee 09/05/2026 15:46 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Jailbreak comments
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Criminally underrated album and band in general. Good guitarwork while still making catchy and swinging songs!
Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/24/2011 06:34 | #33645 | TOP COMMENT
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Although this is one of them albums that I have listened to on and off for the last 25-something years I had forgotten just how great it is. This is exactly how good hard rock & roll should sound and it has not aged one bit. Jailbreak and Boys Are Back in Town are the go-to-tracks of course, but Cowboy Song is not far behind and none of the other tracks let you down. Just great stuff from start to finish.
Cracking album. Some superb guitar work. Jailbreak, Cowboy Song and Boys Are Back In Town are standout tracks. For years I never took this band seriously (sorry Thin Lizzy, I have grown up,now!). (Edited)
If Springsteen fronted AC/DC it might sound something like this. Thin Lizzy never really got their due. Killer stuff!
meccalecca TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/11/2013 18:00 | #72454 | TOP COMMENT
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Thin Lizzy was always a good band, but it all just seems to click into place on Jailbreak. The riffs are bigger and better than ever, and the songs are consistently great. One of the all time great guitar records.
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