Black Rose: A Rock Legend
by Thin Lizzy

From Medelsvensson 06/03/2019 15:30 | #237061 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Now this one is also really good. The opening song is a real burst of energy that fits the subject-matter really well. You really feel like you can get up and do whatever the fuck you want, right now. The ending of the song is such a heavy groove, just lovely. Through the album, the bass-playing is really pronounced, great sound with the picked style. S&M serves the album well as a change of pace with it's funky guitar but pales a bit in comparison to the rest of the songs. The best song on the album has got to be the last one. The introduction of a little Irish folk with the guitars is HUGE, really gives the song that fantastical feel. Generally I feel that the album could have used more songs like the last one. When you get to about "Get Out Of Here", it starts repeating itself as that song is quite similar to the first. The display of creative bravery in the last song would have helped the middle of the album a lot.

Best songs: Do Anything You Want, Got To Give It Up, Roisin Dubh (Black Rose) A Rock Legend.

A thoroughly enjoyable record that is so fun to just rock out to whilst you listen along. It is full of great choruses and catchy riffs which infect me every time I listen to it. I sing along every time without fail and the music always makes me happy right up to the final track. The guitar playing on the whole is fantastic and really lifts the quality of the record up and when you add the vocal, which always stands out from other voices, you really have a deadly combo that will always succeed. However, I am not a fan of S&M at all and think it really drags the listener out of the album. The music does sound a bit similar to other groups as well which makes it tough for them to stand out. Overall, if you want a good time and some fun and catchy rock songs then listen to this. (Edited)

This vies with Jailbreak as my favourite studio album by the band. From the brilliant opener, Do Anything You Want Do, the album just kicks it from the start.

There is no filler here. I also think that this is some of Gary Moores’ greatest guitar playing on this album especially on tracks like Sara, and the title track

Phils vocals as always are phenomenal.
There’s nothing that different here in the style of music for Lizzy fans from the previous studio album Bad Reputation, they have just kicked it up several notches. The two-year gap made a lot of difference to the quality of the song writing and the playing.

It’s a true classic
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Classic TL album. Stylistic, powerful and melodic.

This Lizzy is like a guilty pleasure band for me, but not really because they sound kind of goofy but they're actually really poetic and genuine, as opposed to other bands like poison and motley crue which they might get lumped in with if someone never actually listened to them.